SOC 1: Introduction to Sociology
Concepts, methods, and theoretical orientations. Sociological imagination illustrated by recent theory and research. Possible topics: the persistence of class cleavages; ethnic, racial, and gender inequalities; religious beliefs and the process of secularization; functions and dysfunctions of educational institutions; criminology and social deviance; social movements and social protest; production and reproduction of culture; rise of organizational society.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Cook, B. (PI)
;
Gong, R. (PI)
;
Sandefur, R. (PI)
;
Szelenyi, S. (PI)
;
Watts, A. (PI)
;
Gong, R. (TA)
SOC 15N: The Transformation of Socialist Societies
Preference to freshmen. The impact of societal organization on the lives of ordinary people in socialist societies and in the new societies arising through the processes of political, economic, and social transformation. Do the concepts of democratization and marketization suffice to characterize ongoing changes? Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Tuma, N. (PI)
SOC 22N: The Roots of Social Protest
Preference to freshmen. The conditions under which social protest occurs and the emergence, success, and viability of contemporary social movements. Examples include women's civil rights, ecology, and antiwar and anti-globilization movements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Sociological theories to explain the timing, location, and causes of mobilization; how researchers evaluate these theories. Comparison of tactics, trajectories, and outcomes.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Olzak, S. (PI)
SOC 32N: Law in Society
Preference to freshmen. Law and social inequality. Major sociological perspectives on where the law comes from, what law and justice systems do, and how they work. Enrollment limited to 16.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul
SOC 45Q: Understanding Race and Ethnicity in American Society
Preference to sophomores. A brief historical overview of race in America, race and violence, race and socioeconomic wellbeing, and the future of race relations in America. Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Snipp, C. (PI)
SOC 46N: Race, Ethnic, and National Identities: Imagined Communities
Preference to freshmen. How new identities are created and legitimated. What does it mean to try on a different identity? National groups and ethnic groups are so large that one individual can know only an infinitesimal fraction of other group members. What explains the seeming coherence of groups? If identities are a product of the imagination, why are people willing to fight and die for them? Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Rosenfeld, M. (PI)
SOC 100ASB: Pre-field Course for Alternative Spring Break
Limited to students participating in the Alternative Spring Break program. See
http://asb.stanford.edu for more information.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Jimenez, T. (PI)
SOC 103A: Tutoring: Seeing a Child through Literacy (EDUC 103A, EDUC 203A, SOC 203A)
Experience tutoring grade school readers in a low income community near Stanford under supervision. Training in tutoring; the role of instruction in developing literacy; challenges facing low income students and those whose first language is not English. How to see school and print through the eyes of a child. Ravenswood Reads tutors encouraged to enroll.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
England, P. (PI)
;
Juel, C. (PI)
SOC 106: Political Sociology (SOC 206)
The body of state rules and institutions that work in generating legitimate and illegitimate policy claims. Interests and identities that challenged the capacity of the national state to produce effective policies. Economic processes above the national level have that undermine the role of the state as the arena for the composition of disparate interests.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Parigi, P. (PI)
SOC 107: China After Mao (SOC 207)
China's post-1976 recovery from the late Mao era; its reorientation toward an open market-oriented economy; the consequences of this new model and runaway economic growth for standards of living, social life, inequality, and local governance; the political conflicts that have accompanied these changes.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Walder, A. (PI)
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