331-10100 Introduction to Sociology SS LA 1a, 1b
Basic scientific concepts related to social systems, recurring social processes, cultural factors, and social factors in the development of personality. Also offered through the London Center. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-10200 Contemporary Sociological Issues SS LA 1b
Various issues relevant to the future of American society from a sociological perspective. Issues covered vary with instructor. 3 credits. (Y)
331-11600 Introduction to Multicultural Studies SS LA 1b
Designed to increase students' awareness of cultural diversity and to acquaint them with multiculturalism as a contemporary social phenomenon. The course describes characteristics of our culture and society that have led to intolerance and ethnic prejudices, characteristics that impede people's understanding and appreciation of diversity. Students are introduced to basic concepts, competing theories, and current controversies related to multiculturalism in our society as well as others. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-13000 Youth and Youth Cultures SS LA 1b
Analysis of the significance of youth - their culture and the institutions that have emerged to define and serve them. Topics include youth and politics, student movements, educational institutions, and stratification of youth by race, sex, and social class. The readings include novels and autobiographies as well as sociological and historical analyses. Enrollment is limited to freshmen and sophomores. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-20200 Women in Britain SS LA 1b
Examination of the various social, historical, political, and economic factors that affect the position of women in contemporary Britain. Comparisons are drawn with specific issues in other Western countries. Students may not earn credit for both 331-20200 and 21000. Prerequisites: One course in social sciences. Offered only through the London Center. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-20300 Juvenile Delinquency SS LA
Analysis of juvenile delinquency and its social reality. Systematic examination of issues in defining and measuring delinquency, theories of cause, gang behavior, the juvenile justice system, and issues and alternatives in response and treatment. Prerequisites: 331-10100. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-20400 Sociology of Signs, Symbols, and Collective Beliefs SS LA 1b
Exploration of the extent to which thoughts and actions are stories about reality, and the ways these stories are supported by cultural artifacts like television shows, advertisements, fashion, heroes, criminals, and sex symbols. Prerequisites: 331-10100. 3 credits. (Y)
331-20500 Sociology of Responsibility SS LA 1a
Study of personal responsibility, asking what we do with, to, and for others. The course is divided into two seven-week parts. The first is an analysis and explanation of what constitutes "traditional responsibility" found in the writings of Niebuhr, Bach, Carroll, E. B. White, A. Wheelis, Weber, Durkheim, et al. The second half of the course analyzes the modern "technique" responsibility of the 20th century. Here, discussions and lectures center on the writings of Ellul, Arendt, Weisenthal, Camus, Lasch, and Nisbet, and on the lessons of the Milgrim study, the Kitty Genovese incident, the fall and rise of narcissism, the alienation of the "state," and the loss of future. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-20600 Urban Sociology SS LA 1b
Growth of urbanization and the concomitant changes in function of such key community institutions as the family, education, religion, economy, and the polity. Included is the study of stratification and decision making power in the community. Prerequisites: 331-10100. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-20700 Race and Ethnicity SS LA 1a, 1b ,h
Critical analysis of race and ethnic relations in the United States from assimilationist, pluralist, and Marxist perspectives. Comparative analysis of black, Latino, and white racial/ethnic experiences. Examinations of race and ethnicity as dimensions of social stratification and control. Specific concepts include prejudice, discrimination, institutional racism, internal colonialism, and ethnic identification. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-20800 Social Change SS LA 1b, h
Analysis of evolutionary and revolutionary social change from the perspective of critical sociology. Topics include the types of groups that mobilize for change, recruitment of new members, ideologies of groups, and leadership styles. Particular U.S. social change movements examined include labor, civil rights, anti-war, welfare rights, women's movement, and the new right. Prerequisites: 331-10100. 3 credits. (Y)
331-21000 Women's Lives SS LA 1a, 1b
Sociological analysis of womanhood. Consideration of the dynamics of race, class, historical moment, motherhood, and sexuality in defining and structuring women's lives. Feminist method of consciousness raising used in the analysis. Students may not earn credit for both 331-20200 and 331-21000. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-21200 Sociology of Work SS LA
Introductory survey investigating different kinds of work and their effects on the people who do them and on the society. Students analyze the power relations in work settings; trends in the distribution of jobs; what makes work satisfying; the effects of work on our psychic and physical health; the culture of language, values, songs, and jokes that develop in different work settings; women and work; work and minorities; unemployment; retirement; and more. Prerequisites: One course designated as social science (SS). 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-21300 Sexual Oppression SS LA 1b
