Courses for Fall 2019

  • Social Forces: An Introduction to Sociology

    Social forces constrain and empower us, bond us together and push us apart. Sociology explores the workings of societies large and small: nations, organizations, communities, families, and other groups. How do societies shape action and identity, and why are social pressures so hard to defy? How do societies distribute wealth and power, and why do inequalities so often coalesce around race, ethnicity, class, and gender? How do established practices persist, and when do movements arise to challenge them? Examining such themes across a range of issues and topics, this course provides a springboard for future study throughout the social sciences.
    SOC 0010 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Schrank

  • An Environmental Sociology for a Rapidly Warming World

    Environmental problems are rooted in societies’ complex and changing relationship with the natural world. Understanding those environmental problems, let alone solving them, requires careful investigation of nature-society interactions. Through lectures, readings, discussion, and written work, students will examine the social and historical foundations of contemporary environmental problems and societal efforts to address or resolve those problems. Building on these foundations, we will explore the social dimensions of three (interrelated) “environmental grand challenges”: curbing climate change, preparing for and responding to environmental disasters, and building sustainable cities. Through all of these challenges, questions of environmental inequality and environmental racism loom large.
    SOC 0250 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Frickel

  • Who Am I?

    A study of self in contemporary society. We examine the structural and situational forces that shape the self and their impact on personal development, orientations to the world, and interpersonal behavior; we investigate the development of the self as a way of being in the world that makes everyday doings and, ultimately society, possible. Enrollment limited to 19 first year students. Instructor permission required.
    SOC 0300D S01
    Primary Instructor
    Elliott

  • Theory and Practice of Engaged Scholarship (ESP Seminar)

    Efforts are underway across university and college campuses -- in the United States and globally -- to increase opportunities for engaged learning and research. What is engaged scholarship and how does it challenge (and/or complement) more traditional concepts of scholarship and disciplinary knowledge? What are the ethical, practical, and other challenges associated with community-engaged scholarship? The course will use case studies, field work, team projects, and guest speakers from diverse disciplines and sectors to investigate these and other questions. Enrollment limited to Engaged Scholars Program participants. Limited to 40 students per section.
    SOC 0310 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Hance

  • Classical Sociological Theory

    Why do we follow social rules and conventions? And how is social change – that is, the making of new rules and expectations – possible? When we respond to rules, do we act as free-willing individuals or do we follows social structures we have no control over? These questions have motivated generations of sociologists, but many of the arguments have been already developed by the four "forefathers" of sociology: Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Georg Simmel. Looking at the transformations around them – the rise of capitalism, the modern nation-state, rational bureaucracy, the metropolitan, the decline of religion, and much more – they developed arguments that allow us to better understand ourselves, our actions, and the contemporary political, economic and social transformations around us.
    SOC 1010 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Henry

  • World Population Problems

    This is an introductory course to the study of human population. The objective is to investigate some of the social issues, including low fertility, immigration, aging, HIV/AIDS epidemic, in the United States and around the world from a demographic perspective. The course focuses on changes in the processes of mortality, fertility, and migration and how changes in processes shape the compositions and structures of the U.S. and world populations. We pay special attention to the population divide between more and less developed countries.
    SOC 1040 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Qian

  • Leadership in Organizations

    What is leadership? What makes a great leader? Can leadership be learned? Improved? This course explores various theoretical approaches to leadership using a combination of lectures and case-study analysis. Additionally, it aims at developing your personal leadership skills by using self-exploration and reflection, self-assessment instruments, role-play, and feedback from peers. Enrollment limited to 100.
    SOC 1060 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Ozkazanc-Pan

  • Introductory Statistics for Social Research

    Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics: measures of central tendencies and variability, sampling, tests of significance, correlation, and regression. Also includes the use of computers in data analysis. Knowledge of elementary algebra is assumed. Enrollment is limited to 144 students.
    SOC 1100 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Rauscher
    SOC 1100 C01
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    SOC 1100 C02
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    SOC 1100 C03
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  • Criminal Courts and the Law in an Era of Mass Incarceration

    This course provides a comprehensive introduction to America’s criminal court system and all its institutional stakeholders. We will examine America’s criminal court system from myriad of different perspectives: courts as organizations, courts as social arrangements of professionals, courts as providers of social services and courts as consumer institutions – providing the experience of justice to victims, witnesses, defendants and jurors. We will focus on state courts as well as the federal system.
    SOC 1116 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Van Cleve

