printer friendly pageSOC 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 2012
| 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.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 119: Understanding Large-Scale Societal Change: The Case of the 1960s (SOC 219)
The demographic, economic, political, and cultural roots of social change in the 60s; its legacy in the present U.S.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Kloos, K. (PI)
;
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.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Horowitz, A. (PI)
SOC 123: Sex and Love in Modern U.S. Society (SOC 223)
Social influences on private intimate relations involving romantic love and sexuality. Topics include the sexual revolution, contraception, dating, hook-ups, cohabitation, sexual orientation, and changing cultural meanings of marriage, gender, and romantic love.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender
Instructors:
Fogarty, A. (PI)
SOC 125: Sociology of Religion
The social patterns of religious belief and practice, and the classical and contemporary theoretical approaches to understanding these patterns. Topics: churches, sects and cults, sources of religious pluralism, relationships between religion and aspects of social structures including the economy, class structure, ethnicity, social networks, and the state.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Chang, P. (PI)
SOC 126: Introduction to Social Networks (SOC 226)
(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
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 129X: Urban Education (AFRICAAM 112, 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: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
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
Instructors:
Ramirez, F. (PI)
SOC 132: Sociology of Education: The Social Organization of Schools (EDUC 110, EDUC 310, SOC 332)
Seminar. Key sociological theories and empirical studies of the links between education and its role in modern society, focusing on frameworks that deal with sources of educational change, the organizational context of schooling, the impact of schooling on social stratification, and the relationships between the educational system and other social institutions such as families, neighborhoods, and the economy.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Carter, P. (PI)
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