Following Independent Study Program enables individuals to achieve their educational goals withouthaving to give up other aspects of their life. This program allows students to participate in a quality educational process and to choose where and when to study.

Introduction to Sociology. It is the scientific study of patterns and processes of human social relations.

Understanding Human Diversity. Americans live in a complex and diverse society. This course examines the nature, impact, and strategies for dealing with diversity in personal and social contexts.

The Criminal Justice System. This course examines origin, nature, and utilization of criminal law; policing, court adjudication and sentencing; jails and prisons; community based corrections; criminal justice policy.

Marriage and Family Relationships. Here you can discover marriage and family from an institutional and relationship perspective; cross-cultural diversity, mate selection, marital dynamics, parenting, divorce, remarriage, emerging patterns.

Sociological Methods. This course studies the methods of research and investigation in sociology and the social sciences. Prerequisite: Introduction to Sociology.

Crime and Deviance – discovers the nature and causes of crime as well as of behavior defined as socially deviant, including violent, corporate, political crimes; sexual, cultural, political deviance. Prerequisite: Introduction to Sociology and Criminal Justice System.

Crime and Women. This course conveys exploration of social, cultural and political variables that create both women victims and women criminals.

Delinquency and Juvenile Justice. The course examines theory and history of delinquency; relationship to family, peer groups, schools, gangs, drugs, young offenders’ legislation, juvenile courts and police response, youth corrections.

Popular Culture – explores advertising, television, music, novels, and the news are among the topics to be investigated for their social significance.

Social and Cultural Theory. The course examines the period from classical to contemporary theory in sociology and anthropology.

Social Psychology. It studies general and applied psychological principles of the individual’s interaction with a group. Prerequisite: General Psychology or permission of instructor.

Penology. Here you can familiarize yourself with the history and role of corrections; correctional practice, relationship to law, prison society, working in prisons, special needs of prisoners, capital punishment, administration, privatization. Prerequisite: Introduction to Sociology and The Criminal Justice System.

Political Sociology. This course analyses the major sociological variables associated with political
decision-making and other political processes.

Social Stratification. Inquire into inequalities of wealth, power, and the consequence for individuals and society. Prerequisite: Introduction to Sociology and Social and Cultural Theory.

Film and Society. The course provides an in-depth look at the images of social life and social relationships contained in popular movies.

Health, Culture, and Society. This course analyses of how social, cultural, and psychological factors influence health and health care.

Aging, Culture, and Society. The course studies cultural, sociological and psychological dimensions of aging.

Human Sexuality and Social Behavior – studies sexuality and sexual conduct from a sociological and social psychological perspective. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

Poverty. The course investigates poverty in the United States, its measurement and extent, perpetuating conditions, lifestyle, and anti-poverty programs.

Family Violence. The extent, seriousness, and impact of the. major forms of domestic violence.

Victimology. Study of the victims’ role in criminal transactions. Examination off individuals and groups as victims of officially defined crime, as well as other social injuries, not officially defined as crime.

Structural and Elite Crime. The course examines crimes and social injuries perpetrated by organizational structures that do physical or economic harm to the environment, their employees, and their customers.

Police and Society. Here you can find the history and role of police; including patrol officers, detectives, specialty units, police discretion, women in policing, community policing, private policing, corruption, brutality, and accountability. Prerequisite: Introduction to Sociology.

Serial Murder – examines serial murder in historical and contemporary contexts and assesses current control strategies including forensic science and profiling. Prerequisite: Introduction to Sociology and Criminal Justice System.

Forensic Criminology. Course introduces students to variable aspects of Medicolegal Death Investigation. Here students learn about investigating deaths caused by homicide, suicide, accidents, and natural causes.

Crime and the Mind. The course provides examination of “crime” as an ongoing aspect of human existence.

Explaining Crime. The course provides examination of major sociological explanations of crime and their policy implications. Prerequisite: Introduction to Sociology and Criminal Justice System.

Terrorism and Mass Murder. The course studies mass murder, genocide, and terrorism around world and assesses current control initiatives.

Organization Theory - prevailing theoretical model of large organizations and suggested alternatives.

Correctional Administration. The course pays attention to the major issues in correctional administration including the history and theories of corrections in the U.S. are analyzed. Prerequisite: sociology major.

Hate Crimes - examines assumptions about race, gender, sexuality, and others that are used to justify hate crimes; examines common forms, emphasizing causal factors and effects. Prerequisite: Introduction to Sociology.

Research. Here you can learn about qualitative and quantitative methods and designs in sociological research.

Field Experience. The course gives practical on-the-job experience in an agency setting. Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor. Repeatable. 1-12 variable semester-hour credits. Tuition: $149.50 per credit.

Each course consists of 3 credit hours (unless it’s mentioned). The minimum time required to complete a course is 12 weeks.

Tuition: $448.50