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Mar 19, 2026
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Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027
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SOC 207 Sociology of Deviance Credits: (3)
This course is concerned with the social construction of social deviance as well as the forces that construct, change, and control forms of deviance in society. We will examine various topics from contemporary and historical contexts, including but not limited to crime, delinquency, drug use and abuse, sexual and relationship deviance, social protest and political deviance, cults and religious deviance, and all sorts of counter-cultural social thought, movements and action. Students will learn how to apply and evaluate research methods used by social scientists to study deviance. In addition, students will learn how to evaluate forms of deviance with various sociological theories such as anomie/strain theory, differential association, labeling constructivist perspectives, and conflict and control theories.
SUNY Gen Ed Area(s): Social Sciences
Designation(s): Liberal Arts
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the methods sociologists use to explore deviance, including observation, hypothesis development and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical and interpretive analysis.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the major concepts, models and issues in the field of deviance.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the social mechanisms and forces that construct and deconstruct forms of deviance in society.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the leading theories of deviant behavior such as anomie, social control, labeling, conflict, and learning.
- Illustrate an ability to analyze forms of deviance with the perspective of the leading theories.
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