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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
You are probably reading this course description on a computer. By day's end you may talk to a friend on your cell phone, buy something on the internet with a credit card, bicycle to campus, or drive to the store. Technology is everywhere and it is easy to see how it influences our lives, but where do new technologies come from, how are they picked up and used, and how do our values and social norms influence their design and development? Addressing these questions with examples from the railroad to cybernetics, from the birth control pill to DRM, this course provides an introduction to the field of the Sociology of Technology.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the relationship between three core sociological concepts: culture, power, and inequality. Culture denotes the expressive traditions, creations, and ways of life of a group of people. Power pertains to the capacity to exert influence. We will approach questions of inequality through the lens of class, which emphasizes how people fit into social and economic hierarchies. This course explores the ways in which these concepts are related, specifically, the role culture and power play in the formation of class boundaries, musical tastes, fashion, the development of cities, and other topics.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
First in a two-course sequence for graduate students in Sociology. Two goals of the course are: (1) to provide a rigorous introduction to inferential statistics focusing on the probability theory required to understand the Central Limit Theorem, the basis for most classical statistical inference; and (2) to provide in-depth coverage of Stata, the most popular statistics package currently used in Sociology. Topics covered include: descriptive statistics and visualization of data, classical statistical inference, basic nonparametric tests, Analysis of Variance, correlation, and the basics of multiple regression.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The development of sociological theory through the early 20th Century with an emphasis on the problem of social order. Course begins with an introduction to the Enlightenment, followed by critical authors of the first half of the 19th Century (Hegel, Clausewitz, and Tocqueville). The central part of the course focuses on Marx and Weber with some attention to Mill, Durkheim, and Simmel. We conclude with consideration of some work in the early part of the past century (Freud, Elias, Frankfurt School).
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to modern sociological theory from mid-twentieth century onwards. It will begin with notions of philosophy of science concerning the nature of concepts and theory and continue with selective review of major currents of contemporary social thought. Throughout, the emphasis will be on those ideas that can guide fruitful empirical research rather than on abstract perspectives.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Seminar has three objectives: 1) to provide students understanding of the basic components of a good research design, including measurement, sampling, and causal interpretation, 2) to familiarize students with the strengths and weaknesses of various research designs, including experimental disign, survey research, field methods (ethnography and in-depth interviews), and historical/comparative research; and 3) to teach students how to write a research proposal, including how to formulate a researchable question, how to review and identify a gap in the existing literature, and how to select and describe an appropriate research design.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Thorough examination of linear regression from a data analytic point of view. Sociological applications are strongly emphasized. Topics include: (a) a review of the linear model; (b) regression diagnostics for outliers and collinearity; (c) smoothers; (d) robust regression; and (e) resampling methods. Students taking the course should have completed an introductory course in probability and statistics.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Preparation of research papers based on field observation, laboratory experiments, survey procedures, and secondary analysis of existing data banks.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Major works in gender and development. How do masculinity and femininity relate to socio-economic change? How has gender evolved in selected geographical areas, including North America, Asia, Africa, and Latin America? What is the role of the state in defining gender? These are the questions underpinning this course. We investigate the prevalence of gender in various locations and historical periods. Subsequently, we review descriptive data and relevant theories, focusing on the centrality of gender as a vector of stratification. We also examine inequalities between men and women in the domestic and public spheres. Half-term course.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Theme of comparative and interactive civilizations. Primary coverage of China, Japan, Russia, or Korea as well as comparisons with the West. Attention to: national identities, great power identities, strategies of regionalism, principles of social order. Opportunities for individualized readings, as each student chooses an independent focus.
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