printer friendly pageSOC 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: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Parigi, P. (PI)
SOC 305: Graduate Proseminar
For first-year Sociology doctoral students only. Introduction and orientation to the field of Sociology.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Jimenez, T. (PI)
SOC 311A: Workshop: Comparative Studies of Educational and Political Systems (EDUC 387)
Analysis of quantitative and longitudinal data on national educational systems and political structures. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Bromley, P. (PI)
;
Meyer, J. (PI)
SOC 312W: Workshop: Political Sociology, Social Movements, and Collective Action
Faculty and student presentations of ongoing research on topics including: social movement and organizations, and the relationship between them; democracy movements; legislative and policy outcomes; and collective action tactics, strategies, and trajectories. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to Sociology doctoral students; others by consent of instructor.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 40 units total)
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 320: Foundations of Social Psychology
Major theoretical perspectives, and their assumptions and problems, in interpersonal processes and social psychology. Techniques of investigation and methodological issues. Perspectives: symbolic interaction, social structure and personality, and cognitive and group processes.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Ridgeway, C. (PI)
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)
Instructors:
Cook, K. (PI)
;
Ridgeway, C. (PI)
SOC 325W: Family Workshop: Sociology Phd students present and critique work on family and demography.
Sociology PhD students will present their own work weekly, and read and critique the research-in-progress of their peers on issues of family, household structure, interpersonal relationships, marriage, demography, survey data, demographic methods, statistical methods, and related fields.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Rosenfeld, M. (PI)
SOC 340W: CPI Seminar (SOC 240W)
A workshop devoted to presenting ongoing research on poverty and inequality in the United States. Open to all students interested in (a) building a better infrastructure for monitoring poverty and inequality, (b) building cutting-edge models of the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality, and (b) building better policy to reduce poverty and inequality. Required for all National Poverty Fellows funded by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Grusky, D. (PI)
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
Instructors:
Grusky, D. (PI)
;
Jackson, M. (PI)
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