  • Focus Groups for Market and Social Research

    This course introduces students to a range of qualitative research methods commonly used in market and social science research. It is designed to provide students with a skill set that will allow them to conduct and design market and social research that gets below the surface of the traditional survey. Focus groups, ethnographic observation and user-centered research are widely used in product design, communications, marketing and entrepreneurship research. Students will learn and practice all of the methods introduced in the course by conducting a semester-long research project, will gain insight into which methods are most appropriate for particular research needs.
    SOC 1117 S01
    Primary Instructor
    DiCarlo

  • Market Research in Public and Private Sectors

    Introduction to data and research methods for private and public sector organizations. Data used in market research include trends in the population of consumers, economic trends, trends within sectors and industries, analyses of product sales and services, and specific studies of products, promotional efforts, and consumer reactions. Emphasizes the use of demographic, GIS, and other available data.
    SOC 1260 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Spearin

  • Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the Modern World

    Applies sociological analysis to understand present and historical cases of ethnic and race relations and conflicts. Topics addressed are the social construction of race and ethnicity; historical processes of racialization; ethnic conflict and the nation state; and the linkages between race, class, and social mobility. Focuses on racial and ethnic relations in the U.S., but also has a strong international comparative component.
    SOC 1270 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Itzigsohn

  • Migration in the Americas

    Examines historical trends and determinants of migration from Latin America to the United States. Each stage of the migration process is examined: the decision to migrate, getting across international borders, settlement and integration in destinations, and return to places of origin. The course integrates theories and empirical studies of international migration with hands-on analysis of survey data from the Mexican and Latin American Migration Projects, the two largest survey databases for studying migration in the Americas. Students will learn how to formulate and operationalize research hypotheses, read, process, and analyze survey data files, and present and interpret research results.
    SOC 1281 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Lindstrom

  • Micro-Organizational Theory: Social Behavior in Organizations

    Micro-Organizational Theory focuses on the human dynamics of organizations as natural systems. It examines how individual attitudes, actions, and interactions make a difference for organizational processes and outcomes. This focus is contrasted with more macro-level approaches, which take the organization (instead of the individual) as the primary unit of analysis. For example, studies of organizations from an economic perspective are typically concerned with the performance of the organization relative to its competitors. Studies of organizations from a macro-sociological focus are typically concerned with an organization's routines and structures, contextualized by the broader environment. SOC 1311 takes a more micro and meso perspective that asks questions such as, "why do individuals in organization behave the way they do, how does this affect the organizations of which they are a part and how, in turn, are individuals affected by their organizations?"
    SOC 1311 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Suchman
    SOC 1311 C01
    Primary Instructor
    Duarte
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    SOC 1311 C02
    Primary Instructor
    Huang
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    SOC 1311 C03
    Primary Instructor
    Duarte
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    SOC 1311 C04
    Primary Instructor
    Huang
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  • Principles and Methods of Geographic Information Systems

    An introduction to the fundamental principles and methods of geographic information systems (GIS). Topics include (a) handling different types of geographic datasets, (b) geo-analytical and modeling tools in GIS, (c) conceptual and theoretical aspects of GIS application development, and (d) errors and uncertainty analysis of GIS applications. Laboratory assignments and the project work provide hands on experiences in GIS. Enrollment limited to 21 juniors and seniors.
    SOC 1340 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Mwenda

  • Intimate Violence

    Explores sociological perspectives of violence in intimate relationships. Begins with theories of violence, including social learning theory, the frustration-aggression hypothesis, and violence as catharsis. Examines the contributions of gender, race status, media violence, and pornography to the issue. Investigates specific forms of intimate violence: sexual aggression (including "acquaintance rape"), partner abuse, elderly abuse, and child abuse. Not open to first year students.
    SOC 1440 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Elliott

  • Globalization and Social Conflict

    Examines the effect globalization is having on the economies and societies of the developed and developing world. Focuses in particular on how new forms of global production and networking are transforming the traditional role of the nation-state, creating new dynamics of wealth distribution, and generating new sources of social conflict and political contestation, including transnational social movements.
    SOC 1620 S01
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    Heller
    SOC 1620 C01
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  • Ethics, Justice, and Transformations in Engaged Scholarship

