Sociology
Chair
Professors
- Celesta Albonetti (Sociology/Law), Karen V. Heimer (Sociology/Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies), Jae-On Kim (Distinguished Service Professor), Kevin Leicht, Michael Lovaglia
Professor emeritus
Associate professors
- Alison Bianchi, Mary Campbell, Jennifer Glanville, Steve Hitlin, Mary Noonan, Anthony Paik (Sociology/Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies), Michael Sauder
Associate professors emeriti
- John R. Stratton, Stephen G. Wieting
Assistant professors
- Sarah Harkness, Freda Lynn
Undergraduate major: sociology (B.A., B.S.)
Undergraduate minor: sociology
Graduate degrees: M.A. in sociology; Ph.D. in sociology
Web site: http://clas.uiowa.edu/sociology/
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Undergraduate Programs
- Major in sociology (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science)
- Minor in sociology
A bachelor's degree with a major in sociology provides a liberal arts and sciences education. Although it does not prepare students for a specific career, it provides background for employment in fields such as human services, criminal justice, corrections, sales, public relations, advertising, personnel, applied social research, community organization, and teaching social science in secondary schools. It also provides a foundation for graduate or professional study in social work, urban planning, law, criminal justice, social policy, and similar areas. Finally, the major prepares students to work toward advanced degrees in sociology, which qualify them for college or university teaching and work in academic, private, and governmental research.
In addition to offering the major and minor in sociology, the department partners with the Departments of Economics and Philosophy to offer the undergraduate major in ethics and public policy, an interdisciplinary program administered by the Department of Philosophy; see Ethics and Public Policy in the Catalog.
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Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Arts with a major in sociology requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including at least 33 s.h. of work for the major. The Bachelor of Science with a major in sociology requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including at least 45 s.h. of work for the major, with a minimum of 30 s.h. in sociology.
The major offers an optional track for both B.A. and B.S. students with a particular interest in crime and related issues; see "Criminology Track" below.
Requirements for the major are similar for the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science, except B.A. students take 3-4 s.h. of introductory math or statistics and three theory and methods courses, while B.S. students take 8 s.h. of introductory calculus and five theory and methods courses. Remaining requirements (electives, the capstone course, and the graduation portfolio) are identical for B.A. and B.S. students.
Several courses required for the major have specific prerequisites, and in some cases, students must earn a minimum grade in a prerequisite course. In planning to complete the major, students must be careful to take courses in the proper sequence.
The following sociology courses do not count toward the major: 034:029 (SOC:1000) First-Year Seminar, 034:197 (SOC:4930) Teaching Internship, and 034:198 (SOC:4990) Directed Individual Study.
In addition to specific courses required for the degree, students are advised to take 6 s.h. of course work in at least one of these departments: anthropology, economics, geography, political science, or psychology. Students also must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Program.
Transfer students majoring in sociology must meet the same requirements as other sociology students. They must take at least 12 s.h. in sociology at The University of Iowa and must have transfer course work approved for credit toward the major by a sociology advisor.
The introductory sociology course and math or statistics (B.A.) or calculus (B.S.) should be taken early. They lay the foundation for all other work in the major and are prerequisites for the required theory and methods courses.
Introductory Sociology
All students take this:
Introductory Math or Statistics (Bachelor of Arts)
B.A. students complete one of these:
Introductory Calculus (Bachelor of Science)
B.S. students complete one of these sequences:
Theory and Methods (Bachelor of Arts)
The following three theory and methods courses are required for the B.A. and should be completed as early as possible. Students must earn a grade of C or higher in each course in order to complete the major.
Theory and Methods (Bachelor of Science)
The following five theory and methods courses are required for the B.S. and should be completed as early as possible. Students must earn a grade of C or higher in 034:009 (SOC:2130), 034:010 (SOC:2160), and 034:011 (SOC:2170) in order to complete the major.
One of these:
Electives
B.A. and B.S. students complete 15 s.h. of elective course work in sociology, chosen from all courses offered by the department, except 034:029 (SOC:1000) First-Year Seminar, 034:197 (SOC:4930) Teaching Internship, and 034:198 (SOC:4990) Directed Individual Study, which do not count toward the major. Two of the required electives must be taken after the student completes 034:009 (SOC:2130) Sociological Theory, 034:010 (SOC:2160) Quantitative Data Analysis, and 034:011 (SOC:2170) Research Methods.
