Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:4
Description:
Sociological inquiry. Concepts and principles of sociology. Institutional features of modern society. Structure and dynamics of social organizations. Theoretical perspectives on key topics in society. Discussion of social inequities around core social identities (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, disability, sexuality).
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 161 International Development and Change

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Global issues of development and change. Population growth, poverty, structural inequalities, environmental degradation, social conflicts, social movements. Alternative development strategies and future perspectives.
Effective Dates:
SS26 - Open

SOC 214 Social Inequality

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Not open to students with credit in:
SOC 330
Description:
Theories of structural social inequality. Formation and change of inequalities among social classes and class structures, gender, and race. Inequalities and their interactions in modern societies. Consequences of inequalities. Current inequality trends.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open

SOC 215 Race and Ethnicity

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Racial and ethnic problems in contemporary society. Prejudice, discrimination, conflict, and racial and ethnic identity and segregation in western and non-western societies.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open

SOC 216 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Social structural and social psychological perspectives on gender identity, sex category, and sexuality. Issues related to gender identity and sexuality in selected societal institutions and across cultures.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open

SOC 241 Social Psychology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Not open to students with credit in:
PSY 235
Description:
Relationship of individuals to their social environment. Social influences on personality, attitudes and behavior.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open

SOC 252 Introduction to Environmental Sociology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Relationship between unprecedented inequality and climate breakdown. How we improve quality of life for the masses while addressing environmental crises. Root causes and solutions of growing inequality and environmental crises. Theories and research findings in the field of environmental sociology.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 260 Introduction to Human Migration

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
SOC 100 or concurrently
Description:
Introduction to the sociological study of human migration. Historical contexts, foundational concepts, and contemporary issues and policies related to migration.
Effective Dates:
SS26 - Open

SOC 281 Social Research Methods

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3   Lab Hours: 2
Description:
Design and execution of social research. Ethics in research. Conceptualization, measurement, sampling, data collection, validity and reliability. Descriptive analysis. Presentation of conclusions. Consideration of sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, disability, weight/size, sexuality) in the research process.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 282 Quantitative Analysis for Social Research

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
SOC 281
Description:
Advanced design and execution of social research. Quantitative analysis conceptualization, measurement, sampling, data collection, validity and reliability. Bivariate analysis. Presentation of conclusions. Consideration of sociodemographic characteristics in the research process.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 310 Global Migration

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Theory and research on the causes and consequences of human migration. Sociological, social psychological, historical, and demographic perspectives.
Effective Dates:
SS18 - Open

SOC 315 Family and Society

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Family development. Variation in family forms across class, race, ethnicity, and sex, gender, nationality, age, and sexuality.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 316 Youth and Society

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Behavioral analysis of youth. Youth subcultures. Youth at risk. Social change and youth behavior. Issues shaped by social conditions that are facing young adults today, including: education, housing, family relationships, dependence and independence, forming relationships, considering parenting, mental health, identity, the nature of work in an information economy, prejudice, discrimination, and sexuality.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 331 Political Sociology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Social power theories, dynamics, and structures. The economy and the polity. Power elites and democracy. Social bases of political behavior and participation. Sociopolitical movements.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 350 Society and Mental Health

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Description:
Social determinants of mental health and illness. Disparities in mental health and illness. International and cross-cultural comparison of mental health and illness.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 351 Gendered Violence and Intersections of Power

Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Gendered violence from an intersectional perspective. Ways intersecting social statuses such as race, class, and sexuality shape gendered experiences.
Interdepartmental With:
Women's Studies
Administered By:
Women's Studies
Effective Dates:
US21 - Open

SOC 361 Contemporary Communities

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Approaches to the study of contemporary communities. Differential levels of community complexity. Social problems and dynamics of community change and development in local settings and their relation to external institutions.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open

SOC 362 Developing Societies

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Dynamics of agricultural and industrial transformations in developing nations. Structural problems, behavioral patterns, and institutional changes at local and societal levels. Socioeconomic interdependencies in the world system.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open

SOC 368 Science, Technology, and Society

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:4
Recommended Background:
(LB 133) or some familiarity with basic concepts and methods in sociology.
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Role of science and technology in social change. Values and ethics in contemporary perspectives, controversies, and cases. Science and technology as forms of knowledge.
Interdepartmental With:
Lyman Briggs
Administered By:
Sociology
Effective Dates:
SS26 - Open

SOC 375 Urban Sociology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Social theories and research on urban development, organization, and change. Urban social life. Sociological aspects of urban planning and redevelopment.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 427 Environmental Toxicology and Society (W)

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Recommended Background:
ISB 200 or ISB 202 or ISB 204 or BMB 200 or BS 161 or BS 181H or LB 145 or BS 162 or BS 182H or LB 144
Description:
Impact of environmental chemicals on health and modern society. Cellular and organ functions and their interface with the environment. Limitations of scientific investigation and environmental regulations.
Interdepartmental With:
Animal Science
Administered By:
Animal Science
Effective Dates:
SS25 - Open

