Fall 2025

Examination of the immigrant experience in the United States. Comparative analysis of social context of migration, formation of immigrant communities, and social integration of immigrants.

The peculiarity of the "modern" Western family system in historical and cross-cultural perspective; focus on the "postmodern" family crisis in the United States.

Basic concepts of sociology with special reference to group life,social institutions, and social processes.

Science and technology change society and how we understand ourselves. In turn, social struggles influence science. We will explore the interplay between these forces.

Sociological and demographic concepts focusing on the causes of disease, health and wellness. Empirical analysis of population composition and its connection to health.

Historical and contemporary approaches to sociological theory; analysis of conceptual frameworks applied to the study of society and social interaction.

Social construction of childhood; children's social relations and cultures; issues of childcare, poverty, violence and children's rights; effects of children on adults.

Logic of theory construction, research design, elementary data collection and analysis.

Sociological measurement, univariate description, elementary correlation, introduction to statistical inference.

Use quantitative or qualitative analysis skills to study major social issues using large existing survey data sets or qualitative methods. Become conversant in describing data to a variety of audiences.

World population trends and their consequences: determinants of fertility, mortality and migration; development of elementary models of population change.

Cross-cultural notions of the body, health, and healing; historic and cultural variability of ideas of reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental illness and disability.

Construction of meanings of adolescence, social change and social control. Examines how social institutions such as school, law enforcement, and the state impose social control and how this varies by race, class and gender.

Explores cultural definitions, media constructions and measurement of crime. Places crime and punishment in larger social context and examines socio-cultural, economic and political factors.

Inequalities in wealth, prestige and power in the United States; the American class structure and the extent of upward mobility in that structure.

Changing family patterns; personality development; family unity, predicting success in marriage; the family in transition; crises such as economic changes, death, divorce; family reorganization.

Explores the causes and possible solutions to the environmental crisis, with emphasis on the politics of environmental knowledge and regulation.

Overview of contemporary patterns of international migration and its implications for receiving and sending countries, with a special emphasis on immigration to the United States.

Social and cultural factors in causation of disease, health care utilization and health care delivery.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Introduces students to the theoretical questions and methodological approaches that comprise the discipline of sociology. Experts in each subfield share their latest research with students.

Developments in sociological theory from the discipline's nineteenth century origins to World War II.

Introduction to the logic and tools of quantitative analysis in sociology; covers the basic elements of designing research, summarizing and exploring patterns in data, and making generalizations about populations based on characteristics of samples.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within college disciplines. Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife College. Graded CR/NC.

Seminar and practicum in conducting and interpreting original qualitative research. Prerequisite: SOCI 520. Duplicates credit in former SOCI 524.

Political power, conflict and apathy; public symbols, debate and discourse; nationalism; relations between politics, provision of social services and economics in comparative and historical perspective. Duplicates credit in former SOCI 537.

Theories explaining collective action and the outcomes of those struggles.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.