Capstone Course
All students complete the capstone course, which illustrates their accomplishments; it is usually taken during the student's last semester of course work for the major and includes assembling a portfolio. In order to enroll in the capstone course, students must earn a grade of C or higher in 034:009 (SOC:2130) Sociological Theory, 034:010 (SOC:2160) Quantitative Data Analysis, and 034:011 (SOC:2170) Research Methods.
Graduation Portfolio
During their last semester. students enroll in 034:194 (SOC:4909) Graduation Portfolio (0 s.h.), in which they submit the portfolio they assembled in the capstone course.
Criminology Track
The criminology track requires a minimum of 15 s.h. It is open to sociology majors who are interested in understanding the nature of crime and who want to pursue careers in criminological research, policing, probation, parole, or the law. The track teaches students about various data sources used to study the causes of crime, the dominant sociological explanations for crime and crime control, and how law as an institution affects and is affected by other institutions. It includes courses on topics such as the criminal legal system, gender and violence, and global criminology.
Criminology track students must satisfy all requirements for the sociology major. They may count courses taken for the track as sociology electives for the major. Although 034:148 (SOC:4400) Internship in Criminal Justice and Corrections is not required for the track, students are encouraged to complete it, but they may count it only once toward track requirements.
Criminology track students earn a minimum of 15 s.h. in courses chosen from the following.
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B.A. or B.S. with Teacher Licensure
Sociology majors interested in earning licensure to teach in elementary and/or secondary schools must complete the College of Education's Teacher Education Program (TEP) in addition to the requirements for the major and all requirements for graduation. The TEP requires several College of Education courses and student teaching. Contact the Office of Education Services for details.
Students must satisfy all degree requirements and complete Teacher Education Program licensure before degree conferral.
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Four-Year Graduation Plan
The following checkpoints list the minimum requirements students must complete by certain semesters in order to stay on the University's Four-Year Graduation Plan. (Courses in the major are those required to complete the major; they may be offered by departments other than the major department.)
Note: Sequencing of course work is important in meeting the four-year plan.
Bachelor of Arts
Before the third semester begins: at least one-quarter of the semester hours required for graduation
Before the fifth semester begins: 034:001 (SOC:1010) Introduction to Sociology Principles or equivalent, one sociology elective, and at least half of the semester hours required for graduation
Before the seventh semester begins: the introductory math or statistics course, two of the three theory and methods courses, one more sociology elective, and at least three-quarters of the semester hours required for graduation
Before the eighth semester begins: the remaining theory and methods course and one more sociology elective
During the eighth semester: enrollment in all remaining course work in the major, including the capstone course and the last two sociology electives; all remaining General Education courses; and a sufficient number of semester hours required for graduation
Bachelor of Science
Before the third semester begins: at least one-quarter of the semester hours required for graduation
Before the fifth semester begins: 034:001 (SOC:1010) Introduction to Sociology Principles or equivalent, 034:009 (SOC:2130) Sociological Theory, one sociology elective, and at least half of the semester hours required for graduation
Before the seventh semester begins: 034:010 (SOC:2160) Quantitative Data Analysis, 034:011 (SOC:2170) Research Methods, calculus I-II, one more sociology elective, and at least three-quarters of the semester hours required for graduation
Before the eighth semester begins: 22S:120 (STAT:3120) Probability and Statistics and one more sociology elective
During the eighth semester: enrollment in all remaining course work in the major, including the capstone course and the last two sociology electives; all remaining General Education courses; and a sufficient number of semester hours required for graduation
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Honors
Undergraduate sociology students who perform at a high level may work toward graduation with honors in the major. Honors students in sociology must be members of the University of Iowa Honors Program, which requires that students maintain a cumulative University of Iowa g.p.a. of at least 3.33 (contact the University of Iowa Honors Program for more information). They also must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 3.33 in work for the major.
To graduate with honors in sociology, students complete the following courses.
The honors thesis is conducted under faculty supervision; it gives students an opportunity to conduct sociological research in close consultation with a faculty member of the student's choice.