SOC 451 Dynamics of Population

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Size, distribution, and composition of population by demographic characteristics such as age and sex. Theories of the effect of fertility, mortality, and migration on population structures. Population policies. International comparisons.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 452 Advanced Seminar in Environmental Sociology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Environmental conditions and social organization. Social relations and connection to resource use, pollution, energy, and risks. Growth and limits to growth. Environmental attitudes, actions, movements, and regulation.
Effective Dates:
SS18 - Open

SOC 460 Advanced Seminar in Human Migration

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Recommended Background:
(SOC 100 or concurrently) or SOC 260 or concurrently
Description:
Advanced study in a specialized topic related to the sociological study of human migration.
Effective Dates:
SS26 - Open

SOC 475 Health and Society

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Social causes of health and illness. Health disparities related to sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, disability, weight/size, sexuality). Organizations, professions, and institutions of health care. Medical standards and evidence. Global public health.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 478 Climate Change and Society

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Description:
Climate change as a societal challenge. The nature of climate change, its role in human history, and vulnerabilities of coupled human and natural systems to climate change.
Effective Dates:
SS26 - Open

SOC 480 Advanced Research Methods in Sociology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(SOC 100 or SOC 161 or SOC 214 or SOC 215 or SOC 216 or SOC 241 or SOC 252 or SOC 260 or SOC 281 or SOC 282) or (SOC 310 or SOC 315 or SOC 316 or SOC 331 or SOC 350 or SOC 360 or SOC 361 or SOC 362 or SOC 368 or SOC 375) or (SOC 451 or SOC 452 or SOC 460 or SOC 475 or SOC 478 or SOC 481 or SOC 488 or SOC 490 or SOC 499)
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Advanced training and hands-on practice in methodologies commonly used in specific subfields of sociology to address social inequities related to core sociodemographic categories (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, size/weight, disability, sexuality).
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 481 Social Movements and Collective Identities

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
How social movements emerge, change, and are challenged by others. Identity issues within social movements with consideration of sociodemographic characteristics such as race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, disability, weight/size, sexuality. Effective strategies for social change.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 488 Sociological Theory (W)

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Recommended Background:
12 credits in sociology.
Description:
Development of sociological theory. Problems of theory construction. Current theoretical perspectives.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open

SOC 490 Special Topics in Sociology

Semester:
On Demand
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 9 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisite:
(SOC 100 or SOC 161 or SOC 214 or SOC 215 or SOC 216 or SOC 241 or SOC 252 or SOC 260 or SOC 281 or SOC 282) or (SOC 310 or SOC 315 or SOC 316 or SOC 331 or SOC 350 or SOC 360 or SOC 361 or SOC 362 or SOC 368 or SOC 375) or (SOC 451 or SOC 452 or SOC 460 or SOC 475 or SOC 478 or SOC 480 or SOC 481 or SOC 488 or SOC 499)
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Experimental and cutting-edge sociological topics.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 496 Individual Readings

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
9 credits in Sociology.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Supervised individual readings and study in sociology.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open

SOC 497 Individual Research

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
9 credits in Sociology.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Supervised individual research in sociology.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open

SOC 498 Sociology Internship

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Recommended Background:
9 credits in Sociology.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Practical experience with a public, private, or nonprofit organization.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

SOC 499 Social Issues and Change in Contemporary Society (W)

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Selected major social problems in contemporary societies. Sources and consequences of social change. Application of sociological theory to selected cases for the purpose of exploring effective social change strategies. Professional opportunities in sociology and engagement in professional development activities, including exploring opportunities for graduate education, learning job search skills, and resume/CV, personal statement, and cover letter development.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 815 Classical Sociological Theory

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sociological theory (e.g., Durkheim, Martineau, Weber, Marx, Wells, DuBois, Mead, Cooley, Pareto) in sociohistorical context. Development of contemporary sociology theory and research from the classics.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 816 Contemporary Sociological Theory

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
SOC 815
Description:
Theories and conceptual frameworks of contemporary social theorists (e.g., Foucault, Giddens, Goffman, Smith, Connell, Bourdieu, West, Zimmerman). Relevance for sociological research and application to social change efforts.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 820 Contemporary Sociological Research in the Family

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Family structure. Family and marital attitudes. Family and social policy. Discussion of how sociodemographic categories (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, disability, sexuality) impact diverse families and family structures.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 833 Gender and Power

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Theory and research on gender and sexual inequality in socially-based systems of production and reproduction. Global and national gender inequalities in selected institutional settings.
Effective Dates:
US06 - Open

SOC 852 Migration and Social Change

Semester:
Fall of odd years, Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Theory and research on the causes and consequences of human migration. Sociological, social psychological, and demographic perspectives.
Effective Dates:
SS18 - Open

