Sociology (SOC)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

SOC 1101

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5122 SOC 1101   LEC 001

  •  6204 SOC 1101   DIS 201

  •  6205 SOC 1101   DIS 202

  •  6206 SOC 1101   DIS 203

  •  6207 SOC 1101   DIS 204

  •  6208 SOC 1101   DIS 205

  •  6209 SOC 1101   DIS 206

  •  7608 SOC 1101   DIS 207

  •  8874 SOC 1101   DIS 209

  •  8875 SOC 1101   DIS 210

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    • Bischoff, K

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SOC 1900

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1901PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Inequalities: How Deep? Why? What Should Be Done?

  • 18739 SOC 1900   SEM 101

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1901PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Inequalities: How Deep? Why? What Should Be Done?

  • 18740 SOC 1900   SEM 102

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1901PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Inequalities: How Deep? Why? What Should Be Done?

  • 18843 SOC 1900   SEM 103

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1901PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Inequalities: How Deep? Why? What Should Be Done?

  • 18844 SOC 1900   SEM 104

  • 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

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18265 SOC 2190   LEC 001

  • 18266 SOC 2190   DIS 201

  • 18267 SOC 2190   DIS 202

SOC 2206

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 2050SOC 2206

  • 3-4 Credits Graded

  •  5270 SOC 2206   LEC 001

  • 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.

  •  7387 SOC 2206   DIS 201

  •  7613 SOC 2206   DIS 202

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 2050SOC 2206

  • 3-4 Credits Graded

  •  7386 SOC 2206   LEC 002

  •  8736 SOC 2206   DIS 203

SOC 2208

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 2090

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8878 SOC 2208   LEC 001

SOC 2250

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16901 SOC 2250   LEC 001

SOC 2460

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6567 SOC 2460   LEC 001

  •  6568 SOC 2460   DIS 201

  •  6569 SOC 2460   DIS 202

  •  6570 SOC 2460   DIS 203

  •  6571 SOC 2460   DIS 204

SOC 2520

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2504ASRC 2504GOVT 2604

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18271 SOC 2520   LEC 001

SOC 2650

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2655DSOC 2650LSP 2010

  • 3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5128 SOC 2650   LEC 001

SOC 3130

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 3111DSOC 3111STS 3111

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17269 SOC 3130   LEC 001

  • Course open to Sophomore, Junior and Senior students.

  • 17270 SOC 3130   DIS 201

  • 17271 SOC 3130   DIS 202

  • 17272 SOC 3130   DIS 203

SOC 3160

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16911 SOC 3160   SEM 101

SOC 3240

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 3240STS 3241

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7668 SOC 3240   LEC 001

SOC 3330

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3221STS 3321

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17826 SOC 3330   LEC 001

SOC 3370

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 3370

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7850 SOC 3370   LEC 001

SOC 3650

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16954 SOC 3650   SEM 101

SOC 3850

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16914 SOC 3850   SEM 101

SOC 4160

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 4160

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7219 SOC 4160   LEC 001

SOC 4430

Advanced discussion of topics in social and political philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Inequalities: Economic, Political, Social, &Racial

  • 16685 SOC 4430   LEC 001

  • 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

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4516ASRC 4516ASRC 6516

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18275 SOC 4520   SEM 101

SOC 4910

This is for undergraduates who wish to obtain research experience or to do extensive reading on a special topic. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6186 SOC 4910   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Strang, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7245 SOC 4910   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Weeden, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7944 SOC 4910   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Wethington, E

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7945 SOC 4910   IND 604

    • TBA
    • York Cornwell, E

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9162 SOC 4910   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Velez, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18961 SOC 4910   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Bischoff, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19038 SOC 4910   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Swedberg, R

SOC 4950

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6187 SOC 4950   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Staff

SOC 4960

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6188 SOC 4960   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Staff

SOC 5020

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7113 SOC 5020   SEM 101

SOC 5190

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 16915 SOC 5190   SEM 101

SOC 6020

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: PAM 6820

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7114 SOC 6020   SEM 101

  •  9041 SOC 6020   DIS 201

SOC 6160

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17249 SOC 6160   SEM 101

SOC 6200

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16621 SOC 6200   SEM 101

SOC 6350

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16913 SOC 6350   SEM 101

SOC 6430

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Inequalities: Economic, Political, Social,& Racial

  • 16689 SOC 6430   LEC 001

SOC 6910

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6214 SOC 6910   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

SOC 8920

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6216 SOC 8920   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Staff

SOC 8960

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6215 SOC 8960   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Staff