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Minor
The minor in sociology requires a minimum of 15 s.h. in sociology courses, including 12 s.h. in courses taken at The University of Iowa. Students must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 2.00 in the minor. Course work in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass. The minor must include 034:009 (SOC:2130) Sociological Theory.
A minor in sociology is a good complement to a number of majors, particularly other social sciences, business, elementary education, or nursing.
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National Honor Society
The department sponsors a chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society. Students who have a cumulative and sociology g.p.a. of 3.00 or higher and have attained junior or higher standing are considered for membership. Consult the Alpha Kappa Delta faculty advisor for details.
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Graduate Programs
- Master of Arts in sociology (with or without thesis)
- Doctor of Philosophy in sociology
Graduate study in sociology focuses on the Doctor of Philosophy. Students are awarded the M.A. as they fulfill requirements for the Ph.D.
The Doctor of Philosophy emphasizes research and aims primarily to prepare sociologists for academic positions in colleges and universities or for research positions in academic, private, and government institutions. Opportunities for research using survey, experimental, and observational methods are readily available in the department.
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Master of Arts
The Master of Arts program in sociology requires 30 s.h. of graduate credit with thesis or research paper, and 38 s.h. of graduate credit without. The program without thesis is intended for students seeking a terminal degree and for whom a wider range of course content in sociology is appropriate.
All M.A. students must complete the following with grades of B-minus or higher.
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Doctor of Philosophy program in sociology requires a minimum of 72 s.h. of graduate credit. In addition to 034:214 (SOC:6170) Introduction to Sociological Data Analysis and 034:216 (SOC:6180) Linear Models in Sociological Research, which are required for the M.A., students must complete two 200-level elective courses in methods/statistics, and an advanced theory course, such as 034:202 (SOC:6110) Theory Construction and Analysis. Most courses for the Ph.D. are taken in the student's two areas of interest. Candidates also must pass two area examinations, write and defend a dissertation prospectus, and write and successfully defend a dissertation.
Doctoral students take two area exams--one from list A, the other from list A or B. List A has five standing committees: crime, law, and deviance; family; political sociology; social psychology; and stratification. For the list B exam, a student may propose any area that is not covered under List A and for which there is adequate faculty support.
For a detailed statement of graduate study regulations, contact the Department of Sociology. Prospective doctoral students should examine this document carefully.
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Joint Ph.D./J.D.
The Department of Sociology and the College of Law offer the joint Juris Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy. The program is highly individualized, allowing students to explore varied aspects of the relationship between law and society. Joint Ph.D./J.D. students may count up to 12 s.h. of graduate credit toward both degrees, with approval from the Department of Sociology and the College of Law.
Separate application to each degree program is required. Applicants must be admitted to both programs before they may be admitted to the joint degree program. For information about the J.D., see the College of Law section of the Catalog.
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Teaching Assistantship Training
All new graduate students are expected to attend a three-day orientation for teaching assistants before classes begin. In addition, 034:382 (SOC:7010) Teaching Sociology is required for students who wish to teach their own courses.
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Admission
Admission to graduate study in sociology usually requires an undergraduate g.p.a. of at least 3.25 and a score of 1100 or higher (quantitative and verbal) on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test. Students whose first language is not English should submit scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College; see Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College or the Graduate College section of the Catalog. Applicants also must complete the sociology department application and use the department's personal reference forms to obtain three letters of recommendation; forms may be printed from the Department of Sociology web page.
All application materials for fall admission must be received by January 1. The deadline for applying for departmental financial support is January 1. Evaluation of applications begins in early January.
Admission decisions are based on consideration of prior academic performance, personal reference letters, scores on the GRE General Test, and the applicant's statement of reasons for pursuing advanced work in sociology at The University of Iowa. The department has no specific undergraduate course requirements for admission, but a background in the social sciences with some mathematical training is useful. A foreign language is not required for admission, and there is no foreign language requirement for a graduate degree in sociology. To inquire about admission, consult the chair of the admissions committee, Department of Sociology.
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Financial Support
The Department of Sociology offers teaching assistantships and research assistantships for graduate students. Students who receive one-half-time teaching or research assistantships work 20 hours each week for faculty members on either teaching or research assignments. Out-of-state students who hold assistantships are assessed tuition at the resident rate. Graduate students also may be eligible for fellowships offered by the Graduate College.