SOC 858 Gender, Justice and Environmental Change : Issues and Concepts

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
Background in social science, environmental science, or natural resources.
Description:
Issues and concepts related to gender, ecology, and environmental studies. Key debates and theoretical approaches to addressing environmental issues from a gender and social justice perspective. Gender and environment issues and processes from a global perspective.
Interdepartmental With:
Anthropology, Community Sustainability, Criminal Justice, Fisheries and Wildlife, Forestry, Geography, Women's Studies
Administered By:
Community Sustainability
Effective Dates:
US16 - Open

SOC 859 Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change: Methods and Application

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
Background in social science, environmental science, or natural resources.
Description:
Methods and case studies related to gender, ecology, and environmental studies. Methodological and fieldwork issues from a feminist perspective in international and intercultural contexts. Qualitative and quantitative methods for integrating social and environmental data.
Interdepartmental With:
Anthropology, Community Sustainability, Fisheries and Wildlife, Forestry, Geography, Women's Studies
Administered By:
Anthropology
Effective Dates:
US19 - Open

SOC 865 Environmental Sociology

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Effects of attitudes, social structure, and policy on the causes and consequences of natural resource depletion, pollution, energy use, growth, and technological risks. Response of movements and policies to environmental problems.
Effective Dates:
US06 - Open

SOC 873 Social Organization of Health and Medicine

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Organization and delivery of health care. Health systems, professional training and associations, and technology. Social determinants of health and health disparities. International comparisons. Health inequities around sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, size/weight, disability, sexuality).
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 881 Analysis of Social Data I

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:2   Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
One course in statistics.
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Sociology.
Description:
Multiple regression. Interpretation, strengths, and weaknesses of various statistical practices. Applications of statistical techniques to social science data, including consideration of sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, weight/size, disability, sexuality).
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 882 Analysis of Social Data II

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:2   Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
SOC 881
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Sociology.
Description:
Applications of multiple regression, path analysis, and factor analysis to social science data. Interpretation, strengths, and weaknesses of commonly used statistical practices. Consideration of sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, weight/size, disability, sexuality) in the analysis of social science data.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 885 Methods of Sociological Inquiry

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in the Sociology major or approval of department.
Description:
Methods of social science. Comparison of methods. Philosophy of science and social science. Epistemology.
Effective Dates:
SS05 - Open

SOC 890 Individual Readings

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 9
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 16 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Faculty-supervised readings in Sociology.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open

SOC 897 Seminar in Feminist Theories, Epistemologies, and Pedagogy

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Foundational knowledge, theory, epistemology, and pedagogy in women’s and gender studies from a multi-disciplinary, global perspective.
Interdepartmental With:
English, Philosophy, Teacher Education, Women's Studies
Administered By:
Women's Studies
Effective Dates:
SS17 - Open

SOC 899 Master's Thesis Research

Semester:
On Demand
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 9
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 16 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Master's thesis research.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open

SOC 931 Topics in Structural Inequality

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Current research on socioeconomic class, gender inequality, racial and ethnic inequality, power structures, social conflict, urban dynamics, or social change. Sociological theories of structural inequality, with an emphasis on critical and comparative analysis, as well as application.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 950 Topics in Rural and Environmental Studies

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Adoption of innovations, consolidation of food production enterprises, or community response to farm crises.
Effective Dates:
US06 - Open

SOC 970 Topics in Wellbeing and Health

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Topics such as family and social relationships, aging and life course, health disparities, and stress process. Consideration of how sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, weight/size, disability, sexuality) impact wellbeing and health.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 977 Social Epidemiology

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
EPI 810 or approval of department
Recommended Background:
(LCS 829 or EPI 812) or equivalent
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics or approval of department.
Description:
Introduction to the field of social epidemiology and the social determinants of health. Contemporary theoretical and methodological issues in social epidemiology.
Interdepartmental With:
Epidemiology
Administered By:
Epidemiology
Effective Dates:
SS18 - Open

SOC 985 Qualitative Field Research

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Qualitative research methods. Participant observation, interview, and field documents. Design, data gathering, and analysis. Consideration of sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, weight/size, disability, sexuality) in qualitative design and analytic processes.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 986 Survey Research Principles

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Design, analysis, sampling, questionnaire construction, interviewing, and data processing. Consideration of sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, nationality, age, weight/size, disability, sexuality) in survey design and analytic processes.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 995 Professional Training Seminar

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Sociology.
Description:
Development of knowledge and skills for the profession of sociology. Course design, teaching techniques, acquiring grants, outreach activities, collaboration with community and government, publishing and networking. Preparation of course syllabi, teaching philosophy, research agenda and job application.
Effective Dates:
FS11 - Open

SOC 996 Pedagogical Training Seminar

Semester:
On Demand
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 1   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1
Description:
Development of knowledge and skills for teaching in sociology. Course design, teaching techniques, preparation of course syllabi, and teaching philosophy.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

SOC 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 12
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Doctoral dissertation research.
Effective Dates:
US14 - Open