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Graduate courses in Sociology
Courses numbered 203-299 are open to advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Courses numbered 300 and above are normally offered to matriculated doctoral students only.
SOC 203A. Tutoring: Seeing a Child through Literacy
(Same as EDUC 103A, EDUC 203A, SOC 103A.) Experience tutoring grade school readers in a low income community near Stanford under supervision. Training in tutoring; the role of instruction in developing literacy; challenges facing low income students and those whose first language is not English. How to see school and print through the eyes of a child. Ravenswood Reads tutors encouraged to enroll.
4 units, Aut (Juel, C; England, P)
SOC 205D. Sociology of Criminal Procedure: Cops and Robbers, Lawyers and Juries
(Same as SOC 105D.) Preference to undergraduates and master's students. Interdisciplinary: law and the social sciences. Major areas in American criminal procedure, including juries, search and seizure, Miranda rights, racial profiling, and the right to counsel. The changing state of the law. Sources include major cases and the work of legal scholars. Social sciences perspectives on how the law works: how reliable are suspects' confessions; do juries listen to expert witnesses; do race and class affect how the police treat people; should social science have a role in deciding what the law should be? Limited enrollment.
5 units, Sum (TafollaYoung, K), given once only
SOC 206. Political Sociology
(Same as SOC 106.) The body of state rules and institutions that work in generating legitimate and illegitimate policy claims. Interests and identities that challenged the capacity of the national state to produce effective policies. Economic processes above the national level have that undermine the role of the state as the arena for the composition of disparate interests.
5 units, Win (Parigi, P)
SOC 206D. Race in Contemporary America: Salad Bowl, Melting Pot, Land of Caublinasians?
(Same as SOC 106D.) The debate on the meaning of race in the U.S. by examining past and present race relations, trends within the emerging multiracial population, and the implications that this new population has on the significance of race in contemporary society. The growing visibility of multiraciality is seen as a sign that race does not matter as much as it did in the past versus evidence that race continues to affect people's lives including those with mixed race backgrounds. Sources include academia and popular media.
5 units, Sum (Ku, M), given once only
SOC 207. China After Mao
(Same as SOC 107.) China's post-1976 recovery from the late Mao era; its reorientation toward an open market-oriented economy; the consequences of this new model and runaway economic growth for standards of living, social life, inequality, and local governance; the political conflicts that have accompanied these changes.
5 units, Spr (Walder, A)
SOC 208. Historical Sociology
(Same as SOC 108.) The differences between historical and sociological analysis of past events. The difference between constructing sociological explanations and describing past events. Topics include: the rise of Christianity, the mafia in a Sicilian village, the trade network of the East India Company.
5 units, Aut (Parigi, P)
SOC 210. Politics and Society
(Same as SOC 110.) (Graduate students register for 210.) Themes of political sociology, conceptions of power and state structures throughout history, the origins and expansion of the modern state, linkages between state and society, impact of the modern world system on national policies, internal distribution of power and authority, structure of political group formation and individual participation in modern states, and future trends of politics and society in a globalized world. Emphasis is on developing conceptual understandings of state, society, and politics in the modern world.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 214. Economic Sociology
(Same as SOC 114.) (Graduate students register for 214.) The sociological approach to production, distribution, consumption, and markets, emphasizing the impact of norms, power, social structure, and institutions on the economy. Comparison of classic and contemporary approaches to the economy among the social science disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor markets, organization of professions such as law and medicine, the economic role of informal networks, industrial organization, including the structure and history of the computer and popular music industries, business alliances, capitalism in non-Western societies, and the transition from state socialism in E. Europe and China.
5 units, Aut (Granovetter, M)
SOC 217A. China Under Mao
(Same as SOC 117A.) (Graduate students register for 217A.) The transformation of Chinese society from the 1949 revolution to the eve of China's reforms in 1978: creation of a socialist economy, reorganization of rural society and urban workplaces, emergence of new inequalities of power and opportunity, and new forms of social conflict during Mao's Cultural Revolution of 1966-69 and its aftermath.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 218. Social Movements and Collective Action
(Same as SOC 118.) Why social movements arise, who participates in them, the obstacles they face, the tactics they choose, and how to gauge movement success or failure. Theory and empirical research. Application of concepts and methods to social movements such as civil rights, environmental justice, antiglobalization, and anti-war.
5 units, Win (McAdam, D)
SOC 219. Understanding Large-Scale Societal Change: The Case of the 1960s
(Same as SOC 119.) The demographic, economic, political, and cultural roots of social change in the 60s; its legacy in the present U.S.
