UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| SOC 1 - Introduction to Sociology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Basic concepts and issues in the study of human society. The structures and processes of human conduct, social organization, and social change. |
| SOC 1H - Introduction to Sociology - Honors |
| (1) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Sociology 1 and consent of instructor; students mumeet departmental honors criteria. |
| Eligible students are invited to enroll in the honors seminar which is generally taught by the course instructor. |
| SOC 98 - Readings in Sociology |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department. |
| Critical reviews and discussions of related topics in sociology under the guidance of a faculty member. Students wishing to enroll must prepare a short plan of study. |
| SOC 99 - Introduction to Research in Sociology |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department. |
| Independent research under the guidance of a faculty member in the department. Course offers exceptional students the opportunity to undertakeindependent research or work in a research group. Students wishing to enroll must prepare a short plan of study. |
| SOC 102 - Sociology, the University, and Society |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Among the main topics are: society, the university, and the discipline. Subtopics include: social and personal responsibility, the university and social change, departmentalization of knowledge, decision making in the university, clientele of university, concept of academic freedom, student power, ethnic and other minorities, organization of profession of sociology, and professional vs. liberal education. |
| SOC 104A - Fundamentals of Data Analysis in Sociology |
| (4) Wong, Friedkin, Charles |
| Prerequisites: PSTAT 5AA-ZZ or Psychology 5 or Communications 87 or equivalent. |
| Basic techniques for the analysis of sociological data using linear models. Emphasis is on sociological application; the course covers the use of bivariate, multi-variate, and multiple-equation models in sociological research. |
| SOC 104B - Fundamentals of Data Analysis in Sociology |
| (4) W. Bielby, Wong, Friedkin, |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 104A. |
| Basic techniques for the analysis of sociological data using linear models.Emphasis is on sociological application; the course will cover the use of bivariate, multi-variate, and multiple-equation models in sociological research. |
| SOC 108 - Methods of Sociological Research |
| (4) Staff |
| an introductory research methods course. |
| Fundamentals of designing, conducting, and analyzing social surveys. While the focus is on survey techniques, problems of design and interpretation in experimental and observational studies are touched upon in terms of similarities and contrasts. |
| SOC 108A - Sociology Research Traditions |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Sociology 3 or a PSTAT 5 series course. |
| Introduction to the basic language, logic, and techniques of major research traditions. Critical thinking in social science, and relation of theory to research in, for example, experiments, surveys, observational studies, historical and comparative approaches, and the use of available data. |
| SOC 108C - Methods of Cultural Analysis |
| (4) Falasca-Zamponi |
| an introductory research methods course. |
| A survey of several methodological approaches that can be applied to the analysis of culture. Methods will be chosen from among the following: interviewing, content analysis, historical methods, structuralism, survey, ethnography, etc. |
| SOC 108CH - Comparative and Historical Methods in Sociology |
| (4) Foran |
| an introductory research methods course. |
| A survey of the methods of comparative-historical sociology, with case studies drawn from various periods and places, including the United States,Europe, and the third world; relationships between theory, methods, evidence, research strategies, and logic will be stressed. |
| SOC 108F - Studying People at Firsthand--Observational Methods in Social Science Research |
| (4) Staff |
| an introductory research methods course. |
| A vital aspect of modern sociology is the study of social activites in natural settings. This course explores the different methods a fieldworker can use to discover truths about society. |
| SOC 108G - Methods and Research in Global and International Sociology |
| (4) Bhavnani, Foran |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the methods of research used in comparative, global, and international research in sociology. Students engage in a group or individual research project chosen in consultation with the instructor. |
| SOC 108ST - Special Topics in Methods |
| (4) STAFF |
| an introductory research methods course. |
| Course covers various topics in sociological methods. Topics, readings, andfield research will vary with instructors. |
| SOC 118C - Sociology of Culture |
| (4) Falasca-Zamponi, Sutton, Cruz |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A broad introduction to the sociological study of culture, organized aroundtheoretical perspectives, definitional and analytical problems, the production of culture, and cultural effects on society. |
| SOC 118G - American Cultural Representations and Myths |
| (4) Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Exploration of selected range of cultural representations of America, focusing on the various dreams and myths that comprise our national identity. Attention to the impact of race, class and gender on American culture. Use of variety of mediums including film, television, ethnography,photography, and poetry. |
| SOC 118GR - Global Religion |
| (4) Juergensmeyer |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examination of the globalization of religious traditions in the modern world. Topics include the polarities between homeland and diaspora, the relationships between transnational religions and nation-states, and how these dynamics change the very nature of religious traditions. |
| SOC 118J - Jesus, Judaism and the Origins of Christianity |
| (4) Friedland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A sociohistorical perspective that analyzes the relationship between the Jesus movement and the Jewish society of his day. Examines the organizationand meaning of sanctity and sovereignty, and positions the Jesus movement within the politics of these institutions. |
| SOC 118L - Sociology of Art/Literature |
| (4) Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Exploration of the relationship between art/literature and society. Focus on what art/literature teaches us about the social world and how it does so. Attention to questions of race, class, and gender. Use of variety of literary and visual mediums. Specific topics may vary. |
| SOC 118M - Music and Social Movements: The Culture of Protest |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| An historical and comparative exploration of the ways in which music is used to express and to mobilize collective protest; the ways in which social movements affect popular culture, and the role of the artist in social movements. |
| SOC 122 - Social Stratification |
| (4) Wong |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| The nature of social classes and class relations, emphasizing contemporary studies of American society. |
| SOC 122GI - Global Inequalities |