    We seek to refine our understandings of the variations in engaged scholarship’s ethics, conceptions of justice, and practices of transformation. In this seminar we shall work with a variety of experienced scholars and practitioners to identify best practices, recognize recurring and distinctive challenges, and to identify the conditions of consequential transformations that emerge from such engaged scholarship.
    SOC 1871J S01
    Primary Instructor
    Kennedy

  • Senior Seminar

    Advanced seminar for sociology and social analysis and research (SAR) concentrators. Participants examine methods for analyzing, writing, and presenting capstone and thesis material and apply peer review techniques in assessing each other's work. Culminates in presentation of capstone or thesis to the department. Required for all sociology and social analysis and research (SAR) concentrators.
    SOC 1950 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Spearin

  • Individual Research Project

    Supervised reading or research. Specific program arranged in terms of the student's individual needs and interests. Required of intensive concentrators; open to others only by written consent of the Chair of the department. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
    SOC 1970 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Chorev
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    SOC 1970 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Owens
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    SOC 1970 S03
    Primary Instructor
    Rauscher
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    SOC 1970 S04
    Primary Instructor
    Elliott
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    SOC 1970 S05
    Primary Instructor
    Van Cleve
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    SOC 1970 S06
    Primary Instructor
    Suchman
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    SOC 1970 S07
    Primary Instructor
    Heller
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    SOC 1970 S08
    Primary Instructor
    Henry
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    SOC 1970 S09
    Primary Instructor
    Hirschman
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    SOC 1970 S10
    Primary Instructor
    Itzigsohn
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    SOC 1970 S11
    Primary Instructor
    Lindstrom
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    SOC 1970 S12
    Primary Instructor
    Logan
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    SOC 1970 S13
    Primary Instructor
    Roberts
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    SOC 1970 S14
    Primary Instructor
    Lopez Sanders
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    SOC 1970 S15
    Primary Instructor
    Pacewicz
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    SOC 1970 S16
    Primary Instructor
    Vanwey
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    SOC 1970 S17
    Primary Instructor
    Spearin
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    SOC 1970 S18
    Primary Instructor
    Short
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    SOC 1970 S19
    Primary Instructor
    Qian
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    SOC 1970 S20
    Primary Instructor
    Frickel
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    SOC 1970 S21
    Primary Instructor
    White
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    SOC 1970 S22
    Primary Instructor
    Kennedy
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    SOC 1970 S23
    Primary Instructor
    DiCarlo
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    SOC 1970 S24
    Primary Instructor
    Jackson
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    SOC 1970 S25
    Primary Instructor
    Schrank
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    SOC 1970 S26
    Primary Instructor
    Johnson
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    SOC 1970 S27
    Primary Instructor
    Ozkazanc-Pan
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    SOC 1970 S28
    Primary Instructor
    Wetts
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  • Senior Honors Thesis

    Under the direction of a faculty advisor, students construct and carry out a research project. The written report of the research is submitted to the advisor for honors consideration. A second reader selected by the thesis advisor certifies that the thesis is of honors quality. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
    SOC 1980 S01
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    Rauscher
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    SOC 1980 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Jackson
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    SOC 1980 S03
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    Qian
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    SOC 1980 S04
    Primary Instructor
    Elliott
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    SOC 1980 S05
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    Van Cleve
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    SOC 1980 S06
    Primary Instructor
    Suchman
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    SOC 1980 S07
    Primary Instructor
    Heller
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    SOC 1980 S08
    Primary Instructor
    Henry
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    SOC 1980 S09
    Primary Instructor
    DiCarlo
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    SOC 1980 S10
    Primary Instructor
    Itzigsohn
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    SOC 1980 S11
    Primary Instructor
    Lindstrom
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    SOC 1980 S12
    Primary Instructor
    Logan
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    SOC 1980 S13
    Primary Instructor
    Frickel
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    SOC 1980 S14
    Primary Instructor
    Hirschman
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    SOC 1980 S15
    Primary Instructor
    Lopez Sanders
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    SOC 1980 S16
    Primary Instructor
    Chorev
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    SOC 1980 S17
    Primary Instructor
    Owens
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    SOC 1980 S18
    Primary Instructor
    Short
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    SOC 1980 S19
    Primary Instructor
    Pacewicz
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    SOC 1980 S20
    Primary Instructor
    Spearin
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    SOC 1980 S21
    Primary Instructor
    White
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    SOC 1980 S22
    Primary Instructor
    Kennedy
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    SOC 1980 S23
    Primary Instructor
    Roberts
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    SOC 1980 S24
    Primary Instructor
    Schrank
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    SOC 1980 S25
    Primary Instructor
    Vanwey
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    SOC 1980 S26
    Primary Instructor
    Wetts
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  • Multivariate Statistical Methods I

