Department of Sociology

Sociology Courses (SOC)

New or changed courses | New or changed prerequisites | Deleted course

New or amended courses for 2010–11

225 Social Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender (3:3)

Study of social inequalities, with a particular focus on race, class, and gender. (Fall & Spring)

327 Race and Ethnic Relations (3:3)

GE Core: GSB

Interaction between peoples of differing racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, with comparison of American relationships to those in other parts of the world. (Formerly SOC 227)

589 Experimental Course: Ethnography (3:3)

Pr. permission of instructor

Ethnography, the art of "going in the field," has become a common practice in sociology. This course provides students with the epistemological and practical tools necessary for good ethnographic practice. (Offered spring '10)

Courses with new or changed prerequisites for 2010–11

302 Introduction to Data Analysis (3:2:1)

Pr. SOC 101 and 301 and one additional sociology course

SOC majors only, except by permission of instructor.

Application of statistical concepts and procedures to sociological inquiry. Topics include elementary descriptive and inferential procedures and use of computers in data analysis. (Fall & Spring)

490 Seeing Society—Contemporary Theory (3:3)

Pr. SOC 101, 290, and 301

Introduction to contemporary social and sociological theories and their places in postindustrial/postmodern society. Second of a two-part sequence in theory. (Fall or Spring)