printer friendly pageSOC 110D: Analysis for the Social Sciences
Practical introduction to social science analysis. Work in small groups on analysis of a social science puzzle (an unexpected or counterintuitive fact) by identifying possible social mechanisms behind the puzzle, examining them with techniques of social science research and proposing a plausible explanation.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Makarevich, A. (PI)
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: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Bergemann, P. (PI)
;
Granovetter, M. (PI)
;
Henson, W. (PI)
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Instructors:
Bergemann, P. (PI)
;
Granovetter, M. (PI)
;
Henson, W. (PI)
;
Bergemann, P. (TA)
;
Henson, W. (TA)
SOC 115: Topics in Economic Sociology (SOC 315)
(Graduate students register for 315.) Discussion of topics initially explored in 114/214, with emphasis on countries and cultures outside N. America. Possible topics: families and ethnic groups in the economy, corporate governance and control, corporate strategy, relations among firms in industrial districts and business groups, the impact of national institutions and cultures on economic outcomes, transitions from state socialism and the role of the state in economic development. Possible case studies: the U.S., Germany, Italy, Britain, France, Brazil, Korea, India, Japan, and China. Prerequisite: 114/214
or 314.
Last offered: Winter 2009
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
SOC 117A: China Under Mao (SOC 217A)
(Graduate students register for 217A.) The transformation of Chinese society from the 1949 revolution to the eve of China's reforms in 1978: creation of a socialist economy, reorganization of rural society and urban workplaces, emergence of new inequalities of power and opportunity, and new forms of social conflict during Mao's Cultural Revolution of 1966-69 and its aftermath.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Luo, T. (PI)
;
Walder, A. (PI)
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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
McAdam, D. (PI)
SOC 120: Interpersonal Relations (SOC 220)
(Graduate students register for 220.) Forming ties, developing norms, status, conformity, deviance, social exchange, power, and coalition formation; important traditions of research have developed from the basic theories of these processes. Emphasis is on understanding basic theories and drawing out their implications for change in a broad range of situations, families, work groups, and friendship groups.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 121: The Individual in Social Structure: Foundations in Sociological Social Psychology
Dynamics of the relationship between the individual and social structure, the relationship between the individual and immediate social context, and relationships between individuals. Focus is on the dominant theoretical perspectives in sociological social psychology: social structure and personality, structural social psychology, and symbolic interactionism.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Chin, L. (PI)
SOC 128: Introduction to Social Network Analysis (SOC 228)
(Graduate students register for
SOC 228.) Theory and methods of network analysis in sociology (with an emphasis on social movements), anthropology, history, social psychology, economics, political science, and public health. Prerequisite: basic mathematics.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Parigi, P. (PI)
SOC 129X: Urban Education (EDUC 112X, EDUC 212X, SOC 229X)
(Graduate students register for
EDUC 212X or
SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Carter, P. (PI)
SOC 130: Education and Society (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
Instructors:
Ramirez, F. (PI)
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