Sociology
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2006-2007 General Catalog,
please contact the department for more information.
Lower-Division
Soc/L 1A. The Study of Society (4) An
introduction to the organizing themes and ideas, empirical concerns,
and analytical approaches of the discipline of sociology. The course
focuses on both classical and contemporary views of modern society,
on the nature of community, and on inequality, with special attention
to class, race, and gender. Materials include both theoretical statements
and case studies. (This is a required course for the sociology major.
It is normally offered fall quarter.)
Soc/L 1B. The Study of Society (4) A
continuation of Sociology/L 1A. The focus here is on socialization processes,
culture, social reproduction and social control, and collective action.
As in 1A, materials include both theoretical statements and case studies.
While 1B may be taken as an independent course, it is recommended that
students take 1A and 1B in sequence, as the latter builds on the former.
(This is a required course for the sociology major. It is normally offered
winter quarter.)
Soc/L 10. American Society: Social Structure and Culture in the
United States (4) An introduction to American
society in historical, comparative, and contemporary perspectives. Topics
will include American cultural traditions; industrialization; class
structure; the welfare state; ethnic, racial, and gender relations;
the changing position of religion; social movements; and political trends.
Soc/L 20. Social Change in the Modern World (4) A
survey of the major economic, political, and social forces that have
shaped the contemporary world. The course will provide an introduction
to theories of social change, as well as prepare the student for upper-division
work in comparative-historical sociology. (This is a required course
for the sociology major.)
Soc/L 30. Science, Technology, and Society (4) A
series of case studies of the relations between society and modern
science,
technology, and medicine. Global warming, reproductive medicine, AIDS,
and other topical cases prompt students to view science-society interactions
as problematic and complex.
Soc/L 40. Sociology of Health Care Issues (4) Designed
as a broad introduction to medicine as a social institution and its
relationship to other institutions as well as its relation to society.
It will make use of both micro and macro sociological work in this area
and introduce students to sociological perspectives of contemporary
health care issues.
Soc/L 50. Introduction to Law and Society Interrelationships
between law and society, in the U.S. and other parts of the world.
We examine law’s norms, customs, culture, and
institutions, and explain the proliferation of lawyers in the U.S.
and the expansion of legal “rights” worldwide.
Soc/L 60. The Practice of Social Research (4) This
course introduces students to the fundamental principles of the design
of social research. It examines the key varieties of evidence, sampling
methods, logic of comparison, and causal reasoning researchers use in
their study of social issues. (This is a required course for the sociology
major.)
Soc/L 87. Freshman Seminar (1) The Freshman
Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with the opportunity
to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar
setting. Freshman seminar topics will vary from quarter to quarter.
Enrollment is limited to fifteen to twenty students, with preference
given to entering freshmen.
Soc/L 90. Undergraduate Seminar (1) This
seminar will focus on a variety of current issues and special areas
in the field of sociology, and will be focussed in particular on students
of freshman status. Content will vary from year to year. (P/NP grades
only.) Prerequisite: freshman status.
Soc/L 98. Directed Group Study (4) Small group study
and research under the direction of an interested faculty member in
an area not covered in regular sociology courses.
(P/NP grades only.) Prerequisites: lower-division standing; completion
of thirty units of UCSD undergraduate study; minimum UCSD GPA of
3.0; completion and approval of Special Studies form. Consent of
instructor and department approval required.
Soc/L 99. Independent
Study (4) Individual study and research under the direction
of an interested faculty member. P/NP grades only. Prerequisites:
lower-division standing; completion of thirty units of UCSD undergraduate
study; minimum UCSD
GPA of 3.0; completion and approval of Special Studies form. Consent
of instructor and department approval required.
Cluster A: Theory and Methods
Theory
Soc/A 100. Classical Sociological Theory (4) Major
figures and schools in sociology from the early nineteenth century onwards,
including Marx, Tocqueville, Durkheim, and Weber. The objective of the
course is to provide students with a background in classical social
theory, and to show its relevance to contemporary sociology. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing. (This is a required course for the sociology
major.)
Soc/A 102. Contemporary Sociological Theory (4) An
analysis of leading theories in sociology with an emphasis on contemporary
perspectives. Theoretical approaches include functionalism, Marxism,
systems analysis, and interpretive sociology. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Methods
Soc/A 103M. Computer Applications to Data Management in Sociology
(4) Develop skills in computer management
and analysis of sociological data. Practical experience with data produced
by sociological research. Students will develop competency in the analysis
of sociological data, by extensive acquaintance with computer software
used for data analysis and management (e.g., SPSS). Prerequisite: Soc/L
60. Will satisfy method requirement in Cluster A.
Soc/A 104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation (4) Relationship
between sociological theory and field research. Strong emphasis on
theory and methods of participant observation: consideration of problems
of entry into field settings, recording observations, description/analysis
of field data, ethical problems in field work. Required paper using
field methods. Prerequisite: Soc/L 60; majors only. Will satisfy
method requirement in Cluster A.
Soc/A 105. Ethnographic Film: Media Methods (6) (Conjoined
with Soc/G 227.) Ethnographic recording of field data in written
and audiovisual formats including film, video, and CD Rom applications.
Critical assessment of ethnographies and audiovisual ethnographic
videotape. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor
for Soc/G 227 and SocL/60 for Soc/A 105. Will satisfy method requirement
in Cluster A.
Soc/A 106. Comparative and Historical Methods (4) A
broad-based consideration of the use of historical materials in sociological
analysis, especially as this facilitates empirically oriented studies
across different societies and through time, and their application in
student research projects. Prerequisite:Soc/L 60.
Will satisfy method requirement in Cluster A.