Examination of how sexuality is defined in our society, stressing that it is cultural as well as biological and often defined in oppressive ways. Students investigate how the intersection of gender with capitalism, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation has a strong impact on the definition of sexuality. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (S,Y)
331-21400 Definitions of Normality SS LA 1b
Using a critical analysis, students study what it means to be outside the limits of society, and the processes that define normality in particular historical moments. Students study normality and exclusion by focusing on those defined as "bad" (criminals, delinquents, sexual outsiders, and addicts), "mad" (mental patients), "sad" (blind, deaf, physically different), and "awe-ful" (freaks). Prerequisites: 331-10100. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-21500 Introduction to Contemporary Mental Health Issues SS LA
Designed to develop a beginning understanding of some common issues in therapeutic counseling and therapy relationships, including personal and interpersonal power; sexual orientation; loss, separation, death; cultural and/or racial variables; aging; drug use; and clinical hospital and rehabilitation "treatment" programs. Prerequisites: 6 credits of sociology or psychology. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-21600 Alternative Culture SS LA
Specifically addresses the problems of the design of alternative social forms using as examples writing about utopias and current explorations in alternative life-styles. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (O)
331-21800 Individual and Society SS LA 1b
The focus is the dynamic relationship between the individual and society. Beginning with the fundamental and age-old question, How is social order possible? students examine the ways groups form and elaborate distinctive codes - norms, roles, and values - as well as the ways groups exert control over members' behavior. This leads to a second set of related questions: What is Human Nature? and How are individuals trained (i.e. socialized) for participation in society and for different positions in society? We see that childhood socialization can be powerful and yet can be overwhelmed by situational forces and by various forms of immediate social influence. Students also explore interaction in everyday life by focusing on a perspective that sees individuals playing an active role in managing their behavior and their emotions. Finally, students study how people, individually and collectively, influence and change society. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (S,O)
331-21900 Sociology of Religious Institutions SS LA 1b
Much of sociological examination focuses on institutions. Those institutions include the family, politics, economics, medicine, education, and religion. Sociologists define religion as the social arrangement involving beliefs and practices of the sacred. Students in this course examine various aspects of the role of religious institutions in society, especially in relation to American society. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-22600 Sociology of Hispanic Americans SS LA
The Latino or Hispanic experience in the United States from a sociological perspective. Analysis of cultural traits and explanations of social behavior are developed and discussed as a case study within the larger U.S. culture. Social institutions and processes related to Hispanics are studied, such as mass media, language, education, religion, and social inequality. The course covers Hispanics in general, but focuses on the four largest groups: Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Dominicans. Prerequisites: One course in sociology and sophomore standing. 3 credits. (S,E)
331-22800 Men's Lives SS LA 1a, 1b
Sociological analysis of manhood. Consideration of the dynamics of race, class, historical moment, fatherhood and sexuality in defining and structuring men's lives. Sociological concepts such as the social construction of gender, ideology, patriarchy, power, roles, and socialization are employed in developing an analysis of men and masculinity. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (S,Y)
Level 2 Selected Topics SS LA
Courses offered occasionally or experimentally within the concentration: Prerequisites: 331-10100 or one social sciences course. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-23000 |
Selected Topics in Clinical Sociology |
331-23100 |
Selected Topics in Gender Studies |
331-23200 |
Selected Topics in Criminal and Juvenile Justice Studies |
331-23300 |
Selected Topics in Race and Ethnic Relations |
331-23400 |
Selected Topics in Sociology of Family and Relationships |
331-23500 |
Selected Topics in Social Institutions and Organizations |
331-29200 The Changing Family SS LA 1a, 1b
Examination of the variety of roles and diversity of forms the family has taken historically and cross-culturally. The course stresses that there is no simple, constant definition of what a family is or does: families change as societies do. Students locate the specific economic, political, psychological, demographic, and other factors that both affect and are affected by changing family arrangements. Students encounter a wide range of contemporary issues and research their own family histories. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-29300 Introduction to Social Institutions and Organizations SS LA 1b
