Sociology Graduate Courses

Some courses may not be offered every year. Check with the college or department office for current information about when specific courses are offered.

For course syllabi, see the departmental website.

SOC 504 GENDER CONSTRUCTIONS (3)

Analysis of gender as a social construction that organizes our practices, identities, interactions, and institutions in particular ways, depending on era, culture, and interactions with sexuality, class, race-ethnicity, and age.

SOC 504H GENDER CONSTRUCTION - HONORS (3)

SOC 510 SOCIOLOGY OF SPORTS AND LEISURE (3)

General sociological perspectives on sport and the impact of sport on the social structure. Focuses on the meaning sport has for society and socially problematic conditions generated by sport.

SOC 512 RACE, CLASS AND GENDER IN THE U.S. (3)

This course analyzes race, class, and gender as intersectional structures that inform identities, interactions, and institutions in the United States. Letter grade only.

SOC 515 RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS (3)

Critical theoretical analysis of race and ethnic relations in the United States. Topics include prejudice, discrimination, affirmative action, and strategies for culturally diverse societies.

SOC 528 SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH (3)

Sociological theory and research on mental health/illness; historical and contemporary social/cultural conceptions; social epidemiology, labeling and diagnosis; social control; policy and treatment.

SOC 560 AGING POLICY (3)

Major policy issues that include health, employment and retirement, income security, social services and housing are examined. Policies are examined using policy analysis frameworks that are presented. Anticipated changed to current aging policies will be examined.

SOC 599 CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS (1-3)

Examines recent trends and investigations in a selected area of a particular field of study. Pass-fail or letter grade, depending on departmental policy. May be repeated for credit.

SOC 599H CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS - HONORS (1-3)

Examines recent trends and investigations in a selected area of a particular field of study. Pass-fail or letter grade, depending on departmental policy. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Honors Student Group

SOC 608 FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE (1-12)

Pass-fail only.

SOC 610 SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY (3)

May be repeated for up to 12 hours of credit.

SOC 610H SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY - HONORS (3)

May be repeated for up to 12 hours of credit. Prerequisite: Honors Student Group

SOC 616 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (3)

Relationship between the individual and the social system, emphasizing contexts within which interpersonal behavior occurs: the small group, the large-scale organization, the community, and the society.

SOC 619 SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITIONS (3)

Discussion of foundations of contemporary sociological thought. Readings are from classical theorists, e.g., Durkheim, Marx, Mead, Weber, and others. Examines concepts such as class, power, social structure, self and consciousness.

SOC 630 SOCIAL POLICY (3)

Critically reviews the structural, financial, and other policy issues that are part of our current social service delivery systems.

SOC 631 ADVANCED PLANNING FOR HUMAN SERVICES (3)

Contemporary social and community-action programs and their relationship to sociological theory; development of proposed programs.

SOC 641 SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE (3)

Theoretical and empirical analyses of deviance; social construction; societal reactions; deviant subcultures.

SOC 642 THEORIES OF SOCIAL CONTROL (3)

Theories of social control and their application in institutional and social settings; focus on historical development of control theories and contemporary research efforts dealing with these theoretical perspectives.

SOC 651 APPLIED SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (3)

Advanced and systematic study of sociological theory, with special emphasis on the contexts in which social thought has developed and its application to contemporary issues and practice.

SOC 653 APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS (3)

Research methodology in applied sociology. Particular emphasis on fundamentals of research design; survey research design; sampling; and survey and interview instrument construction.

SOC 654 QUALITATIVE METHODS AND ANALYSIS (3)

Characteristics, applications, and implications of qualitative research methods; comparison of positivist and interpretive forms of qualitative research. Prerequisite: SOC 653

SOC 655 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS (3)

Quantitative research methodology techniques for survey data management and analysis. Emphasizes linear multivariate statistical techniques. Crosslisted as CJ 656. Prerequisite: SOC 653 or CJ 615

SOC 656 PROGRAM EVALUATION (3)

Applies social research methods and theory to the evaluation of social and public health programs; particular emphasis upon types of evaluations conducted and various research designs used in evaluating programs. Crosslisted as PSY 656.

SOC 656 PROGRAM EVALUATION (3)

SOC 660 SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY (3)

Emergence of aging as an issue in industrial societies; analyzes the aging process and social ramifications on the individual role, status, and impact on society.

SOC 661 DEMOGRAPHY (3)

Quantitative and qualitative study of human population size, growth, composition, and distribution. Analysis on both global and regional levels.

SOC 685 GRADUATE RESEARCH (1-6)

Letter grade or pass-fail. Department consent required.

SOC 696 INTERNSHIP 3 9

Supervised placement in a social agency. Department consent required.

SOC 697 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3)

Letter grade or pass-fail. Department consent required.

SOC 698 GRADUATE SEMINAR (1-3)

Letter grade or pass-fail. Department consent required.

SOC 699 THESIS (1-9)

Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. May be repeated as needed. Department consent required. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program. Prerequisite: Admission to Sociology-Applied (MA)