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RUSS 8210 - Advanced Structure of Russian: Phonology and Morphology
Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RUSS 8220 - Advanced Structure of Russian: Syntax and Semantics
Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RUSS 8999 - Master’s Thesis
Research for and final preparation of M.A. thesis.
Credits: 3
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RUSS 9999 - Non-Topical Research, Doctoral
For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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Sanskrit |
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SANS 5010 - Elementary Sanskrit I
A study of sounds of Sanskrit, the Devanagari script and the basic grammar. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 5012 - Selections from the Mahabharata
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce students’ knowledge of grammar from SANS 502, to expand vocabulary and to introduce the Mahabharata, one of ancient India’s major epics. Prerequisite: SANS 502 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 5014 - Selections from the Ramayana of Valmiki
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce student’s knowledge of grammar from SANS 502, to expand vocabulary, and to introduce the Ramayana of Valmiki, one of two major epics of ancient India, and the ‘first poem’ in Sanskrit. Prerequisite: SANS 502 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 5016 - Selections from the Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce student’s knowledge of grammar from SANS 502, to expand vocabulary, and to introduce the Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva, the most important collection of story literature in Sanskrit. Prerequisite: SANS 502 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 5020 - Elementary Sanskrit II
A continuation of SANS 501. Prerequisite: SANS 501 or instructor permission. Note: The following six courses are all intermediate level Sanskrit courses. They are offered two-by-two in a three-year rotation.
Credits: 3
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SANS 5022 - The Bhagavadgita
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce students’ knowledge of grammar from SANS 502, to expand vocabulary and to introduce the Bhagavadgita, a major religious text of ancient India. Prerequisite: SANS 502 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 5024 - Selections from the Upanisads
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce student’s knowledge of grammar from SANS 502, to expand vocabulary, and to introduce the Upanisads, a major spiritual text of ancient India. Prerequisite: SANS 502.
Credits: 3
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SANS 5026 - Selections from the Puranas
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce student’s knowledge of grammar from SANS 502, to expand vocabulary, and to introduce the huge corpus of Puranic texts. Prerequisite: SANS 502.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7010 - Classical Plays and Poetry
A close reading of theatrical and poetic works from the classical period of Sanskrit literature, approximately 150 BCE to 1200 CE.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7020 - Literary Theory
A close reading of texts in South Asia’s long history of literary theory. Texts readings include, but are not limited to, the Natyasastra, the Kavyalamkara of Bhamaha, the Kavyadarsa, the Kavyalamkara of Rudrata, the Sarasvatikanthabharana, the Kavyanusasana, the Kavyaprakasa, the Kavyalamakarasutravrtti, the Rasagangadhara, and the Dhvanyaloka. Prerequisite: SANS 701 or at least three courses from SANS 503-508.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7030 - Philosophical Texts I
A close reading of texts in these philosophical traditions of South Asia: Nyaya, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Sankhya, Yoga and Vaisesika.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7040 - Philosophical Texts II
A close reading of texts in these philosophical traditions of South Asia: Nyaya, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Sankhya, Yoga and Vaisesika.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7051 - Vedic Texts I
A close reading of Vedic texts. Readings may come from the four Samhita texts, the Brahmanas, or the Aranyakas. Prerequisite: At least two courses from SANS 503-508.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7052 - Vedic Texts II
A close reading of Vedic texts. Readings may come from the four Samhita texts, the Brahmanas, or the Aranyakas. Prerequisite: SANS 751, a Sanskrit reading course in Religious Studies, or at least three courses from SANS 503-508.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7053 - Texts in the Science and Philosophy of Grammar I
A close reading of texts in the linguistic tradition of Panini. Text readings include, but are not limited to, the Mahabhasya, the Kasika, the Paribhasendusekhara, and the Siddhantakaumudi, each with its many commentaries. Prerequisite: at least two courses from SANS 503-508.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7054 - Texts in the Science and Philosophy of Grammar II
A close reading of texts in the linguistic tradition of Panini. Text readings include, but are not limited to, the Mahabhasya, the Kasika, the Paribhasendusekhara, and the Siddhantakaumudi, each with its many commentaries. Prerequisite: SANS 753, a Sanskrit reading course in Religious Studies, or at least three courses from SANS 503-508.
