| SOCIOLOGY |
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| 230.109
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HOT
TOPICS IN EDUCATION (3) Alexander
Limit 15 Freshmen only This course
examines current school reform iniatives,
and controversies surrounding them, through a sociological lens. |
Lec.
Sec. 01 |
T 3-5
Th 1 |
| 230.202
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RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE
SOCIAL SCIENCES (3) Hao Limit 25 Formerly 230.302 The purpose of this course is
to provide a sound introduction to the overall process of research
and the specific research methods most frequently used by sociologists
and other social scientists. |
Lec.
Sec. 01 |
MW 9
F 9 |
| 230.302
(S) |
CLASS,
STRATIFICATION AND PERSONALITY (3) Kohn Limit 25 An
intensive examination of the research literature, much of it
based on survey research carried out by the instructor and his
international collaborators, on the relationships of social
class and social stratification with personality. The course
will examine the links between people’s positions in the class
structure and the stratification hierarchy and their more proximate
conditions of life, particularly their job conditions, and how
these conditions, in turn, affect (and are affected by) such
basic dimensions of personality as intellectual flexibility,
orientations to self and society, and feelings of well-being
or distress. The research has been conducted principally in
the United States, Japan,
Poland when
it was socialist, Poland
and Ukraine during their transitions from socialism
to nascent capitalism, and (in the instructor’s current research)
China during its very different
transformation. Cross-listed with Psychological & Brain
Sciences |
Lec.
Sec. 01 |
W 2-4
Th 2 |
| 230.307 (S) |
SOCIOLOGY OF LATIN AMERICA (3) Von Der
Heydt-Coca Limit
25 15 This course
will offer an overview of Latin America’s reality through its
economic, social, political and cultural dimensions. Latin
American development will be analyzed as a historical process
determined by intertwined internal socio-economic factors, however,
within the constraints of the world economy.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies, Public Health Studies,
and Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 10:30-12 |
| 230.315 (S) |
COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM
(3) Bushra Limit 15 The rising
tide of global religious fundamentalism in the last three decades
has challenged the basic tenets of all theories of social change,
and attracted significant popular and scholarly attention.
While it is commonly used as a blanket term, the particular
manifestations of religious fundamentalism cover a wide spectrum
of socio-political developments in different parts of the world.
To better understand the different dimensions and trajectories
of the phenomenon, this course combines theoretical material
with comparative analyses of selective case studies to investigate
and question the basic dichotomies that underlie our understanding
of religious fundamentalism: cultural versus political, western
versus non-western, modern versus anti-modern, and reactionary
versus revolutionary. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 12:30-2 |
| 230.322 (S) |
QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH PRACTICUM (3) Hao Limit 25 Prereq: 230.301 This course provides
“hands on” research experience applying sociological research
tools and a sociological perspective to problems of substance.
Quantitative methods will be emphasized, as applied to census
data, survey data and/or archival data. Students will design
and carry out a research project and write a research report. |
Sec. 01
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MWF 11
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| 230.333
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QUALITY
AND INEQUALITY IN AMERICAN EDUCATION (3) Alexander Limit 25
The tension between quality and equality
in American education, as developed in the various writings
of James S. Coleman, will be the focus of this course. Major
works to be considered will include the adolescent society,
equality of educational opportunity, youth in transition, trends
in school segregation, and public and private high schools.
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Lec.
Sec. 01 |
Th 3-5
M 4 |
| 230.341
(S) |
MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY (3)
Smith/Eaton Limit 20 per section This course introduces students to medical sociology, which
is the application of the sociological perspective to health
and health care.
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies
Sec.04 added 01/12/06
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Lec.
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03
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T 3-5
Th 1
W 3
Th 11
Th
11
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| 360.111
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INTRODUCTION
TO AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (3) Richards Limit 15 This course is an introduction to the
origins and emergence of Black Studies as an adademic discipline
in the American academy. The course is centered primarily on
the social realities of people of African descent living in
the United States. Course added 11/04/05
Cross-listed with Africana Studies and Interdepartmental |
Sec.
01 |
ThF 12-1:30 |
| 360.457
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RICHARD
WRIGHT & MODERNISM: PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE & POLITICS
(3) Hayes Limit 15
Cross-listed with
Political Science and Interdepartmental |
Sec. 01 |
W 2-4:30 |
| 360.469
(H,S) |
ISSUES
IN GLOBALIZATION (IR) (3) Grovogui Limit 25
Cross-listed with
Political Science and Interdepartmental |
Sec. 01 |
Th 4-6pm |
| 230.502 |
HONORS PROGRAM |
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| 230.504 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY |
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| 230.506 |
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
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| 230.508 |
INTERNSHIP |
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| 230.601 |
RESEARCH DESIGN Kohn Limit 15 All
research involves making strategic decisions. Often these decisions
are implicit, but they ought to be explicit and well thought
out, for they will have a major impact on the validity of the
conclusions one can draw from the research.
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Sec. 01 |
Th 10-12 |
| 230.604 |
REGRESSION
ANALYSIS Plank
Limit 15 Prereq:
230.205, 230.600 or equivalent A seminar
in multiple regression (least squares and alternative estimation
procedures) with a focus on sociological problems and software
applications. Extensions to hierarchical linear models will
be included. Graduate students should have completed
230.600 or the equivalent. Undergraduates only admitted with
instructor's permission, and 230.205 or equivalent.
A seminar in multiple regression (least squares and logistic)
with an introduction to computer applications. Limited to graduate
students with a solid statistics background.
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Lec.
Sec. 01 |
M 10-12
W 3 |
| 230.609 |
DISSERTATION SEMINAR McDonald Limit
15 A semester-long course designed to enhance graduate students’
formulation of a dissertation proposal. This course is designed
for advanced graduate students actively preparing their dissertation
proposals.
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Sec. 01 |
Th 3-5 |
| 230.611 |
SEMINAR
IN COMPARATIVE AND WORLD-HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY Arrighi Limit 15 In this seminar we will read key texts in comparative sociology.
The topics covered are cross-national sociology,
comparative national development, comparing world-systems,
the modern world-system, globalization, and social movements.
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Sec. 01 |
T 10-12 |
| 230.650 |
MACRO-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Silver
Limit 15 The course
examines methods of studying long-term, large-scale social change.
Both qualitative and quantitative methods are covered. |
Sec. 01 |
W 10-12 |
| 230.657 |
RACE,
SEGREGATION, AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY Bennett Limit
15 Residential segregation is a persistent feature of U.S.
urban landscapes. It is an index of social position with serious
consequences for minority populations. Students will explore
the history of residential segregation in the U.S.;
it’s patterns and causes, as well as
its social, economic, and demographic consequences. |
Sec. 01 |
T 1-3 |
| 360.670 |
GENERAL
SEMINAR: INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL STUDIES IN CULTURE, POWER &
HISTORY Grovogui Graduate students only
or instructor’s consent for Senior undergraduates. Attendance
is mandatory at all seminar meetings
Cross-listed with History, Interdepartmental, and
Anthropology |
Sec. 01 |
Th 4-6pm |
| 230.800 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY |
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| 230.801 |
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
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| 230.802 |
DISSERTATION
RESEARCH |
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| 230.803 |
RESEARCH
ASSISTANTSHIP Course added 11/28/05 |
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| 230.804 |
RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP |
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