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Classes
SOC 1101
Course Description
This course is a broad introduction to the field of sociology. Course materials are designed to illustrate the distinctive features of the sociological perspective and to start you thinking sociologically ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Uris Hall G01
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Garip, F
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- F Uris Hall 262
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Garip, F
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- F Uris Hall 202
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Garip, F
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- F Klarman Hall KG42
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Garip, F
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- F Klarman Hall KG42
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Garip, F
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- F Uris Hall G26
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Garip, F
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- F Uris Hall 262
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Garip, F
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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Garip, F
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- F Uris Hall G22
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Garip, F
Yan, X
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- F Morrill Hall 106
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Garip, F
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- F Uris Hall G26
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Garip, F
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- F Morrill Hall 110
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Garip, F
SOC 1290
Course Description
Introduces students to the sociological analysis of American society through the lens of film. Major themes involve race, class, and gender; upward and downward mobility; incorporation and exclusion; small ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 1290
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- TR Uris Hall 202
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Strang, D
SOC 1900
Course Description
This course will address questions of justice posed by current political controversies, for example, controversies over immigration, economic inequality, American nationalism, the government's role in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, PHIL 1901
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now
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- W William T. Keeton House 141
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Esposito, A
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Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, PHIL 1901
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now
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- W Carl Becker House G32
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Faller, A
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Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, PHIL 1901
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now
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- M William T. Keeton House 141
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Paskell, M
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Additional Information
Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, PHIL 1901
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now
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- M Hans Bethe House 240
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Proios, J
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Additional Information
Weekly discussions of urgent moral and political questions about democratic values and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and the global prospects of democracy. Brief readings as well as lectures (available in video) in the Spring Ethics and Public Life series on democracy will be starting points for mutual learning.
SOC 2190
Course Description
What is the driving force behind economic growth? How do people find jobs? Does culture matter for economic action? What exactly is a market? Why is there a concentration of high-tech firms in Silicon ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Uris Hall 262
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Nee, V
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- W Klarman Hall KG42
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Nee, V
SOC 2206
Course Description
International development concerns the gains, losses and tensions associated with the process of social change - as it affects human populations, social institutions and the environment. This course considers ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 2050
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Credits and Grading Basis
3-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Warren Hall 151
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McMichael, P
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Additional Information
Juniors and Seniors may choose to take course for 1 additional credit if selected from applicant pool during first week of class. To earn 1 additional credit student must attend ADDITIONAL section meeting on Friday immediately following regular class discussion time. All students must initially enroll in LEC 1, DIS 1 for 3 credits. If course full, contact vlh1@cornell.edu to be placed on waitlist. This does NOT guarantee enrollment.
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- F Warren Hall B73
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McMichael, P
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- F Warren Hall 173
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McMichael, P
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SOC 2208
Course Description
This course reviews contemporary approaches to understanding social inequality and the processes by which it comes to be seen as legitimate, natural, or desirable. We address questions of the following ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 2090, PAM 2208
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Ives Hall 305
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Weeden, K
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- F Morrill Hall 107
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Weeden, K
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- F Morrill Hall 106
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Weeden, K
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- F Uris Hall 262
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Weeden, K
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- F Morrill Hall 111
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Weeden, K
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- F Uris Hall G26
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Weeden, K
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- F Morrill Hall 111
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Weeden, K
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- F Morrill Hall 111
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Weeden, K
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- F Morrill Hall 107
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Weeden, K
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Weeden, K
SOC 2250
Course Description
The primary goal of this course is to understand the relationship between education and society, with an emphasis on exploring educational inequality. To accomplish this, we will ask questions such as: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- MW Malott Hall 207
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Bischoff, K
SOC 2320
Course Description
How do we develop and manage our identities in an increasingly complex world? How are our identities formed through interactions with other people, the groups to which we belong, and the groups from which ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Stimson Hall 206
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Pirkey, M
SOC 2330
Course Description
Global conflicts, raising children, electing presidents, praying for a loved one: from the mundane to the extraordinary, religion plays a significant role in social life, regardless of whether or not one ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 2330
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Uris Hall 262
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Moore, R
SOC 2340
Course Description
This course explores how the goods and experiences we consume hold meaning within a culture and, as a result, affect our social lives. Readings and course discussion will focus on how consumption practices ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Morrill Hall 111
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Pirkey, M
SOC 2390
Course Description
Looking for love in the digital age is quite different from the ways our ancestors met and found mates in previous generations. Today's young adults are delaying marriage and embarking on new ways of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PAM 2390
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR M Van Rensselaer Hall G71
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Sassler, S
SOC 2460
Course Description
The course focuses on drug use and abuse as a social rather than as a medical or psychopathological phenomenon. Specifically, the course deals with the history of drug use and regulatory attempts in the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Uris Hall 202
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Heckathorn, D
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- F Mcgraw Hall 165
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Heckathorn, D
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- F Morrill Hall 107
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Heckathorn, D
SOC 2560
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the sociological perspective of law and legal institutions in modern society. A key question is the extent to which the law creates and maintains social order. And, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
Instructors
York Cornwell, E
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
SOC 2650
Course Description
Exploration and analysis of the Hispanic experience in the United States. Examines the sociohistorical background and economic, psychological, and political factors that converge to shape a Latino group ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2655, DSOC 2650, LSP 2010
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Credits and Grading Basis
3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Velez, H
SOC 3080
Course Description
In this course, we will consider the role social networks play in the genesis and perpetuation of power, influence, and control in society. We will read and discuss some key sociological theories of power ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M Uris Hall 204
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Cornwell, B
SOC 3190
Course Description
Introduction to the main ideas and lines of research in contemporary sociology, from the emergence of the field in the American academy to the present. We read the work of seminal theorists and researchers ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Uris Hall G26
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Strang, D
SOC 3240
Course Description
Humans have fraught relationships with the animals, plants, land, water—even geological processes—around us. We come together to revere, conserve, protect the things many call nature. We struggle over ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DSOC 3240, STS 3241
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Warren Hall 173
Instructors
Zinda, J
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SOC 3570
Course Description
After examining alternative explanations for why individuals obtain different amounts and types of educational training, the course focuses on how an individual's family background and race affect his ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- TR Uris Hall 360
Instructors
Alvarado, S
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SOC 3580
Course Description
This course showcases frontier research that uses big data and graphical analysis to understand our social world. Topics include inequality and opportunity, success in higher education, the gender wage ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Stimson Hall G01
Instructors
Young, C
SOC 3680
Course Description
Corruption, and the perception of corruption, pervades many aspects of society and has become a source of political protest around the world. This course focuses on the similarities and differences between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3683
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Young, P
SOC 3710
Course Description
This course offers a sociological understanding of social inequality and the social construction of difference. Designed from the perspective of comparative historical analysis, we will examine the ways ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DSOC 3700
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Warren Hall 151
Instructors
Hirschl, T
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SOC 4120
Course Description
This course examines how the social world gets "under the skin." We'll examine the associations between various aspects of social context – including stratification and inequality, social networks and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Uris Hall 494
Instructors
York Cornwell, E
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Additional Information
Email the instructor for further information.
