Undergraduate Courses in Sociology Below we list undergraduate courses in Sociology. All sociology students are required to take 101, 300, 301, and 302 plus one 200-level course in two of three areas (Individual and Group Behavior, Social Institutions, and Macro, Comparative, Historical Change). Sociology majors must take nine courses within the department including those listed above. Two of the nine courses may come from other departments (cognates) with the approval of the Departmental Representative. In addition to the courses listed below, seniors are allowed to take graduate courses in the department with the approval of the faculty and the Departmental Representative.

Course Schedules are available here.

More information is available in the Undergraduate Handbook located here.

A list of graduate courses can be found here.

Required Courses

SOC 101 - The Sociological Perspective
Orientation to basic sociological concepts as analytical tools for the study of continuities and change in social and individual behavior. Influence of family, school, and the market. Social construction of self and selected aspects of the life course including childhood, love, and death.
M. Duneier & D. Pager

SOC 300 - Claims and Evidence in Sociology
Interpretion and evaluation of arguments in the sociological literature. Learning to read and write critically in sociology. Preparing claims and providing evidence in sociology.
K. Yeung

SOC 301 - Sociological Research Methods
An overview of the research process in social science, including techniques of sampling, methods of data collection, principles of measurement, problems of inference and proof, basic methods of data analysis, and ethical considerations.
S. Lynch

SOC 302 - Sociological Theory
A systematic survey of the principal concepts underlying all sociological description and explanation-prediction, with special attention to the different ways these concepts are employed int eh four currently leading groups of theories, namely structural functionalism, exchange theory, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
P. Fernandez-Kelly

Individual and Group Behavior (* denotes a permanent course offering)

SOC 214 - Creativity, Innovation and Society *
K. Yeung

SOC 223 - Deviance and Social Control
D. Pager

SOC 241 - The Social Basis of Individual Behavior*
Staff

Social Institutions

SOC 201 - American Society and Politics*
P. Starr

SOC 221 - Inequality: Class, Race, Gender*
Staff

SOC 222 - The Sociology of Crime and Punishment*
D. Pager

SOC 224/CHV 224 The Sociology of Law
K. Scheppele

SOC 225WOM 225 - Sex, Sexuality, and Gender*
Staff

SOC 227 - Race and Ethnicity*
P. Fernandez-Kelly

SOC 240 - Family and Kinship*
Staff

Macro, Comparative and Historical Change

SOC 210/LAS 210 - Urban Sociology: The City and Social Change in the Americas*
P. Fernandez-Kelly

SOC 245/LAS 245 - Social Change: Modernization and Revolution*
M. Centeno

SOC 248/LAS 248 - Modern Mexican Society*
M. Centeno

SOC 250 - The Western Way of War*
M. Centeno

SOC 284 - Mapping Globalization: History, Structures, and Challenges
M. Centeno

300-level Courses

SOC 303/EAS 303 - Strategic Asia
G. Rozman

SOC 306 - The East Asian Region*
G. Rozman

SOC 307 - National Identities and Great Powers*
G. Rozman

SOC 308 - China and Russia, Comparisons and Relations*
G. Rozman

SOC 309/LAS 309 - Topics in the Sociology of Latin America*
A. Portes

SOC 310/LAS 310 - Gender and Development in the Americas*
P. Fernandez-Kelly

SOC 322 - Elites, Leadership, and Society*
Staff

SOC 323 - Social Networks
M. Salganik

SOC 324 - Social Welfare as a Social Institution
R. Rogers-Dillon

SOC 333 - Sociology of the Family
Staff

SOC 335/POL 359 - Political Sociology
D. Baldassarri

SOC 336 - The Sociology of Poverty*
S. McLanahan

SOC 338/LAS 338 - The Sociology of Latinos in the U.S.*
M. Centeno

SOC 339 - Sociology of International Migration
Staff

SOC 340 - God of Many Faces: Comparative Perspectives on Migration and Religion
P. Fernandez-Kelly

SOC 342 - Organizations: Management, Bureaucracy, and Work*
M. Ruef

SOC 344 - Communications, Culture and Society*
P. Starr

SOC 345 - Money, Work, and Social Life*
V. Z

SOC 347 - The Social Life of the Metropolis
P. Kasinitz

SOC 349 - An Introduction to Contemporary French Sociology
M. Gabowitsch

SOC 360 - Education and Society*
Staff

SOC 361 - Culture, Power, and Inequality*
Staff

SOC 362 - Sociology of Religion*
Staff

SOC 363 - Religion in the United States*
Staff

SOC 364/CHV 364 - Sociology of Medicine*
E. Armstrong

SOC 365 - Health, Society and Politics*
P. Starr

SOC 368 - Special Topics in Sociology*
Staff

400-level Courses

SOC 404 - Social Statistics*
A. Harris

Other Courses

AAS 202/SOC 202 - Introductory Research Methods in African-American Studies*
Staff

AAS 334/SOC 334 - Educating a New Majority*
R. Hope

AAS 391/SOC 391 - Race, Class, and Intelligence in America*
Staff

AAS 407/SOC 407 - Race, Social Inequality, and Education
A. Harris

AFS 373/SOC 373 - Race, Class and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa
J. Burns & J. Seekings

AMS 329/SOC 329 Immigrant America*
A. Portes

ECO 339/SOC 351 - Introduction to Population Problems*
Staff

URB 201/SOC 203 Introduction to Urban Studies*
D. Massey

WWS 309/SOC 313 - Media and Public Policy*
P. Starr

WWS 317/SOC 312/AAS 317 - Race and Public Policy*
D. Massey

WWS 465/SOC 465 Special Topics in Public Affairs
Staff

WWS 469/URB 469/SOC 469 - Health, Housing, Employment
K. Newman

WWS 481/SOC 481 - Race and Public Policy
D. Massey

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