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SOC/WGS 281 Sociology of Families (3) Families and their connections to other social and economic institutions. Diversity of family forms and experiences. Formation and dissolution of relationships. Trends and changes.
SOC 300 Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care (3) To offer students a broad overview of health and society from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
SOC 300 Sociology of Work and Labor (3) To inspire deeper engagement with and new ways of thinking about the past, present, and future of work and labor.
SOC 300 Global Capitalism (3) This course begins with a study of the 2008 global financial crisis and the “populist” political cycle it opened. We set the crisis in broader historical terms and delve into the origins of capitalism, studying its political effects from a historical perspective.
SOC 300 Sociology of Education (3) This course examines the ways in which educational inequality reproduces social inequality in broader society
SOC 300 Asian Americans and Social Inequality (3) To familiarize you with major issues and potential controversies about Asian American experiences of social inequality, primarily in education and the labor market.
SOC300 Selected Topics in Sociology (1-3)
SOC/WGS 305 Sociology of Sex and Gender (3) Social forces shaping women’s and men’s lives in contemporary societies. Changing gender expectations. Intersections of gender with race and ethnicity, class, and age. Social movements for women’s and men’s liberation.
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SOC 400 Selected Topics in Sociology (1-3)
SOC 400 Minority Groups: Black & Latinx Americans (3) This course focuses on social science theory and research about two major groups, African Americans and Latinos in the United States.
SOC 400 Veterans Across the Life Cycle (3) Exploration of the impact of military service on early, mid, and late adult life course outcomes inclusive of socioeconomic standing and health.SOC 400 Health and Place (3) This interdisciplinary course provides an overview of the concepts, measurement, and study of population health and health inequalities across multiple geographic scales, including inter- and intra-national, regional, urban/rural, and neighborhood-level differences.
SOC 403 Environmental Sociology (3) In this course we will examine the ways in which our contemporary society depends on natural resources from around the world and the ways that social institutions create environmental problems and attempt to solve them.
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