Soc/A 106M. Holocaust Diaries (4) Methods for interpreting
diaries, letters, and testaments written by victims and perpetrators
of the Holocaust. Students use these
sources for original research about life in hiding, ghettos,
and death camps. Includes techniques for making comparisons and
for generalizing from evidence. Prerequisite: Soc/L 60 and
Soc/D 178 or the consent of instructor. Will satisfy method requirement
in Cluster A.
Soc/A 107. Epidemiological Methods: Statistical Study of Disease
(4) Epidemiology is the statistical study
of disease, and epidemiological methods are a powerful tool for understanding
the causes of certain diseases, e.g., AIDS, scurvy, cholera, and lung
cancer. These fundamental epidemiological methods will be taught. Prerequisite:
Soc/L 60.
Soc/A 108A. Survey Research Design (4) Translation
of research goals into a research design, including probability sampling,
questionnaire construction, data collection
(including interviewing techniques), data processing, coding, and preliminary
tabulation of data. Statistical methods of analysis will be limited
primarily to percentaging. Prerequisite: Soc/L 60.
Will satisfy method requirement in Cluster A.
Soc/A 108B. Quantitative Analysis of Survey Data (4) Quantitative
analysis of survey research data through computer-based student participation
in the research process. Emphasis
on index and scale construction and on univariate, bivariate,
and multivariate types of analysis, including some standard descriptive
and inferential statistics. Prerequisite: Soc/L 60.
Will satisfy method requirement in Cluster A.
Soc/A 109. Analysis of Sociological Data (4) Students
test their own sociological research hypotheses using data
from recent American and International social surveys and state-of-the-art
computer software. Application of classical scientific
method, interpretation of statistical results, and clear presentation
of research findings. Prerequisite: Soc/L 60. Will satisfy method
requirement for Cluster A.
Soc/A 109S. Special Topics in Methods (4) Readings
and discussions of particular methodological issues in sociology. Topics
will vary from year to year, depending on the current research of regular
faculty or visiting faculty. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Will satisfy method requirement in Cluster A.
Soc/A 110A-B. Qualitative Research in Educational Settings (4-4) Basic
understanding of participant observation, interviewing, and other
ethnographic research techniques through field experiences
in school and community settings sponsored by CREATE. Students will
learn to take field notes, write-up interviews, and compose interpretive
essays based on their field experiences. Prerequisite: Soc/L
60; Soc/A 110A is a prerequisite for Soc/A 110B. Will satisfy method
requirement in Cluster A.
Cluster B: Culture, Language, and Social Interaction
Soc/B 111A. Human Rights: Principles and Problems (4) An
inquiry into the concept of human rights, the history of human rights
in the twentieth century, and problems in both the concept and its
implementation in modern societies. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/B 111B. Human Rights: Practices and Cases (4) An
investigation into human rights practices in contemporary society,
focusing on abuses and understanding both their causes and responses
to them. We will look at several key cases, probably including the
Islamic world and East Asia. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 112. Social Psychology (4) This
course will deal with human behavior and personality development as
affected by social group life. Major theories will be compared. The
interaction dynamics of such substantive areas as socialization, normative
and deviant behavior, learning and achievement, the social construction
of the self, and the social identities will be considered. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 113. Sociology of the AIDS Epidemic (4) This
course considers the social, cultural, political, and economic aspects
of HIV/AIDS. Topics include the social context of transmission; the
experiences of women living with HIV; AIDS activism; representations
of AIDS; and the impact of race and class differences. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 114. Culture and Ethnicity (4) Examines
culture and inter-ethnic relations, the links between culture and ethnic
variations in socio- economic achievement, and the intersection of culture
and ethnicity with politics and policy. Topics include intermarriage,
ethnic conflict, multicultural education and affirmative action. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 115. Social Problems (4) Analyzes selected social
problems in the United States, such as those regarding education, race
relations, and wealth inequality, from
various sociological perspectives, and also examines the various
sites of debate discussion, like political institutions, TV and other
media, and religious institutions. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing and co-requisite of 0-unit AIP. Soc/B 116. Gender and Poverty (4) This
course examines theoretical arguments, current policy debates, and empirical
research concerning gender and poverty. The course provides an intellectual
framework for understanding issues central to womens poverty,
including family structure, reproduction, childcare, employment, and
aging. Race and ethnicity are central. Particular attention is given
to women and children in female-headed households. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 117. Language, Culture, and Education (4) (Same
as TEP 117.) The mutual influence of language, culture, and education
will be explored; explanations of students school successes and
failures that employ linguistic and cultural variables will be considered;
bilingualism; cultural transmission through education. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 118. Sociology of Gender (4) An
analysis of the social, biological, and psychological components of
becoming a man or a woman. The course will survey a wide range of information
in an attempt to specify what is distinctively social about gender roles
and identities; i.e., to understand how a most basic part of the selfwomanhood
or manhoodis socially defined and socially learned behavior. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 118A. Gender and Language in Society (4) (Same
as LIGN 174.) This course examines how language contributes to the social
construction of gender identities, and how gender impacts language use
and ideologies. Topics include the ways language and gender interact
across the life span (especially childhood and adolescence); within
ethnolinguistic minority communities; and across cultures. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 118L. Sociology of Language (4) An examination of how
the understanding of language can guide and inform sociological inquiries
and a critical evaluation of key sociological
approaches to language, including ethnomethodology, frame analysis,
sociolinguistics, structuralism and poststructuralism, and others.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Soc/B 119. Sociology of Sexuality and Sexual Identities (4) Introduction
both to the sociological study of sexuality and to sociological perspectives
in gay/lesbian studies. Examines the social construction of sexual meanings,
identities, movements, and controversies; the relation of sexuality
to other institutions; and the intersection of sexuality with gender,
class, and race. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 120S. Special Topics in Culture, Language, and Social Interaction
(4) This course will examine key issues in
culture, language, and social interaction. Content will vary from year
to year. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 122. Jerusalem: Sacred and Profane (4) Examining
Jerusalem as world historical city and religious/political center.