Credits: 3
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SANS 8993 - Independent Study in Sanskrit
Independent Study in Sanskrit.
Credits: 1 to 3
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Science, Technology, and Society |
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STS 5500 - Topics in Technology and Society
A first-level graduate/advanced undergraduate course relates technology or engineering to the broader culture. The specific subject will differ from time to time.
Credits: 3
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STS 5993 - Independent Study: Technology and Society
Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member.
Credits: 1 to 12
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Slavic |
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SLAV 5250 - Introduction to Slavic Linguistics
Introduction to Slavic Linguistics
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5310 - Slavic Folktale
Slavic Folktale
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5320 - Slavic Folklore and Oral Literature
Treats the major genres of Russian oral literature and many of the minor genres. Also covers relevant folklore theory.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5330 - Slavic Heroic Epic
Slavic Heroic Epic
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5340 - Slavic Ritual
This course looks at two types of ritual and at the area of folklore called material culture, which studies objects and typically examines such things as folk housing, folk costume, tools/implements, and foodways.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5350 - Slavic Folklore in America
Slavic Folklore in America
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5360 - Slavic Mythology
Survey of Slavic pre-Christian and Christian beliefs and customs, emphasizing their role in folklore.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5370 - South Slavic Folklore
Surveys South Slavic ethnography and folklore, emphasizing the Bulgarians and the Serbs.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5500 - Selected Topics in Slavic Linguistics
Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5510 - Topics in West Slavic Literatures
Includes Polish, Czech, or Slovak fiction, poetry, or drama. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5520 - Topics in South Slavic Literatures
Includes Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, or Macedonian fiction, poetry, or drama. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5530 - Topics in Ukrainian Literature
Topics in Ukrainian Literature
Credits: 3
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SLAV 7110 - Balkan Studies
Studies Balkan languages and literatures other than Slavic, emphasizing linguistic and literary ties with the South Slavs. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 7420 - Common Slavic
Studies the historical phonology and morphology of Common Slavic. Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 7430 - Old Church Slavonic
Studies the history and structure of Old Church Slavonic. Reading of selected texts. Prerequisite: RUSS 102 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 7440 - Old Church Slavonic
Studies the history and structure of Old Church Slavonic. Reading of selected texts. Prerequisite: RUSS 102 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 7500 - Topics in Slavic Civilization
Includes specialized aspects of Slavic culture and society. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 7993 - Independent Study in Slavic Linguistics
Prerequisite: LNGS 325, RUSS 302, and instructor permission. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8610 - Seminar in Slavic Linguistics
Seminar in Slavic Linguistics Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8620 - Seminar in Slavic Linguistics
Seminar in Slavic Linguistics Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8630 - History and Structure of the East Slavic Languages
The diachrony, dialectology, and synchrony. Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8640 - History and Structure of the South Slavic Languages
The diachrony, dialectology, and synchrony. Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8650 - History and Structure of the West Slavic Languages
The diachrony, dialectology, and synchrony. Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 3 to 12
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SLAV 8999 - Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 3 to 12
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SLAV 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 3 to 12
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SLAV 9999 - Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Credits: 3 to 12
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Sociology |
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SOC 5030 - Classical Sociological Theory
A seminar focusing on the writings of Marx, Weber, Durkheim and other social theorists. Open to students in related disciplines. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5056 - Sociology of Culture
Examines the most recent theoretical and methodological developments in the sociology of culture. Examines the influence of structuralism, phenomenology, critical theory, and cultural anthropology on contemporary sociological theory and practice. Considers the ways cultural analysis can be applied to a variety of pressing empirical problems.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5057 - Sociology of Family
This course analyzes the ways in which societies address needs of intimacy, care and provisioning – the tasks commonly assumed by families – under varying circumstances and in different contexts, including from historical and comparative perspectives. Prerequisite: Six credits in sociology or permission from the instructor.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5059 - Sociology of Science
Topics include science as a major institution in modern society; interrelations of science and society; social organization of science; the scientific career (socialization and professionalization); status, roles, and characteristics of science; science policy studies as an emerging discipline; and technological assessment. Prerequisite: SOC 512 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5060 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
Considers the nature and purpose of sociological theory, and a survey of the most important contemporary theories and theorists. Prerequisite: SOC 503, six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5080 - Comparative Historical Sociology
