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4.00 Credits
Analyzes the Asian American experience in comparative perspective, which includes comparisons of different ethnic and racial groups, and across gender and class. Possible topics include labor, economy, politics, migration, nation, popular culture, gender, family, sexuality, and multiraciality. Same as Asian American Studies 60C. ( III, VII)
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3.00 Credits
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces major issues in conducting survey research in the social sciences. Topics explored are the history of survey research, sources of error, ethical issues, problems with cross-cultural research, the psychology of non-response, and criticisms of survey research.
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4.00 Credits
Student develops a 10-15-page prospectus of research for the honors thesis which includes: the research question, literature review, methods of investigation, and bibliography. Student selects a faculty mentor who will supervise thesis research and writing in winter and spring. Prerequisite: acceptance into the Honors Program for Social Science majors.
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4.00 Credits
The student initiates and completes data collection for the honors thesis. A faculty mentor provides supervision and feedback on thesis chapters. Prerequisite: Social Science H190A.
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4.00 Credits
The student completes, with the approval of the faculty mentor, an honors thesis containing: statement of the problem, literature review, research hypotheses, methods of investigation, results, discussion, and bibliography. Prerequisites: Social Science H190B and satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Major concepts and approaches to the study of society: social interaction, social differentiation, social control, social change, social institutions. ( III) 2 International Sociology (4). Introduces international sociology by examining international social structures and processes. Attention to international migration to and from various countries around the world, and to theories and research about the determinants of international migration for both sending and receiving countries. ( III, VIII) 3 Introduction to Social Problems (4). Focuses on how institutional and organizational features of societies generate problems for people. Particular attention is directed at a set of problems related to political and economic inequality: poverty, racism, sexism, urban and population problems, the environment, the criminal justice system. ( III)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to probability and statistics. Emphasis on a thorough understanding of the probabilistic basis of statistical inference. Emphasizes examples from sociology, anthropology, and related social science disciplines. Same as Anthropology 10A-BC. Students who receive credit for Sociology 10A-B-C may not receive credit for Anthropology 10A-B-C, Political Science 10A-B-C, Psychology 10A-BC, Social Ecology 13, or Social Science 9A-B-C or 10A-B-C. ( V)
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4.00 Credits
Methods of data collection and analysis used by sociologists. Experimental methods, surveys, and interviews, field research and participant observation, demographic methods, historical and comparative approaches. Prerequisite when offered for upper-division writing: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Students explore society through presentation, interpretation, and discussion of their own photographs. A few common exercises at the beginning of the quarter are followed by individual projects. Photography as social observation and the relation of photographs in an essay are stressed. Prerequisite: basic darkroom techniques or the digital equivalent. Same as Anthropology 176A and Social Science 182A.
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