Focus on Jerusalem’s modernization/architecture since
Crimean War; struggles over its holy sites between Muslims, Jews,
Eastern and Western Christians; its character as an ethnic frontier;
the city in memory. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 125. Sociology of Immigration (4) Immigration from a comparative,
historical, and cultural perspective. Topics include: factors influencing
amount of immigration and destination
of immigrants; varying modes of incorporation of immigrants; immigration
policies and rights; the impact of immigration on host economies;
refugees; assimilation; and return migration. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/B 127. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity
(4) Examination
of the role that race and ethnicity play in immigrant group integration.
Topics include: theories of integration; racial and ethnic identity
formation; racial and ethnic change; immigration policy; public opinion;
comparisons between contemporary and historical waves of immigration.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 131. Sociology of Youth (4) Chronological
age and social status; analysis of social processes bearing upon the
socialization of children and adolescents. The emergence of youth
cultures, generational succession as a cultural problem. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 142. Social Deviance (4) This course
studies the major forms of behavior seen as rule violations by large
segments of our society and analyzes the major theories trying to explain
them, as well as processes of rule making, rule enforcing, techniques
of neutralization, stigmatization and status degradation, and rule change.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 143. Suicide (4) Traditional and
modern theories of suicide will be reviewed and tested. The study of
suicide will be treated as one method for investigating the influence
of society on the individual. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 145. Violence and Society (4) Focusing
on American history, this course explores violence in the light of three
major themes: struggles over citizenship and nationhood; the drawing
and maintenance of racial, ethnic, and gender boundaries; and the persistence
of notions of masculinity and its relation to violence.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 146. Law Enforcement in America (4) Provides
a sociological understanding of policing in practice in the United States.
Examines the social, political, and historical forces behind the development
and shaping of policing in Americaincluding the functions of police,
the working personality of police officers, as well as police
misconduct and its control. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 160. Sociology of Culture (4) This
course will examine the concept of culture, its disintegration
in the twentieth century, and the repercussions on the integration of
the individual. We will look at this process from a variety of perspectives,
each focusing on one cultural fragment (e.g., knowledge, literature,
religion) and all suggesting various means to reunify culture and consequently
the individual. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 160L. Law and Culture (4) This course examines major formulations
of the relationship between law and culture in the sociological literature.
Topics include formal
law versus embedded law, law and morality, law and the self, legal
consciousness, the rule of law, and the construction of legality.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 161. Sociology of the Life Course (4) This
course explores concepts, theory and empirical research related to demographic,
socio-psychological, and institutional aspects of the different stages
of human development. It considers social influences on opportunities
and constraints by gender, class, race/ethnicity, and historical period.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 162. Popular Culture (4) An overview
of the historical development of popular culture from the early modern
period to the present. Also a review of major theories explaining how
popular culture reflects and/or affects patterns of social behavior.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 162R. Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia (4) (Same
as HIEA 119.) Historical, social, and cultural relationships between
religion and popular culture. Secularization of culture through images,
worldviews, and concepts of right and wrong, which may either derive
from or pose challenges to the major East Asian religions. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/B 166. Sociology of Knowledge (4) This
course provides a general introduction to the development of the sociology
of knowledge, and will explore questions concerning social determination
of consciousness as well as theoretical ways to articulate a critique
of ideology. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 170. Sociology of Art (4) (Conjoined
with SOCG 263) This seminar explores the production and interpretation
of art forms in cross-cultural context. Processes of symbolic and economic
exchange in art worlds will be examined from sociological and semiotic
perspectives. Contemporary and popular art forms will be analyzed as
types of cultural reproduction. Graduate students will be required to
submit a proposal abstract and final research paper of twenty-seven
pages; undergraduates must complete a project and eleven-page paper.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 172. Films and Society (4) An analysis
of films and how they portray various aspects of American society and
culture. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/B 173. Elite Crime (4) Explores theoretical
and conceptual dimensions in the analysis of the systematic violation
of the laws and ethics of business and politics in the United States.
Covers a range of illegal and unethical practices, the social and political
advantages of such violators, as well as the historical bias in both
theory and research that has contributed to our lack of understanding
of such issues in sociology and criminology. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Cluster C: Social Organization and Institutions
Soc/C 121. Economy and Society (4) An
examination of a central concern of classical social theory; the relationship
between economy and society, with special attention (theoretically and
empirically) on the problem of the origins of modern capitalism. The
course will investigate the role of technology and economic institutions
in society; the influence of culture and politics on economic exchange,
production, and consumption; the process of rationalization and the
social division of labor; contemporary economic problems and the welfare
state. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 123. Sociology of Work (4) A comparative
analysis of work in contemporary industrial economies. Topics include:
the division of labor in manufacturing and the changing structure of
the working class, social and political consequences of skill and wage
differentials, bureaucratization and determinants of job satisfaction,
trade unions and their strategies, industrial conflict, labor movements,
and the relationships between unions and political parties. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/C 124. Business and Society (4) This
course places business organization and practices in their social setting.
Topics include the relationship between business and government; the
mutual impact of business and labor (union and nonunion); the interplay
of business values and popular culture; and business and globalization.
