printer friendly pageSOC 216: Chinese Organizations and Management (SOC 116)
Seminar for advanced undergraduates and all graduate students.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Zhou, X. (PI)
SOC 217A: China Under Mao (SOC 117A)
(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: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Walder, A. (PI)
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.
Instructors:
Wright, R. (PI)
SOC 220: Interpersonal Relations (SOC 120)
(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: 4
Instructors:
Ridgeway, C. (PI)
SOC 226: Introduction to Social Networks (SOC 126)
(Graduate students register for 226.) Theory, methods, and research. Concepts such as density, homogeneity, and centrality; applications to substantive areas. The impact of social network structure on individuals and groups in areas such as communities, neighborhoods, families, work life, and innovations.
Last offered: Autumn 2007
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
Instructors:
Willer, R. (PI)
SOC 229X: Urban Education (AFRICAAM 112, CSRE 112X, EDUC 112X, EDUC 212X, SOC 129X)
(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: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Ball, A. (PI)
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
Instructors:
Ramirez, F. (PI)
SOC 231: World, Societal, and Educational Change: Comparative Perspectives (EDUC 136, EDUC 306D)
Theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on the structural and cultural sources of educational expansion and differentiation, and on the cultural and structural consequences of educational institutionalization. Research topics: education and nation building; education, mobility, and equality; education, international organizations, and world culture.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Ramirez, F. (PI)
SOC 235: Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in the United States (SOC 135)
Causes and consequences. Effects of antipoverty policies, and debates over effective social policies. Focus is on how poverty and inequality are experienced by families, children, and communities. Topics include welfare reform and labor market policies, education, and community-based antipoverty strategies. Preference to Sociology majors and Sociology coterm students.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Young, C. (PI)
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