Institutions are social arrangements that, more or less effectively, serve the interests of one or more groups of people. Social institutions include political, economic, health care, and religious systems as well as the family and formal education. Organizations are the structural arrangements by which individuals encounter these institutions. Students in this course explore the parallels and differences between various types of institutions and organizations. They examine issues of power and ideology that affect institutional and organizational actors, including those with formal authority, subordinates, and clients. Prerequisites: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing or above. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-30100 Technology and Society SS LA
This course is concerned with the kinds of social relationships generated by technology and responds to the following issues: (1) What kinds of understanding can we have about how technology and social structures relate to each other? (2) What values, beliefs, and ways of thinking create contexts for new technology? How does technology create different values, beliefs, and ways of interpreting the world? (3) Students can also ask how new technology can present opportunities to create different social organization. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (S,O)
331-30200 Sociology of Crime SS LA
An analysis of the social reality of crime and law, the patterns of criminal behavior, the political economy of crime, and the social organization of law enforcement (police arrest, trial, and sentencing). Crime and law are studied as settings in which social and political decisions are made. Prerequisites: 331-20300. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-30300 Global Race and Ethnic Relations SS LA 1b,g
Critical analysis of precursors of contemporary racial ideology, including right of conquest, polygenesis, monogenesis, social Darwinism, and eugenics. Analysis of major sociological theories of racial stratification, pluralism, and conflict. Topics include racism, capitalism, and imperialism; biology, culture, and race; the new ethnicity; comparative racial and ethnic stratification; and segmentation in the U.S., Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (Y)
331-30600 Space of Intimacy SS LA
A course in personal growth that has to do with the study of how humans create and develop the space of intimacy. Theoretical and applied explanations and discussions of how social, personal, and intimate spaces are made with others. Detailed analysis of what human beings do within the space of intimacy once it has been created in action. Specifically, the readings and discussions center on how humans function within the space of intimacy in terms of loving, sexuality, possession, and jealousy; respect, commitment and trust; promise making and keeping, and forgiving; interpersonal conflict, lying, and change; privacy, making boundaries, touching, and affection; and so on. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-30700 Social Policy SS LA
An introduction to fundamental issues of social policy analysis. Social policy issues are viewed within the context of both traditional and emergent theories of inequality, with particular emphasis on the limitations of contemporary welfare-state social programs in reducing inequality. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (Y)
331-30800 Counseling Theory and Dynamics SS LA
Presents theories about how people grow and change while attempting to increase students' awareness of how they grow, act, and react in a counseling or "helping" relationship. Students study how helping people relates to broader societal political issues and how they connect in a political way to the larger society when engaged in counseling or a "helping" relationship. Prerequisites: Three courses in sociology and/or political science and/or psychology. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-30900 Group Counseling SS LA
Provides a cognitive and an experiential understanding of the functioning of "helping groups." Students have an opportunity to experience how different kinds of "helping groups" are appropriate for different objectives, while gaining an understanding of the range of skills and knowledge needed to be a competent group leader. Prerequisites: Three courses in sociology and/or political science and/or psychology. 3 credits. (S,Y)
331-31000 Civil Rights and Social Movements SS LA
This course uses the civil rights movements of the 1960s as a vehicle to explore theories of social justice and inequality. The themes of the course include strategies for social change and conflict necessary to social transformation. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two additional courses in the social sciences, one of which must be in the race and ethnic relations concentration. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-31100 Sociological Theory SS LA
Analysis and evaluation of some theories of society. Development of a critical framework within which to generate hypotheses of social structure and social change. Emphasis on the historical and contextual nature of theory. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-31200 Culture and Society: An International Field Experience LA SS g
