Courses
All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.
701 The Development of Sociological Theory
Selected European and American contributors and their systems of theory, in biographical, historical, and sociological perspective.
702 Contemporary Sociological Theory
Modern sociological theory from 1920 to present.
704 Advanced Sociological Theory
Methodological analysis of contemporary sociological theory. Emphasis on theory construction, formalization and evaluation.
710 Research Methods I
Logical analysis of sociological inquiry; survey of major research techniques and examination of principal methodological problems in sociology.
711 Graduate Statistics for the Social Sciences I
A statistics course for the social sciences. Topics include multiple regression analysis, use of qualitative independent variables, interaction effects, nonlinear effects, other topics related to the general linear model. Introduction to logistic regression. Prerequisite: a prior statistics course. Undergraduate students accepted with consent of instructor.
712 Graduate Statistics for the Social Sciences II
An intensive introduction to general linear models (multiple regression, analysis of variance, violations of regression assumptions, alternative estimation methods, simultaneous equation models) and qualitative data analysis (logistic regression, log-linear models and event history analysis). Prerequisite: SOCIOL 711 or consent of instructor in time for any assigned preparation.
722 The Family
Examines trends and changes in U.S. family life—marriage, divorce, childbearing, gender roles—from a variety of theoretical perspectives, using demographic, historical, and ethnographic research sources.
723 Race and Ethnicity in the Sociological Imagination
Seminar emphasizing the social and historical construction of race, persisting patterns of racial and ethnic inequality, and the nature of racial privilege in the U.S. context of the Post-Civil Rights Era.
725 Political Sociology
The construction, legitimation, and delegitimation of political power; the formation of states, their expansion, and rebellion and revolution. Focus upon major theoretical perspectives, including pluralist, statist, institutionalist, class, feminist, and race-centered theories.
728 Social Movements
Analysis of the origins, structure, and culture of social movements, including studies of selected movements.
729 Sociology of Culture
Approaches culture at various levels and in diverse areas subject to student interest, spanning such topics as globalization, intercultural conflict, civil religion, cultural movements, the media, and both cultural production and consumption.
732 Gender and Social Policy
Seminar emphasizing the intersection of the family, the economy, and the state through the lens of social policies such as employment, poverty, and reproductive policies.
791C Comparative Historical Methods
791F Fieldwork and Interviewing
791G Sexuality and Social Theory
791N Social Networks and Analysis
791T Classical Theory
792B Gender Seminar
792D Comparative Welfare State
792F Families and Work
Work, families, and their changing relationship. Historical legacy of separation of work and families. Broad range of contemporary work and contemporary family structure. Movements for change implemented or resisted by the state and professionals, employers and unions. Also specific topics designed to meet class members’ interests.
792P Political Sociology II
793B Labor Force Inequality
793C Cultural Sociology
793D Organizational Theory
793F Transnational Feminist Movements
793G World Systems
793R Critical Race Theory
794A Gender and Society
Concepts of gender including: influential historical processes; the contemporary creation of gendered identities and relations; the ‘multiplicity’ of gender and resulting conflicts and alliances; relation to politics and power; inequalities of gendered labor; and movements for change. Also specific topics designed to meet class members’ interests.
794D Gender and Employment
794E Sexuality, Politics and Policy
794R Seminar on Race
794S Post-Colonial Theory
795I Race, Ethnicity and Immigration
795Q Queer Theory
795R Race, Gender, & Work
797A Teaching Sociology
797G Theory of Globilization
797M Global Crisis & Social Movements
797O Ethnography
797P Politics of Development
797R Race and Nation in Comparative Perspective
797W Writing
899 Doctoral Dissertation
Credit, 18.