| (4) Wong |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines social inequality from a perspective that takes the global system as the unit of analysis. Topics include: globalization, theories and methods for studying global inequality; spatial inequality, and structures and processes in the generation and persistence of inequalities at the global level. |
| SOC 123 - Population |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Population composition and change; differential fertility and mortality of sociocultural groups; internal and international migration; population theory and national policies; problems in areas of population pressure. |
| SOC 126 - Urban Society |
| (4) Staff |
| Problems of the city, (e.g., congestion, homelessness, violence) are examined in light of larger economic and social forces which structure urban life. Through use of slides depicting urban settings, causes and consequences of different ways urban settlements have been organized are considered. |
| SOC 126U - Sociology of the Urban Underclass |
| (4) Wong |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| This course examines conservative, liberal, and radical perspectives on class, poverty, and race, and will allow a critical assessment of the social and political implications of the growing congruity between urban poverty and race. |
| SOC 128 - Interethnic Relations |
| (4) Daniel |
| Patterns of racial and ethnic relations, with particular emphasis upon minorities in the United States. |
| SOC 130 - Development and Its Alternatives |
| (4) Foran |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Survey of development and social change, emphasizing the third world; modernization, dependency and other theories applied to cases drawn from Latin America, Asia, and Africa; examination of social structure, culture, social problems, and mechanisms of change. |
| SOC 130A - Development and Social Change in Africa |
| (4) Robinson |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An exploration into Africa's experience in the global system, with particular attention to dynamics of colonialism, globalization, and African resistance. Topics include Africa before the modern era, contemporary social movements, political processes, African diaspora, class and gender, and regional case studies. |
| SOC 130GR - Globalization and Resistance |
| (4) Foran, Robinson |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines current debates about the impact of globalization on political- economic, social, and cultural arrangements around the world, investigating how people are affected by it, and what forms resistance to these developments is taking in the emerging anti-globalization movements. |
| SOC 130LA - Development and Social Change in Latin America |
| (4) Foran |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines significant instances of economic, political, cultural, and social change in contemporary Latin America. Employs various perspectives to illuminate such phenomena as changing social structures, industrialization, social movements, the states, multinationals, the military, and international pressures. |
| SOC 130ME - Development and Social Change in the Middle East |
| (4) Foran |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Surveys major instances of economic, poltical, cultural, and social change in the Middle East, historically and in the contemporary period. Assesses changing social structures, social movements, the role of Islam, and other topics in Iran, Egypt, and Turkey, among others. |
| SOC 130SA - Development and Social Change in South and Central Asia |
| (4) Juergensmeyer |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An exploration of post-colonial social changes in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other South and Central Asia societies, with emphasis on the rise of ethnic nationalism, the impact of international economic and communication systems, and indigenous forms of development. |
| SOC 130SG - Sociology of Globalization |
| (4) Robinson |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Introduction to the sociological study of globalization. Survey of principal theories and debates in globalization studies with a focus on economic, political, and cultural transnational processes, gender/race/class and globalization, transnational social movements, and local-global linkages. |
| SOC 130ST - Special Topics in the Third World Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Covers topics in third world studies, to be chosen by the instructor, including such issues as social movements, race/ethnicity/nation, culture, development and globalization, and gender and sexuality, among others, in any of the regions the third world. |
| SOC 130SW - Sociology of the Southwest |
| (4) Segura, Robinson |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines the historical development of the U.S. Southwest in sociological perspective. Topics include the region's underlying political economy, the demographic, social, political and symbolic processes that shape the region's ethnic and cultural makeup, gender dynamics, the family, and other social institutions. |
| SOC 131 - Political Sociology |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Social and cultural bases of the political process; the study of power and authority as reflecting the interplay of interests and values; analysis of continuities and discontinuities in the democratic political system. |
| SOC 133 - Sociology of Mass Communication |
| (4) Cruz |
| Organization and processes of mass communications in American society and developing nations; effects of the mass media on social consensus, conflict, and innovation. |
| SOC 134 - Social Movements |
| (4) Flacks |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Causes, dynamics and consequences of protest. American social movements, particularly labor, civil rights, student and women's movements, are studied as cases in movement development. Documentary and fiction films help illustrate analytic themes and historical moments. |
| SOC 134LA - Studies in Latin American Revolutions and Social Movements |
| (4) Daniel, Foran, Robinson |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Explores aspects of a selected case or cases of social movements or revolutions in Latin America, historically and in the present, looking at debates on such issues as the causes, actors, outcomes, and meanings of the events. |
| SOC 134R - The Sociology of Revolutions |
| (4) Foran |
| Prerequisites: Upper division standing. |
| Theories of social revolution will be presented; the causes, types, nature, processes and outcomes of revolutions will be explored and assessed, with case studies drawn from among the French, Russian, Chinese, Mexican, Cuban, Iranian and Nicaraguan revolutions, among others. |
| SOC 134RC - Radical Social Change |
| (4) Foran |
| Prerequisites: Upper division standing or a prior course in sociology. |
| Covers significant cases of radical social change, such as the revolutions of Cuba, Chile, or Chiapas, the radical reforms in Kerala, India, the global justice movement, or any of the many others of the contemporary world. |
| SOC 134T - Social Analysis of Terrorism |
| (4) Juergensmeyer |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A study of terrorist movements and actions, especially those involving religious militants in the Middle East, South Asia, Europe and the Americas. An exploration of their social causes and effects, and the relationship between religion and violence. |
| SOC 136A - The Analysis of Conversational Interaction |
| (4) Lerner, Raymond |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| The analysis of naturally occurring conversations with an emphasis on understanding conversation as a form of social interaction. Focuses on systems that organize talk-in-interaction (turn taking, action sequencing, and repair of conversational troubles) and methods for analyzing single conversations. |