Primary focus will be on the United States, past and present. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/C 126. Social Organization of Education (4) (Same
as TEP 126.) The social organization of education in the U.S. and other
societies; the functions of education for individuals and society; the
structure of schools; educational decision making; educational testing;
socialization and education; formal and informal education; cultural
transmission. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 129. The Family (4) An examination
of historical and social influences on family life. Analyzes contemporary
families in the United States, the influences of gender, class, and
race, and current issues such as divorce, domestic violence, and the
feminization of poverty. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 132. Gender and Work (4) Examination
and analysis of empirical research and theoretical perspectives on gender
and work. Special attention to occupational segregation. Other topics
include: the interplay between work and family; gender, work and poverty;
gender and work in the Third World. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/C 134A. The Making of Modern Medicine (4) A
study of the social, intellectual, and institutional aspects of the
nineteenth-century transformation of clinical medicine, examining both
the changing content of medical knowledge and therapeutics, and the
organization of the medical profession. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/C 134B. Medicine in the Twentieth Century (4) A
study of major intellectual and institutional changes in medicine in
the twentieth century, place in their sociological context. The primary
emphasis of the course will be on developments in North America and
Britain. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 135. Medical Sociology (4) An inquiry
into the roles of culture and social structure in mediating the health
and illness experiences of individuals and groups. Topics include the
social construction of illness, the relationships between patients and
health professionals, and the organization of medical work. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/C 136A. Sociology of Mental Illness: An Historical Approach
(4) An examination of the social, cultural,
and political factors involved in the identification and treatment of
mental illness. This course will emphasize historical material, focusing
on the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Developments
in England as well as the United States will be examined from an historical
perspective. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 136B. Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society
(4) This course will focus on recent developments
in the mental illness sector and on the contemporary sociological literature
on mental illness. Developments in England as well as the United States
will be examined. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 138. Genetics and Society (4) The
class will first examine the direct social effects of the genetic
revolution: eugenics, genetic discrimination, and stratification.
Second, the implications of thinking of society in terms of genetics,
specificallysociobiology, social Darwinism, evolutionary psychology,
and biology. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 138A-B. Civic Participation (4-4) (Same
as COSF 125A-B) What are the sources of political apathy and political
engagement? What are the variety of ways Americans express civic involvement
and political concern? Primary focus will be on the contemporary United
States, but with substantial attention to comparative and historical
perspectives. This will be run as a research seminar. Students will
write literary-based or fieldwork-based empirical research papers of
twenty-five to forty pages.
Soc/C 139. Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender (4) Massive
inequality in wealth, power, and prestige is ever-present in industrial
societies. In this course, causes and consequences of class, gender,
racial and ethnic inequality (stratification) will be considered
through examination of classical and modern social science theory and
research. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 140. Sociology of Law (4) This
course analyzes the functions of law in society, the social sources
of legal change, social conditions affecting the administration of justice,
and the role of social science in jurisprudence. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/C 140F. Law and the Workplace (4) This
course examines how the U.S. legal system has responded to workplace
inequality and demands for employee rights. Particular attention is
given to racial, gender, religious, and disability discrimination, as
well as the laws role in regulating unions, the global economy,
and sweatshop labor. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 141. Crime and Society (4) A study
of the social origins of criminal law, the administration of justice,
causes and patterns of criminal behavior, and the prevention and control
of crime, including individual rehabilitation and institutional change,
and the politics of legal, police, and correctional reform. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/C 144. Forms of Social Control (4) The
organization, development, and mission of social control agencies in
the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with emphasis on crime and madness;
agency occupations (police, psychiatrists, correctional work, etc.);
theories of control movements. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 147. Organizations, Society, and Social Justice (4) Organizations
are dynamic forces in society. This course examines how organizations
address human health and social justice issues in national and international
settings, focusing on the links between internal dynamics of organizations
and macro-level political, economic, and cultural factors. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/C 148. Political Sociology (4) Course
focuses on the interaction between state and society. It discusses central
concepts of political sociology (social cleavages, mobilization, the
state, legitimacy), institutional characteristics, causes, and consequences
of contemporary political regimes (liberal democracies, authoritarianism,
communism), and processes of political change. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/C 148L. Inequality and Jobs (4) Some
people do much better than others in the world of work. Causes and consequences
of this inequality will be examined: How do characteristics of individuals
(e.g., class, gender, race, education, talent) and characteristics of
jobs affect market outcomes? Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 149. Sociology of the Environment (4) The “environment” as
a socially and technically shaped milieu in which competing values
and interests play out. Relation of
humanity to nature; conflicts between preservation and development;
environmental pollution and contested illnesses.
Soc/C 151M. Chicanos in American Society (4)
Survey of contemporary sociological issues affecting Mexican-origin
people in the United States. Lectures and reading will be oriented
toward understanding the range of experiences within the Mexican-origin
population. Focus will also be placed on evaluating theories and
evidence used to understand this population. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/C 152. Social Inequality and Public Policy (4) (Same
as USP 133.) Primary focus on understanding and analyzing poverty and
public policy. Analysis of how current debates and public policy initiatives
mesh with alternative social scientific explorations of poverty. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/C 153. Urban Sociology (4) (Same
as USP 105) Introduces students to the major approaches in the sociological
study of cities and to what a sociological analysis can add to our
understanding of urban processes. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing or consent of instructor.
Soc/C 154. Religious Institutions in America (4) Examination
of sociological theories for why people have religious beliefs. Also
examines types of religious organizations, secularization, fundamentalism,
religion and immigration, religion and politics, and religiously inspired
violence and terrorism. The class will tend to focus on the American
context. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 155. The City of San Diego (4) A
research-oriented course studying a specific city. Students will describe
and analyze a local community of San Diego. Additional work on one citywide
institution. Guest lecturers from San Diego organizations and government.