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Research Centers and Facilities
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
The Center for Asian and Pacific Studies provides excellent opportunities for studying Asia from a social science perspective. It supports related Asia studies and offers a monthly seminar that features lively discussions by scholars from many different disciplines.
Center for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
The Center for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies is an interdisciplinary research and teaching program for the study of crime, law, deviance, social control, and mental health. It sponsors a colloquium series in crime, law, and social control, in which affiliates, graduate students, and outside speakers present their ongoing research, and a working-paper series in which members disseminate research papers to the academic community. The center also provides research support and a research infrastructure for faculty and graduate students and offers graduate research assistantships for interested students. Internship in Criminal Justice and Corrections [034:148 (SOC:4400)] is administered through the center.
Center for the Study of Group Processes
The Center for the Study of Group Processes has an 18-room small-group laboratory with eight computer-controlled subject rooms that provide audiovisual and psychophysiological recording capabilities, two large-group rooms with an adjoining observation room, an audiovisual control room, a sociophysiological instrumentation lab, a virtual social environment lab, and other flexible research office spaces.
Institute for Inequality Studies
The Institute for Inequality Studies (IIS) promotes research on the causes and consequences of social inequality's many forms--class, gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. The institute's mission is to stimulate interdisciplinary exchange; encourage scholarly engagement in research through seminars highlighting current policy-relevant research and methodology; train the next generation of demography and inequality scholars; provide technical and administrative support to researchers working with survey and population data; and facilitate development of collaborative proposals for external funding. IIS also promotes the visibility of social inequality scholarship by sponsoring symposia on inequality research issues that attract community interest.
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Courses
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For Undergraduates
The following courses are open only to undergraduates. Several do not have prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) Introduction to Sociology Principles, 034:002 (SOC:1020) Social Problems, 034:018 (SOC:1310) Gender and Society, 034:020 (SOC:3210) Principles of Social Psychology, 034:029 (SOC:1000) First-Year Seminar, 034:066 (SOC:3810) Social Inequality, and 034:158 (SOC:3850) Economy and Society. Prerequisites for other courses are stated in the course descriptions below.
Students majoring in sociology must complete 034:009 (SOC:2130) Sociological Theory, 034:010 (SOC:2160) Quantitative Data Analysis, and 034:011 (SOC:2170) Research Methods with a grade of C or higher in each course; they do not have to take the three courses in numerical order.
| 034:001 (SOC:1010) Introduction to Sociology Principles | 3-4 s.h. |
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How individuals are organized into social groups, ranging from intimate groups to bureaucracies, and how these influence individual behavior; nature and interrelationships of basic social institutions, such as family, education, religion, economy.
GE: Social Sciences. | | |
| 034:002 (SOC:1020) Social Problems | 3-4 s.h. |
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Emergence and distribution of selected social problems; alternative solutions; may include population, inequality, female‑male relationships, racism, crime.
GE: Social Sciences. | | |
| 034:010 (SOC:2160) Quantitative Data Analysis | 3 s.h. |
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Applied statistics for sociology majors: frequency distributions, graphic presentation, measures of central tendency, measures of variability, elementary probability, populations and samples, sampling distributions, estimation and confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, chi‑square test, regression and correlation, analysis of variance; computer software used in data analysis; emphasis on appropriate use and interpretation of statistics in the study of sociological topics. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010). Requirements: sociology major, and 22M:009 (MATH:1020) or a higher‑level math course.
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| 034:011 (SOC:2170) Research Methods | 3 s.h. |
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Basic scientific concepts; emphasis on theoretical thinking, statement of researchable propositions, logic and meaning of proof operant in the research process; general issues in designing social research, including problems of sampling and measurement, analysis, presenting research data, interpreting research findings. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010). Requirements: sociology major, and 22M:009 (MATH:1020) or a higher‑level math course.
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| 034:029 (SOC:1000) First-Year Seminar | 1-2 s.h. |
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Small discussion class taught by a faculty member; topics chosen by instructor; may include outside activities (e.g., films, lectures, performances, readings, visits to research facilities). Requirements: first‑ or second‑semester standing.