Students meet during the term to analyze social conflicts in a particular country as preparation for a three week trip following the end of the semester. The focus of the course is on racial and/or ethnic issues as seen through the eyes of residents in the host country. Specific topics vary depending on the host country, but usually include internal relations among different groups, themes related to colonization experiences, and the experience of immigrants to the United States. Activities in the host country include class instruction; excursions to archaeological sites, as well as locations of contemporary interest; field trips to museums and colonial areas; and visits to urban and rural sectors. Students are required to pay all travel and trip related expenses. Prerequisites: 331-10100, junior standing or above, 2.5 G.P.A. and permission of instructor. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
331-31300 Social Inequality SS LA 1b
Socioeconomic aspects of inequality, power, and social mobility in industrial societies. Marxist and functionalist theories are examined, with primary reference to empirical data on the contemporary American stratification system. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (Y)
331-31400 Sociology of Health and Medicine SS LA
An analysis of contemporary issues of health and medicine using the concepts and theories of medical sociology and critical analysis. Topics include the sick role and labeling perspectives, analysis of practitioners, the social organization of medical care, social epidemiology, and contemporary critical debates in the field. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (S,Y)
331-31600 Women and Health SS LA
Analysis of the conditions for and experiences of women as patients, from birth control to birthing to aging; analysis of women as health care providers, physicians, nurses, lay and alternative healers; and analysis of the women's health care movement. Examination of these issues within a broad historical and comparative framework (e.g., 19th-century feminism, 20th-century Third World activism). Prerequisites: Three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (S,Y)
331-31800 Political Sociology SS LA
Exploration of power and ideology at three levels: (1) the micro level of face-to-face interactions and small groups; (2) the intermediate level of organizations such as local and regional governments, mental institutions, and schools; (3) the macro level of national societies. How power systems are maintained and the conditions under which they are challenged and changed are considered. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two other courses in sociology or politics. 3 credits. (S,O)
331-32200 Forms of Punishment SS LA
Study of punishment and its varied forms as defined by the social, political, and economic contexts within which they emerge. Students study asylums, jails, prisons, and other institutional forms of punishment as well as all nonvoluntary forms of "treatment." Students are not limited to the study of stone walls and iron bars, as the architecture of power and punishment takes many forms. Prerequisites: 331-20300. 3 credits. (Y)
331-32300 Family Violence SS LA
The causes and manifestations of violence and abuse in the home. Explores wife beating, child abuse, sibling-related attacks, sexual abuse of children and incest, husband abuse, marital rape, and premarital violence. Students also delineate the institutions that breed and perpetuate this problem as well as treatment approaches, prevention, and community responses. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two additional courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (Y)
331-32400 Sociology of Violence SS LA
Examines various theoretical frameworks that attempt to illuminate the origins of violence. In addition, interpersonal, group, and collective forms of violence are analyzed and specific types of violence are studied in depth. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two additional courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-32500 Race, Class and Gender SS LA
Shows how to analyze various issues affecting race, class, and gender in the United States and helps students develop the ability to examine and analyze the economic, social, political, and cultural roles of members of our society, focusing on the intersection of race, class, and gender. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two additional courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-32700 Work and The Family SS LA
An analysis of the impact of work on family dynamics and the impact of family factors on work orientation. Topics include the roles and socialization of provider and homemaker, typologies of work and of family experience, and work and family in various historical periods and classes. There is a particular focus on dual-career families and policies regarding work and family. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two additional courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (S, IRR)
Level 3 Selected Topics SS LA
Courses offered occasionally or experimentally within the concentration. Prerequisites: 331-10100 Introduction to Sociology and two additional social science courses. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-33000 |
Selected Topics in Clinical Sociology |
331-33100 |
Selected Topics in Gender Studies |
331-33200 |
Selected Topics in Criminal and Juvenile Justice Studies |
331-33300 |
Selected Topics in Race and Ethnic Relations |
331-33400 |
Selected Topics in Sociology of Family and Relationships |
331-33500 |
Selected Topics in Social Institutions and Organizations |
331-34100 Minorities in the United Kingdom SS LA
A study of ethnic groups in the UK (including Indian, black, Cypriot, Irish, and Jewish). The course examines patterns of immigration, integration, and conflict. Comparisons are drawn with minorities in other countries. Prerequisites: Three courses in the social sciences. Offered only through the London Center. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-34300 The Sociology of Gender SS LA
