In-depth selected study of certain social problems.

Designed for first-year graduate students and sociology majors considering graduate study. Measures of central tendency and dispersion, hypothesis testing, and indices of association between variables. Application of statistics to social science data.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Formulation of sociological research questions and the logic of testing and inference. Major quantitative methodologies will be reviewed. Relationship between problems formulation, theoretical perspective, and research methods.

Examination of theoretical approaches in sociology. Readings include writings by classic and contemporary social theorists, critiques of their theories and empirical writings that attempt to apply theoretical approaches to research studies.

Introduction to qualitative methods in sociology with a focus on ethnography (participant observation, in-depth interviewing, content analysis) but also including some other methods.

Major contemporary approaches to sociological theory. Reading representative works and comparing their application to selected topics.

Analyzes feminist organizing/activist work within and beyond the U.S. Interrogates what counts as feminist organizing and how different organizations use feminist principles in work for social change. Additional work required of graduate students.

Historical understanding of Black women's engagement in paid domestic work in the United States, increasing need for domestic workers in the ever-changing economy and family, and the social construction of Black women as "ideal" domestic workers.

Relationships between society and politics. Impacts of individuals, groups, parties, and institutions on state power in global perspective. Additional work required of graduate students.

Overview of theory, research, and public policy concerning older adults and their families. Issues of relevance to aging families examined from multidisciplinary perspectives in the social and behavioral sciences. Extra work required of graduate students.

A political economy approach to educating students about the human and capital costs of tourism to the Caribbean. The integral relationship between sex work and Caribbean tourism exposes the region's development that has resulted in its current configuration.

Sociological implications of instantaneous communication, online publishing, identities and interactions, communities transcending geographic borders, and openly available information and opinion. Additional work required of graduate students. Offered only online.

Research and theory of prejudice and discrimination: inclusion/exclusion of individuals/social groups; classification of in/out groups; contributing roles of processes (difference, power, labeling, silencing). Recommended for upper-level students with some social science background and other coursework dealing with social inequities.

Social conditions and processes allowing systematic dehumanization; perspectives of victim, perpetrator, audience, possibility of reconciliation. Extreme examples of evil; subtle ways of dehumanizing the other. Ethnic cleansing, international trafficking, terrorism. Additional work required of graduate students. Offered only online.

Classical sociological writings of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber and their contemporary significance.

Covers topics in medical sociology including: epidemiological transition, medicalization, social determinants of health, fundamental cause theory, health disparities and inequalities, sick role, narratives of health and illness, and organization of the US medical system.

Life and structure of American cities. Sociological perspectives on urban life, growth, decline, and restructuring of cities.

Current policy issues in an aging society. Health care, end-of-life, social security, productive aging, and generational equity. Special problems facing elderly women and minorities.

Causes and consequences of three fundamental population processes¿mortality, fertility, migration¿ and topics related to health, aging, families, segregation, and ecological demography. Estimation and interpretation of basic demographic measures.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Functions of language in society. Geographical, socioeconomic, and male-female differentiation. Functions of various types of speech events. Requirements include a research project.

Structures, causes, and consequences of socio-economic inequalities in modern societies. Poverty and wealth, social mobility, and the persistence of inequality. Comparison and assessment of theories of social stratification.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Sociology and social history of science and technology. Interaction of science, technology, and society. Technical controversies. Planning technological change. Suggested complement to PSC 705.

Introduction to multivariate statistical techniques to social science data.

This class will provide an overview of issues related to immigration. In the first part of the course students will focus on the history of immigration and immigration policy. In addition, students will learn about sociological theories of immigrant incorporation as well as specific issues related to the second-generation children of immigrants including their educational, labor-market, and transnational experiences.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Expand fieldwork skills and increase theoretical understanding: emphasis on "thinking qualitatively;" intensive fieldwork.

Applications to issues of special education and related educational or human service settings.

Examination of some current issues in multivariate analysis. Most issues examined are based on linear model. Focus varies by term. Examples of topics covered are path analysis, non-recursive models, unmeasured variables and measurement issues.

This graduate course will provide you with an overview of key issues and approaches to the epistemology, methodology, and politics of ethnography. Students will carry out intensive ethnographic research throughout the semester.

The feminist critique and its implications for planning, conducting, and reporting on empirical studies.

Examines fundamental questions and approaches related to the sociological study of complex, formal organizations. Readings enable students to understand the intellectual development of theory and various historical shifts in emphasis in the field.

Intersecting dimensions of inequality that structure social life in contemporary societies. Multiple effects of cross cutting oppressions and privileges, including sexuality and ability/disability.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.