5 units, Aut (McAdam, D)
SOC 220. Interpersonal Relations
(Same as SOC 120.) (Graduate students register for 220.) Forming ties, developing norms, status, conformity, deviance, social exchange, power, and coalition formation; important traditions of research have developed from the basic theories of these processes. Emphasis is on understanding basic theories and drawing out their implications for change in a broad range of situations, families, work groups, and friendship groups.
5 units, Aut (Ridgeway, C)
SOC 223. Sex and Love in Modern Society
(Same as SOC 123.) Social influences on private intimate relations involving romantic love and sexuality. Topics include the sexual revolution, contraception, dating, hook-ups, cohabitation, sexual orientation, and changing cultural meanings of marriage, gender, and romantic love.
5 units, Aut (England, P)
SOC 225A. Understanding Religion in a Global Context
(Same as SOC 125A.) American and western scholarly thought about religion from social and sociological perspectives. Challenges to assumptions in the 21st century. A framework for understanding issues such as global religious movements, religious nationalism, secular nationalism, and violence as a means to religious ends. Topics include American religious history, contemporary American religions, legal and social interpretations of freedom of religion, definitions of religious rights across the global culture, and strategic responses by policymakers.
5 units, Spr (Chang, P)
SOC 226. Introduction to Social Networks
(Same as SOC 126.) (Graduate students register for 226.) Theory, methods, and research. Concepts such as density, homogeneity, and centrality; applications to substantive areas. The impact of social network structure on individuals and groups in areas such as communities, neighborhoods, families, work life, and innovations.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 227. Bargaining, Power, and Influence in Social Interaction
(Same as SOC 127.) (Graduate students register for 227.) Research and theoretical work on bargaining, social influence, and issues of power and justice in social settings such as teams, work groups, and organizations. Theoretical approaches to the exercise of power and influence in social groups and related issues in social interaction such as the promotion of cooperation, effects of competition and conflict, negotiation, and intergroup relations. Enrollment limited to 40.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 230. Education and Society
(Same as EDUC 220C, SOC 130.) The effects of schools and schooling on individuals, the stratification system, and society. Education as socializing individuals and as legitimizing social institutions. The social and individual factors affecting the expansion of schooling, individual educational attainment, and the organizational structure of schooling.
4-5 units, not given this year
SOC 231. World, Societal, and Educational Change: Comparative Perspectives
(Same as EDUC 136, EDUC 306D.) Theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on the structural and cultural sources of educational expansion and differentiation, and on the cultural and structural consequences of educational institutionalization. Research topics: education and nation building; education, mobility, and equality; education, international organizations, and world culture.
4-5 units, Win (Ramirez, F)
SOC 235. Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in the United States
(Same as SOC 135.) Causes and consequences. Effects of antipoverty policies, and debates over effective social policies. Focus is on how poverty and inequality are experienced by families, children, and communities. Topics include welfare reform and labor market policies, education, and community-based antipoverty strategies.
5 units, Win (Wimer, C)
SOC 236. Sociology of Law
(Same as SOC 136.) (Graduate students register for 236; same as LAW 538.) Major issues and debates. Topics include: historical perspectives on the origins of law; rationality and legal sanctions; normative decision making and morality; cognitive decision making; crime and deviance; the law in action versus the law on the books; organizational responses to law in the context of labor and employment; the roles of lawyers, judges, and juries; and law and social change emphasizing the American civil rights movement.
5 units, alternate years, not given this year
SOC 238. American Indians in Comparative Historical Perspective
(Same as SOC 138.) (Graduate students register for 238.) Demographic, political, and economic processes and events that shaped relations between Euro-Americans and American Indians, 1600-1890. How the intersection of these processes affected the outcome of conflicts between these two groups, and how this conflict was decisive in determining the social position of American Indians in the late 19th century and the evolution of the doctrine of tribal sovereignty.
5 units, Win (Snipp, C)
SOC 239. American Indians in Contemporary Society
(Same as SOC 139.) (Graduate students register for 239.) The social position of American Indians in contemporary American society, 1890 to the present. The demographic resurgence of American Indians, changes in social and economic status, ethnic identification and political mobilization, and institutions such as tribal governments and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Recommended: 138 or a course in American history.
5 units, Spr (Snipp, C)
SOC 240. Introduction to Social Stratification
(Same as SOC 140.) (Graduate students register for 240.) The main classical and modern explanations of the causes of social, economic, and political inequality. Issues include: power; processes that create and maintain inequality; the central axes of inequality in contemporary societies (race, ethnicity, class, and gender); the consequences of inequality for individuals and groups; and how social policy can mitigate and exacerbate inequality. Cases include technologically simple groups, the Indian caste system, and the modern U.S.
