Required Courses

SOC 101 - The Sociological Perspective
Orientation to basic sociological concepts as analytical tools for the study of continuities and change in social and individual behavior. Influence of family, school, and the market. Social construction of self and selected aspects of the life course including childhood, love, and death.
P. Fernandez-Kelly

SOC 300 - Claims and Evidence in Sociology
Interpretion and evaluation of arguments in the sociological literature. Learning to read and write critically in sociology. Preparing claims and providing evidence in sociology.
S. Curran

SOC 301 - Sociological Research Methods
An overview of the research process in social science, including techniques of sampling, methods of data collection, principles of measurement, problems of inference and proof, basic methods of data analysis, and ethical considerations.
H. Taylor

SOC 302 - Sociological Theory
A systematic survey of the principal concepts underlying all sociological description and explanation-prediction, with special attention to the different ways these concepts are employed int eh four currently leading groups of theories, namely structural functionalism, exchange theory, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
Staff

Individual and Group Behavior (* denotes a permanent course offerering)

SOC 200 - Culture, Social Structure and Individual Experience*
V. Zelizer

SOC 241 - The Social Basis of Individual Behavior*
H. Taylor

Social Institutions

SOC 201 - American Society and Politics*
P. Starr

SOC 212 - Money, Work, and Social Life*
V. Zelizer

SOC 214 - Creativity, Innovation and Society
S. Tepper

SOC 221 - Inequality: Class, Race, Gender*
M. Small

SOC 222 - The Sociology of Crime and Punishment
B. Western

SOC 225 - Sex, Sexuality, and Gender*
S. Curran

SOC 227 - Race and Ethnicity
M. Duneier

SOC 240 - Family and Kinship*
S. Keller

Macro, Comparative and Historical Change

SOC 210 - Urban Sociology: The City and Social Change in the Americas*
P. Fernandez-Kelly

SOC 235 - Demographic Change: The United States and the World*
E. Armstrong

SOC 245 - Social Change: Modernization and Revolution*
M. Centeno

SOC 250 - The Western Way of War
M. Centeno

300-level Courses

SOC 306 - The East Asian Region*
G. Rozman

SOC 307 - National Identities and Great Powers
G. Rozman

SOC 308 - China and Russia, Comparisons and Relations*
G. Rozman

SOC 309 - Topics in the Sociology of Latin America: Models of Development and Political Democracy*

SOC 310 - Gender and Development in Latin Americas*
P. Fernandez-Kelly

SOC 322 - Elites, Leadership, and Society*
S. Keller

SOC 334/AAS 334 - Educating a New Majority
R. Hope

SOC 336 - The Sociology of Poverty*
S. McLanahan

SOC 338: The Sociology of Latinos in the U.S.*
(also LAS 338)

SOC 342 - Organizations: Management, Bureaucracy, and Work*

SOC 344 - Communications, Culture and Society*
P. Starr

SOC 349 - Technology and the Labor Process*
Staff

SOC 351/ECO 351 - Introduction to Population Problems
J. Goldstein

SOC 353 - Political Culture (see POL 353)*

SOC 360/AMS 360 - American Journalism and Freedom of the Press*
P. Starr

SOC 361 - Culture, Power, and Inequality*
Staff

SOC 362 - Sociology of Religion*
Staff

SOC 364 - Sociology of Medicine and Ethics
E. Armstrong

SOC 365 - Health, Society and Politics*
Staff

SOC 365 - Education and Society*
Staff

SOC 368 - Special Topics in Sociology
Staff

SOC 391 - Race, Class, and Intelligence in America*
H. Taylor

400-level Courses

SOC 401 - Latin American Studies Seminar*
Staff

SOC 404 - Social Statistics
Bruce Western

Other Courses

SOC 202/AAS 202 - Introductory Research Methods in African-American Studies
H. Taylor