SOC 43 - Sociology of Deviance
- Recent Professors
- Kalisha Spomer, Tricia Underwood
- Recent Semesters
- Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
- Class Size
- 40 students
- Difficulty
- 4.1Lightout of 10
- Credits
- 3
- Spring 2027 Sections
- View Spring 2027 sections of SOC 43
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4J · CSU GE Area D0
- Description
- Examines how and why people are labeled as deviant, the causes and consequences of deviance, and society's methods of social control. Topics include the social construction of deviance, major sociological perspectives of deviance, crime, violence, sexual deviance, substance abuse, mental disorders, criminalization, and stigmatization.