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  • SOC 2230: Sociology of Death & Dying

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    Current knowledge on a wide variety of death-related topics: attitudes toward death, medical care systems, grief, living wills, ethical wills, medical ethics, definitions of death, social psychology of aging, death in popular culture, and how life and death affect all sociocultural processes, values, and events.
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  • SOC 2283: Sociology of Education

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    We will explore educational systems and consider the following questions: How does your high school determine your retirement? Which is more important: What you learn or where you learn it? Does education work as a motor towards equality in society? Do our schools reward the best students? How do we define "best"? Does the educational system reproduce the class structure of a society or challenge it? We will analyze these questions from an international, comparative perspective and discuss issues including social reproduction, the achievement gap and meritocracy. The role of race, socioeconomicstatus, gender and upbringing will inform our investigation. The goal of this course is to investigate the role of education in society.
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  • SOC 2300: Foklore

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    This interdisciplinary course examines humanistic, oral, and written expression transmitted among sociocultural groups. It also explores the origins, forms, variant interpretations, methods of communication including contemporary means such as the internet and film. and social-psychological functions of various types of folklore and midrash.
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  • SOC 2336: Epidemiology

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    Distribution of disease and determinants of its frequency; history of epidemiological thinking, concept of cause, sources of data, and design of epidemiological studies are the thinking, concept of cause, sources of data, and design of epidemiological studiesare the subjects of this course.
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  • SOC 2504: Collection & Eval of Evidence

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    Course is designed as an introduction to the adventures of Social Research Methods. You will not only explore how social scientists collect data about our lsociety, but also gain insights into how social research is a part of our everyday lives. You will obtain a general overview of the ways social scientists collect information about society. Throughout this course we will develop a critical eye to the structure of social science research; identifying the object of inquiry; analyzing how variables are being operationalized; and evaluating the quality.
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  • SOC 2505: Qualitative Research Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    Introduction to qualitative methods of sociological research, focusing on ethnographic participant observation and in-depth semi-structured interviewing. Course participants will become familiar with qualitative data gathering and analysis techniques. We will analyze the social role of the fieldworker and discuss the logic and ethnics of social research. Students will conduct their own research on topics they choose, learning how to observe, write fieldnotes, and do systematic coding of their data. We will also discuss writing open-ended interview guides, data analysis, and writing up the result of qualitative data collection and analysis.
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  • SOC 2506: Classical Social Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    Examines the ideas and enduring contributions of the giants of modern social theory, including Karl Marx, Weber, Emile Durkheim and Sigmund Freud. Key issues will include the nature of modernity, the direction of social change and the role of human agency in shaping American society.
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  • SOC 2507: Contemporary Social Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    Maps major lines of development in twentieth century social theory, focusing on how various theorists from Talcott Parsons to Pierre Bourdieu and many others have grappled with the basic issues that have dominated twentieth century social thought. Particular attention will be given to distinctions between institutions and agency on the one hand and identity and culture on the other.
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  • SOC 2620: Contemporary Israeli Society

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    Examination of diverse cultural and religious sub-populations, governmental strucures, political cultures, the realtionship between religion and state, and the kibbutz experiment. Issues are considered in the context of Israel as a Jewish democratic state and in the light of growing American cultural influence.
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  • SOC 2647: Political Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Yeshiva University

    This course explores both classic debates and contemporary issues in the field of political sociology. It covers sociological approaches of pluralists class based analysts, and elite theorists to U.S democracy. It also examines political life in historical and comparative perspective, as well as the two distinct views of globalization. Changes in U.S. political life since 2000 are considered.
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