Readings largely from city reports and news media. Prerequisite:
introductory sociology.
Soc/C 156. Sociology of Religion (4) Diverse
sociological explanations of religious ideas and religious behavior.
The social consequences of different kinds of religious beliefs and
religious organizations. The influence of religion upon concepts of
history, the natural world, human nature, and the social order. The
significance of such notions as sacred peoples and sacred
places. The religious-like character of certain political movements
and certain sociocultural attitudes. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/C 157. Religion in Contemporary Society (4) Sacred
texts, religious experiences, and ritual settings are explored from
the perspective of sociological analysis. The types and dynamic of religious
sects and institutions are examined. African and contemporary U.S. religious
data provide resources for lecture and comparative analysis. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/C 159. Special Topics in Social Organizations and Institutions
(4) Readings and discussion of particular
substantive issues and research in the sociology of organizations and
institutionsincluding such areas as population, economy, education,
family, medicine, law, politics, and religion. Topics will vary from
year to year. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/C 165A. American News Media (4) History,
politics, social organization, and ideology of the American news media.
165A surveys the development of the news media as an institution, from
earliest newspapers to modern mass news media. Prerequisite: Soc/L
1A or consent of instructor.
Soc/C 168E. Sociology of Science (4) A
survey of theoretical and empirical studies concerning the workings
of the scientific community and its relations with the wider society.
Special attention will be given to the institutionalization of the scientific
role and to the social constitution of scientific knowledge. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/C 168T. Sociology of Technology (4) An
introduction to classic and recent sociological perspectives on technology,
giving special attention to the relations between technology and science,
technology and work, and technology and politics. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/C 180. Social Movements and Social Protest (4) An
examination of the nature of protests and violence, particularly as
they occur in the context of larger social movements. The course will
further examine those generic facets of social movements having to do
with their genesis, characteristic forms of development, relationship
to established political configurations, and gradual fading away. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Cluster D: Comparative and Historical Sociology
Soc/D 151. Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations (4) An
historical and comparative analysis of race and ethnic relations in
various national settings, with emphasis on the United States. The course
will analyze the origins of ethnic stratification systems, their maintenance,
the adaptation of minority communities, and the role of reform and revolutionary
movements and government policies in promoting civil rights and social
change. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/D 158. Islam in the Modern World (4) The
role of Islam in the society, culture, and politics of the Muslim people
during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; attempts by Muslim thinkers
to accommodate or reject rival ideologies (such as nationalism and socialism);
and a critical review of the relationship between Islam and the West.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/D 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture (4) Will
survey the liberal, communitarian, social-democratic, nationalist,
feminist,
post nationalist, and multicultural views on the construction of the
modern citizen and good society. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/D 176. War and Society (4) This course considers classical
and contemporary theories that address the social organization of war-making
and the effects of war on society
since the Middle Ages, emphasizing more recent history. Topics include
state formation, citizenship, gender, social stratification, and
social protest. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/D 177. International Terrorism (4) (Same
as POLI 1420.) This course covers the definitions, history, and internationalization
of
terrorism; the interrelation of religion, politics and terror; and
the representation of terrorism in the media. A number of organizations
and their activities in Europe and the Middle East are examined. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/D 178. The Holocaust (4) The study
of the unique and universal aspects of the Holocaust. Special attention
will be paid to the nature of discrimination and racism, those aspects
of modernity that make genocide possible, the relationship among the
perpetrators, the victims and the bystanders, and the teaching, memory,
and denial of the Holocaust. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/D 179. Social Change (4) Course focuses
on the development of capitalism as a worldwide process, with emphasis
on its social and political consequences. Topics include: precapitalist
societies, the rise of capitalism in the West, and the social and political
responses to its expansion elsewhere. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/D 181. Modern Western Society (4) This
course examines the nature and dynamics of modern western society in
the context of the historical process by which this type of society
has emerged over the last several centuries. The aim of the course is
to help students think about what kind of society they live in, what
makes it the way it is, and how it shapes their lives. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/D 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America (4) Ethnicity
and the reassertion of Indian identity in contemporary Latin America.
Issues related to these
trends are examined in comparative perspective, with attention
to changes in global conditions and in the socioeconomic, political,
and cultural contexts of Latin American modernization. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/D 183. Minorities and Nations (4) We
will study minority rights and aspirations as well as the logic and
dynamic of nationalist movements in selected cases. We will conclude
by examining the chances and challenges of a post-nationalist world.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/D 185. Globalization and Social Development (4) Social
development is more than sheer economic growth. It entails improvements
in the overall quality of human life, particularly in terms of access
to health, education, employment, and income for the poorer sectors
of the population. Course examines the impact of globalization on the
prospects for attaining these goals in developing countries. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/D 185XL. Foreign Language Discussion Section (1) Students
will exercise advanced foreign language skills to discuss materials
in Spanish in the correspondingly numbered English language foreign
area course. This section is taught by the course instructor/professor;
has no final exam and does not affect grade in parent course. Prerequisite:
must be coregistered with Soc/D 185.
Soc/D 187. African Societies through Film (4) Exploration
of contemporary African urbanization and social change via film, including
1) transitional African communities, 2) social change in Africa, 3)
Western vs. African filmmakers cultural codes. Ideological and
ethnographic representations, aesthetics, social relations, and market
demand for African films are analyzed. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/D 187S. The Sixties (4) A sociological
examination of the era of the 1960s in America, its social and political
movements, its cultural expressions, and debates over its significance,
including those reflected in video documentaries. Comparisons will also
be drawn with events in other countries. Prerequisites: upper-division
standing.
