SOC 307: Housing, Education, & Place: Cities, Suburbs, and Schooling in the U.S. (CSRE 308, EDUC 308)
Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, this course seeks to help students to critically interrogate the relationship between housing, schools, and place in cities and suburbs of the U.S. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.
Last offered: Spring 2025
| Units: 4-5
SOC 309: Nations and Nationalism
The nation as a form of collective identity in the modern era. Major works in the study of nations and nationalism from comparative perspectives with focus on Europe and E. Asia.
Last offered: Winter 2025
| Units: 3-5
SOC 310: Political Sociology
Theory and research on the relationship between social structure and politics. Social foundations of political order, the generation and transformation of ideologies and political identities, social origins of revolutionary movements, and social consequences of political revolution. Prerequisite: doctoral student.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Walder, A. (PI)
SOC 311A: Workshop: Comparative Sociology (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
SOC 314: Economic Sociology
Classical and contemporary literature covering the sociological approach to markets and the economy, and comparison to other disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor, professions, industrial organization, and the varieties of capitalism; historical and comparative perspectives on market and non-market provision of goods and services, and on recent developments such as the platform economy . The relative impact of culture, institutions, norms, social networks, technology, and material conditions. Prerequisite: doctoral student status or consent of instructor.
Last offered: Autumn 2024
| Units: 4-5
SOC 315W: Workshop: Economy and Society
The sociology of the economy, the institutions that undergird the economy, and the social and distributional consequences of the economy and its associated institutions. Presentations of ongoing work by students, faculty, and guest speakers. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to doctoral students in sociology; others by consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 30 units total)
SOC 316: Historical and Comparative Sociology
Theory and research on macro-historical changes of sociological significance such as the rise of capitalism, the causes and consequences of revolutions, and the formation of the modern nation state and global world system. Methodological issues in historical and comparative sociology.
Last offered: Winter 2024
| Units: 4-5
SOC 317B: Chinese Politics and Society (HISTORY 293F, HISTORY 393F, SOC 217B)
(Doctoral students register for 317B.) This seminar examines scholarship on major political developments in the People's Republic of China during its first four decades. The topics to be explored in depth this year include the incorporation of Tibet and Xinjiang into the new Chinese nation-state during the 1950s, political violence during the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s, and the nationwide political upheavals of 1989.
Last offered: Winter 2022
| Units: 3-5
SOC 317W: Computational Sociology (EDUC 317)
Yearlong workshop where doctoral students are encouraged to collaborate with peers and faculty who share an interest in employing computational techniques in the pursuit of researching social network dynamics, text analysis, histories, and theories of action that help explain social phenomena. Students present their own research and provide helpful feedback on others' work. Presentations may concern dissertation proposals, grants, article submissions, book proposals, datasets, methodologies and other texts. Repeatable for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
McFarland, D. (PI)
SOC 318: Social Movements and Collective Action
Topics: causes, dynamics, and outcomes of social movements; organizational dimensions of collective action; and causes and consequences of individual activism.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Tsutsui, K. (PI)