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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An examination of major sociological theories of social movement emergence, development and impact. Topics include mobilization, participation and leadership, tactics, movement culture and collective identity. Emphasis on U.S. empirical cases, including civil rights, feminist and sexual identity movements. Prerequisite, one course in sociology.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to research approaches and theoretical traditions in cultural sociology. Explores how scholars from different traditions explain the relationship of different cultural objects, (e.g., television, rock music or religious ideas) to meaning and action, power and agency, social reproduction and change, and the creation of symbolic boundaries. Topics include popular and high culture, the production and reception of culture, the role of culture in creating and maintaining class, status, racial and gender inequalities. Prerequisite, two courses in sociology or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
Examines social movements as processes through which gender ideologies and inequalities are reproduced, challenged, and changed. Explores both gender-specific and broader movements to ask how gender matters for movement recruitment, participation, leadership, collective identity, framing and outcomes. Focuses primarily on U.S.-based movements, but also attends to movements in other countries. Prerequisite, One course in sociology or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
A critical investigation of the place sexuality occupies in social theory. Texts by social theorists will illustrate a variety of intellectual affiliations, including Marxist political economy, feminism, Freudian and post-Freudian psychoanalytic frameworks, and post-structuralist and post-modern perspectives. Examines how conceptions of sexuality figure in theories of social life, including theories of collective action, social organization, the origins and mechanisms of inequality and social identity. Prerequisite, two social science courses or consent of instructor. Some background in reading and analyzing difficult theoretical works (in sociology, political science, philosophy or a similar discipline). Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of how social constructions of race influence the construction of race as a legal category, and how race as a legal concept helps shape the social experience of race in America. Explores these questions through a theoretically driven and rigorous analysis of topics such as: racial disparities in education, housing, employment and the criminal justice system; "hate crimes"; civil rights law; environmental racism; "anti-miscegenation" statutes; segregation practices; and the welfare state. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one course in sociology or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
What kind of citizenry is needed for the proper functioning of democratic government? How do we get such a citizenry? This course answers these two questions, focusing on how political and economic institutions shape society in ways more and/or less amenable to the ideal type democracy-one supported by and responsible to an active and knowledgeable citizenry. Prerequisite, two courses in social science. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the production and consumption of food in contemporary societies from a sociological perspective. We will study how food shapes personal identity and communal life; the organizational and institutional contexts food production from farm to table; the role food plays in popular culture and the rise of alternative food movements. Covers such topics as food, communal identity and family; the culture and practices of "Foodies"; the world of the restaurant kitchen; globalization and changes in farming and food consumption. Prerequisite, one sociology course. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
Recently, scholars and policy experts have stressed the importance of "sustainability" in addressing longstanding social and economic issues that have plagued American cities. For some, sustainability means "right-sizing" cities, controlling consumption and converting to green infrastructure. For others, it means developing durable economic and political institutions that can withstand exogenous shocks. Explores the broad theme of urban sustainability by requiring students to conduct original research projects on the topic. Prerequisite, one course in sociology or consent of instructor. (Same as Public Policy 332.) Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the historical and contemporary relationship between the political arena and the social construction of race. We will ask how the meaning of race and its associated material consequences are created, reproduced and contested through political processes, policies and institutions, including census classification, affirmative action, welfare programs, social movement dynamics, prisons and immigration. Prerequisite, two social science courses or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the development of modern organizations and how they work, examining why organizations take certain forms, why they succeed or fail, how they are managed, and how they are shaped by culture and social structure. We will study for-profit companies along with social movement organizations, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. Develops understandings of the different strands of organizational theory and how to apply ideas to real organizations. Prerequisite, one course in sociology. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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