Soc/D 188A. Community and Social Change in Africa (4) The
process of social change in African communities, with emphasis on changing
ways of seeing the world and the effects of religion and political philosophies
of social change. The methods and data used in various village and community
studies in Africa will be critically examined. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
Soc/D 188B. Chinese Society (4) The social
structure of the Peoples Republic of China since 1949, including
a consideration of social organization at various levels: the economy,
the policy, the community, and kinship institutions. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/D 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics (4) Course
focuses on the different types of social structures and political systems
in Latin America. Topics include positions in the world economy, varieties
of class structure and ethnic cleavages, political regimes, mobilization
and legitimacy, class alignments, reform and revolution. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
Soc/D 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society (4) Contradictory
effects of modernization on Jewish society in Western and Eastern Europe
and the plethora of Jewish responses: assimilation, fundamentalism,
emigration, socialism, disapora nationalism, and Zionism. Special attention
will be paid to issues of dis/continuity between Jewish societies and
Israeli society. Simultaneously, we will scrutinize the influence of
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on Israeli society, state, and identity.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/D 188J. Change in Modern South Africa (4) Using sociological and
historical perspectives, this course examines the origins and demise
of apartheid and assesses the progress that
has been made since 1994, when apartheid was officially ended. Contrasts
of racism in South Africa and the United States. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing. Soc/D 188K. American Society (4) Comparative
and historical perspectives on U.S. society. The course highlights American
exceptionalism: did America follow a special historical path,
different from comparable nations in its social relations, politics,
and culture? Specific topics include class relations, race, religion,
and social policy. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Soc/D 188XL. Foreign Language Discussion Section (1) Students
will exercise advanced foreign language skills to discuss materials
in the correspondingly numbered English language foreign area course.
Prerequisite: must be coregistered with parent course.
Soc/D 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology (4) Readings
and discussion in selected areas of comparative and historical macro-sociology.
Topics may include the analysis of a particular research problem, the
study of a specific society or of cross-national institutions, and the
review of different theoretical perspectives. Contents will vary from
year to year. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Cluster E: Independent Research and Honors Program
Soc/E 194. Research Seminar in Washgton, D.C. (4) (Same
as PS 194, COGN 194, ERTH 194, HIST 193, USP 194.) Course attached to
six-unit internship taken by students participating in the UCDC Program.
Involves weekly seminar meetings with faculty and teaching assistant
and a substantial research paper. Prerequisites: department approval.
Participating in UCDC Program.
Soc/E 196A. Honors Seminar: Advanced Studies in Sociology (4) This
seminar will permit honors students to explore advanced issues in the
field of sociology. It will also provide honors students the opportunity
to develop a senior thesis proposal on a topic of their choice and begin
preliminary work on the honors thesis under faculty supervision. Prerequisite:
acceptance into Department of Sociology Honors Program.
Soc/E 196B. Honors Seminar: Supervised Thesis Research (4) This
seminar will provide honors candidates the opportunity to complete research
on and preparation of a senior honors thesis under close faculty supervision.
Prerequisite: completion of Soc/E 196A.
Soc/E 197. Instructional Assistance and Research in Field Methods
(4) While fulfilling apprentice-level instructional
tasks as peer advisers in the Field Research Methods course (Soc/A 104),
students will conduct their own research on selected issues/problems
faced by field researchers. Instructional and research activities will
be closely supervised by the course instructor. Prerequisites: 3.5
in sociology, having excelled in Soc/A 104 (A or A+ grade); consent
of course instructor; approval of sociology department chair.
Soc/E 198. Directed Group Study (4) Group
study of specific topics under the direction of an interested faculty
member. Enrollment will be limited to a small group of students who
have developed their topic and secured appropriate approval from the
departmental committee on independent and group studies. These studies
are to be conducted only in areas not covered in regular sociology courses.
Prerequisites: junior standing and departmental approval required.
Soc/E 199. Independent Study (2 or 4) Tutorial:
individual study under the direction of an interested faculty member
in an area not covered by the present course offerings. Approval must
be secured from the departmental committee on independent studies. Prerequisites:
junior standing and departmental approval required.
Graduate
Soc/G 201A. Classical Sociological Theory I (4) A
discussion of major themes in the work of Tocqueville and Marx. Prerequisite:
graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 201B. Classical Sociological Theory II (4) A
discussion of major themes in the work of Weber and Durkheim. Prerequisite:
graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 202. Contemporary Sociological Theory (4) Themes
important for social theory at the turn of the twenty-first century:
Marxism (Gramsci, Althusser), Critical Theory (Adorno, Habermas), Interpretation
(Geertz), Social Systems (Parsons), post-structuralism (Foucault), postmodernism,
and social constructivism (Bourdieu). Prerequisite: graduate standing
in sociology.
Soc/G 203. Field Methods (4) Research
will be conducted in field settings. The primary focus will be on mastering
the problems and technical skills associated with the conduct of ethnographic
and participant observational studies. Prerequisite: graduate standing
in sociology.
Soc/G 204. Text and Discourse Analysis (4) Techniques
of gathering and analyzing transcripts of naturally occurring conversations,
interviews, discourse in institutional settings, public political discourse,
and text of historical materials. Prerequisite: graduate standing
in sociology.