| SOC 136B - Methods of Conversation Analytic Research |
| (4) Lerner, Raymond |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 136A or 136I or 136M or 136V or 185E. |
| Individual and group projects in the analysis of conversational interaction stressing the understanding of this approach through actual research. |
| SOC 136I - The Analysis of Interaction in Institutional Setting |
| (4) Lerner, Raymond |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| The course examines how interaction in institutional settings differs from everyday interaction, and how these differences contribute to the constitution of formal settings of social action. |
| SOC 136M - Communication in Medical Care |
| (4) Raymond |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines empirical knowledge about doctor-patient conduct, the role of expertise and power in this relationship and addresses methodological questions concerning analyses of the doctor-patient relationship. |
| SOC 136V - Video Study of Social Interaction |
| (4) Lerner, Raymond |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examination of the visible aspects of social interaction: The organization of gesture, gaze, and body movement in the production of social actions through a survey of relevant research and direct inspection of videotapes of ordinary social occasions. |
| SOC 137E - Sociology of the Black Experience |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| This course will give a sociological overview of the experiences of blacks in the United States from slavery to the present. Sociological analysis of the changing historical significance of black poverty, the black family, and the black worker in the U.S. will be presented. |
| SOC 138G - Global Conflict |
| (4) Juergensmeyer |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Exploration of some of the major points of tension in global society since since the end of the Cold War, with emphasis on the rise of religious nationalism and ethnic strife in the Middle East, South and Central Asia, and Russia. |
| SOC 139A - Black and White Relations: Towards Pluralism or Integration |
| (4) Daniel |
| A comparative-historical examination of interethnic relations between European Americans and African Americans from the colonial period to the present in terms of plurarlistic and integrationist dynamics. |
| SOC 139B - African Americans and "Other" European Americans: A Study of Conflict and Cooperation |
| (4) Daniel |
| A compartive-historical examination of interethnic relations between African Americans and various immigrant European American ethnic groups (e.g., Irish Americans, German Americans, Italian Americans, and Jewish Americans) in the process of "Americanization." |
| SOC 139C - Betwixt and Between: Multiracial Identity in the United States |
| (4) Daniel |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An examination of the factors that have influenced the social location of racially mixed individuals of African and European descent in the United States, in order to provide a context for understanding the complexities surrounding the newly emerging multiracial conciousness. |
| SOC 139D - African Americans and "Other" Americans of Color: Allies or Antagonists? |
| (4) Daniel |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A comparative-historical examination of interethnic relations between African Americans and various other ethnic groups of color (Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latina/o Americans, etc.). Special attention to factors that have given rise to areas of conflict and cooperation. |
| SOC 139RN - Race, Ethnicity, and Nation in Comparative-Historical Perspective |
| (4) Daniel |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Sociology 128, 139A-B-C, or 185D. |
| Comparative-historical analysis of varying patterns of race, ethnicity, and nation in the United States and larger global arena. |
| SOC 140 - Aging in American Society |
| (4) Bielby |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| a socialization or developmental psychology course or personal experience working with the elderly. |
| This course will survey and analyze aspects of growing old in American society. Attention is focused on the meaning of aging to the individual as topics including physical and mental health, retirement, leisure, sexuality, death, and dying are discussed. |
| SOC 142 - Socialization, Self-Actualization, and Creativity |
| (4) J.D. Baldwin |
| The influence of people's social environment on their developing behavior. Attention devoted to exploration, play, creativity, self-actualization, showing how certain social environments are or are not conducive to full human development. |
| SOC 144 - The Chicano Community |
| (4) Segura |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Origins of the Chicano in rural Mexico; context of contact, patterns of settlement in the United States; the Chicano community, social structure, and social change; acculturation and generational patterns; community leadership and change. |
| SOC 144LA - Latina Activism in the United States |
| (4) Segura |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Analyzes the traditions of activism and contemporary feminist discourse and
practice among Latinas in the United States. Major themes include political
consciousness, identity, feminism, and community. |
| SOC 144LI - Latinas/os and Immigration |
| (4) Turnovsky |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines the Latino migration experience in the US. Major themes include
social and political inequality, issues of race, class and gender in the migration
process, labor struggles and immigration law. |
| SOC 144LW - Chicanas/os & Latinas/os and Work |
| (4) Turnovsky |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines the labor experiences of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os in the United
States. Major themes include race/ethnicity, gender and class in the workplace,
migration and the law, and labor and immigrant rights movements. |
| SOC 144S - Sexuality, Race, Gender, and Class |
| (4) Schneider |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines interplay of sexuality, race, gender, nation, and class with focuson social processes and practices of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals of color. Raises critical intellectual issues about racialized and gendered social practices involving culture, politics, idealogies, and power relations. |
| SOC 146 - Special Topics in Sociology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Lectures in special areas of interest in contemporary sociology. Specific course titles to be announced by the department each quarter. |
| SOC 147 - Current Issues in Social Psychology |
| (4) Friedkin |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examination of recent developments in research and theory within selected fields of social psychology. |
| SOC 148 - Social Networks |
| (4) Friedkin |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Sociology 1, 2, 3, and 4 or their equivalents. |
| Social structure as derived from patterns of micro-relation (networks of people) and macro-relations (networks of organizations, interest groups, nations, or other collectivities); consequences of network relationships for social behavior and the distribution of resources, information, power, beliefs, and social support. |
| SOC 148MA - Social Network Analysis |
