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Course Schedule—Fall 2004

Sociology

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SOCIOLOGY

230.106 (S) (W)

FRESHMAN SEMINAR: EDUCATION IN THE MEDIA (3) Plank   Limit 15   Freshmen only We will spend several weeks systematically collecting major newspapers= coverage of schools, and then will analyze the content of these newspaper articles using sociological tools and perspectives.

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

230.199 (S)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS (3) Harris  Limit 50

Sec. 01

Th 6:30-9:30

230.212 (S) (W)

RACE, ETHNICITY, AND EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES (3) Bennett Limit 30   Exploration of issues of race and ethnicity in American education and an investigation of the issues facing racial and ethnic minorities, such as school and residential segregation, academic tracking, language isolation, and peer group influences and their effects on learning opportunities. Students are asked to think about the ways in which disadvantages faced by racial and ethic minorities are alleviated or reproduced in schools.   Cross-listed with Public Health Studies

Sec. 01

MTW 2

230.301 (S)

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL STATISTICS (4) McDonald  Limit 20 per section   Cross listed with Public Health Studies

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

ThF 9-10:30

T 1

W 3

230.303 (S) (W)

SOCIAL THEORY (3) Andreas Limit 25  An introduction to sociological theories with an emphasis on the classical works of Marx, Weber and Durkheim with the aim of becoming familiar with important theories about how society works and how to apply them to analyzing current social issues.

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

230.313(S) (W)

SPACE, PLACE, POVERTY AND RACE: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUBLIC HOUSING (3) Deluca   Limit 25 Course will capitalize on research methodologies used to define and describe neighborhoods and their effects on economic and educational outcomes.  Included: case studies, census data, surveys, quasi/exper- imental data.  Focus is on how research measures neighborhood effects and incorporates community level processes into models of social causation.  Statistics/Public Policy background helpful, but not required.
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies

Lec.

Sec. 01

T 3-5

Th 1

230.321(S) (W)

REVOLUTION, REFORM, AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN CHINA (3) Andreas  Limit 50   An exploration of various aspects of social inequality in China during the Mao Zedong era and during the post-Mao reform era.  Inequality within villages, the rural/urban divide, urban inequality, education policies, and gender and ethnic relations will be examined and tackled analytically with the aim of understanding what it was/is like to live in China during and after the Mao era. Cross-listed with East Asian Studies

Sec. 01

ThF 2-3:30

230.327(S)

CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL POLICY (3) Gordon   Limit 25

Sec. 01

Th 2-5

230.350 (S) (W)

LATIN AMERICANS AND LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES (3) Ybarra Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

Th 10:30-12:30

230.386 (S)

INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIETY (3) Gordon    Limit 35

Sec. 01

W 2-5

230.388 (S)

SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY (3) Staff  Limit 15   Cross-listed with Public Health Studies

Sec.01

MW 3-4:30

195.477 (S) (W)

INTRODUCTION TO URBAN POLICY (3) Newman    Limit 12 per section         Perm. Req=d.  Coreq: 195.478   Cross-listed with Political Science, Sociology, Public Health Studies, and Geography and Environmental Engineering

Sec. 01

02

T 5-7pm

T 5-7pm

195.478 (W)

URBAN POLICY INTERNSHIP (3) Newman Limit 12    Perm. Req=d.      Coreq: 195.477   Cross-listed with Political Science, Sociology, Public Health Studies, and Geography and Environmental Engineering

Sec. 01

TBA

230.502

HONORS PROGRAM

   

230.503

INDEPENDENT STUDY

   

230.506 

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

   

230.508

INTERNSHIP

   

230.608

PROSEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY Arrighi

Sec. 01

T 12

230.612

SEMINAR ON SOCIAL INEQUALITY Alexander

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

230.622

SEMINAR ON LIMITED DEPENDENT VARIABLE MODELS  Cherlin

Sec. 01

W 10-12

230.626

WORLD SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   Silver

Sec. 01

M 5-7
T 5-7pm

230.643

SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Kohn

Sec. 01

T 10-12
Th 10-12

230.649

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES  McDonald  Limit 20  Graduate students only, undergraduates with permission Course canceled 6/18/04. It will be offered in Spring 05

Sec. 01

M 3-5

230.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY

   

230.802

DISSERTATION RESEARCH

   

230.804

RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP

   

 

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