Examination of the social processes through which biological sex is transformed and institutionalized in cultural relationships known as "gender." Students ask what the societal causes and consequences are of "acting like a lady" and "being a man" and investigate how gender is constructed, reconstructed, and deconstructed through popular culture, family, and work arrangements; personal relationships; organizations; and social movements. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two of the following: 331-21000, 331-21300 or 331-22800. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-34600 Methods of Social Work Practice SS LA
Acquaints students with a variety of theoretical approaches to social work practice and develops the student's interviewing skills, including his or her ability to plan, implement, and evaluate social work intervention. Students are required to become involved in fieldwork experiences. Primary emphasis is on identifying and learning about the helping process. Questions of style and factors involved in treatment planning and implementation are also stressed. (Course must be taken concurrently with 331-34700 Supervised Fieldwork.) 3 credits. (Y)
331-34700 Supervised Fieldwork NLA
Designed to be taken concurrently with 331-34600. It provides students with a fieldwork experience that augments and clarifies classroom material. There is a two-hour-per-week group supervision meeting as well as individual supervision to focus on skills and specific situations encountered during fieldwork placements. 3 credits. (Y)
331-35000 Research Methods SS LA
Presents and practices the research methods used by sociologists. Topics include theories about causation; methods of collecting and analyzing data; and the ethics and politics of social science research. Includes an original research project that requires devising a research question; reviewing the relevant literature; preparing a research plan; and collecting, analyzing, and presenting data. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and 331-15500, and two other sociology courses. 4 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-35100 Sociology of Education SS LA
This course examines the role of education and the structure of educational institutions (including colleges and universities) in American society. The process by which skills, cultural norms, and cultural views are transmitted is studied. Also, the distribution of educational opportunity is explored. These issues are dealt with at the level of the classroom, the school, and the community. The latter part of the course focuses on the creation of change in the educational system. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (F, IRR)
331-36100 Social Welfare and Social Work SS LA
Analysis of the role of the social worker as an agent of change. Development of a knowledge of the principles, values, and methods of social work. Students may do volunteer work in the community and are aided in securing summer fieldwork placement if desired. Prerequisites: One course in psychology, a social problems course, junior status, and permission of instructor. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-37600 Poverty SS LA
Examination of poverty in contemporary U.S. from three perspectives: (1) The ethnographic perspective - understanding poverty through anthropological case studies, which is the emphasis in the course; (2) the holistic perspective - examining the social and cultural context in which poverty exists, searching for causal factors; and (3) the applied perspective - evaluating policy and programs for dealing with or eliminating poverty. Cross-listed with 339-37600. Students may not receive credit for both 331-37600 and 339-37600. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and two courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (Y)
331-40100 Community Organizing SS LA
Designed to sensitize students to some of the recurrent tasks faced by community organizers in their attempts to develop task-oriented groups and maintain group participation and effectiveness. Exposes students to practical fieldwork situations in which classroom instruction, information, and insights are tested and improved. Community service. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-40200 Society and Nature SS LA
Explores the assertion that the central activity of the individual and collectivities of individuals must be ecological. Students are asked to investigate their capacity to be ecologically "knowing." What does it mean to define our relationships to the places in which we live? Where is this place? What is relationship? What does it mean to "know" or to "experience" ecologically? Prerequisites: 331-10100, 339-10400, and junior or senior status. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-41200 Seminar: The National Health System SS LA
A study of the history, development, and function of the national health system in the context of the welfare state, education, housing, class structure, income, and politics in Great Britain. Comparison of the American and British health care schemes. Only offered through the London Center. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-41400 Seminar: Mental Health Intervention with Special Populations SS LA