Department Consent Required (Add)
SOC 4390
Course Description
This course is intended for a select group of highly motivated undergraduates with a keen interest in computational social science. The course provides an opportunity to participate in on-going research ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Uris Hall 498
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Macy, M
SOC 4430
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in social and political philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4655, AMST 6656, GOVT 4655, GOVT 6656, PHIL 4470, PHIL 6430, SOC 6430
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Equality, Democracy, and Solidarity
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- T Stimson Hall 206
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Miller, R
SOC 4560
Course Description
Evaluation is a pervasive feature of contemporary life. Professors, doctors, countries, hotels, pollution, books, intelligence: there is hardly anything that is not subject to some form of review, rating, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 4561, STS 4561
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- T Statler Hall 441
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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SOC 4750
Course Description
Specialized knowledge and know how underlie the division of knowledge in the technology sectors of advanced economies, yet we know surprisingly little about the institutional properties of how knowledge ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Uris Hall 340
Instructors
Nee, V
SOC 4910
Course Description
This is for undergraduates who wish to obtain research experience or to do extensive reading on a special topic. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Bischoff, K
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SOC 4950
Course Description
Students choose a sociology faculty member to work with on research to write an honors thesis. Candidates for honors must maintain a cumulative GPA at least an A- in all sociology classes. view course details
SOC 4960
Course Description
Continuation of SOC 4950. Continue to work with honors supervisor and work on and write an honors thesis. view course details
SOC 5020
Course Description
Continuation of SOC 5010. Emphasis is on the logical analysis of theoretical perspectives, theories, and theoretical research programs shaping current sociological research. The course includes an introduction ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Uris Hall 320
Instructors
Strang, D
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
SOC 5190
Course Description
This course provides a forum in which students and others can present, discuss, and receive instant feedback on their inequality-related research. Its primary goals is to help students advance their own ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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- T Uris Hall 360
Instructors
Weeden, K
SOC 6020
Course Description
This course provides the second part of a two-semester introduction to quantitative methods in sociological research. It is designed for first-year graduate students in sociology. The course covers intermediate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: PAM 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Uris Hall 360
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Maralani, V
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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- R Uris Hall 302
Instructors
Maralani, V
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Department Consent Required (Add)
SOC 6030
Course Description
This course is designed to assist the student's professional development on a "learning by doing and feedback" basis. The course is organized around presentation and discussion of ongoing research projects. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Uris Hall 340
Instructors
Nee, V
SOC 6040
Course Description
This course extends the study of quantitative methods beyond the required, two-semester graduate methods sequence. We will begin with an in-depth focus on graphical analysis, model uncertainty, techniques ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Uris Hall 438
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Young, C
SOC 6080
Course Description
Discussion of the current state of sociology and of the research interests of members of the graduate field; taught by all members of the field. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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- F Uris Hall 320
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Swedberg, R
SOC 6310
Course Description
In this Graduate seminar we will discuss the nature, politics and basic assumptions underlying qualitative research. We will examine a selection of qualitative methods ranging from interviewing, oral history, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: STS 6311
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Pinch, T
SOC 6430
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4655, AMST 6656, GOVT 4655, GOVT 6656, PHIL 4470, PHIL 6430, SOC 4430
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Equality, Democracy, and Solidarity
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Class Number & Section Details
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- T Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Miller, R
SOC 6450
Course Description
This course will examine the literature on social context effects on educational outcomes in the United States. Specifically, students will learn how residential neighborhoods, schools, and peer networks ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Uris Hall 320
Instructors
Alvarado, S
SOC 6460
Course Description
Introduces the field of economic sociology and covers major topics addressed by sociologists studying the intersection of economy and society. We begin with classic statements on economic sociology and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- R Uris Hall 340
Instructors
Garip, F
SOC 6910
Course Description
For graduates who wish to obtain research experience or to do extensive reading on a special topic. Permission to enroll for independent study is granted only to students who present an acceptable prospectus ... view course details
SOC 8920
Course Description
Work with a faculty member on a project that is related to your dissertation work. view course details
SOC 8960
Course Description
Work with chair of your committee on your dissertation work. view course details