This course will focus not so much on methodological as on substantive issues of macro sociological inquiry. Among the topics covered will be: the state, power, revolution, nationalism and class formation. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5100 - Research Design and Methods
Studies the steps necessary to design a research project including searching the literature, formulating the problem, deriving propositions, operationalizing concepts, constructing explanations, and testing hypotheses. Prerequisite: SOC 312, or graduate standing, six credits of sociology; or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5110 - Survey Research Methods
Covers the theory and practice of survey research. Topics include surveys as a scientific method; applied sampling of survey populations; the construction, testing, and improvement of survey instruments; interviewer training; the organization of field work; coding and data quality control; data analysis; and the preparation of survey reports. Prerequisite: SOC 312 or graduate standing, six credits of sociology or health evaluation sciences, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5120 - Intermediate Statistics
Studies the social science applications of analysis of variance, correlation, and regression; and consideration of causal models. Prerequisite: SOC 3130, graduate standing, six credits of sociology or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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SOC 5140 - Qualitative Methods
Studies the theory and practice of qualitative, non-statistical methods of sociological inquiry including field work, interviewing, textual analysis, and historical document work. Students practice each method and design larger projects. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5150 - Time and Memory
This course surveys the field of memory studies, and is centered in particular on the concept of “collective memory.” What are the varieties of practices’including commemoration, recollection, collecting, museification, monument building, reminiscence, etc’through which we represent the past, and what difference do these practices make? Further topics include reputations, public history, transitional justice, and trauma.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5300 - Sociology of Self
Over the past few decades the concepts of self and identity have been at the center of considerable intellectual debate in the social sciences and the humanities. In this course, we’ll explore classic and contemporary perspectives on the self and society, culture and the category of the person. Among other questions, we will consider human agency, reflexivity, self presentation, identity formation, memory, pathology, emotion, and embodiment.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5420 - Social Stratification
Studies the distribution of rewards and punishments and the resulting social inequalities in cross-cultural and historical perspective. Analyzes negative liabilities such as arrest, imprisonment, unemployment, and stigmatization, and positive assets such as education, occupation, income, and honor. Draws on the literature of both stratification and deviance/criminology. Focuses on the distributive aspects of power and the resulting social formations such as classes, and status groups. Prerequisite: SOC 5030, 7130 or their equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5559 - New Course in Sociology
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of sociology.
Credits: 1 to 4
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SOC 5595 - Special Topics in Sociology
Topics are announced and vary each semester. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5596 - Special Topics in Sociology
Topics are announced and vary each semester. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5620 - Social Demography
International study of population structures, emphasizing comparison of developed and developing societies, and the way in which differing rates of population growth effect the patterns of social and economic change in these societies. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5720 - Nations and Nationalism
A consideration of some of the principal theories and concepts of nationhood and nationalism, with special focus on a number of case studies drawn from Eastern and Western societies. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5900 - Economic Sociology
This course surveys the classic and contemporary research literature in economic sociology. The course explores this literature’s central claims that economic action is embedded in social relationships and shaped by social institutions, and considers the economy in comparative and historical perspective.
Prerequisite: Graduate status; six credits in Sociology or Instructor Permission
Credits: 3
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SOC 7102 - Qualitative Methods in Media Audience Research
This course is designed to be a practical introduction to how to do audience research in the field of culturally-oriented communication study. The primary work students will be doing is to prepare research projects illustrating the in-depth application of one (or possibly multiple) methods of research employed in studying the cultural audience.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7130 - Intro to Social Statistics
Intro to Social Statistics
Credits: 3
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SOC 7140 - Sociology of Consumption
The course explores the theories, practices and politics of modern consumption. Among the topics to be discussed are the historical development of modern consumer society, colonialism and consumption, consumption and the creation of difference, the cultural meanings of commodities, and the commodification of social life.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7360 - European Social Theory
Presents a survey of recent developments in continental social theory, includeing, but not restricted to, structuration theory (Giddens), actor-network theory (Latour), systems theory (Luhmann), and the theory of communicative action (Habermass). Prerequisite: Two courses in sociological theory, one at the graduate level.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7400 - Empires
This course will look at empires in the broadest possible context, historically and geographically. Its main focus will be the modern European empires: Spanish, British, French, Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman. Their form of rule, treatment of subject peoples, self-conceptions of the ruling peoples and their sense of the ‘mission’ of empire will be emphasized. There will be comparisons between empires - past, contemporaneous, and future.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7559 - New Course in Sociology
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of sociology.