5 units, Spr (Sandefur, R)
SOC 241. Controversies about Inequality
(Same as SOC 141.) (Graduate students register for 241.) Debate format involving Stanford and guest faculty. Forms of inequality including racial, ethnic, and gender stratification; possible policy interventions. Topics such as welfare reform, immigration policy, affirmative action, discrimination in labor markets, sources of income inequality, the duty of rich nations to help poor nations, and causes of gender inequality.
5 units, Spr (Grusky, D)
SOC 242. Sociology of Gender
(Same as SOC 142.) (Graduate students register for 242.) Gender inequality in contemporary American society and how it is maintained. The social and relative nature of knowledge and the problems this poses for understanding sex differences and gendered behavior in society. Analytical levels of explanation for gender inequalities: socialization, interaction processes, and socioeconomic processes; arguments and evidence for each approach. The social consequences of gender inequality such as the feminization of poverty, and problems of interpersonal relations.
5 units, Win (Correll, S)
SOC 243. Poverty in Brazil: From Empirical Evidence to Anti-poverty Policies
(Same as SOC 143.) The evolution of poverty in Brazil. Poverty indexes, profiles, indicators; income approach, establishment, and use of poverty lines. The working poor, informality, and education. Social security and targeted transfers. The design of anti-poverty policies.
5 units, Spr (Rocha, S)
SOC 245. Race and Ethnic Relations
(Same as SOC 145.) (Graduate students register for 245.) Race and ethnic relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. The processes that render ethnic and racial boundary markers, such as skin color, language, and culture, salient in interaction situations. Why only some groups become targets of ethnic attacks. The social dynamics of ethnic hostility and ethnic/racial protest movements.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 247A. Comparative Ethnic Conflict
(Same as SOC 147A.) Causes and consequences of racial and ethnic conflict, including nationalist movements, ethnic genocide, civil war, ethnic separatism, politics, indigenous peoples' movements, and minority rights movements around the world.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 248. Racial Identity
(Same as SOC 148.) The construction and meanings of racial identities in the U.S. Attention is on multiracial identities and the shifting boundaries of racial categories in contemporary America.
5 units, Win (McDermott, M)
SOC 249. The Urban Underclass
(Same as SOC 149, URBANST 112.) (Graduate students register for 249.) Recent research and theory on the urban underclass, including evidence on the concentration of African Americans in urban ghettos, and the debate surrounding the causes of poverty in urban settings. Ethnic/racial conflict, residential segregation, and changes in the family structure of the urban poor.
5 units, Spr (Rosenfeld, M)
SOC 249X. Urban Politics
(Same as POLISCI 121, SOC 149X, URBANST 111.) The major actors, institutions, processes, and policies of sub-state government in the U.S., emphasizing city general-purpose governments through a comparative examination of historical and contemporary politics. Issues related to federalism, representation, voting, race, poverty, housing, and finances. Prerequisite: POLISCI 2 or consent of instructor.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 255. The Changing American Family
(Same as SOC 155.) Family change from historical, social, demographic, and legal perspectives. Extramarital cohabitation, divorce, later marriage, interracial marriage, and same-sex cohabitation. The emergence of same-sex marriage as a political issue. Are recent changes in the American family really as dramatic as they seem? Theories about what causes family systems to change.
5 units, Spr (Rosenfeld, M)
SOC 257. Causal Inference in Quantitative Educational and Social Science Research
(Same as EDUC 257C.) Quantitative methods to make causal inferences in the absence of randomized experiment including the use of natural and quasi-experiments, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, matching estimators, longitudinal methods, fixed effects estimators, and selection modeling. Assumptions implicit in these approaches, and appropriateness in research situations. Students develop research proposals relying on these methods. Prerequisites: exposure to quantitative research methods; multivariate regression.
3-5 units, Spr (Reardon, S)
SOC 260. Formal Organizations
(Same as SOC 160.) (Graduate students register for 260.) The roles of formal organizations in production processes, market transactions, and social movements; and as sources of income and ladders of mobility. Relationships of modern organizations to environments and internal structures and processes. Concepts, models, and tools for analyzing organizational phenomena in contemporary societies. Sources include the literature and case studies.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 261. The Social Science of Entrepreneurship
(Same as SOC 161.) (Graduate students register for 261.) Who is likely to become an entrepreneur and where is entrepreneurship likely to occur? Classic and contemporary theory and research. Interaction with expert practitioners in creating entrepreneurial opportunities including venture and corporate capitalists. The role of culture, markets, hierarchies, and networks. Market creation and change, and factors that affect success of new organizations. Field projects on entrepreneurial environments such as technology licensing offices, entrepreneurial development organizations, venture capital firms, and corporate venturing groups.