Soc/G 205. Quantitative Methods I (4) This
course covers some of the elementary techniques used 1) to select random
samples, 2) to detect statistical patterns in the sample data, and 3)
to determine whether any patterns found in sample data are statistically
significant. The course also stresses the benefits and drawbacks of
survey and aggregate data and some common ways in which these data are
used incorrectly. Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 206. Quantitative Methods II (4) The
course covers some of the more advanced techniques used 1) to select
random samples, 2) to detect statistical patterns in the sample data,
and 3) to determine whether any patterns found in sample data are statistically
significant. The course also stresses the benefits and drawbacks of
survey and aggregate data and some common ways in which these data are
used incorrectly. Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 207. Comparative-Historical Methods (4) A
broad-based consideration of the use of historical materials in sociological
analysis, especially as this facilitates empirically oriented studies
across different societies and through time. Prerequisite: graduate
standing in sociology.
Soc/G 208. Faculty Research Seminar (2) An
introduction for entering graduate students to the range and variety
of research and scholarly interest of the departments faculty.
Through this introduction students will be better able to relate their
own research interests and professional objectives to the ongoing work
of faculty. Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology. (S/U grades
only.)
Soc/G 212. Social Stratification (4) The
causes and effects of social ranking in various societies. Theories
of stratification; the dynamics of informal social grouping; determinants
of institutional power, and the nature of struggles for power; the distribution
of wealth and its causes; the dynamics of social mobility; the effects
of stratification on life-styles, culture, and deviance. Prerequisite:
graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 213. Popular Culture (4) The purpose
of the course is two-fold: 1) to introduce students to a variety of
theoretical perspectives on issues central to studies of popular culture,
and 2) to survey disciplines outside of the field of sociology that
have been contributing to the enormous intellectual growth of popular
culture studies. Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 216. Sociology of Culture (4) The
history of the concept of culture; cultural pluralism in advanced industrialized
societies; the differentiation of cultural institutions; cultural policy
and social structure; culture as a property of social groups; conflict
and accommodation over efforts to change and sustain traditional culture.
Soc/G 217. Globalization, Culture, and Everyday Life (4) This
course explores the cultural, economic, and political processes which
constitute globalization. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding
how consciousness and daily life practices are formed and transformed
in a globalizing world. Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 222. Social Movements (4) An examination
of theories accounting for the causes and consequences of social movements,
including a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of such theories
for understanding historically specific revolutions, rebellions, and
violent and nonviolent forms of protest in various parts of the world.
Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 226. Political Sociology (4) This
course discusses the relationship between state and society in a comparative
perspective. The focus is on the interaction among states, domestic
economic elites, and external economic and political processes in the
determination of different developmental paths. Analytically, it includes
topics such as characteristics and functions of the state in different
types of society throughout history (with an emphasis on the varieties
of capitalist and socialist state), the autonomy of the state and its
causes in different settings, and developmental and predatory consequences
of state activity. Readings will include both theoretical and empirical
materials, the latter dealing mostly with nineteenth- and twentieth-century
Europe and twentieth-century Latin America. Prerequisite: graduate
standing in sociology.
Soc/G 227. Ethnographic Film: Media Methods (6) Ethnographic
recording of field data in written and audiovisual formats, including
film, video, and CD Rom applications. Critical assessment of ethnographies
and audiovisual data in terms of styles, format, and approaches. Graduate
students are required to submit a fifteen-page mid-term paper comparing
a written and an audiovisual ethnography and a final video ethnography
with a project abstract. Prerequisites: graduate standing/Soc/L 1A,
1B or consent of instructor.
Soc/G 232. Advanced Issues in the Sociology of Knowledge (4) The
social construction of knowledge and the social institutions
in which these processes take place are examined. Topics include relationships
between knowledge and social institutions, foundations of knowledge
in society, knowledge and social interactions, and contrasting folk
and specialized theories. Prerequisites: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 234. Intellectual Foundation of the Study of Science, Technology,
and Medicine (4) This course focuses on some
classic methodological and theoretical resources upon which the sociology
of science, technology, and medicine all draw. It gives special attention
to relationships between knowledge and social order, and between knowledge
and practice, that are common to science, technology, and medicine.
Prerequisites: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 238. Survey of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (4) An
introduction to some enduring topics in the sociology of scientific
knowledge and to some resources for addressing them. Attention is drawn
to problems of accounting for scientific order and change, and to recurrent
debates over the proper method for sociological accounts of science.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Soc/G 243. Sociology of Social Control (4) An examination
of the sociological literature on social control, looking at theoretical
developments over time, and examining the contemporary
literature dealing with social control in historical and comparative
perspective. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Soc/G 244. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (4) Analysis
of enduring topics in the study of race and ethnicity, including stratification,
discrimination conflict, immigration, assimilation, and politics. Other
topics include racial and ethnic identity and the social construction
of race and ethnic categories. A special focus is on the role of culture
and structure for explaining race/ethnic differentiation.
Prerequisites: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 246. The Welfare State (4) Surveys major theories of the development
and functioning of the welfare state, addressing the roles of economic
development, political institutions,
stratification, and culture. The course focuses on the development
of the U.S. social provision in comparison with other advanced
industrial societies.
Soc/G 249. Technology and the Human (4) This
course explores the ethical and political implications of technological
interventions into human life. Approaches from science studies, the
sociology of the body, and philosophy. Topics include transformations
in domains of life such as work, health, childhood, and death.
Soc/G 252. Research Practicum I (4) In
this seminar students work on a research project, which might have originated
in a paper written for another course. The goal is to produce the first
draft of a paper that will be submitted to an academic journal. Prerequisite:
graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 253. Research Practicum II (4) In
this seminar students revise an existing research paper (usually the
one they wrote for Sociology 252) for submission to an academic journal.
Emphasis is placed on conceptual development, writing style and structure,
and drawing links to the existing theoretical and empirical literature.
Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 255A. Introduction to Science Studies (4) (Same
as Phil. 209A, HIGR 238, and COGR 225A.) Study and discussion of classic
work in history of science, sociology of science, and philosophy of
science, and of work that attempts to develop a unified science studies
approach. Required for all students in the Science Studies Program.
Prerequisite: enrollment in Science Studies Program.
Soc/G 255B. Seminar in Science Studies (4) (Same
as Phil. 209B, HIGR 239, and COGR 225B.) Study and discussion of selected
topics in the science studies field. Required for all students in the
Science Studies Program. Prerequisite: enrollment in Science Studies
Program.
Soc/G 255C. Colloquium in Science Studies (4) (Same
as Phil. 209C, HIGR 240, and COGR 225C.) A forum for the presentation
and discussion of research in progress in science studies, by graduate
students, faculty, and visitors. Required of all students in the Science
Studies Program. Prerequisite: enrollment in the Science Studies
Program.
Soc/G 255D. Advanced Approaches to Science Studies (4) (Same
as COGR 225D, HIGR 241, PHIL 209D.) Focus on recent literature in the
history, philosophy, and sociology of science, technology, and
medicine. Required of all students in the Science Studies Program.
Prerequisite: Soc/G 255A is a prerequisite for Soc/G 255D; enrollment
in Science Studies Program or instructor’s permission. Soc/G 258. Institutional Change in the Contemporary World; Latin
American Societies in a Comparative Perspective (4) This
course explores institutional change in contemporary Latin America,
and compares this area with other transitional societies. Issues include
social consequences of economic liberalization, changing forms of inequality,
dynamics of civil society, conceptions of citizenship, quality and future
of democracy. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Soc/G 260. Sociology of Religion (4) This
seminar will examine major theories and debates in the sociology of
religion. Possible topics include secularization, religion and immigration,
and religion and politics. Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 263. Graduate Seminar in the Sociology of Art (4) This
seminar explores the production and interpretation of art forms in cross-cultural
context. Processes of symbolic and economic exchange in art worlds will
be examined from sociological and semiotic perspectives. Contemporary
and popular art forms will be analyzed as types of cultural reproduction.
Graduate students will be required to submit a project abstract and
final research paper of twenty-seven pages. Prerequisite: graduate
standing in sociology.
Soc/G 264. Economic Sociology (4) This
course provides an overview of the classical and current debates in
the economic sociology literature. It presents theories of the rise
of industrial economics and addresses how economic activities are constituted
and influenced by institutions, culture, and social structure. Prerequisite:
graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 267. Sociology of Gender (4) Course
examines social construction of gender focusing on recent contributions
to the field, including micro- and macro-level topics, i.e., social
psychological issues in the development of gender, gender stratification
in the labor force, gender and social protest, feminist methodologies.
Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 268. Sociology of Masculinities (4) This course introduces
students to recent developments in the field of masculinities with
attention to theoretical conceptualizations
as well as empirical analyses of social organization of masculinity.
Topics include the development of masculinity in boys, historical
and cultural influences on male identity, differences of race, class,
sexuality, the male body, and the meaning of work and family in men’s
lives. Soc/G 269. The Citizenship Debates (4) Will
examine the controversies surrounding the construction of the modern
citizen and the good society of the liberal outlook, and their alternatives
in the communitarian, social-democratic, nationalist, feminist, and
multiculturalist perspectives. Prerequisite: graduate standing in
sociology.
Soc/G 270. The Sociology of Education (4) A
consideration of the major theories of schooling and society, including
functionalist, conflict, critical and interactional; selected topics
in the sociology of education will be addressed in a given quarter,
including the debate over inequality, social selection, cultural reproduction
and the transition of knowledge, the cognitive and economic consequences
of education. Major research methods will be discussed and critiqued.
Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 284. Contemporary Biomedicine (4) Develops
central themes in medical sociology in order to understand twentieth-
and twenty-first-century medical practice and research. Topics include
authority and expertise; health inequalities; managed care; health activism;
biomedical knowledge production; and the construction of medical objects
and subjects. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Soc/G 282. Immigration and Citizen (4) Alternative
theories of the relations of immigrants and host societies, and an examination
on the debates on, and dynamic of, immigration expansion and restriction.
Comparison of the bearing of liberal, communitarian, and ethnic citizenship
discourses on the inclusion and exclusion of immigrants and their descendants.
Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 283. The Making of Modern Medicine (4) An
examination of the intellectual, social, cultural, and political dimensions
of the Transformation of Western medicine from 1750 to 1900, with a
primary focus on Anglo-American developments. Prerequisite: graduate
standing.
Soc/G 285. Modernization and Globalization in East Asia (4) Can
East Asia modernize and globalize and still be distinct from the West?
This course examines this question in multiple dimensionspolitical,
cultural, and economic. Topics include human rights, democracy, economic
organization, social institutions, and others. Prerequisite: graduate
standing.
Soc/G 290. Graduate Seminar (4) A research
seminar in special topics of interest to available staff, provides majors
and minors in sociology with research experience in close cooperation
with faculty. (S/U grades permitted.) Prerequisite: graduate standing
in sociology.
Soc/G 298. Independent Study (1-8) Tutorial
individual guides study and/or independent research in an area not covered
by present course offerings. (S/U grades only.) Prerequisite: graduate
standing in sociology; departmental approval.
Soc/G 299. Thesis Research (1-12) Open
to graduate students engaged in thesis research. (S/U grades only.)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in sociology.
Soc/G 500. Apprentice Teaching (2-4) Supervised
teaching in lower-division contact classes, supplemented by seminar
on methods in teaching sociology. (S/U grades only.) Prerequisite:
graduate standing in sociology.
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