An advanced seminar that examines, from a sociological perspective, the form and content of therapeutic interventions with special (unique) populations such as women, African-Americans, disabled individuals, ethnic minorities, the aged, and homosexuals. The intersection of sex, class, racial, and ethnic factors relating to both clients and clinicians is also a major focus. A sociological analysis of major issues relevant to these populations is stressed so that students can begin to identify areas of concern, skill requirements, structural designs, and specific areas of knowledge important in creating alternative intervention models. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and at least four other sociology courses (at least two at level 3). 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-41500 Seminar: The Police SS LA
Explores both the problems for society of policing its members and the social meaning of policing as experienced by individuals. Topics include the work of the police, relationships with the legal system, discretion and partiality, and current controversies about undercover operations, the use of deadly force, police crime, etc. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three upper-division sociology courses. 3 credits. (Y)
331-41600 Seminar: Treatment and Prevention of Family Violence SS LA
A follow-up to 331-32300; explores the international issues of abuse of women and children as well as how service providers can deal with abuse within the family. Such problems as marital rape, elder abuse, child sexual abuse, wife battering, and gay and lesbian battering are looked at through the prism of treatment and prevention. Social policy issues are explored in depth. Prerequisites: 331-32300. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-41800 Seminar: Sociology of Law SS LA
The domain of our study is the law and the legal order, both individual rules and the complex of the legal system. We study the law in the books and the law in action. Theory and research connected to criminal and civil law reveal how law affects society and how society in turn affects law. We develop an analysis that is explicitly policy-oriented in its emphasis. Such an analysis explains the relationship among law, the legal order, and society and teaches us how to use the legal order to solve existential difficulties. Prerequisites: 331-30200. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-41900 Seminar: Women in the Third World SS LA
A seminar that exposes students to various issues affecting women in the third world. It helps broaden students' perspective and increase their awareness of issues such as motherhood, oppression, submission, sexuality, leadership, and feminism in the third world. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-42100 Seminar: Race, Racism, and the Law SS LA
A seminar in which students synthesize much of what they have learned through the years about the development of racial relations in the United States. The role of race as a social concept is analyzed in conjunction with the social institutions of racism and law. Sociological theories and established as well as contemporary research findings are discussed and analyzed in the context of de jure and de facto segregation and discrimination. This course promotes understanding of the role that law has played in the support of racism in this country, as well as in the elimination of segregation and racial subordination. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and one course in the race and ethnic relations concentration, and two additional courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-42200 Seminar: Family Forms SS LA
The family is very diverse. There are no specific and regular forms to family structure. This seminar explores the various forms: gay and lesbian families, single parent families, dual career families, multiracial families. Students have an opportunity to interview and present on these varying structures. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three additional courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-42500 Seminar: Sociological Feminist Theory SS LA
A summary of various approaches to feminist theory within sociology - liberal, radical, socialist, ecofeminist, and third-wave feminist. Using a basic understanding of these perspectives, the course explores either current developments in feminist theory within sociology or responses from each approach to a particular issue. Prerequisites: 331-10100, one class in either the women's studies minor or the gender studies concentration in sociology, two additional classes in the social sciences, and junior standing or above. 3 credits. (Y)
331-42700 Seminar: Class, Gender, and Work SS LA
A seminar on the complex interrelationship of class and gender in a variety of work settings. Topics include reactions of men to women working as peers, gender-specific class consciousness of women workers, and ways that gender-class factors influence supervisor-supervisee relationships. Prerequisites. 331-10100 and three additional courses in the social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-42800 Simulating Social Processes SS LA
Simulations and exercises have wide application in teaching research, policy planning, and sensitivity training. This course examines the theory behind simulations and uses simulations, games, and exercises to examine several key social issues including organizing for social change, policy planning, stratification, power, racism, and sexism. Students design, run, and debrief social simulations. Prerequisites: 331-10100, and either three upper-level sociology courses or three upper-level courses in one other social science major. 3 credits. (S,Y)
331-43000-331-43800 Level 4 Selected Topics SS LA