    Introduction to probability, descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Coverage of the linear model, its assumptions and potential biases. Emphasis on hypothesis testing, model selection and interpretation through application with real data.
    SOC 2010 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Jackson

  • Classical Sociological Theory

    This is a graduate-level course requires students to engage in detailed analysis and critical review of sociological thought of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The class will introduce students to the critical thinking, methodological innovation, and historical imagination of sociological theory by reading the original texts of the forefathers of sociology, including Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and others.
    SOC 2040 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Itzigsohn

  • Principles of Population

    An advanced introduction to theoretical and substantive issues in the social scientific study of population. Major areas within sociology are integrated with the study of population, including the comparative–historical analysis of development, family processes, social stratification, ethnicity, ecological studies, and social policy. Primarily for first year Graduate students.
    SOC 2080 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Short

  • Ethnography: Theory and Practice

    This course is designed to introduce graduate students in sociology and related fields to the study and practice of ethnographic methods. We will discuss various qualitative methodological approaches, but we will concentrate on observational and interview-based research. In addition to considering some of the epistemological issues these methods raise at the theoretical level, students will also have the opportunity to learn by doing. The overall goal of this course is to cultivate and enhance students’ skills in ethnographic data analysis and interpretation, and to employ these skills in the writing of a scholarly paper or book chapter.
    SOC 2250 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Lopez Sanders

  • Sociology of Discrimination

    In recent decades, open expressions of prejudice and discrimination have become less socially acceptable. Inequalities along lines of race, class, and gender, however, persist. We will examine the social scientific literature on discrimination in its interpersonal and structural forms. We will also discuss what is not discrimination given that this term is often used (incorrectly) synonymously with disparities to refer to inequalities that originate through other processes. We will investigate causes, definitions, measurement, effects, and possible policy responses to discrimination. This course will draw on both qualitative and quantitative approaches to the study of discrimination.
    SOC 2260B S01
    Primary Instructor
    Owens

  • Migration

    Examination of migration in its several manifestations: internal, international, and patterns of settlement and segregation. Consideration is given to both determinants of population movement and the socioeconomic adjustment of migrants in their destination. Includes comparative study across migrant groups and geographic settings.
    SOC 2320 S01
    Primary Instructor
    White

  • Fields and Methods of Social Research

    Introduction to strategies sociologists use to formulate theories and conduct methodologically sound research. Hypothesis formulation and research design; special emphasis on identifying causal mechanisms, techniques of operationalization, and choice of relevant comparisons.
    SOC 2430 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Suchman

  • Teaching Practicum in Sociology

    This course is designed for sociology graduate students whose funding has prohibited a teaching assistantship but who need to complete the departmental teaching requirement. The instructor for this course will default as the department chair but it is the graduate student's responsibility to identify an instructor to work alongside. This partnership must be approved by the director of graduate study.
    SOC 2500 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Heller

  • Spatial Thinking in Social Science

    This course reviews ways in which social scientists have incorporated concepts about space, place, and distance into their theories and research. Examples are drawn from many substantive areas, including the spatial organization of communities, spatial inequalities, and mobility. Separate laboratory meetings introduce methods of spatial analysis encountered in the course readings, including an introduction to GIS and related mapping tools.
    SOC 2610 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Logan

  • Comparative Political Sociology

    This course explores both classic and contemporary debates in political sociology. The central thematic is the relationship between democracy and power and includes theories of the state, markets, social class and civil society. The debates are explored through historical and comparative lenses, covering both old and new democracies. Some background in political or sociological theory is recommended.
    SOC 2960K S01
    Primary Instructor
    Pacewicz

  • Statistical Methods for Hierarchical and Panel Data

    A survey course providing an applied introduction to statistical methods for analyzing clustered and panel data. Topics include multilevel analysis, fixed effects models, and growth models. Our focus will be applied, with an introduction to underlying theory and emphasis on application and interpretation. Overall goals include highlighting the framework and assumptions for each approach; studying applications; understanding disciplinary and theoretical preferences for particular approaches; providing experience with software; and studying issues that arise in empirical research.
    SOC 2960S S01
    Primary Instructor
    Jackson