| (4) Friedkin |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Introduction to concepts, methods, and applications of social network analysis. |
| SOC 148P - Personal Networks |
| (4) Straits |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| This course examines the manner in which individuals' attitudes and behaviors are affected by their personal ties to others. Topics include gender and generational differences in network composition; network processes during crises and other significant life events; and network maintenance. |
| SOC 151 - Gender in Film and Television |
| (4) Bielby |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examination of how structural, cultural, and historical factors shape images of gender in film and television. |
| SOC 152A - Sociology of Human Sexuality |
| (4) J.D. Baldwin, J.I. Baldwin |
| This course covers all the main aspects of human sexuality-anatomy, sexual response, pregnancy, sexual diseases including HIV, birth control, abortion, learning to be sexual, sexual orientation, gender differences, sex therapy and enrichment, love, and related sociological issues. |
| SOC 152B - Topics in Human Sexuality |
| (4) J.D. Baldwin, J.I. Baldwin |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 152A and consent of instructor. |
| A seminar for advanced research on and discussion of the sociology of humansexuality. Each student facilitates one class discussion on one of the maintopics on sexuality. |
| SOC 152C - Advanced Study in the Sociology of Human Sexuality |
| (1-4) Baldwin, Baldwin |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 152A-B and consent of instructor. |
| The course covers specific details about human sexuality. Course content will be determined by students and instructors. |
| SOC 153 - Women and Work |
| (4) Fenstermaker, Segura |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| The course will begin with readings and discussion of the sociological features of work in society. The role of women in the labor market will be explored, as well as their lives as unpaid workers in their own homes. Finally, more global issues of sexual inequality and social change will be discussed. |
| SOC 154A - Sociology of the Family |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A lecture course on family and household organiz tion, past and present. Attention to contemporary issues in the American family focusing on gender,class, and cultural variation. |
| SOC 154EC - Sociology of Early Childhood |
| (4) Lerner |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Introduces students to young children as social actors. Examines their place in a social-interactional world and their assessment of others as independent persons. Topics include early friendship and conflict and their emergence as competent language users. |
| SOC 154F - The Chicano Family |
| (4) Segura |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| This course provides and overview of historical and conCemporary research on Chicano families in the United States. Changing viewpoints on the character of Chicano families and their implications with respect to policyissues are examined. |
| SOC 155A - Women in American Society |
| (4) Fenstermaker |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| The roles and life styles of women in various American subcultures and the ideologies developing around them. |
| SOC 155B - Sociological perspectives on Women |
| (4) Fenstermaker, Schneider |
| Sociology 155A. |
| Advanced study in the sociology of women course format (seminar or lecture)and topics vary from year to year. Topics may include: The analysis of the status of women in the labor force, women's class position, theoretical andpractical aspects of patriarchy. |
| SOC 155M - Contemporary U.S. Women's Movements |
| (4) Schneider |
| Examination of the development and transformation of the U.S. contemporary women's movement. Consideration is given to ideological and organizational differences, internal politics, and the impact of the movement on individuals, policies, and institutions. |
| SOC 155R - Chicana Research Issues |
| (4) Segura |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| This course is designed to enable students to develop and implement a research project that explores in depth one or more facets of the Chicana experience. Students will select and gather information in one area of interest: family, health, education, or employment. |
| SOC 155T - Girls Culture |
| (4) Twine |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Introduction to the interdisciplinary feminist literature on girls culture.Examination of how girls from a range of racial/ethnic, class, religious, and national backgrounds respond to social inequalities and cultural prescriptions of femininity. Topics include sexuality, popular culture, economic dependance and activism. |
| SOC 155W - Chicanas and Mexican Women in Contemporary Society |
| (4) Segura |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines existing research on native-born and immigrant Mexican women in
the United States with emphasis on family, education, employment, and politics.
Analysis of the Chicana experience organized by considering how interplay
between class, race, and gender affects access to opportunity and equality. |
| SOC 156A - Introduction to Women, Culture, and Development |
| (4) Bhavani |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Critical examination of the relations among women, culture and development. Topics include colonialism, violence, globalization, and the state, health and reproduction, biotechnology, representation, and resistance movements. |
| SOC 156B - Seminar in Women, Culture, and Development |
| (4) Bhavnani |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 156A; upper-division standing. |
| Critical examination of the interrelationships among women, culture and development through individual projects. |
| SOC 157 - Radicalism in Contemporary Life |
| (4) Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A multidisciplinary approach to investigating radicalism as a form of thought and practice. Examines different models and sources of radicalism cross-nationally. |
| SOC 157S - Seminar in Radicalism in Contemporary Life |
| (4) Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 157; upper-division standing. |
| A multidisciplinary approach to the investigation of models of contemporary radicalism through individual research projects. |
| SOC 159LG - Sociology of Lesbian and Gay Communities |
| (4) Scneider |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Origins and transformation of lesbian and gay communities and social movements, with special attention to ideological development, major social problems, cultural production, race, ethnic & gender differences, organizational formation and political conflict. |
| SOC 159S - Sociology and Sexual Politics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Recent approaches to the study of sexuality through the work of gay and lesbian scholars, social historians, feminists, and discourse theorists. Emphasis on recent changes in sexuality, sexual suffering, and sexual politics. Topics vary with the instructor. |
| SOC 164 - Sociology of Education |
| (4) Friedkin |
| Changing character of education in complex societies its relation to political, economic, and technological institutions; and its effect on individual and community behavior and development. |
| SOC 166W - The Contemporary World System |
| (4) Appelbaum |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Seminar addressing various theoretical perspectives and empirical issues and aspects of the contemporary world system, with emphasis on political, economic, cultural, and social processes and relations. |