5 units, Spr (Thornton, P)
SOC 264. Immigration and the Changing United States
(Same as SOC 164.) The role of race and ethnicity in immigrant group integration in the U.S. Topics include: theories of integration; racial and ethnic identity formation; racial and ethnic change; immigration policy; intermarriage; hybrid racial and ethnic identities; comparisons between contemporary and historical waves of immigration.
5 units, Spr (Jimenez, T)
SOC 265. Power, Gender, and the Professions
(Same as SOC 165.) Alternative views of professions and professionals, combining theories of professions and gender. The institutionalization of professional power and professional structure in the 20th century. Changing professional roles in the face of increasing bureaucratization of professional work. The role of gender in professional work, and alternative explanations for gender-based differences. How these forces operate, particularly in the professions of medicine, law, and academics.
5 units, Spr (Barr, D)
SOC 266. Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Chicanos in American Society
(Same as SOC 166.) Contemporary sociological issues affecting Mexican-origin people in the U.S. Topics include: the immigrant experience, immigration policy, identity, socioeconomic integration, internal diversity, and theories of incorporation.
5 units, Win (Jimenez, T)
SOC 270. Classics of Modern Social Theory
(Same as SOC 170.) (Graduate students register for 270). Preference to Sociology majors. Contributions of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary sociology. Topics: the problem of social order and the nature of social conflict; capitalism and bureaucracy; the relationship between social structure and politics; the social sources of religion and political ideology; and the evolution of modern societies. Examples from contemporary research illustrate the impact of these traditions. Limited enrollment.
5 units, Aut (McDermott, M)
SOC 273. Gender and Higher Education: National and International Perspectives
(Same as EDUC 273.) The effects of interactions between gender and the structures of higher education; policies seeking changes in those structures. Topics: undergraduate and graduate education, faculty field of specialization, rewards and career patterns, sexual harassment, and the development of feminist scholarship and pedagogy.
4 units, Spr (Wotipka, C)
SOC 280A. Foundations of Social Research
(Same as SOC 180A.) Formulating a research question, developing hypotheses, probability and non-probability sampling, developing valid and reliable measures, qualitative and quantitative data, choosing research design and data collection methods, challenges of making causal inference, and criteria for evaluating the quality of social research. Emphasis is on how social research is done, rather than application of different methods. Limited enrollment; preference to Sociology and Urban Studies majors, and Sociology coterms.
5 units, Aut (Sorensen, A), Spr (Sorensen, A)
SOC 280B. Evaluation of Evidence
(Same as SOC 180B.) Methods for analyzing and evaluating data in sociological research: comparative historical methods, ethnographic observation, quantitative analysis of survey data, experimentation, and simulation. Emphasis is on application of these methods through small data analysis projects. Limited enrollment; preference to Sociology majors.
5 units, Win (Rosenfeld, M)
SOC 281B. Sociological Methods: Statistics
(Same as SOC 181B.) (Graduate students register for 281B.) Statistical methods of relevance to sociology: contingency tables, correlation, and regression.
5 units, Aut (Johnson, J)
SOC 300. Workshop: Teaching Development
For first-year Sociology doctoral students only. The principles for becoming an effective instructor, adviser, and mentor to undergraduates. Topics: ethics, course organization and syllabus development, test construction and grading, conflict resolution, common classroom problems, and University policies related to matters such as sexual harassment. Technologies and other topics related to making effective presentations, and campus resources to improve classroom performance. Roundtable discussions with faculty and advanced graduate students known for teaching excellence. Students may be asked to give a demonstration lecture.
2 units, Spr (Simmons, A)
SOC 305. Graduate Proseminar
For first-year Sociology doctoral students only. Introduction and orientation to the field of Sociology.
1 unit, Aut (Grusky, D)
SOC 310. Political Sociology
Theory and research on the relationship between social structure and politics. Social foundations of political order, the generation and transformation of ideologies and political identities, social origins of revolutionary movements, and social consequences of political revolution. Prerequisite: doctoral student.
