printer friendly pageSOC 170: Classics of Modern Social Theory (SOC 270)
(Graduate students register for 270). Preference to Sociology majors. Contributions of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary sociology. Topics: the problem of social order and the nature of social conflict; capitalism and bureaucracy; the relationship between social structure and politics; the social sources of religion and political ideology; and the evolution of modern societies. Examples from contemporary research illustrate the impact of these traditions. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 180A: Foundations of Social Research (SOC 280A)
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: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Furuta, J. (PI)
;
Parigi, P. (PI)
;
Pedroza, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Furuta, J. (PI)
;
Parigi, P. (PI)
;
Pedroza, J. (PI)
;
Powroznik, K. (PI)
;
Rodriguez, N. (PI)
;
Schachter, A. (PI)
SOC 180B: Introduction to Data Analysis (SOC 280B)
Methods for analyzing and evaluating quantitative data in sociological research. Students will be taught how to run and interpret multivariate regressions, how to test hypotheses, and how to read and critique published data analyses. Limited enrollment; preference to Sociology majors.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Isaacson, A. (PI)
;
Leupp, R. (PI)
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.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
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.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender
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
SOC 127: Bargaining, Power, and Influence in Social Interaction (SOC 227)
(Graduate students register for 227.) Research and theoretical work on bargaining, social influence, and issues of power and justice in social settings such as teams, work groups, and organizations. Theoretical approaches to the exercise of power and influence in social groups and related issues in social interaction such as the promotion of cooperation, effects of competition and conflict, negotiation, and intergroup relations. Enrollment limited to 40.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 138: American Indians in Comparative Historical Perspective (NATIVEAM 138, SOC 238)
(Graduate students register for 238.) Demographic, political, and economic processes and events that shaped relations between Euro-Americans and American Indians, 1600-1890. How the intersection of these processes affected the outcome of conflicts between these two groups, and how this conflict was decisive in determining the social position of American Indians in the late 19th century and the evolution of the doctrine of tribal sovereignty.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul
SOC 139: American Indians in Contemporary Society (NATIVEAM 139, SOC 239)
(Graduate students register for 239.) The social position of American Indians in contemporary American society, 1890 to the present. The demographic resurgence of American Indians, changes in social and economic status, ethnic identification and political mobilization, and institutions such as tribal governments and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Recommended: 138 or a course in American history.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul
SOC 145: Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA (CSRE 145, SOC 245)
(Graduate students register for 245.) Race and ethnic relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. The processes that render ethnic and racial boundary markers, such as skin color, language, and culture, salient in interaction situations. Why only some groups become targets of ethnic attacks. The social dynamics of ethnic hostility and ethnic/racial protest movements.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul
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