Curriculum
Courses
Faculty

• SOC-S 410 Topics in Social Organization (3 cr.)Courses in the 400s listed here are open to graduate students with the prior approval of the director of graduate studies in sociology and the course instructor.
• SOC-S 431 Topics in Social Psychology (3 cr.)Courses in the 400s listed here are open to graduate students with the prior approval of the director of graduate studies in sociology and the course instructor.
• SOC-S 450 Topics in Methods and Measurement (3 cr.)Courses in the 400s listed here are open to graduate students with the prior approval of the director of graduate studies in sociology and the course instructor.
• SOC-S 500 Pro-Seminar in Sociology (1 cr.)S/F grading. Introduction to current sociological research interests and concerns through the work of departmental members.  May be repeated for credit.
• SOC-S 501 Sociology as a Vocation (1 cr.)S/F grading. Students consider the contributions of sociology as a discipline and examine career paths of sociologists both within and outside of academia. The 1 credit course is required of all first-year graduate students. 
• SOC-S 502 Launching Your Academic Career (1 cr.)In this course, students are introduced to basic issues that are essential for their professional development. Course time is divided between in-class discussions and exercises both in and outside of class. This one-credit course is required of all second-year students and is taken on a pass/fail basis.
• SOC-S 506 Teaching of Undergraduate Sociology (3 cr.)S/F grading. Required of all associate instructors. 
• SOC-S 510 Introduction to Social Organization (3 cr.)P: One course in sociology. Concepts, perspectives, and theories relevant to the analysis of all social organizations or social systems. Emphasizes both dynamic processes and structural forms, including social roles and interaction, patterns of social ordering, effects of culture, and social systems analysis. Examines both classic and contemporary literature. 
• SOC-S 521 Sexual Diversity (3-9 cr.)A sociological examination of the major social-psychological and behavioral aspects of human sexual diversity.
• SOC-S 522 Constructing Sexuality (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 530 Introduction to Social Psychology (3-9 cr.)P: One course in sociology. Examines the broad range of work in social psychology. Emphasis is placed on the relation between the classic and contemporary literature in the field. 
• SOC-S 540 Sociological Theory (3 cr.)A rigorous examination of a representative set of theoretical products, with the objective of understanding the basic structure and meaning of each and simultaneously learning about the creation of theory. 
• SOC-S 554 Statistical Techniques in Sociology I (3 cr.)P: S371 or consent of instructor. Statistical analysis of single and multiple equation models with continuous dependent variables. May include techniques such as bivariate and multivariate regression, recursive and nonrecursive structural equation models. 
• SOC-S 558 Advanced Research Techniques (3 cr.)The logic of analysis, including development of research questions, relationships between theory and evidence, research design, sampling, data collection strategies, reliability and validity, measurement, analysis, and drawing conclusions. Also includes an overview of data collection techniques such as surveys, interviews, field methods, and the use of archival and secondary data. 
• SOC-S 566 Sociological Research Practicum I (1-3 cr.)This course is eligible for a deferred grade. Participation in all aspects of a sociological research project, including conceptualization and design, data collection, analysis, and report writing.  May be repeated for credit.
• SOC-S 567 Sociological Research Practicum II (1-3 cr.)This course is eligible for a deferred grade. Participation in all aspects of a sociological research project, including conceptualization and design, data collection, analysis, and report writing.  May be repeated for credit.
• SOC-S 569 M.A. Thesis (3 cr.)This course is eligible for a deferred grade.
• SOC-S 606 Sociological Issues in College Pedagogy (3 cr.)Introduction to topics such as learning theory, learning and teaching styles, and cognitive development. Focuses on assessment and practice of teaching, challenges to higher education, ethics, and professional responsibility. 
• SOC-S 617 Social Stratification (3 cr.)Nature of social stratification; comparison of caste, estate-class, and open-class systems; theories of stratification; characteristics of local and national stratification systems; comparative analysis of stratification systems in various parts of the world; social circulation; changes in stratification structure. 
• SOC-S 650 Statistical Techniques in Sociology II (3 cr.)P: S554 or consent of instructor. Statistical analysis of models with noncontinuous dependent variables. May include techniques such as logit and probit analysis, log-linear models, censoring, and sample selection models. 
• SOC-S 651 Topics in Quantitative Sociology (3 cr.)P: S554, S650. Statistical analysis in social research; selected topics. 
• SOC-S 652 Topics in Qualitative Methods (3 cr.)Selected topics in qualitative data collection and analysis. Various topics that could be covered in a given semester include audiovisual recording in natural settings, comparative/cross-cultural methods, content analysis, ethnographic methods, historical sociology, and intensive interviews and case studies. 
• SOC-S 655 Experimental Methods in Sociology (3 cr.)Analysis of laboratory experiments; problems in experimentation; practice in conducting experiments. 
• SOC-S 660 Advanced Topics (2-6 cr.)Topics announced when course is to be offered. 
• SOC-S 700 Topical Seminar (3-12 cr.)
• SOC-S 706 Sociological Research in Higher Education (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 751 Sociological Methods II (3-6 cr.)
• SOC-S 864 Readings in Sociology (arr. cr.)Individual assignments. 
• SOC-S 866 Research in Sociology (arr. cr.)
• SOC-S 869 Ph.D. Thesis (arr. cr.)This course is eligible for a deferred grade.  
• SOC-G 591 Methods of Population Analysis and Their Applications (3 cr.)A course in statistics. Techniques of measuring and analyzing population size and trends, fertility and mortality patterns, migration flows. Population estimates and projections. Major models of formal demography. 
• SOC-G 901 Advanced Graduate Research (6 cr.)This course is eligible for a deferred grade. May be repeated three times for credit.