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SOC 1101
Course Description
This course introduces classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. We will begin by considering (mainly classical) perspectives which focus on macro-level features of society (e.g., population, ... 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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Bischoff, K
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- F Uris Hall G26
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Bischoff, K
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- F Stimson Hall 206
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Bischoff, K
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- F Ives Hall 112
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Bischoff, K
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- F Uris Hall G26
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Bischoff, K
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- F Uris Hall G26
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Bischoff, K
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- F Uris Hall G26
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Bischoff, K
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- F Uris Hall G26
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Bischoff, K
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- F Malott Hall 203
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Bischoff, K
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- F Uris Hall 202
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Bischoff, K
Giese, E
SOC 1900
Course Description
Weekly informal discussion of urgent public issues posed by a central theme, such as inequality, foreign policy and immigration, or challenges to liberty and democracy. Recent public lectures organized ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, PHIL 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Inequalities: How Deep? Why? What Should Be Done?
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- W Carl Becker House G32
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Duggan, A
Miller, R
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Additional Information
This semester's theme will be inequalities in the United States, political, economic, racial, social and educational. How deep do they run? What are the effects? What are the causes? Why do they matter? What should be done? We will be engaging with current research on these issues, including six public lectures during the semester (also accessible online) by leading figures in the study of inequality. There will also be brief presentations by Cornell researchers and brief initial debates. The course will emphasize conversation among participants, reflecting diverse perspectives.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, PHIL 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Inequalities: How Deep? Why? What Should Be Done?
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- W Carl Becker House G32
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Duggan, A
Miller, R
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Additional Information
Two brief papers, of six to eight pages, will be required. This semester's theme will be inequalities in the United States, political, economic, racial, social and educational. How deep do they run? What are the effects? What are the causes? Why do they matter? What should be done? We will be engaging with current research on these issues, including six public lectures during the semester (also accessible online) by leading figures in the study of inequality. There will also be brief presentations by Cornell researchers and brief initial debates. The course will emphasize conversation among participants, reflecting diverse perspectives.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, PHIL 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Inequalities: How Deep? Why? What Should Be Done?
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- W Hans Bethe House 240
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Fairbairn, F
Miller, R
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Additional Information
This semester's theme will be inequalities in the United States, political, economic, racial, social and educational. How deep do they run? What are the effects? What are the causes? Why do they matter? What should be done? We will be engaging with current research on these issues, including six public lectures during the semester (also accessible online) by leading figures in the study of inequality. There will also be brief presentations by Cornell researchers and brief initial debates. The course will emphasize conversation among participants, reflecting diverse perspectives.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 1901, PHIL 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Inequalities: How Deep? Why? What Should Be Done?
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- W Hans Bethe House 240
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Fairbairn, F
Miller, R
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Additional Information
Two brief papers, of six to eight pages, will be required. This semester's theme will be inequalities in the United States, political, economic, racial, social and educational. How deep do they run? What are the effects? What are the causes? Why do they matter? What should be done? We will be engaging with current research on these issues, including six public lectures during the semester (also accessible online) by leading figures in the study of inequality. There will also be brief presentations by Cornell researchers and brief initial debates. The course will emphasize conversation among participants, reflecting diverse perspectives.
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 G26
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Eads, A
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- F Uris Hall 262
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Eads, A
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- F Uris Hall 262
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Eads, A
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, SOC 2206
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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 ct259@cornell.edu to be placed on waitlist. This does NOT guarantee enrollment.
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- F Warren Hall 173
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McMichael, P
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- F Warren Hall 101
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McMichael, P
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Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 2050, SOC 2206
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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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- F Warren Hall B73
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McMichael, P
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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. Combined with: DSOC 2090
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Kennedy Hall 116-Call Aud
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Alvarado, S
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 Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Uris Hall G88
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Holbrow, H
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 262
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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
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- F Morrill Hall 107
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Heckathorn, D
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- F Mcgraw Hall 165
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Heckathorn, D
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SOC 2520
Course Description
The election of Barack Obama to the presidency has raised new questions in the American debate on race, politics, and social science. Has America entered a post-racial society in which racism and inequality ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2504, ASRC 2504, GOVT 2604
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Stimson Hall 206
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Gosa, T
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 3130
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the ways in which medical practice, the medical profession, and medical technology are embedded in society and culture. We will ask how medicine is connected to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 3111, DSOC 3111, STS 3111
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW M Van Rensselaer Hall G73
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Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
Course open to Sophomore, Junior and Senior students.