  • Contradictions, Solidarities and Reflexivities

    What is solidarity and what enables its expression in the making of social change and cohesion? How does the analysis of contradictions help us understand the conditions of social reproduction and transformation? And how does their articulation extend sociology’s contribution to more knowledgeable transformations, and to the reflexivity with which we engage transformational praxis in scholarship and life? This graduate seminar asks students to participate each week, to produce three brief papers on contradiction, solidarity, and reflexivity, across the term, and to write a substantial paper at term's conclusion addressing them all with empirical materials.
    SOC 2961S S01
    Primary Instructor
    Kennedy

  • Preliminary Examination Preparation

    For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing for a preliminary examination.
    SOC 2970 S01
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  • Reading and Research

    Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
    SOC 2980 S01
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    Van Cleve
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    SOC 2980 S02
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    Ozkazanc-Pan
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    SOC 2980 S03
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    Roberts
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    SOC 2980 S04
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    Elliott
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    SOC 2980 S05
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    Rauscher
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    SOC 2980 S06
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    DiCarlo
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    SOC 2980 S07
    Primary Instructor
    Heller
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    SOC 2980 S08
    Primary Instructor
    Henry
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    SOC 2980 S09
    Primary Instructor
    Hirschman
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    SOC 2980 S10
    Primary Instructor
    Itzigsohn
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    SOC 2980 S11
    Primary Instructor
    Lindstrom
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    SOC 2980 S12
    Primary Instructor
    Logan
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    SOC 2980 S13
    Primary Instructor
    Frickel
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    SOC 2980 S14
    Primary Instructor
    Wetts
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    SOC 2980 S15
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    SOC 2980 S16
    Primary Instructor
    Jackson
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    SOC 2980 S17
    Primary Instructor
    Kennedy
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    SOC 2980 S18
    Primary Instructor
    Short
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    SOC 2980 S19
    Primary Instructor
    Lopez Sanders
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    SOC 2980 S20
    Primary Instructor
    Spearin
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    SOC 2980 S21
    Primary Instructor
    White
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    SOC 2980 S22
    Primary Instructor
    Chorev
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    SOC 2980 S23
    Primary Instructor
    Schrank
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    SOC 2980 S24
    Primary Instructor
    Suchman
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    SOC 2980 S25
    Primary Instructor
    Vanwey
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    SOC 2980 S26
    Primary Instructor
    Pacewicz
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    SOC 2980 S27
    Primary Instructor
    Qian
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    SOC 2980 S28
    Primary Instructor
    Owens
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  • Directed Research Practicum - MSAR Students Only

    The Directed Research Practicum is a one semester course taken in conjunction with an on- or off-campus research internship. The course consists of a directed reading of methodological texts and research articles selected by the student and the faculty director that are directly relevant to the methodological issues/challenges encountered in the internship. The student and faculty director will meet weekly to review the readings. The practicum may include written assignments, literature reviews, and data analysis exercises. Faculty directors need not be involved with the actual internship work, unless the student is working on the faculty member’s research project.
    SOC 2982 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Spearin

  • Dissertation Preparation

    For Sociology PhD graduate students who have met the residency requirement and are continuing research on a full time basis.
    SOC 2990 S01
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  • Courses of Interest to Students Concentrating in Sociology

    The following related courses, offered in other departments, may be of interest to students concentrating in Sociology. Please see the course listing of the sponsoring department for location and time.

    American Studies
    AMST 2220P Diaspora and Indigeneity
    Business, Entrepreneurship, Organizations
    BEO 1930A BEO Capstone I: Organizational Studies Track
    Development Studies
    DEVL 2000 Theory and Research in Development I
    Educational Studies
    EDUC 1270 Adolescence in Social Context
    Environmental Studies
    ENVS 0150 Climate Futures and a Sociology of Just Transitions
    ENVS 1574 Engaged Climate Policy in the U.S.: Rhode Island and Washington, DC
    Public Health
    PHP 2065 Qualitative Methods: Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks in Health Research
    Urban Studies
    URBN 1250 Political Foundations of the City
    SOC XLIST 0