| SOC 170 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior |
| (4) Sutton |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Introduction to the sociological study of conformity and deviance, with emphasis on processes of social control. |
| SOC 170J - Juvenile Justice: Youth Offenders and the Criminal Justice System in the New Millenium |
| (4) Rios |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Analysis of the structure and agency of juvenile justice. The history and function of the juvenile justice system (structure) and the experience and behavior (agency) of juveniles who are "deviant" or "delinquent" is examined. |
| SOC 172 - Sociology of Crime and Delinquency |
| (4) Sutton |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Theories of the genesis of delinquency and crime; factors in the organization of delinquent and criminal behavior from the points of view ofthe person and group; delinquent and criminal behavior systems. |
| SOC 173 - Sociology of Law |
| (4) Sutton, Earl |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Study of the social and cultural factors underlying the development, maintenance, and change of legal structures and processes, and analysis of theories of jurisprudence. |
| SOC 174 - Criminal Justice and the Community |
| (4) Earl, Jones |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Sociological analysis of law enforcement systems and court systems; police discretion, differential implementation of the criminal law; negotiation incriminal justice decisions. |
| SOC 175 - Sociology of Punishments and Corrections |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Theories of punishment and treatment used in dealing with convicts and juvenile delinquents; analysis of the systems of behavior modification usedby probation, prison, and parole workers. |
| SOC 176A - Sociology of AIDS |
| (4) Schneider |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Sociological analysis of AIDS: the social history of disease; social construction of AIDS as a social problem; stigma, illness, and sexuality; impact of aids on selected groups and communities; legal, medical, and political institutions response to AIDS. |
| SOC 176D - Sociology of Drug Use |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Deals with such topics as the demographic patterns of drug usage, socialization into and out of drug subcultures, criminalization and decriminalization of various drugs, and drugs as they pertain to women, youth, and minorities. Cross-cultural approaches to drug use and treatment modes. |
| SOC 178 - The Prisoner |
| (4) Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines the history and current condition of prisoners in the United States and elsewhere in the world and studies the prison abolition movement through a multidisciplinary approach. |
| SOC 185A - Development of Sociological Thought |
| (4) Appelbaum, Cruz, Friedland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| The outstanding European and American figures and idea systems in the development of sociological thought are discussed. |
| SOC 185C - Cultural Theory |
| (4) Friedland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| a 3.0 GPA. |
| An introduction to functionalist, semiotic, Dramaturgical, Weberian, Durkehimian, Marxian and post-structuralist approaches to cultural analysis. |
| SOC 185D - Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations: United States Sociological Perspectives |
| (4) Daniel, Winant |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A compartive-historical survey of classical and contemporary United States sociological theories of race and ethnic relations. |
| SOC 185E - Introduction to Ethnomethodology |
| (4) Raymond |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Fundamental processes of social interaction and social organization. Accountability of action and the fundamental mechanisms of interaction; co-implication of institutional context and individual agency in interaction; reproduction of individual identities and social structure as trans-situational realities. |
| SOC 185F - French Social Theory |
| (4) Falasca-Zamponi |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An examination of major developments in French social theory both from the historical and the thematic point of view. Authors studied may include: Comte, Durkheim, Mauss, Althusser, Foucault, Bourdieu, Sartre, Levi-strauss, and Baudrillard. |
| SOC 185G - Theories of Gender and Inequality |
| (4) Gordon, Bhavnani, Twine |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Varying theoretical perspectives on cause of gender inequaltiy, maintenanceand reproduction of gender systems, social consequences of gender stratification, and dynamics of change in systems of inequality. |
| SOC 185GT - Gender Theory/Transgender Experience |
| (4) Fenstermaker |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Focuses on theories of gender with specific application and relevance to transgender and transsexual experience. Gender's cultural, social structural, and interpersonal aspects are considered as they are destabilized, pushed, and crossed. |
| SOC 185J - Power in Social Institutions |
| (4) Mohr |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Exploration of both classical and contemporary theories about social power.Application of these ideas to two or three special topics each quarter such as gender, organizations, work, and the state. Emphasis on explaining historical foundations of institutional arrangements. |
| SOC 185P - G.H. Mead's Theory of Pragmatism |
| (4) J.D. Baldwin |
| George Herbert Mead's theory of pragmatism provides a major foundation for sociological theory. it is also a very useful theory for contemporary social life. It integrates personal and interpersonal issues with larger macro-social concerns to create a unified theory. |
| SOC 185S - Special Topics in Social Theory |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Exploration of various theorists, schools of thought, particular theories and special problems and issues in social theory. Theory and readings will vary. |
| SOC 190A - Group Studies in Organizational Settings |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Systematic exploration of the problems of institutional and community development, the dilemmas of social service institutions and helping occupations, the potentialities and constraints on the creation of social and cultural alternatives. |
| SOC 191CA - Instructional Laboratory in Sociology |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; consent of instructor and department. |
| Designed for outstanding students who intern as course assistants under the supervision of the assigned faculty member. |
| SOC 193 - Senior Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| A seminar intended to represent a culminating experience for majors. The focus will be on a topic or theme that permits intensive analysis of methods and problems of social inquiry. Topics will vary with the instructor. |
| SOC 194 - Group Studies for Advanced Students |
| (2-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Intensive study and research. |
| SOC 195H - Sociology Honors Colloquium |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Must meet departmental honors criteria. |
| In conjunction with the sociology colloquium series, this course will address issues and topics presented by the speakers. Participating studentswill be expected to read assigned materials and participate in discussions. |