4-5 units, Spr (Walder, A)
SOC 311A. Workshop: Comparative Studies of Educational and Political Systems
(Same as EDUC 387A.) Analysis of quantitative and longitudinal data on national educational systems and political structures. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (SSPEP/ICE)
1-5 units, Aut (Ramirez, F)
SOC 311B. Workshop: Comparative Systems of Educational and Political Systems
(Same as EDUC 387B.) Analysis of quantitative and longitudinal data on national educational systems and political structures. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (SSPEP/ICE)
1-5 units, Win (Ramirez, F)
SOC 311C. Workshop: Comparative Studies of Educational and Political Systems
(Same as EDUC 387C.) Analysis of quantitative and longitudinal data on national educational systems and political structures. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (SSPEP/ICE)
1-5 units, Spr (Ramirez, F)
SOC 312W. Workshop: Political Sociology, Social Movements, and Collective Action
Faculty and student presentations of ongoing research on topics including: social movement and organizations, and the relationship between them; democracy movements; legislative and policy outcomes; and collective action tactics, strategies, and trajectories. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to Sociology doctoral students; others by consent of instructor.
1-5 units, Aut (Olzak, S; McAdam, D), Win (McAdam, D), Spr (Walder, A; McAdam, D)
SOC 314. Economic Sociology
Classical and contemporary literature covering the sociological approach to markets and the economy, and comparing it to other disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor, professions, industrial organization, and the varieties of capitalism; historical and comparative perspectives on market and non-market provision of goods and services, and on transitions among economic systems. The relative impact of culture, institutions, norms, social networks, technology, and material conditions. Prerequisite: doctoral student status or consent of instructor.
3-5 units, Aut (Granovetter, M)
SOC 315. Topics in Economic Sociology
(Same as SOC 115.) (Graduate students register for 315.) Discussion of topics initially explored in 114/214, with emphasis on countries and cultures outside N. America. Possible topics: families and ethnic groups in the economy, corporate governance and control, corporate strategy, relations among firms in industrial districts and business groups, the impact of national institutions and cultures on economic outcomes, transitions from state socialism and the role of the state in economic development. Possible case studies: the U.S., Germany, Italy, Britain, France, Brazil, Korea, India, Japan, and China. Prerequisite: 114/214 or 314.
5 units, Win (Granovetter, M)
SOC 315W. Workshop: Economic Sociology and Organizations
Theory, methods, and research in the sociology of the economy. Possible activities: participation in ongoing research projects; instruction in new methods; and presentation of ongoing research by students, faculty, or visiting speakers. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to Sociology doctoral students; others by consent of instructor.
1-5 units, Aut (Granovetter, M; Zhou, X), Win (Granovetter, M; Zhou, X), Spr (Granovetter, M; Zhou, X)
SOC 316. Historical and Comparative Sociology
Theory and research on macro-historical changes of sociological significance such as the rise of capitalism, the causes and consequences of revolutions, and the formation of the modern nation state and global world system. Methodological issues in historical and comparative sociology.
3-5 units, not given this year
SOC 318. Social Movements and Collective Action
Topics: causes, dynamics, and outcomes of social movements; organizational dimensions of collective action; and causes and consequences of individual activism.
3-5 units, alternate years, not given this year
SOC 320. Foundations of Social Psychology
Major theoretical perspectives, and their assumptions and problems, in interpersonal processes and social psychology. Techniques of investigation and methodological issues. Perspectives: symbolic interaction, social structure and personality, and cognitive and group processes.
3-5 units, Win (Ridgeway, C)
SOC 321W. Workshop: Social Psychology and Social Structure
Current theories and research agendas, recent publications, and presentations of ongoing research by faculty and students. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
1-5 units, Aut (Cook, K; Ridgeway, C), Win (Cook, K; Ridgeway, C), Spr (Cook, K; Ridgeway, C)
SOC 322. Social Interaction, Social Structure, and Social Exchange
Current theory and research on topics such as social cognition and identity, group processes, bargaining and negotiation, social justice, social dilemmas and exchange, and networks and collective action. The social exchange approach.
3-5 units, Aut (Cook, K)
SOC 323. Sociology of the Family
Sociological research on changing family forms. Topics include courtship, marriage, fertility, divorce, conflict, relationship skills and satisfaction, gender patterns, power relations within the family, and class and race differences in patterns.
3-5 units, Spr (Rosenfeld, M)
SOC 324. Social Networks
How the study of social networks contributes to sociological research. Application of core concepts to patterns of relations among actors, including connectivity and clusters, duality of categories and networks, centrality and power, balance and transitivity, structural equivalence, and blockmodels. Friendship and kinship networks, diffusion of ideas and infectious diseases, brokerage in markets and organizations, and patronage and political influence in historical contexts.
3-5 units, not given this year
SOC 327. Frontiers of Social Psychology
Advanced topics, current developments, theory, and empirical research. Possible topics include social identity processes, status beliefs and processes, social exchange, affect and social cohesion, legitimacy, social difference and inequality, norms, and social dilemmas.