Courses offered occasionally or experimentally within the concentration. Prerequisites: 331-10100 Introduction to Sociology and three upper-level social science courses. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-43000 |
Selected Topics in Clinical Sociology |
331-43100 |
Selected Topics in Gender Studies |
331-43200 |
Selected Topics in Criminal and Juvenile Justice Studies |
331-43300 |
Selected Topics in Race and Ethnic Relations |
331-43400 |
Selected Topics in Sociology of Family and Relationships |
331-43500 |
Selected Topics in Social Institutions and Organizations |
331-44000-331-44800 Tutorials U LA
Intensive study of a limited topic with a small group of students. Prerequisites: 331-10100, junior or senior standing, three courses in sociology, and permission of instructor. 3 credits. (IRR)
331-44000 |
Tutorial in Clinical Sociology |
331-44100 |
Tutorial in Gender Studies |
331-44200 |
Tutorial in Criminal and Juvenile Justice Studies |
331-44300 |
Tutorial in Race and Ethnic Relations |
331-44400 |
Tutorial in Sociology of Family and Relationships |
331-44500 |
Tutorial in Social Institutions and Organizations |
331-46300 Field Research SS LA
Projects arranged individually at the student's request with individual instructors and with departmental approval. Prerequisites: Three courses in the social sciences. Variable credit. (F-S,Y)
331-46500 Honors in Sociology I SS LA
The honors program in sociology is a two-semester capstone experience that recognizes outstanding scholarship of sociology majors and minors. Students accepted in the sociology honors program engage in collaborative research in a new area of study or in a substantial extension of topics as developed in the honors seminar. Criteria for admission to the program: Majors - 30 credits in sociology including 331-31100 (Sociological Theory), 331-35000 (Research Methods), or 313-15500 (Statistics) or equivalent; 3.40 or higher GPA in sociology and 3.00 GPA overall. Minors - 18 credits in sociology including 331-31100 (Sociological Theory), 331-35000 (Research Methods) or 313-15500 (Statistics) or equivalent; 3.60 or higher GPA in sociology and 3.00 GPA overall. Students must complete both 331-46500 and 331-46600 to be eligible to receive honors in sociology. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. 3 credits. (F,Y)
331-46600 Honors in Sociology II SS LA
The honors program in sociology is a two-semester capstone experience that recognizes outstanding scholarship of sociology majors and minors. Students accepted in the sociology honors program engage in collaborative research in a new area of study or in a substantial extension of topics as developed in the honors seminar. Prerequisites: 331-46500 and permission of instructor. 3 credits. (S,Y)
331-47000-331-47800 Independent Studies U LA
A course within this concentration arranged individually between student and instructor. A proposal for the topic and specific plans must be approved by the dean's office of the School of Humanities and Sciences. Prerequisites: Three courses in social sciences and permission of instructor. 1-4 credits. (F,S,Y)
331-47000 |
Independent Studies in Clinical Sociology |
331-47100 |
Independent Studies in Gender Studies |
331-47200 |
Independent Studies in Criminal and Juvenile Justice Studies |
331-47300 |
Independent Studies in Race and Ethnic Relations |
331-47400 |
Independent Studies in Sociology of Family and Relationships |
331-47500 |
Independent Studies in Social Institutions and Organizations |
331-48000 Seminar on the Sociology of Pedagogy SS LA
This 1-credit seminar is designed to supplement the practicum on teaching assistance and is required for teaching assistants in sociology courses. It presents the theoretical approach to teaching generally shared by sociology department faculty. A variety of pedagogical theories, including that of Paulo Freire, are examined using an ongoing analysis of the relationship between educational theories and larger social forces and historical conditions. The seminar meets as four half-day workshops during the semester. The seminar is team-taught by the instructors of courses using teaching assistants. The format includes didactic presentation of theoretical material and discussion of it, along with focused papers on the reading. The required reading must be completed before the seminar workshop. In the workshop at the end of the semester the text material is reviewed with analysis of its application in the teaching assistance experience. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three upper-division sociology courses. Permission of instructor is required. 1 credit. (F-S,Y)
331-48100 Practicum in Teaching Assistance NLA
Leadership skills for leading educational discussion groups. Open to students who are acting as teaching assistants in sociology courses. Prerequisites: 331-10100 and three upper-level sociology courses. 331-48000 is a corequisite. Permission of instructor is required. 2 credits. (F-S,Y)
331-49000-331-49800 Internship: Sociology NLA
Internships arranged individually at the student's request with individual instructors, a sponsoring agency, and with departmental approval. Prerequisites: Three courses in the social sciences. See information on internships. Also offered through the London Center by special permission. Variable credit. (F-S)
331-49000 |
Internship in Clinical Sociology |
331-49100 |
Internship in Gender Studies |
331-49200 |
Internship in Criminal and Juvenile Justice |
331-49300 |
Internship in Race and Ethnic Relations |
331-49400 |
Internship in Sociology of Family and Relationships |
331-49500 |
Internship in Social Institutions and Organizations |
331-49800 |
Internship in Sociology |