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- F Mcgraw Hall 165
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Hilgartner, S
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- F Lincoln Hall 107
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Hilgartner, S
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- F Morrill Hall 107
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Hilgartner, S
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SOC 3160
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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- TR Uris Hall 202
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York Cornwell, E
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SOC 3240
Course Description
The course examines the relationships between human populations and the environment, with an emphasis on the importance of demographic change in shaping the natural environment. We will examine a variety ... 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 B50
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Giroux, S
SOC 3330
Course Description
This course investigates the genealogy of the multiple technologies of identification that emerged in the last two centuries in different parts of the world. Traditional forms of identification, such ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3221, STS 3321
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 115
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Ragas, J
SOC 3370
Course Description
Provides an overview of perspectives used in sociological studies of race and ethnicity. Students read classic and contemporary research on racial and ethnic relations in the United States. The first part ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PAM 3370
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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 280
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Sassler, S
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SOC 3650
Course Description
Disasters are usually sudden events that result in catastrophic loss of life and/or property. They are often described using terms like disorder, chaos, and panic - descriptions which belie the highly ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Cornwell, B
SOC 3850
Course Description
The goal of this course is to provide a more complete analysis of the effects of mass imprisonment on urban family and community life. In it, we will consider urban family life before the prison boom, ... 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 438
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Haskins, A
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SOC 4160
Course Description
This course explores poverty and inequality in American society through the lens of ethnographic and other field-based research. We will read classic and contemporary texts which have shaped our understanding ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PAM 4160
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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 157
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Waller, 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: Inequalities: Economic, Political, Social, &Racial
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- T Stimson Hall 206
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Miller, R
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Additional Information
An investigation of the nature and moral significance of some major U.S. inequalities and proposals to reduce them: unequal political influence, unequal opportunity, the extreme concentration of income and wealth at the top, the persistence of stark racial inequalities, inequalities in education, and the interaction of disadvantages in sustaining poverty. Six meetings of the seminar will be led by eminent figures in the study of these inequalities: Benjamin Page (Political Science, Northwestern), Miles Corak (Economics, Ottawa), David Grusky (Sociology, Stanford), Prudence Carter (Education, Stanford), Cecilia Rouse (Economics, Princeton), Karl Alexander (Sociology, Johns Hopkins). In other weeks, the seminar will investigate controversies over social justice, democratic values, hierarchy, domination and freedom that shape the proper response to these inequalities, as well as studying further social inquiries.
SOC 4520
Course Description
We will undertake an in-depth study of racial inequality and its relationship to schooling. The course content is centered primarily on the schooling challenges facing Black, Latino, Asian, and Native ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4516, ASRC 4516, ASRC 6516
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M White Hall 104
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Gosa, T
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
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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- W Uris Hall 320
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Cornwell, B
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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
2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M Uris Hall 360
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Weeden, K
SOC 6020
Course Description
This course provides an in-depth examination of linear modeling. We begin with the basics of linear regression, including estimation, statistical inference, and model assumptions. We then review several ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: PAM 6820
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- T Uris Hall 360
Instructors
Bischoff, K
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- F Uris Hall 331
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Staff
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SOC 6160
Course Description
This course will provide a foundation in the fundamentals of social survey design, implementation, and analysis for graduate students who wish to conduct survey research or analyze survey data. We will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Uris Hall 360
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York Cornwell, E
SOC 6200
Course Description
This course will explore the relationship between popular belief, political action, and the institutional deployment of social power. The class will be roughly divided in three parts, opening with a discussion ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6202, ANTHR 6102, GOVT 6202, HIST 6202
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M White Hall 104
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Bensel, R
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SOC 6350
Course Description
Network sampling methods provide means for drawing probability samples of hidden and hard-to-reach populations. These populations are difficult to sample using standard survey research methods because ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- R Uris Hall 320
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Heckathorn, D
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: Inequalities: Economic, Political, Social,& Racial
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- T Stimson Hall 206
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Miller, R
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