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| 034:100 (SOC:4997) Honors Seminar | 2 s.h. |
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Topic development for senior honors projects. Offered spring semesters. Requirements: sociology honors standing.
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| 034:194 (SOC:4909) Graduation Portfolio | 0 s.h. |
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Submission of final graduation portfolio first assembled in capstone course required for sociology major. Corequisites: 034:195 (SOC:4910).
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| 034:195 (SOC:4910) Capstone Course in Sociology | 3 s.h. |
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Senior project illustrating student's accomplishments during his or her undergraduate career; prepared in collaboration with sociology faculty member or other experts in the student's area of sociological interest; record for student's own reflection, information for potential employers and graduate programs. Requirements: grades of C or higher in 034:009 (SOC:2130), 034:010 (SOC:2160), and 034:011 (SOC:2170).
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| 034:196 (SOC:4920) Field Experience | arr. |
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Supervised field experience in sociology; primarily for students participating in Washington Center internship. Requirements: sociology major and junior standing.
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| 034:197 (SOC:4930) Teaching Internship | 3 s.h. |
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Experience providing supervised support for instructors teaching basic courses in sociology. Requirements: appointment as sociology undergraduate teaching aide.
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Advanced Courses
| 034:200 (SOC:5000) Graduate Proseminar | 2 s.h. |
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General introduction to department and discipline for entering graduate students; departmental and graduate college requirements, program and career planning, interaction with faculty members, consideration of student interests and concerns. Two semesters beginning in fall. Requirements: sociology graduate standing.
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| 034:201 (SOC:5110) History of Sociological Theory | 3 s.h. |
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Ideas of major 19th‑ and 20th‑century social thinkers (e.g., Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Mead).
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| 034:202 (SOC:6110) Theory Construction and Analysis | 3 s.h. |
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Contemporary theoretical issues and nature of theory, theory's place in research, strategies of theory construction. Requirements: sociology graduate standing.
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| 034:213 (SOC:6175) Qualitative Methods | 3 s.h. |
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Logic of qualitative research; basic skills necessary for a qualitative research project. Requirements: sociology graduate standing.
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| 034:214 (SOC:6170) Introduction to Sociological Data Analysis | 3 s.h. |
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Statistical measures for descriptive methods and association; logic of statistical inference, hypothesis testing; background essential to understanding linear models, models for categorical data analysis. Requirements: introductory statistics or graduate standing.
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| 034:215 (SOC:5160) Sampling, Measurement, and Observation Techniques | 3 s.h. |
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Research designs; sampling designs and techniques; questionnaire construction, interviewing techniques; participant and nonparticipant observation; coding and preparation of data for analysis; measurement techniques, reliability, and validity. Requirements: 034:214 (SOC:6170) or graduate standing.
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| 034:216 (SOC:6180) Linear Models in Sociological Research | 3 s.h. |
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Statistical techniques associated with general linear model; emphasis on multiple regression, its generalizations; corresponding computer programs. Requirements: 034:214 (SOC:6170) or graduate standing.
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| 034:218 (SOC:7170) Advanced Statistical Modeling of Data | 3 s.h. |
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Models for analysis of categorical data, including loglinear, logit, related discrete data models. Requirements: advanced graduate standing.
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| 034:219 (SOC:7180) Structural Equation Modeling | 3 s.h. |
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Overview of structural equation models (SEMs), also known as LISREL models, covariance structure models; specific types of SEMs, such as simultaneous equations and confirmatory factor analysis; intermediate topics.
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Social Psychology
| 034:020 (SOC:3210) Principles of Social Psychology | 3-4 s.h. |
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Introduction to theory and research in small groups; interpersonal and intergroup processes.
GE: Social Sciences. | | |
| 034:122 (SOC:3225) Paranormal Society | 3 s.h. |
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Sociological perspectives to investigate paranormal beliefs; popular support of paranormal claims despite being rejected by the scientific community; examination of paranormal claims, validity and voracity of popular explanations through the application of scientific process; social psychological theories to understand and decipher society's historical and growing fascination with paranormal beliefs.
