SOC 14N:
Inequality in American Society
An overview of the major forms of inequality in American society, their causes and consequences. Special attention will devoted to to public policy associated with inequality.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
SOC 45Q:
Understanding Race and Ethnicity in American Society (CSRE 45Q)
Preference to sophomores. Historical overview of race in America, race and violence, race and socioeconomic well-being, and the future of race relations in America. Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
SOC 113:
Comparative Corruption (POLISCI 143S)
Causes, effects, and solutions to various forms of corruption in business and politics in both developing regions (e.g. Asia, E. Europe) and developed ones (the US and the EU).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
SOC 114:
Economic Sociology (SOC 214)
(Graduate students register for 214.) The sociological approach to production, distribution, consumption, and markets, emphasizing the impact of norms, power, social structure, and institutions on the economy. Comparison of classic and contemporary approaches to the economy among the social science disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor markets, organization of professions such as law and medicine, the economic role of informal networks, industrial organization, including the structure and history of the computer and popular music industries, business alliances, capitalism in non-Western societies, and the transition from state socialism in E. Europe and China.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
SOC 118:
Social Movements and Collective Action (SOC 218)
Why social movements arise, who participates in them, the obstacles they face, the tactics they choose, and how to gauge movement success or failure. Theory and empirical research. Application of concepts and methods to social movements such as civil rights, environmental justice, antiglobalization, and anti-war.
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 129:
Social Psychology: Self and Society (SOC 229)
Why do people behave the way they do? This fundamental question drives social psychology, a field that bridges psychology and sociology. This course surveys social psychological research on a wide variety of topics including conformity, morality, respect, generosity, identity, and prejudice, giving students a deeper understanding of the causal architecture of the social world.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
SOC 130:
Education and Society (EDUC 120C, EDUC 220C, SOC 230)
The effects of schools and schooling on individuals, the stratification system, and society. Education as socializing individuals and as legitimizing social institutions. The social and individual factors affecting the expansion of schooling, individual educational attainment, and the organizational structure of schooling.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 143:
Sociology of the Middle Class
This class focuses on understanding of how social research is conducted, and gaining the ability to evaluate the quality ofnnempirical research. The course will focus on the process of designing a research project, including: formulating research questions, developing hypotheses, developing valid and reliable measures, deciding on the types of data needed, making decisions on sampling, choosing research design and data collection methods, the challenges of making causal inferences, and criteria for evaluating the quality of social research.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
SOC 152:
The Social Determinants of Health (SOC 252)
How social differences, such as where we live, whether and how we work, or how much money we make, and our gender, race or ethnicity, also play a role in who gets sick and who does not.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-SI
SOC 155:
The Changing American Family (FEMGEN 155, FEMGEN 255, SOC 255)
Family change from historical, social, demographic, and legal perspectives. Extramarital cohabitation, divorce, later marriage, interracial marriage, and same-sex cohabitation. The emergence of same-sex marriage as a political issue. Are recent changes in the American family really as dramatic as they seem? Theories about what causes family systems to change.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
SOC 180A:
Foundations of Social Research (SOC 280A)
Formulating a research question, developing hypotheses, probability and non-probability sampling, developing valid and reliable measures, qualitative and quantitative data, choosing research design and data collection methods, challenges of making causal inference, and criteria for evaluating the quality of social research. Emphasis is on how social research is done, rather than application of different methods. Limited enrollment; preference to Sociology and Urban Studies majors, and Sociology coterms.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
SOC 190:
Undergraduate Individual Study
Prior arrangement required.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 20 units total)
Instructors: ;
Barr, D. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Chang, P. (PI);
Cohen, B. (PI);
Cook, K. (PI);
Correll, S. (PI);
