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3.00 Credits
Introducing the logic and methods of social research, this course is concerned with a review of social science methodology; questions of measurement, design, and general research strategies; and specific discussion of sample survey techniques and the logic and practice of data manipulation and statistical analysis. Does not meet a distribution requirement M. McKeever Prereq. sociology majors or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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This course covers the social, economic, and political aspects of current immigration to the United States. The course begins with an overview of the history of immigration over the past 200 years, and how immigration over the past 40 years differs from earlier eras. The course then explores the major issues of current immigration research in sociology, including demographic change, economic inequality, and assimilation. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement M. McKeever Prereq. Sociology 123; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the historical and theoretical development of the various approaches to the study of crime. Crime represents a handle by which we hope to grasp the more enduring problems and issues of human behavior. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement R. Moran Prereq. Sociology 123; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This is a course on the social construction of social problems. It devotes almost exclusive attention to how a "problem" becomes a socialproblem; examining how atypical cases become regarded as typical; how definitions are expanded to inflate statistics; and how claim makers and advocacy groups manipulate the media to market social problems and solutions to the public. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement R. Moran Prereq. Sociology 123; 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
This course examines instances of organized collective action in social, historical, and empirical contexts, from the labor movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the new social movements of today. We also explore various forms of unstructured protest, such as riots and demonstrations. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement K. Tucker Prereq. 4 credits at 100 level in Sociology; 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
Does not meet a distribution requirement Prereq. soph and permission of department; 1 to 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
(Same as gender Studies 333f(01)) This course focuses on the social production of gender relationships across a range of institutional, interactional, intellectual, and cultural contexts. The syllabus is structured around selections from major social, political, economic, and cultural theories of gender in addition to several exemplary empirical studies.Weekly topics include kinship and socialization, the contemporary moral orders ofmasculinity and femininity, family organization, legal systems and nationstates, war and rape, and the gendered organization and deployment of expert authority in a range of social settings. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement E. Townsley Prereq. 4 credits in sociology; 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on significant problems in the field of sociology with group meetings and reports. Fall 2008 316f(01) Class in the Black Community This course explores class in the black community from a sociological perspective. It focuses on how race fosters commonalities and how class fuels differences among blacks.We will examine the nature of these commonalities and differences within several contexts, such as neighborhoods, politics, work, and culture. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement P. Banks 4 credits Spring 2009 316s(01) Black Cultural Production and Consumption This course explores black cultural production and consumption in the United States using a sociological lens. The central focus is how the production and consumption of cultural objects such as visual art, music, and television reproduce and erode racial boundaries. Topics include the construction of racial identity through consumption; representations of blacks in the media; and the impact of cultural tastes and preferences on black achievement. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement P. Banks Prereq. 8 credits in sociology or permission of instructor; 4 credits 316(05) Collective Behavior and Social Movements This course examines instances of organized collective action in social, historical, and empirical contexts, from the labor movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the new social movements of today.We also explore various forms of unstructured protest, such as riots and demonstrations. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement K. Tucker Prereq. 8 credits in the department; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on significant problems in the field of sociology with group meetings and reports. Fall 2008 317f(01) Theories of Social Interaction This course studies the development of major theories of social interaction in sociology that aim to explain how everyday life is structured and understood by social actors. The main theoretical traditions covered include symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, and ethnomethodology. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement M. McKeever Prereq. Sociology 223 or permission of instructor; 4 credits 317f(02) Cultural Sociology and ContemporaryTheory This course examines some recent developments in cultural sociology and contemporary social theory. Themes include the nature of the self, the politics of new social movements, justice, law, and disorder, intellectuals, the university, and the mass media. Some familiarity with social theory is required (for example: Sociology 223, 333 or some substitute). Email with questions please. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement E. Townsley Prereq. Sociology 223, 8 credits in sociology, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
This course will focus on recent issues of political, economic, and social change in southern Africa.We will also examine social change in these countries, and how these developments can further inform sociological theories of nationalism, development, and multinational communities. Recent issues of democratization, economic inequality, AIDS, peacekeeping, and the development of the Southern African Development Community will be considered. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement M. McKeever Prereq. 8 credits in sociology or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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