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Concepts, methods, and theoretical orientations. Sociological imagination illustrated by recent theory and research. Possible topics: the persistence of class cleavages; ethnic, racial, and gender inequalities; religious beliefs and the process of secularization; functions and dysfunctions of educational institutions; criminology and social deviance; social movements and social protest; production and reproduction of culture; rise of organizational society.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Snipp, C. (PI)
SOC 15N: The Transformation of Socialist Societies
Preference to freshmen. The impact of societal organization on the lives of ordinary people in socialist societies and in the new societies arising through the processes of political, economic, and social transformation. Do the concepts of democratization and marketization suffice to characterize ongoing changes? Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Tuma, N. (PI)
SOC 16N: African Americans and Social Movements (AFRICAAM 16N, CSRE 16N)
Theory and research on African Americans' roles in post-Civil Rights, US social movements. Topics include women¿s right, LGBT rights, environmental movement, and contemporary political conservativism.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Fields, C. (PI)
SOC 22N: The Roots of Social Protest
Preference to freshmen. The conditions under which social protest occurs and the emergence, success, and viability of contemporary social movements. Examples include women's civil rights, ecology, and antiwar and anti-globilization movements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Sociological theories to explain the timing, location, and causes of mobilization; how researchers evaluate these theories. Comparison of tactics, trajectories, and outcomes.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECGlobalCom
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
SOC 25N: Understanding the Sixties (AMSTUD 25N)
Preference to freshmen. The tendency of critics to view the 60s through ideological lenses as either the best or worst of times has made a balanced perspective difficult to achieve. Goal is to provide a sociological explanation for the political and cultural turbulence that marked the era. The confluence of demographic, political, economic, and cultural trends that date back to at least the 30s. The ambiguous legacy of the 60s. Using the 60s to shed light on the 80s and 90s. Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
McAdam, D. (PI)
SOC 45Q: Understanding Race and Ethnicity in American Society (CSRE 45Q)
Preference to sophomores. Historical overview of race in America, race and violence, race and socioeconomic well-being, and the future of race relations in America. Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Snipp, C. (PI)
SOC 46N: Race, Ethnic, and National Identities: Imagined Communities
Preference to freshmen. How new identities are created and legitimated. What does it mean to try on a different identity? National groups and ethnic groups are so large that one individual can know only an infinitesimal fraction of other group members. What explains the seeming coherence of groups? If identities are a product of the imagination, why are people willing to fight and die for them? Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
SOC 100SI: Student Initiated Course
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 1
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
SOC 104: Economic Foundations of Everyday Life (SOC 204)
How the economy impacts other aspects of everyday life. Market as emancipatory, market as alienating, and critiques dualisims. How theories inform case studies of think tanks, reactionary movements, cultural authenticity, romantic relationships, and elite college admissions.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Pacewicz, J. (PI)
SOC 106: Political Sociology (SOC 206)
The body of state rules and institutions that work in generating legitimate and illegitimate policy claims. Interests and identities that challenged the capacity of the national state to produce effective policies. Economic processes above the national level have that undermine the role of the state as the arena for the composition of disparate interests.
Terms: Win
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Parigi, P. (PI)
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