printer friendly pageSOC 14N: Inequality in American Society
An overview of the major forms of inequality in American society, their causes and consequences. Special attention will devoted to to public policy associated with inequality.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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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: 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:
Young, P. (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 113: Comparative Corruption (POLISCI 143S)
Causes, effects, and solutions to various forms of corruption in business and politics in both developing regions (e.g. Asia, E. Europe) and developed ones (the US and the EU).
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Young, P. (PI)
SOC 114: Economic Sociology (SOC 214)
(Graduate students register for 214.) The sociological approach to production, distribution, consumption, and markets, emphasizing the impact of norms, power, social structure, and institutions on the economy. Comparison of classic and contemporary approaches to the economy among the social science disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor markets, organization of professions such as law and medicine, the economic role of informal networks, industrial organization, including the structure and history of the computer and popular music industries, business alliances, capitalism in non-Western societies, and the transition from state socialism in E. Europe and China.
Terms: Aut
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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:
Granovetter, M. (PI)
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Henson, W. (PI)
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Lu, Q. (PI)
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Nakagawa, S. (PI)
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Instructors:
Granovetter, M. (PI)
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Henson, W. (PI)
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Lu, Q. (PI)
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Nakagawa, S. (PI)
SOC 120: Interpersonal Relations (SOC 220)
(Graduate students register for 220.) Forming ties, developing norms, status, conformity, deviance, social exchange, power, and coalition formation; important traditions of research have developed from the basic theories of these processes. Emphasis is on understanding basic theories and drawing out their implications for change in a broad range of situations, families, work groups, and friendship groups.
Terms: Aut
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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:
Horowitz, A. (PI)
SOC 130: Education and Society (EDUC 120C, EDUC 220C, SOC 230)
The effects of schools and schooling on individuals, the stratification system, and society. Education as socializing individuals and as legitimizing social institutions. The social and individual factors affecting the expansion of schooling, individual educational attainment, and the organizational structure of schooling.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 4-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Ramirez, F. (PI)
SOC 140: Introduction to Social Stratification (SOC 240)
(Graduate students register for 240.) The main classical and modern explanations of the causes of social, economic, and political inequality. Issues include: power; processes that create and maintain inequality; the central axes of inequality in contemporary societies (race, ethnicity, class, and gender); the consequences of inequality for individuals and groups; and how social policy can mitigate and exacerbate inequality. Cases include technologically simple groups, the Indian caste system, and the modern U.S.
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:
Ballakrishnen, S. (PI)
SOC 155: The Changing American Family (SOC 255)
Family change from historical, social, demographic, and legal perspectives. Extramarital cohabitation, divorce, later marriage, interracial marriage, and same-sex cohabitation. The emergence of same-sex marriage as a political issue. Are recent changes in the American family really as dramatic as they seem? Theories about what causes family systems to change.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECAmerCul
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Falcon, M. (PI)
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Kim, S. (PI)
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Rosenfeld, M. (PI)
SOC 180A: Foundations of Social Research (SOC 280A)
Formulating a research question, developing hypotheses, probability and non-probability sampling, developing valid and reliable measures, qualitative and quantitative data, choosing research design and data collection methods, challenges of making causal inference, and criteria for evaluating the quality of social research. Emphasis is on how social research is done, rather than application of different methods. Limited enrollment; preference to Sociology and Urban Studies majors, and Sociology coterms.
Terms: Aut, Spr
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Cook, B. (PI)
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Munoz, J. (PI)
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