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  • SOCI 602: Proseminar in Classical Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Collins. An overview of the German, French and Anglophone traditions in sociological theory. The major focus will be on the works of Marx and Engels, Weber, Simmel, Durkheim, Mead, and on subsequent developments in these classic schools of theory and research.
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  • SOCI 603: Master's Research in Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Bosk, Grazian, Jacobs, Schnittker. This course is intended to hone the skills and judgment required in order to conduct independent research in sociology. We will discuss the selection of intellectually strategic research questions and practical research designs. Students will get experience with proposal writing, the process of editing successive drafts of manuscripts, and the oral presentation of work in progess as well as finished research projects. The course is designed to be the context in which master's papers are written. This is a required course for second year graduate students in Sociology.
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  • SOCI 604: Methodology of Social Research

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Wilde. This course will give students familiarity with the common research methods social scientists use to conduct research. Ethnographic, interview, survey, experimental and historical/comparative research methods will be covered. Four themes will be explored: 1) the basics of solid research design, 2) the various advantages and disadvantages of each method, 3) when the use of a method is appropriate or inappropriate for the research question, and 4) how to evaluate researchers' claims on the basis of the evidence they present. These themes will be explored by reading examples of and conducting exercises designed to give students hands-on experience in each of the methods. Students will conduct the exercises on a topic of their choice, which together will culminate in their final paper. The course is required and restricted to second year students in sociology and demography.
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  • SOCI 607: Introduction to Demography

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. A nontechnical introduction to fertility, mortality and migration and the interrelations of population with other social and economic factors.
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  • SOCI 608: Proseminar in Urban Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Hall, Katz. This is a two-term course. Students must enter first term. Credit is given only on the completion of both terms. Course is not offered every year. The objective of this year-long course is to introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of Urban Studies. This graduate seminar will engage students in focused and ongoing interdisciplinary conversations about a number of issues related to conducting research on urban issues. A central objective of the course will be to apply insights from the readings and discussions to the design and completion of an independent research project. Readings in the first semester will include classic texts as well as recent empirical studies from a range of disciplines (anthropology, sociology, history, geography, political science). The studies will exemplify distinctive methodological approaches to research in and on urban environments and will focus primarily on issues of urbanization, social stratification, urban politics, race and ethnic relations, and global/local dynamics.
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  • SOCI 609: Basic Methods of Demography

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Elo, Preston, Smith. The course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts of demographic measurement and modeling used to study changes in population size and composition. The course covers basic measures of mortality, fertility andmigration; life table construction; multiple decrement life tables; stable populations; population projections; and age patterns of vital events. Students will learn to apply demographic methods through a series of weekly problem sets.
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  • SOCI 611: Structural Equation Models

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Allison. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 536 or permission of the instructor. Part 1 covers linear models with multiple equations and measurement error. The emphasis will be on LISREL-type models with multiple indicators of latent variables. Topics include classical test theory, path analysis with unmeasured variables, introduction to matrix algebra, confirmatory factor analysis, and the analysis of covariance structures. Part 2 covers multilevel methods for longitudinal and clustered data. Topics include fixed-effects models, random effects and mixed effects and mixed models, GEE estimation, random coefficients models, and models for discrete data.
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  • SOCI 612: Categorical Data Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Allison, Smith. This course deals with techniques for analyzing multivariate data which the dependent variable is a set of categories (a dichotomy or polytomy). Topics will include linear probability models, logit (logistic) regression models, probit models, logit analysis of contingency tables, cumulative logit and probit (for ordinal data), multinomial logit, conditional logit (discrete choice), unobserved heterogeneity, log-linear models, square tables, response-based sampling, and repeated measures. Methods will be illustrated using the SAS System. There will be several assignments using SAS to analyze data provided by the instructor.
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  • SOCI 613: Event History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Allison. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 536 or equivalent. An applications-oriented course on statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data on the occurrence of events, also known as survival analysis, failure-time analysis, hazard analysis or duration analysis. Emphasis on regression-like models in which the risk of event occurrence is a function of a set of explanatory variables. Topics include acceleratedfailure-time models, hazard models, censoring, Cox regression models, time-dependent covariates, completing risks, repeated events, unobserved heterogeneity, discrete-time methods.
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  • SOCI 617: Theories of Racial and Ethnic Incorporation

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Charles. This course provides an overview of prominent theories of race and ethnicity, and is concerned with 1) Understanding the nature and persistence of race and ethnicity as meaningful social groupings in contemporary American society, and 2) Explaining the social significance of these group identities--that is, how these groupings are related to social stratification, to socio-cultural relations, and to the political and economic dynamics in American society. Special attention will also be given to such topics as immigration and the intersection of gender, race, and class.
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