1-5 units, Aut (Ridgeway, C)
SOC 332. Sociology of Education: The Social Organization of Schools
(Same as EDUC 110, EDUC 310, SOC 132.) Seminar. Key sociological theories and empirical studies of the links between education and its role in modern society, focusing on frameworks that deal with sources of educational change, the organizational context of schooling, the impact of schooling on social stratification, and the relationships between the educational system and other social institutions such as families, neighborhoods, and the economy.
4 units, Win (Carter, P)
SOC 333. Law and Wikinomics: The Economic and Social Organization of the Legal Profession
(Same as SOC 133.) (Graduate and Law students enroll in 333.) Seminar. Emphasis is on the labor market for large-firm lawyers, including the market for entry-level lawyers, attorney retention and promotion practices, lateral hiring of partners, and increased use of forms of employment such as the non-equity form of partnership. Race and gender discrimination and occupational segregation; market-based pressure tactics for organizational reform. Students groups collect and analyze data about the profession and its markets. Multimedia tools for analysis and for producing workplace reforms. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
1-5 units, Win (Dauber, M)
SOC 338W. Workshop: Sociology of Law
(Same as LAW 581.) Required for joint degree J.D./Ph.D. students in Sociology in the first three years of program; open to Ph.D. students in Sociology and related disciplines. Empirical, sociological study of law and legal institutions. Topics such as the relation of law to inequality and stratification, social movements, organizations and institutions, political sociology and state development, and the social construction of disputes and dispute resolution processes. Research presentations. Career development issues. May be repeated for credit.
1-5 units, Win (Dauber, M; Sandefur, R)
SOC 339. Gender Meanings and Processes
Current theories and research on the social processes, such as socialization, status processes, stereotyping, and cognition, that produce gender difference and inequality. Intersections of gender with race, class, and bodies. Applications to workplaces, schools, families, and intimate relationships. Prerequisite: Sociology doctoral student or consent of instructor
1-5 units, Spr (Correll, S)
SOC 340. Social Stratification
Classical and contemporary approaches to the unequal distribution of goods, status, and power. Modern analytic models of the effects of social contact, cultural capital, family background, and luck in producing inequality. The role of education in stratification. The causes and consequences of inequality by race and gender. The structure of social classes, status groupings, and prestige hierarchies in various societies. Labor markets and their role in inequality. The implications of inequality for individual lifestyles. The rise of the new class, the underclass, and other emerging forms of stratification. Prerequisite: Ph.D. student or consent of instructor.
3-5 units, Spr (Sandefur, R)
SOC 341W. Workshop: Inequality
Causes, consequences, and structure of inequality; how inequality results from and shapes social classes, occupations, professions, and other aspects of the economy. Research presentations by students, faculty, and guest speakers. Discussion of controversies, theories, and recent writings. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to Sociology doctoral students; others by consent of instructor.
1-5 units, Aut (Grusky, D; Correll, S), Win (Grusky, D; Correll, S; Tuma, N), Spr (Grusky, D; Correll, S)
SOC 342B. Gender and Social Structure
The role of gender in structuring contemporary life. Social forces affecting gender at the psychological, interactional, and structural levels. Gender inequality in labor markets, education, the household, and other institutions. Theories and research literature.
3-5 units, not given this year
SOC 345. Seminar in Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations
Restricted to doctoral students. Factors that create, maintain, and diminish the salience of race and ethnic boundaries. Theoretical debates surrounding the emergence, persistence, and change in racial and ethnic boundaries, nationalism and sovereignty, and mobilization. Empirical evidence on race and ethnic tensions, conflict, and warfare. The relationship between democracy, immigration, and diversity.
3-5 units, not given this year
SOC 347. Race and Ethnicity in Society and Institutions
(Same as EDUC 315X.) Primarily for doctoral students. Major theories and empirical research. Emphasis is on schooling and race, racial identity, urban issues, and the impact of immigration on race relations.
1-5 units, Win (McDermott, M; Carter, P)
SOC 358. Sociology of Immigration
Topics include: the process of migration; historical perspectives; immigrant integration; transnationalism; immigration policy; labor; nations and nationalism.
1-5 units, Spr (Jimenez, T)
SOC 359. Organizations and Uncertainty
Organizations and environments characterized by institutional uncertainty. Beliefs at the roots of shared routines and institutional myths are absent. Institutionalists and neo-institutionalists, organizations facing uncertain institutional environments.
3-5 units, Win (Parigi, P)
SOC 361. Social Psychology of Organizations
(Same as OB 671.) Seminar. Social psychological theories and research relevant to organizational behavior. Current research topics; theories in micro-organizational behavior. Topics include models of attribution, choice and decision making, intergroup behavior, stereotyping, and social influence. Prerequisites: Ph.D student; graduate-level social psychology course.