Dauber, M. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dornbusch, S. (PI);
Drori, G. (PI);
England, P. (PI);
Fields, C. (PI);
Gong, R. (PI);
Granovetter, M. (PI);
Grusky, D. (PI);
Hannan, M. (PI);
Hillmann, H. (PI);
Jimenez, T. (PI);
Jones, M. (PI);
McAdam, D. (PI);
McDermott, M. (PI);
McFarland, D. (PI);
Meyer, J. (PI);
Olzak, S. (PI);
Parigi, P. (PI);
Parker, A. (PI);
Powell, W. (PI);
Ramirez, F. (PI);
Ridgeway, C. (PI);
Rosenfeld, M. (PI);
Samson, F. (PI);
Sandefur, R. (PI);
Scott, W. (PI);
Shin, G. (PI);
Snipp, C. (PI);
Strober, M. (PI);
Thornton, P. (PI);
Tuma, N. (PI);
Walder, A. (PI);
Young, C. (PI);
Zelditch, M. (PI);
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 191:
Undergraduate Directed Research
Work on a project of student's choice under supervision of a faculty member. Prior arrangement required.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 20 units total)
Instructors: ;
Barr, D. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Chang, P. (PI);
Cohen, B. (PI);
Cook, K. (PI);
Correll, S. (PI);
Dauber, M. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dornbusch, S. (PI);
Drori, G. (PI);
England, P. (PI);
Fields, C. (PI);
Gong, R. (PI);
Granovetter, M. (PI);
Grusky, D. (PI);
Hannan, M. (PI);
Hillmann, H. (PI);
Jimenez, T. (PI);
McAdam, D. (PI);
McDermott, M. (PI);
McFarland, D. (PI);
Meyer, J. (PI);
Olzak, S. (PI);
Parigi, P. (PI);
Powell, W. (PI);
Ramirez, F. (PI);
Ridgeway, C. (PI);
Rosenfeld, M. (PI);
Sandefur, R. (PI);
Scott, W. (PI);
Shin, G. (PI);
Snipp, C. (PI);
Strober, M. (PI);
Thornton, P. (PI);
Tuma, N. (PI);
Walder, A. (PI);
Young, C. (PI);
Zelditch, M. (PI);
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 192:
Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship
Work in an apprentice-like relationship with faculty on an on-going research project. Prior arrangement required.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 20 units total)
Instructors: ;
Barr, D. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Cohen, B. (PI);
Cook, K. (PI);
Correll, S. (PI);
Dauber, M. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dornbusch, S. (PI);
Drori, G. (PI);
England, P. (PI);
Granovetter, M. (PI);
Grusky, D. (PI);
Hannan, M. (PI);
Hillmann, H. (PI);
Jimenez, T. (PI);
McAdam, D. (PI);
McDermott, M. (PI);
McFarland, D. (PI);
Meyer, J. (PI);
Olzak, S. (PI);
Parigi, P. (PI);
Powell, W. (PI);
Ramirez, F. (PI);
Ridgeway, C. (PI);
Rosenfeld, M. (PI);
Sandefur, R. (PI);
Scott, W. (PI);
Shin, G. (PI);
Snipp, C. (PI);
Thornton, P. (PI);
Tuma, N. (PI);
Walder, A. (PI);
Willer, R. (PI);
Zelditch, M. (PI);
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 193:
Undergraduate Teaching Apprenticeship
Prior arrangement required.
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 20 units total)
SOC 196:
Senior Thesis
Work on an honors thesis project under faculty supervision (see description of honors program). Must be arranged early in the year of graduation or before.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
30 times
(up to 30 units total)
Instructors: ;
Antonio, A. (PI);
Barr, D. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Chang, P. (PI);
Cohen, B. (PI);
Cook, K. (PI);
Correll, S. (PI);
Dauber, M. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dornbusch, S. (PI);
Drori, G. (PI);
England, P. (PI);
Granovetter, M. (PI);
Grusky, D. (PI);
Hannan, M. (PI);
Hillmann, H. (PI);
Jimenez, T. (PI);
Jones, M. (PI);
McAdam, D. (PI);
McDermott, M. (PI);
McFarland, D. (PI);
Meyer, J. (PI);
Olzak, S. (PI);
Parigi, P. (PI);
Parker, A. (PI);
Powell, W. (PI);
Ramirez, F. (PI);
Ridgeway, C. (PI);
Rosenfeld, M. (PI);
Sandefur, R. (PI);
Scott, W. (PI);
Shin, G. (PI);
Snipp, C. (PI);
Thornton, P. (PI);
Tuma, N. (PI);
Walder, A. (PI);
Zelditch, M. (PI);
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 200:
Junior/Senior Seminar for Majors
For Sociology majors. Capstone course in which sociological problems are framed, linked to theories, and answers pursued through research designs. Independent research. How to formulate a research question; how to integrate theory and methods. Prerequisites: SOC 170, 180B.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
SOC 214:
Economic Sociology (SOC 114)
(Graduate students register for 214.) The sociological approach to production, distribution, consumption, and markets, emphasizing the impact of norms, power, social structure, and institutions on the economy. Comparison of classic and contemporary approaches to the economy among the social science disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor markets, organization of professions such as law and medicine, the economic role of informal networks, industrial organization, including the structure and history of the computer and popular music industries, business alliances, capitalism in non-Western societies, and the transition from state socialism in E. Europe and China.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
SOC 218:
Social Movements and Collective Action (SOC 118)
Why social movements arise, who participates in them, the obstacles they face, the tactics they choose, and how to gauge movement success or failure. Theory and empirical research. Application of concepts and methods to social movements such as civil rights, environmental justice, antiglobalization, and anti-war.