| SOC 196H - Honors Research Practicum in Sociology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Open to upper-division sociology majors only. |
| Students will develop research topics and appropriate methodologies. General issues of sociological research will be discussed, including the relationship between theory and method. |
| SOC 196HR - Honors Practicum in Sociology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 196H. |
| Students will concentrate on data collection and analysis. |
| SOC 196HT - Honors Research Practicum in Sociology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 194HR. |
| Students will complete their research, write their theses, and present their results orally to the seminar. |
| SOC 198 - Readings in Sociology |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of two prior upper-division courses in sociology. |
| Readings in sociology under the guidance of a faculty member in the department students wishing to enroll should prepare a short plan of study. |
| SOC 199 - Independent Studies in Sociology |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of two prior upper-division courses in sociology. |
| Independent studies in sociology under the guidance of a faculty member in the department. Students wishing to enroll should prepare a short plan of study. |
| SOC 199RA - Independent Research Assistance in Sociology |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of two prior upper-division courses in sociology; consent of instructor and department. |
| Coursework shall consist of faculty supervised research assistance. |
| SOC 203 - Logics of Inquiry |
| (4) Sutton |
| Sociology 207A-B. |
| Explores the connection between data and theory as they are developed in the major research traditions in sociology. Approaches that may be discussed are the quasi-experimental model, comparative-historical research and/or relational methods. |
| SOC 204A - Topics in Advanced Data Anaysis |
| (4) Wong |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 103 and 104 or equivalent. |
| This seminar will deal with topics of current interest in the area of_data analysis and will give participants "hands on" experience in using the new techniques with real data. Participants will analyze data of their choosing and will write up the results in journal article form. Technical assistance and some data archives will be provided by the sociology computing facility. |
| SOC 204B - Topics in Advanced Data Analysis |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 103 and 104 or equivalent. |
| This seminar will deal with topics of current interest in the area of data analysis and will give participants "hands on" experience in using the new techniques with real data. Participants will analyze data of their choosing and will write up the results in journal article form. Technical assistance and some data archives will be provided by the sociology computing facility. |
| SOC 204C - Topics in Advanced Data Analysis |
| (4) Wong |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 103 and 104 or equivalent. |
| This seminar will deal with topics of current interest in the area of_data analysis and will give participants "hands-on" experience in using_the new techniques with real data. Participants will analyze data of their choosing and will write up the results in journal article form. Technical assistance and some data archives will be provided by the sociology computing facility. |
| SOC 205A - Data Analysis in Sociology |
| (4) W. Bielby, Wong, Friedkin |
| Prerequisites: Political Science 205 or PSTAT 5A-Z or equivalent. |
| Basic techniques for the analysis of sociological data using linear models. Emphasis is on sociological application; the course will cover the use of bivariate, multi-variate, and multiple-equation models in sociological research. |
| SOC 205B - Data Analysis in Sociology |
| (4) W. Bielby, Wong, Friedkin |
| Prerequisites: Political Science 205 or PSTAT 5A-Z or equivalent. |
| Basic techniques for the analysis of sociological data using linear models. Emphasis is on sociological application; the course will cover the use of bivariate, multi-variate, and multiple-equation models in sociological research. |
| SOC 207A - Sociological Theory |
| (4) Applebaum, Cruz, Gordon |
| Fundamental issues in contemporary social theory from their emergence in the Enlightenment, through the writings of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, to present day controversies. Material covered equivalent to that offered in Sociology 200A-B. |
| SOC 207B - Sociological Theory |
| (4) STAFF |
| Fundamental issues in contemporary social theory from their emergence in the Enlightenment, through the writings of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, to present day controversies. Material covered equivalent to that offered in Sociology 200A-B. |
| SOC 207C - Sociological Theory |
| (4) Appelbaum, Cruz, Gordon |
| Fundamental issues in contemporary social theory from their emergence in the Enlightenment, through the writings of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, to present day controversies. Material covered equivalent to that offered in Sociology 200A-B. |
| SOC 211A - Field Research in Sociology |
| (4) Staff |
| The organization and execution of research in natural settings; analysis offield data and documentary evidence; problems of comparative history and analytic induction. |
| SOC 211B - Field Research in Sociology |
| (4) Staff |
| The organization and execution of research in natural settings; analysis offield data and documentary evidence; problems of comparative history and analytic induction. |
| SOC 212A - Seminar in Comparative-Historical Sociology |
| (4) Staff |
| Theoretical and methodological bases of comparative-historical sociology. Use of thoeries and concepts, logic of comparison and contrast, types of evidence, and other issues raised by classic works and methodological writings. |
| SOC 212B - Seminar in Comparative-Historical Sociology |
| (4) Staff |
| Students pursue research projects applying historical and/or comparative methods. |
| SOC 212F - Feminist Research Methodologies |
| (4) Fenstermaker, Bhavnani |
| Fundamental issues in the philosophy, process, and tools of feminist research inquiries. |
| SOC 212P - Gender Research Practicum |
| (4) Fenstermaker, Bhavnani |
| A research practicum in which students apply the fundamentals of feminist research methodologies to current projects. |
| SOC 212Q - Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences Seminar |
| (2) STAFF |
| Required course for students in the Interdisciplinary Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences Emphasis. |
| SOC 212R - Introduction to the Analysis of Recorded Interaction |
| (4) Lerner |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Methods for analyzing talk in interaction in a computerized multimedia environment. Methods for producing an action analysis, locating recurrent features, building a data collection, and developing a data collection intoa formal research paper. |
| SOC 212W - Writing Practicum in Sociology |
| (4) Foran |
| Prerequisites: Students must have a current research project that is in the writing stage. |
| Designed to hone research and writing skills; the main work involves students' research projects, and giving feedback to each other. The group discusses a number of issues to do with the craft of writing. |
| SOC 213 - The Practice of Critical Ethnography |
| (4) Bhavnani |
| The course will introduce students to theories and practices of critical ethnography. The aim of the course is to show how critical ethnography can be practiced. Hence, the focus will be on conducting empirical ethnographicresearch. |