4 units, Win (Lowery, B)
SOC 361W. Workshop: Networks and Organizations
(Same as EDUC 361.) For students doing advanced research. Group comments and criticism on dissertation projects at any phase of completion, including data problems, empirical and theoretical challenges, presentation refinement, and job market presentations. Collaboration, debate, and shaping research ideas. Prerequisite: courses in organizational theory or social network analysis.
1-5 units, Aut (McFarland, D), Win (McFarland, D), Spr (McFarland, D)
SOC 362. Organization and Environment
(Same as OB 672.) Leading sociological approaches to analyzing relations of organizations and environments emphasizing dynamics. Theoretical formulations, research designs, and results of empirical studies.
4 units, Aut (Carroll, G)
SOC 363. Social and Political Process in Organizations
(Same as OB 676.) Cognition, attitudes, and behavior in organizations. Social psychological and sociological research at the meso, or intermediate between micro and macro, level of analysis. Topics vary from year to year, but may include: organizational learning and decision making; power and conflict; emotions in organizations; mobility and stratification; gender inequality and discrimination; networks; organizational justice and legitimacy; and cultural perspectives on organizations. Prerequisite: Ph.D student.
4 units, Spr (Staff)
SOC 363A. Seminar on Organizational Theory
(Same as EDUC 375A.) The social science literature on organizations assessed through consideration of the major theoretical traditions and lines of research predominant in the field.
5 units, not given this year
SOC 363B. Seminar on Organizations: Institutional Analysis
(Same as EDUC 375B.) Seminar. Key lines of inquiry on organizational change, emphasizing network, institutional, and evolutionary arguments.
3-5 units, not given this year
SOC 364. Perspectives on the Social Psychology of Organizations
(Same as OB 673.) Topics relevant to organizational behavior, drawing on social psychological and sociological research. How theories and methods change as levels of analysis change, focusing on the organizational meso (intermediate between micro and macro) level. Topics vary annually, but may include: organizational learning or routines; power; emotions in organizations; diversity and demography; organizational identity and legitimacy; culture; contagion and diffusion. Focus is on theory development processes, and writing journal articles. Prerequisite: enrollment in a Ph.D. program.
4 units, Win (Staff)
SOC 366. Organization Studies: Theories and Analyses
(Same as EDUC 288.) Principles of organizational behavior and analysis; theories of group and individual behavior; organizational culture; and applications to school organization and design. Case studies.
4 units, Aut (Drori, G)
SOC 366A. Organizational Ecology
(Same as OB 601.) This seminar examines theoretical and methodological issues in the study of the ecology of organizations. Particular attention is given to the dynamics that characterize the interface between organizational populations and their audiences.
4 units
SOC 367. Institutional Analysis of Organizations
Reading and research on the nature, origins, and effects of the modern institutional system. Emphasis is on the effects of institutional systems on organizational structure.
3-5 units, Win (Scott, W)
SOC 368W. Workshop: China Social Science
(Same as POLISCI 348R.) For Ph.D. students in the social sciences and history. Research on contemporary society and politics in the People's Republic of China. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
1 unit, Aut (Walder, A; Zhou, X; Oi, J), Win (Walder, A; Zhou, X; Oi, J), Spr (Walder, A; Zhou, X; Oi, J)
SOC 369. Social Network Analysis
(Same as EDUC 316.) The educational applications of social network analysis. Introduction to social network theory, methods, and research applications in sociology. Network concepts of interactionist (balance, cohesion, centrality) and structuralist (structural equivalence, roles, duality) traditions are defined and applied to topics in small groups, social movements, organizations, communities. Students apply these techniques to data on schools and classrooms. (SSPEP)
4-5 units, Aut (McFarland, D)
SOC 370A. Sociological Theory: Social Structure, Inequality, and Conflict
Restricted to doctoral students.The traditions of structural analysis derived from the work of Marx, Weber, and related thinkers. Antecedent ideas in foundational works are traced through contemporary theory and research on political conflict, social stratification, formal organization, and the economy.
3-5 units, Aut (Olzak, S)
SOC 370B. Social Interaction and Group Process
Theoretical strategies for the study of interaction, group, and network processes, including rational choice and exchange theory, the theory of action, symbolic interactionism, formal sociology, and social phenomenology. Antecedent ideas in foundational works and contemporary programs of theoretical research.