| Units: 5
SOC 229:
Social Psychology: Self and Society (SOC 129)
Why do people behave the way they do? This fundamental question drives social psychology, a field that bridges psychology and sociology. This course surveys social psychological research on a wide variety of topics including conformity, morality, respect, generosity, identity, and prejudice, giving students a deeper understanding of the causal architecture of the social world.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
SOC 230:
Education and Society (EDUC 120C, EDUC 220C, SOC 130)
The effects of schools and schooling on individuals, the stratification system, and society. Education as socializing individuals and as legitimizing social institutions. The social and individual factors affecting the expansion of schooling, individual educational attainment, and the organizational structure of schooling.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
SOC 252:
The Social Determinants of Health (SOC 152)
How social differences, such as where we live, whether and how we work, or how much money we make, and our gender, race or ethnicity, also play a role in who gets sick and who does not.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
SOC 255:
The Changing American Family (FEMGEN 155, FEMGEN 255, SOC 155)
Family change from historical, social, demographic, and legal perspectives. Extramarital cohabitation, divorce, later marriage, interracial marriage, and same-sex cohabitation. The emergence of same-sex marriage as a political issue. Are recent changes in the American family really as dramatic as they seem? Theories about what causes family systems to change.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
SOC 280A:
Foundations of Social Research (SOC 180A)
Formulating a research question, developing hypotheses, probability and non-probability sampling, developing valid and reliable measures, qualitative and quantitative data, choosing research design and data collection methods, challenges of making causal inference, and criteria for evaluating the quality of social research. Emphasis is on how social research is done, rather than application of different methods. Limited enrollment; preference to Sociology and Urban Studies majors, and Sociology coterms.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
SOC 305:
Graduate Proseminar
For first-year Sociology doctoral students only. Introduction and orientation to the field of Sociology.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
SOC 308:
Social Demography
For graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Topics: models of fertility behavior, migration models, stable population theory, life table analysis, data sources, and measurement problems. How population behavior affects social processes, and how social processes influence population dynamics. Recommended: sociological research methods; basic regression analysis and log linear models.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
SOC 311A:
Workshop: Comparative Studies of Educational and Political Systems (EDUC 387A)
Analysis of quantitative and longitudinal data on national educational systems and political structures. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
SOC 314:
Economic Sociology
Classical and contemporary literature covering the sociological approach to markets and the economy, and comparing it to other disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor, professions, industrial organization, and the varieties of capitalism; historical and comparative perspectives on market and non-market provision of goods and services, and on transitions among economic systems. The relative impact of culture, institutions, norms, social networks, technology, and material conditions. Prerequisite: doctoral student status or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
SOC 315W:
Workshop: Economic Sociology and Organizations
Theory, methods, and research in the sociology of the economy and of formal organizations, through presentations of ongoing work by students, faculty, and guest speakers, and discussion of recent literature and controversies. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to Sociology doctoral students; others by consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 30 units total)
SOC 321W:
Workshop: Social Psychology and Social Structure
Advanced graduate student workshop in social psychology. Current theories and research agendas, recent publications, and presentations of ongoing research by faculty and students. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 40 units total)
SOC 341W:
Workshop: Inequality
Causes, consequences, and structure of inequality; how inequality results from and shapes social classes, occupations, professions, and other aspects of the economy. Research presentations by students, faculty, and guest speakers. Discussion of controversies, theories, and recent writings. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to Sociology doctoral students; others by consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
SOC 350W:
Workshop: Migration, Race, Ethnicity and Nation
Current theories and research, recent publications, and presentations of ongoing research by faculty and students. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 60 units total)
SOC 361W:
Workshop: Networks and Organizations (EDUC 361)
For students doing advanced research. Group comments and criticism on dissertation projects at any phase of completion, including data problems, empirical and theoretical challenges, presentation refinement, and job market presentations. Collaboration, debate, and shaping research ideas. Prerequisite: courses in organizational theory or social network analysis.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