Credits: 1 to 4
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SOC 7810 - Social Change, Devleopment & Globalization
Focuses, in turn, on (a) an overview of human evolutionary history from hunting-gathering through ararian societies, (b) the rise of capitalism and the subsequent emergence of developed and undeveloped societies, and globalization today. It concludes with special topics based on the specific research interests of the students. Prerequisite: Graduate status or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8000 - Graduate Seminar in Media Studies
This course surveys key texts in the interdisciplinary field of Media Studies to Ph.D. students in a variety of disciplines and does not presume students will have background in the Media Studies literature. In a reading and discussion-intensive seminar experience, students will examine social sciences and humanities-based theory, research, and criticism that have helped shape the development of the field.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8010 - Issues in Social Theory
Changing special topics depending on instructor’s interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8020 - Issues in Social Theory
Changing special topics depending on instructor’s interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8030 - Sociological Issues
Studies contemporary issues effecting sociology as a science, as an academic discipline, and as a profession. Frequent guest lecturers.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8040 - Sociological Issues
Studies contemporary issues effecting sociology as a science, as an academic discipline, and as a profession. Frequent guest lecturers.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8051 - Sociology of Work
Studies the division of labor, occupational classification, labor force trends, career patterns and mobility, occupational cultures and life-styles, and the sociology of the labor market.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8052 - Sociology of Religion
Classical and contemporary theories and empirical research are examined to illuminate the changing role of religious belief and religious institutions in the Western World. Emphasizes the methodological problems of studying religion.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8053 - Sociology of Education
Analyzes education as a social institution and its relationship to other institutions, e.g., the economy, the stratification system, the family. Emphasizes the role of education in the status attainment process.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8054 - Political Sociology
Studies the relationships between social structure and political institutions. Discusses competing theories on power structures, political participation, ideology, party affiliation, voting behavior, and social movements in the context of recent research on national and local politics in the United States.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8055 - Sociology of Law
This seminar begins with a history of the field, and then narrows to a single theoretical problem: the sociology of the case. In particular, it addresses how the social structure of a legal case predicts and explains the handling of the case, such as the style and quantity of social control it attracts. The readings include theoretical works as well as research reports.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8057 - Family Research
Studies the relationship between family and society as expressed in policy and law. Looks at the effects of formal policy on the structure of, and interactions within, families. Examines changes in the American family system in response to laws, policies, and social issues.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8059 - Conflict
Theoretical exploration of the social causes of conflict about right and wrong and the social factors that explain the handling of these conflicts in diverse settings across the world. Topics include individual and collective violence, avoidance, third-party intervention such as mediation and adjudication, therapy, and the evolution of conflict and morality across history.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8100 - Gender Stratification and Feminist Theory
The course combines a focus on a general theory of gender stratification as a framework for examining gender stratification cross-historically and cross-culturally; and introduction to feminist theory that examines a broad array of contemporary feminist theories, most focused on the U.S., and topics based on the specific interests of the students in the course. Prerequisite: graduate status or instructor permission
Credits: 3
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SOC 8410 - Race & Ethnicity
Studies pivotal issues relating to race in contemporary American society from a theoretical and historical point of view. These include such topics as the contested meaning of the term “race”, the relationship between race and ethnicity, assimilation, the relationship between race and inequality, and crime.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8470 - Sociology of Knowledge
Studies the social foundations of knowledge, including formal systems of knowledge to the realities of everyday life. Includes classical and contemporary literature on the subject.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8531 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8532 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8542 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8562 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8572 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8581 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8582 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8710 - Sociology of Organizations
Examines formal organizations in government, industry, education, health care, religion, the arts, and voluntary associations. Considers such topics as power and authority, communication, ‘informal’ relations, commitment, and alienation.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 3 to 12
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