3-5 units, alternate years, not given this year
SOC 372. Theoretical Analysis and Design
Theoretical analysis and the logical elements of design, including the systematic analysis of the logical structure of arguments, the relationship of arguments to more encompassing theoretical or metatheoretical assumptions, the derivation of logical implications from arguments, assessments of theoretically significant problems or gaps in knowledge.
3-5 units, Aut (Zelditch, M)
SOC 374. Research Workshop: Philanthropy and Civil Society
(Same as EDUC 374, POLISCI 334.) Associated with the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). Year-long workshop for doctoral students and advanced undergraduates writing senior theses on the nature of civil society or philanthropy. Focus is on pursuit of progressive research and writing contributing to the current scholarly knowledge of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy. Accomplished in a large part through peer review. Readings include recent scholarship in aforementioned fields. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 9 units.
1-3 units, Aut (Reich, R; Meyerson, D), Win (Reich, R; Meyerson, D), Spr (Reich, R; Meyerson, D)
SOC 376. Perspectives on Organization and Environment
(Same as OB 674.) Sociologists and organizational scholars have increasingly come to recognize that networks are not simply relevant as conduits for the flow of information and resources, but are critical determinants of identity, shaping preferences and influencing perceptions of the qualities that inhere in actors. Research that informs the link between networks and identity based on intellectual traditions such as social exchange theory, role theory, and economic and historical sociology.
4 units, Win (Barnett, W)
SOC 377. Comparing Institutional Forms: Public, Private, and Nonprofit
(Same as EDUC 377, GSBGEN 346.) Seminar. For students interested in the nonprofit sector, and those in the joint Business and Education program. The missions, functions, and capabilities of nonprofit, public, and private organizations. Focus is on sectors with significant competition among institutional forms, including health care, social services, the arts, and education. Sources include scholarly articles, cases, and historical materials. Advanced undergraduates require consent of instructor.
4 units
SOC 378. Seminar on Institutional Theory and World Society
Sociological analyses of the rise and impact of the expanded modern world order, with its internationalized organizations and globalized discourse. Consequences for national and local society: education, political organization, economic structure, the environment, and science. The centrality of the individual and the rationalized organization as legitimated actors.
1-5 units, Win (Staff)
SOC 380. Qualitative Methods
Priority to Sociology doctoral students. Emphasis is on observational and interview-based research. Limited enrollment.
3-5 units, not given this year
SOC 381. Sociological Methodology I: Introduction
Enrollment limited to first-year Sociology doctoral students. Basic math and statistics. Types of variables, how to recode and transform variables, and how to manage different types of data sets. Introduction to statistical packages and programming.
2-3 units, Aut (Levanon, A; Ku, M)
SOC 382. Sociological Methodology II: The General Linear Model
Preference to Sociology doctoral students. The general linear model for discrete and continuous variables. Introduction to model selection, the principles of estimation, assessment of fit, and modeling diagnostics. Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisites: 281A,B or equivalents.
3-6 units, Win (Tuma, N)
SOC 383. Sociological Methodology III: Advanced Models for Discrete Outcomes
Required for Ph.D. in Sociology; enrollment limited to first-year Sociology doctoral students. The rationale for and interpretation of static and dynamic models for the analysis of discrete variables. Prerequisites: 281A,B and 382, or equivalents.
4-5 units, Spr (Zhou, X)
SOC 384. New Models and Methods in the Social Sciences
Two-week intensive introduction to new statistical approaches. Emphasis is on applications. Topics may include network models, multilevel models, latent class models, mixed methods, new qualitative methods, growth models, geostatistical tools, survey-based experiments, new methods for estimating causal effects, web-based surveys, advanced discrete choice models, and diffusion models.
2-5 units, Sum (Grusky, D)
SOC 385A. Research Practicum 1
Workshop on research methods. Ongoing student research, methodological problems, and possible solutions.
1-2 units, Aut (Staff)
SOC 385B. Research Practicum II
Continuation of 385A.
1-2 units, Win (England, P)
SOC 388. Log-Linear Models
Analysis of categorical data with log-linear and negative binomial models. Measures of fit and hypothesis testing.
3-5 units, not given this year
SOC 389. Mixed Method Research Design and Analysis
Research designs that incorporate qualitative and quantitative analyses in a single project. The tension between thinking case-wise and variable-wise; how the focus on relationships between variables that is the hallmark of the quantitative approach can be brought into qualitative work.
3-5 units, not given this year
SOC 390. Graduate Individual Study
May be repeated for credit.
1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
SOC 391. Graduate Directed Research
May be repeated for credit.
1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
SOC 392. Research Apprenticeship
May be repeated for credit.
1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
SOC 393. Teaching Apprenticeship
1-15 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
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