SOC 362:
Organization and Environment
This seminar considers the leading sociological approaches to analyzing relations of organizations and environments, with a special emphasis on dynamics. Attention is given to theoretical formulations, research designs, and results of empirical studies. Prerequisite: Enrollment in a PhD program.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
SOC 366:
Organizational Analysis (EDUC 288)
Principles of organizational behavior and analysis; theories of group and individual behavior; organizational culture; and applications to school organization and design. Case studies.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
SOC 374:
Philanthropy and Civil Society (EDUC 374, POLISCI 334)
Associated with the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). Year-long workshop for doctoral students and advanced undergraduates writing senior theses on the nature of civil society or philanthropy. Focus is on pursuit of progressive research and writing contributing to the current scholarly knowledge of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy. Accomplished in a large part through peer review. Readings include recent scholarship in aforementioned fields. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 9 units.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 18 units total)
SOC 381:
Sociological Methodology I: Introduction
Enrollment limited to first-year Sociology doctoral students. Basic math and statistics. Types of variables, how to recode and transform variables, and how to manage different types of data sets. How to use and think about weights. Introduction to statistical packages and programming. Introduction to multiple regression, and introduction to the interpretation of regression results.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
SOC 390:
Graduate Individual Study
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Barr, D. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Cohen, B. (PI);
Cook, K. (PI);
Correll, S. (PI);
Dauber, M. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dornbusch, S. (PI);
England, P. (PI);
Fields, C. (PI);
Granovetter, M. (PI);
Grusky, D. (PI);
Hannan, M. (PI);
Hillmann, H. (PI);
Jimenez, T. (PI);
McAdam, D. (PI);
McDermott, M. (PI);
McFarland, D. (PI);
Meyer, J. (PI);
Meyersson Milgrom, E. (PI);
Olzak, S. (PI);
Parigi, P. (PI);
Powell, W. (PI);
Ramirez, F. (PI);
Ridgeway, C. (PI);
Rosenfeld, M. (PI);
Sandefur, R. (PI);
Saperstein, A. (PI);
Scott, W. (PI);
Shin, G. (PI);
Snipp, C. (PI);
Thornton, P. (PI);
Tuma, N. (PI);
Walder, A. (PI);
Willer, R. (PI);
Young, C. (PI);
Zelditch, M. (PI);
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 391:
Graduate Directed Research
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Barr, D. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Cohen, B. (PI);
Cook, K. (PI);
Correll, S. (PI);
Dauber, M. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dornbusch, S. (PI);
Drori, G. (PI);
England, P. (PI);
Fields, C. (PI);
Granovetter, M. (PI);
Grusky, D. (PI);
Hannan, M. (PI);
Hillmann, H. (PI);
Jimenez, T. (PI);
McAdam, D. (PI);
McDermott, M. (PI);
McFarland, D. (PI);
Meyer, J. (PI);
Olzak, S. (PI);
Parigi, P. (PI);
Powell, W. (PI);
Ramirez, F. (PI);
Ridgeway, C. (PI);
Rosenfeld, M. (PI);
Sandefur, R. (PI);
Scott, W. (PI);
Shin, G. (PI);
Snipp, C. (PI);
Thornton, P. (PI);
Tuma, N. (PI);
Walder, A. (PI);
Willer, R. (PI);
Young, C. (PI);
Zelditch, M. (PI);
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 392:
Research Apprenticeship
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Barr, D. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Cohen, B. (PI);
Cook, K. (PI);
Correll, S. (PI);
Dauber, M. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dornbusch, S. (PI);
England, P. (PI);
Granovetter, M. (PI);
Grusky, D. (PI);
Hannan, M. (PI);
Hillmann, H. (PI);
Jimenez, T. (PI);
McAdam, D. (PI);
McDermott, M. (PI);
McFarland, D. (PI);
Meyer, J. (PI);
Olzak, S. (PI);
Parigi, P. (PI);
Powell, W. (PI);
Ramirez, F. (PI);
Ridgeway, C. (PI);
Rosenfeld, M. (PI);
Sandefur, R. (PI);
Scott, W. (PI);
Shin, G. (PI);
Snipp, C. (PI);
Thornton, P. (PI);
Tuma, N. (PI);
Walder, A. (PI);
Willer, R. (PI);
Zelditch, M. (PI);
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 802:
TGR Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Barr, D. (PI);
Berger, J. (PI);
Cohen, B. (PI);
Cook, K. (PI);
Correll, S. (PI);
Dauber, M. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dornbusch, S. (PI);
Drori, G. (PI);
England, P. (PI);
Fields, C. (PI);
Granovetter, M. (PI);
Grusky, D. (PI);
Hannan, M. (PI);
Hillmann, H. (PI);
Jimenez, T. (PI);
McAdam, D. (PI);
McDermott, M. (PI);
McFarland, D. (PI);
Meyer, J. (PI);
Olzak, S. (PI);
Parigi, P. (PI);
Powell, W. (PI);
Ramirez, F. (PI);
Ridgeway, C. (PI);
Rosenfeld, M. (PI);
Sandefur, R. (PI);
Scott, W. (PI);
Shin, G. (PI);
Snipp, C. (PI);
Thornton, P. (PI);
Tuma, N. (PI);
Walder, A. (PI);
Young, C. (PI);
Zelditch, M. (PI);
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 363A:
Seminar on Organizational Theory (EDUC 375A, MS&E 389)
The social science literature on organizations assessed through consideration of the major theoretical traditions and lines of research predominant in the field.
| Units: 5
SOC 385A:
Research Practicum 1
Workshop on research methods for third year Sociology doctoral students. Ongoing student research, methodological problems, and possible solutions. Required for third year paper.
| Units: 1-2
SOC 393:
Teaching Apprenticeship
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