| SOC 214A - Introduction to Race, Ethnicity, Nation |
| (4) Staff |
| Focus on the influential and paradigmatic theoretical and conceptual scholarship in the field. Emphasis on comparative framework, cultural approaches, intersection of race, class, and gender, and on interdisciplinary scholarship. |
| SOC 214B - Introduction to Race, Ethnicity, Nation |
| (4) Staff |
| Sociology 214A. |
| Focus on the influential and paradigmatic theoretical and conceptual scholarship in the field. Emphasis on comparative framework, cultural approaches, intersection of race, class, and gender, and on interdisciplinary scholarship. |
| SOC 215 - Contemporary Themes in Race and Migration |
| (4) Park, Turnovsky |
| Using a comparative perspective, the course examines contemporary scholarship on race and migration from a multidisciplinary perspective, including historical American immigration policies and patterns, the socio-political impact of American immigration law, and the complex processes of transnational and international migration. |
| SOC 215D - United States Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, and Nation |
| (4) Daniel |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 207A-B-C. |
| Historical contextualization of classical and contemporary United States sociology of race, ethnicity, and nation; comparative analysis of the order and power-conflict perspectives, particulary in terms of their ability to chart race and ethnic dynamics since the 1960's. |
| SOC 216D - Topics in Comparaitve-Historical Race, Ethnicity, and Nation |
| (4) Daniel |
| Sociology 214A-B, or 215A. |
| Comparative-hisorical sociological analyses of varying patterns of race and ethnic relations in the United States and in the larger global arena. |
| SOC 218C - Sociology of Culture |
| (4) Sutton |
| Seminar on the sociological study of culture, examining theoretical perspectives, definitional and analytical problems, production of culture, and cultural effects. |
| SOC 218CP - Topics on Cultural Sociology |
| (4) Falasca-Zamponi |
| Selected topics in the sociological analysis of the relationship between culture and politics. |
| SOC 218P - Seminar on Popular Culture |
| (4) D. Bielby |
| Prerequisites: Prior course on sociology of culture. |
| This seminar focuses on theories, research, and debates regarding the sociological analysis of popular culture. |
| SOC 218PA - Advanced Seminar on Popular Culture |
| (4) Cruz, Bielby |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Focuses on selected topics in the sociology of popular culture. |
| SOC 223 - Measuring Meaning Structures |
| (4) Mohr |
| Introduces computer-based methods for analyzing the type of qualitative textual data which might be extracted from recorded interviews, newspaper articles, CD-ROMS, websites, or other forms of social and cultural discourse. |
| SOC 224 - Seminar In Collective Behavior And Social Movement |
| (4) STAFF |
| Advanced study of theory and research on protest, collective mobilization, collective behavior, grass roots activism, and related topics. |
| SOC 230A - Proseminar in Social Movements and Political Consciousness |
| (4) Staff |
| A proseminar on current research and theory in social movement studies and related fields. |
| SOC 230B - Proseminar in Social Movements and Political Consciousness |
| (4) Staff |
| A proseminar on current research and theory in social movement studies and related fields. |
| SOC 230C - Proseminar in Social Movements and Political Consciousness |
| (4) Staff |
| A proseminar on current research and theory in social movement studies and related fields. |
| SOC 231 - Seminar In Political Sociology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Study of the social and cultural bases of the political process. |
| SOC 233 - Problems in Radical Thought |
| (4) Gordon |
| Explores some of the challenges facing radical thought today. Particular emphasis placed on the relationship between the critical and utopian functions of radical thought. |
| SOC 236 - The Analysis Of Conversational Interaction |
| (4) Lerner, Raymond |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| This seminar focuses on the structure of naturally occurring conversational interaction with an emphasis on problem formulation and methods of analysis. |
| SOC 236I - The Analysis Of Interaction In Institutional Settings |
| (4) Lerner, Raymond |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 236. |
| This seminar focuses on how the dynamics of interactional processes contribute to the constitution of formal settings of social action. |
| SOC 236V - Video Study Of Social Interaction |
| (4) Lerner |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 236. |
| This course examines visible aspects of social interaction. It explores theorganization of gesture, gaze, and body movement in the production of interaction through a survey of published research and direct inspection ofrecordings of ordinary social occasions. |
| SOC 239 - Sociology Of Law |
| (4) STAFF |
| Selected topics in the sociological analysis of legal stuctures and processes, and of theories of jurisprudence. |
| SOC 242 - Seminar In Language And Social Interaction |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 136. |
| The seminar will explore selecte topics in the analysis of naturally occurring conversation with an emphasis on conversational exchange as a form of social interaction. |
| SOC 245B - Seminar on Gender |
| (4) STAFF |
| Current research, theories and concepts of gender will be considered. topics vary from quarter to quarter and by instructor. |
| SOC 246 - Seminar on the Life Course |
| (4) Bielby |
| Examines theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the lifecourse. The dynamic relation between changing social structures, institutions, and life patterns is emphasized. |
| SOC 248MA - Social Network Analysis |
| (4) Friedkin |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Introduction to concepts, methods, and applications of social network analysis. |
| SOC 255 - Seminar in Feminist Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| This course will analyze the social, cultural, and economic roots of women's oppression. Particular attention will be paid to the variety of forms that inequality takes, and the diversity of women's experiences whichresults. |
| SOC 255R - Seminar On Gender, Race, and Class |
| (4) STAFF |
| An examination of the intersection of race, class, and gender in empirical and theoretical socialogical work. |
| SOC 256S - Seminar on Sexualities |
| (4) Schneider |
| Research and theory on sexual meanings, identities, behavior, and communities. |
| SOC 257A - Feminist Studies Proseminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| An advanced seminar focusing on research development in the broad area of feminist studies. |
| SOC 261A - Comparative Institutions |
| (4) Staff |
| An advanced seminar focusing on research development in broad area of comparative institutions within related political, social, economic, and cultural frameworks. |
| SOC 261B - Comparative Institutions |
| (4) Staff |
| An advanced seminar focusing on research development in broad area of comparative institutions within related political, social, economic, and cultural frameworks. |
| SOC 261C - Comparative Institutions |
| (4) Staff |
| An advanced seminar focusing on research development in broad area of comparative institutions within related political, social, economic, and cultural frameworks. |
| SOC 265 - Development and its Alternatives |
| (4) Foran, Bhavnani, Appelbaum |