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| 034:123 (SOC:4225) The Social Psychology of Leadership | 3 s.h. |
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Techniques, proven by research, that enhance students' ability to know, work with, and lead people; recent research in social psychology, how it applies to practical leadership problems.
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| 034:124 (SOC:4230) Sociology of Self-Improvement | 3 s.h. |
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Goal of individual self‑improvement as a basic cultural component of society in the United States; where it shaped development of political, business, and educational and religious institutions; selected readings from self‑improvement literature and lectures on research showing which self‑improvement techniques can be effective and how much individual self‑improvement is possible. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:020 (SOC:3210).
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| 034:125 (SOC:4210) Small Group Analysis | 3 s.h. |
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Internal processes governing small groups (e.g., friendship cliques, families, the president's cabinet, committees); how small groups relate to the larger social environment; groups' impact on their members. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
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| 034:220 (SOC:6210) Contemporary Approaches to Social Psychology | 3 s.h. |
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Review and critical analysis of current theoretical approaches and systems of social psychological analysis. Recommendations: sociology graduate standing.
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| 034:221 (SOC:6220) Seminar: Selected Topics in Social Psychology | 3 s.h. |
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Selected theoretical and methodological issues.
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Deviance, Delinquency, Crime, Law
| 034:025 (SOC:2325) Gender, Race, and Criminal Justice | 3 s.h. |
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Ways that gender and race/ethnicity affect experiences with the criminal justice system in the United States; focus on role of social class and poverty; inequalities in police‑citizen interactions, criminal justice processing, imprisonment, and other criminal justice supervision. Recommendations: some background in social science.
Same as 131:025 (GWSS:2325). | | |
| 034:040 (SOC:3410) Criminology | 3 s.h. |
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Nature and causes of crime; the criminal justice process, correctional treatment, crime prevention.
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| 034:045 (SOC:3415) Global Criminology | 3 s.h. |
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Crime and the control of crime at the transnational and sub‑national levels of analysis; focus on non‑U.S. societies; consequences of economic, political, and cultural globalization.
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| 034:141 (SOC:3420) Juvenile Delinquency | 3 s.h. |
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Delinquency as an individual and social problem; theories of the causes of juvenile delinquency; law enforcement and the juvenile court; methods of correction and prevention. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
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| 034:143 (SOC:4461) Gender and Violence | 3 s.h. |
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Extent and nature of gendered violence, interpretation of patterns using feminist theory and perspectives on masculinities and heterosexism; examination of interpersonal violence, including criminal violence committed by women and men, violence against women and men (victimization), spousal/intimate partner abuse, youth gangs, bullying in schools, sexual violence, femicide, and genocide.
Same as 131:161 (GWSS:4461). | | |
| 034:146 (SOC:3425) Deviance and Control | 3 s.h. |
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Norm violation or deviant behavior; behaviors that, while deviant, do not violate legal norms, and ways of controlling these behaviors that do not involve the criminal justice system; ways of explaining deviance, consequences of deviant behavior for the deviant actor. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
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| 034:148 (SOC:4400) Internship in Criminal Justice and Corrections | 1-5 s.h. |
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Supervised field work in a criminal justice or correctional agency. Prerequisites: 034:040 (SOC:3410) or 034:141 (SOC:3420). Requirements: sociology major, junior standing, and consent of director of the Center for Criminology and Socio‑Legal Studies.
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| 034:149 (SOC:4420) Sociology of Criminal Punishment | 3 s.h. |
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Sociological theories and research on criminal punishment; classical and contemporary theories; research on imprisonment and capital punishment.
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| 034:184 (SOC:4450) Juvenile Justice: A Socio-legal Perspective | arr. |
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Examination of social, historical and legal foundations of juvenile justice system in the United States; adjudication processes in juvenile justice, transfer of juveniles to criminal court, contemporary juvenile court, community‑based corrections programs, legalities of juvenile system; current and future directions in juvenile justice. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010).
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| 034:186 (SOC:3450) Criminal Legal System | 3 s.h. |
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Discretionary decision making in the U.S. criminal courts, from arrest through sentencing; legal and sociolegal issues relevant to each stage of felony adjudication; sociological and social‑psychological theories of decision making in adjudication, empirical research testing these theories. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
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| 034:188 (SOC:4465) Philanthropy and Philanthropic Organizations | arr. |
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Overview of law applicable to the American philanthropic sector; recent and controversial issues in the interface between philanthropy and the law; comparative and international aspects of the regulation of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.
