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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Intensive seminar in classical sociological theory. Examines the theoretical frameworks and methodologies of Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim, along with selections from the works of other major classical theorists. Analysis of primary texts will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative analysis of contemporary schools of sociological thought showing their development, current status, and possible future trends. Emphasis on structural functionalism, Marxism and neo-Marxism, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology and ethnomethodology, and exchange theory. A working knowledge of classical sociological theory is assumed.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to the methods and techniques utilized in sociological research. Includes such topics as basic collecting and analyzing sociological data.
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3.00 Credits
Current sociological research techniques, strategies of research design, construction of research instruments, logic of sociological inquiry, conceptualization, problem formation, and preparation of research proposals.
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3.00 Credits
Collection, analysis, and presentation of sociological data using such methods as participant observation, ethnomethodology, community analysis, documentary research and historiography, case study, and life history. Emphasis upon formulation of problems and the execution of research.
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3.00 Credits
Provides instruction for advanced techniques in the quantitative analysis of sociological data. Includes regression analysis and estimation of models with categorical data. A working knowledge of basic statistical concepts is assumed.
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3.00 Credits
The study of human population, including the social, economic, political, ecological, and cultural determinants and consequences of changes in fertility, mortality, and migration.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a survey of the subfield of sociology of agriculture, including an examination of its roots, growth and current theoretical and substantive directions. Explores the linkages between agriculture, commodity systems, food and the environment.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of theoretical perspectives and current research on the sociology of community in the U.S. and other countries. Examples of issues covered include community growth and decline, social inequality, community power and politics, social implications of community economic change, urbanization, and the global context of local change.
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3.00 Credits
Offers an analysis of the social construction and reproduction of gender identities. Focuses on current feminist theory and research on the links between gender identities and gender inequality.
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