| The seminar will explore a range of theories issues and case studies in the sociology of development and social change, primarily in the Third World. Topics and cases covered will vary according to students' and instructor's interests. |
| SOC 265G - Sociology of Globalization |
| (4) Robinson |
| Overview of the sociology of globalization and theories of globalism. Topics include: the politics of globalization, transnational state apparatuses; social movements; global civil society; transnational migrations; globalization and race/ethnicity; gender and globalization; local-global linkages. |
| SOC 265GS - Global Political Economy |
| (4) Appelbaum |
| An advanced graduate seminar covering recent theory and research about global production systems, including developments in world-systems theory, flexible production, post-fordism, and global commodity chains. |
| SOC 265I - Introduction to Global, International, and Development Sociology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Introduces students to the range of core issues and debates within the fields of global, international, and development sociology, from political economy to culture, gender to REN, social movements to micro-issues. |
| SOC 265W - Women, Culture And Development |
| (4) Appelbaum, Bhavnani, Foran |
| Identifying, reading, and critiquing theoretical and empirical materials from all regions of the Third World that address the interrelated themes ofwomen, culture, and development. |
| SOC 266LA - Sociology of Latin America |
| (4) Robinson |
| Examines social, political, economic, and cultural trends in Latin America in historical context, including but not limited to political economy, development processes, women, indigenous people, revolutionary movements, transnational migration, and different debates, theories and perspectives for studying Latin America. |
| SOC 267 - Seminar in Complex Organizations |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 167 or equivalent. |
| This seminar will examine recent developments in research and theory on organizations. |
| SOC 268 - Discrimination in Organizations |
| (4) Bielby |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Explores the forces that generate, sustain, and erode gender and racial discrimination in organizations. Course materials draw upon social theory and research in the fields of organizational analysis, social psychology, labor economics, and legal studies. |
| SOC 273A - Language and the Body |
| (4) Lerner, Thompson |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Brings together the methods and findings of functional linguistics and those of conversation analysis in a dialogue centering on the visible behavior of the body in the organization of talk-in-interaction, especially gesture, gaze, and body movement. |
| SOC 273B - Language and the Body |
| (2) Lerner |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 273A. |
| Brings together the methods and findings of functional linguistics and those of conversation analysis in a dialogue centering on the visible behavior of the body in the organization of talk-in-interaction, especially gesture, gaze, and body movement. |
| SOC 274 - Proseminar in Language, Interaction, and Social Organization |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Discussion of current research, literature, and theoretical and methodological issues in language and social interaction. |
| SOC 275 - Proseminar in Race, Ethnicity, and Nation |
| (2) Winant |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Proseminar attached to the Race/Ethnicity/Nation area of the graduate program in Sociology. Focus on student research and emerging literature in REN related areas. Periodic colloquia by visitors. Meets biweekly. |
| SOC 290A - Professional Development Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| The professional roles of sociologists as teacher, researcher, and colleague will be explored. This course will introduce students to the culture of the discipline, the department and the university. Students will explore the skills and sensibilities of effective teaching in undergraduate settings. Colloquia presentations will be considered as alternative modes of teaching effectiveness. Faculty presentations on their own pedagogic methods and current research activity will be included. |
| SOC 290B - Professional Development Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| The professional roles of sociologists as teacher, researcher, and colleague will be explored. This course will introduce students to the culture of the discipline, the department and the university. Students will explore the skills and sensibilities of effective teaching in undergraduate settings. Colloquia presentations will be considered as alternative modes of teaching effectiveness. Faculty presentations on their own pedagogic methods and current research activity will be included. |
| SOC 294 - Special Topics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Special seminar on research subjects of current interest. |
| SOC 501 - Apprentice Teaching |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Sociology 290A-B-C and teaching assistant or associate status. |
| The application of research and theory to classroom practice in the teaching of undergraduate sociolgy courses. At the teaching assistant level, faculty will supervise individual students as they lead discussion sections, prepare and grade examinations, read written assignments, and engage in individual consultations with undergraduates. Associates will be responsible for courses in their entirety. Weekly meetings with instructor are required. |
| SOC 502 - Research Assistance Practicum |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Content will vary with individual students, each of whom will be instructedin the practical aspects of doing research in the area employed--bibliographical work, interviewing, statistical analyses, or questionnaire construction and analysis. Weekly group meetings with instructor are required. |
| SOC 504 - Professional Problems |
| (4) STAFF |
| Practical problems frequently encountered by graduate students and assistant professors will be identified and analyzed. These include proposal writing, article writing, selecting the right journal or book publisher, preparing a vitae, locating job opportunities, and participating in the "politics" of colleges and universities, as well as academic departments. |
| SOC 591 - Graduate Workshop In Sociological Research |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Presentation of research completed, in progress or proposed, with faculty in attendance. Students are expected to offer critical and useful comments on research. |
| SOC 595 - Group Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Critical review of research in selected fields. |
| SOC 596 - Directed Reading And Research |
| (2-5) STAFF |
| Individual tutorial. Plan of study must be approved by department chair. |
| SOC 597 - Independant Study M.A.-Ph.D. Examinations |
| (4-8) STAFF |
| Individual study for M.S. and Ph.D examinations. Normally taken with the student's committee chair. |
| SOC 598 - M.A. Thesis Research Preparation |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| M.A. thesis research and preparation. Research and preparation for the Master's thesis. Normally taken with the student's M.A. committee chair. |
| SOC 599 - Ph.D Dissertation Research and Preparation. |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Ph.D. dissertation research and preparation. Ph.D. dissertation preparation. Normally taken with the student's committee chair. |