Same as 091:325 (LAW:9851). | | |
| 034:240 (SOC:6410) Seminar: Criminological Theories | 3 s.h. |
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Theories of crime causation and their relationships to the cultures in which they have functioned.
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| 034:242 (SOC:7410) Communities and Crime | 3 s.h. |
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Distribution of crime as rooted in community‑level conditions such as concentrated affluence or poverty, racial residential segregation, unemployment, family disruption, and immigration. Requirements: sociology graduate standing.
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| 034:282 (SOC:7460) Sociology of Law Seminar | 3 s.h. |
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Relationship between law and society explored through writings and research of classical and contemporary sociologists and legal scholars. Requirements: sociology graduate standing.
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Family, Lifestyle, Children, Aging
| 034:018 (SOC:1310) Gender and Society | 3-4 s.h. |
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Role and status of women in society; sex differences, sex role socialization, theories about origin and maintenance of sexual inequalities, changes in social life cycle of women, implications for social institutions and processes; focus on contemporary United States.
GE: Values, Society, and Diversity. Same as 131:018 (GWSS:1310). | | |
| 034:061 (SOC:3710) The American Family | 3 s.h. |
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Structure and process; change over the life cycle; interrelations with other institutions; historical changes; variations by social class and ethnic group. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010).
GE: Values, Society, and Diversity. | | |
| 034:075 (SOC:2750) Fertility and Reproduction | 3 s.h. |
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Exploration of when, why, how, and with whom Americans bear children, comparison to other developed and developing countries in the world; infertility and its treatments; ethics of surrogacy; voluntary childlessness; rapid rise of nonmarital childbearing in the U.S. and other countries; politics of childbirth; declining populations; rapid aging of rich where women have basically stopped having children.
Same as 131:075 (GWSS:2750). | | |
| 034:162 (SOC:4860) Work and Family Institutions | 3 s.h. |
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Contemporary problems in the integration of work and family life; origins of work‑family conflict in process of industrialization; effects of job‑family conflicts on mothers, fathers, children; cross‑cultural differences in dealing with work‑family conflict. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
Same as 131:160 (GWSS:4860). | | |
| 034:266 (SOC:7710) Gender Inequalities | 3 s.h. |
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Current sociological research on public policies that affect family life and well‑being; divorce and child custody policies, teen pregnancy and abortion, family poverty, child care and work‑family policies.
Same as 131:266 (GWSS:7710). | | |
Social Institutions, Social Change
| 034:022 (SOC:2222) Introduction to Social Work | 4 s.h. |
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Social welfare as a social institution; settings, methodologies of social work, practice; profession of social work; historical development of American social welfare, social work; a minimum of 45 hours volunteer work. Requirements: sophomore or higher standing.
Same as 042:022 (SSW:2222). | | |
| 034:133 (SOC:5130) Sociology of Education | 3 s.h. |
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Effects of school and school organization on educational outcomes; course‑taking patterns and tracking, desegregation, differences in school sector; focus on entire span of student's academic career; examination of school and organizational effects at the primary, secondary, and postsecondary levels of education.
Same as 07B:130 (EPLS:5130). | | |
| 034:153 (SOC:3525) Public Opinion | 3 s.h. |
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Role in making public policy; formation, change of political attitudes and opinions; political ideology; measurement of public opinion; how opinion polls are conducted; experience with interviewing and conducting public opinion research.
Same as 030:171 (POLI:3204). | | |
| 034:280 (SOC:5680) Sociology of Higher Education | 3 s.h. |
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Sociological approach to study of higher education; issues of inequality and stratification in higher education; focus on relationship between higher education and larger economic and demographic processes; college access, college destinations, attainment, and returns to a college degree.
Same as 07B:142 (EPLS:5142). | | |
| 034:310 (SOC:5810) Education and Social Change | 2-3 s.h. |
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Role of educational institutions, in connection with political and economic structures, in the process of social change; illumination of theories of social change through case studies of educational systems in both less‑developed and industrialized nations.
Same as 07B:210 (EPLS:5210). | | |
Social Class, Inequality, Race, Organizations, Politics
| 034:066 (SOC:3810) Social Inequality | 3 s.h. |
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Major theoretical perspectives for understanding inequality in economics, power, prestige; the magnitude of social inequality in the United States; sex and race inequality; trends in and causes of social mobility; selected consequences of social inequality.
GE: Values, Society, and Diversity. | | |
| 034:150 (SOC:3520) Political Sociology | 3 s.h. |
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Sociological analysis of political behavior and belief, group conflict and political process, group consensus, political institutions, power and policy‑making systems; relationship of the political system to the social system. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010).
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| 034:155 (SOC:3830) Race and Ethnicity | 3 s.h. |
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Multidisciplinary study of intergroup relations, with emphasis on historical, sociological, and social psychological issues in the study of American minority groups.
GE: Values, Society, and Diversity. | | |
| 034:156 (SOC:4310) Gender Inequality | 3 s.h. |
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Gender issues in major social institutions such as family, education, workplace, culture; marriage, family care, childhood gender socialization, occupational segregation, wage gap, household division of labor, and so forth. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
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| 034:158 (SOC:3850) Economy and Society | 3 s.h. |
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Economic debates that faced advanced market economies in the 20th century with extensions to the developing world; development and maintenance of investment elites and labor markets, development and extension of state activity.
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| 034:164 (SOC:3610) Organizations and Modern Society | 3 s.h. |
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Approaches to the sociological study of economic and noneconomic organizations; the role of power and authority within the organization, and between the organization and its environment. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:020 (SOC:3210).
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| 034:170 (SOC:3880) Social Networks | 3 s.h. |
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Introduction to the basic properties of network structure (e.g., density, mutuality, cliques); substantive insights regarding the role and consequences of networks in social life; the role of networks in job searching/hiring processes; how innovations diffuse through networks; and relationships as social resources. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
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| 034:175 (SOC:3840) Community and Urban Sociology | 3 s.h. |
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Impact of urbanization on social life, social networks; how social forces shape patterns of urban growth; racial segregation, gentrification; consequences of the growth of suburbs; urban crises, including concentrated poverty and crime. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
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| 034:178 (SOC:3650) Education and Schooling: Sociological Approaches | 3 s.h. |
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Overview of sociology of education; historical and current sociological perspectives on education; race, class, and gender inequality in schooling; higher education; contemporary debates in education (e.g., affirmative action, school choice); service‑learning component. Prerequisites: 034:001 (SOC:1010) or 034:002 (SOC:1020).
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| 034:253 (SOC:6810) Social Stratification | 3 s.h. |
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Classical and contemporary theories; current research on the causes and magnitude of inequality in economics, power, and prestige; social mobility; critical issues in stratification.
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| 034:254 (SOC:7820) Seminar: Selected Topics in Social Stratification | 3 s.h. |
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Requirements: social science graduate standing.
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| 034:257 (SOC:6850) Seminar: Sociology of Labor Markets | 3 s.h. |
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Sociological and economic theories and research concerning area/regional/local labor markets, industrial sectors and the dual labor market, occupational/internal labor markets; other structural explanations of inequality.
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| 034:258 (SOC:7860) Seminar: Economy and Society | 3 s.h. |
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Relationships between social classes and nation‑states in capitalist societies; historical experience of the United States; comparative perspective, especially regarding Western Europe.
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| 034:259 (SOC:7620) Social Network Analysis | 3 s.h. |
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Relational, data‑oriented approach to representing linkages or relationships among social units, and to examine the relevance of these social structures in social processes. Requirements: basic multiple regression.
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Teaching
| 034:382 (SOC:7010) Teaching Sociology | 2-3 s.h. |
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Supervised preparation for teaching sociology courses; literature on teaching; course objectives, alternative teaching techniques; preparation of course syllabus, lectures, discussions, exams. Requirements: advanced sociology graduate standing.
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Independent Reading and Research
| 034:381 (SOC:5010) Summer Research Practicum | 2 s.h. |
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Students discuss their participation in ongoing research, review and critique each other's projects, write research reports describing their work. Requirements: sociology graduate standing.
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