Anthropology Courses

ANTG 221. Biology and Culture. 3 crs. A seminar concerned with various approaches to the relationships between human biology and sociocultural behavior, evaluating historical and current anthropological theories. Analyzes human variation and the concept of race.

ANTG 222. Human Osteology. 3 crs. Detailed study of the techniques used in the analysis of skeletal material, focusing on identification, age, sex, growth and repair, pathology, and measurement. Optional laboratory research. 1 cr.

ANTG 224. Readings in Physical Anthropology. 3 crs. Intensive individual study of writings in physical anthropology. Prereq.: Consent of instructor.

ANTG 240. Anthropological Theory. 3 crs. Survey of anthropological theory and the application.

ANTG 243. Magic, Witchcraft and Healing. 3 crs. Analyzes the relationships among magic, witchcraft, religion and healing and their significance for an understanding of our own cultures as well as Third World societies.

ANTG 248. Medical Anthropology: The Ecology of Health. 3 crs. Deals with patterns of health and disease influenced by biological evolution, environmental and cultural variation, and contemporary culture change. Concerns the broad social causes of health differences in human populations and the potential for preventive medicine.

ANTG 254. Sex Roles and Relationships. 3 crs. Analysis of sex-roles differences and the implications of differential socialization of the sexes.

ANTG 256. Education and Culture. 3 crs. Application of anthropology to the analysis of educational processes in different cultures.

ANTG 260. Aging in Cross-Cultural Perspective. 3 crs. An examination of the ways different cultures regard the process of aging.

ANTG 280. Introduction to Linguistics. 3 crs. Explores the nature of language and the role of the linguist in the study of language.

ANTG 284. Language and Culture. 3 crs. Introduces the student to the field of linguistics as a viable approach to the study of language structure. It enables the student to view language as an aspect of culture and as a reflection of the identify of the user. Provides the student with opportunities to develop analytical skills by investigating a variety of cultures and the role of language in those cultures.

ANTG 290. Field Methods: Ethnography. 3 crs. Exploration of the methodology of community studies, contemporary, historic and prehistoric, with emphasis on practical experience.

ANTG 291. Readings in Cultural Anthropology. 3 crs. Intensive Individual study of writings in cultural anthropology.

ANTG 292. Readings in Social Anthropology. 3 crs. Intensive individual study of writings in social anthropology.

ANTG 293. Anthropological Field School. 3 crs. Directed research with ongoing faculty projects.

Sociology Courses

SOCI 200. Sociological Theory and Society. 3 crs. Presents social theories before the nineteenth century and the subsequent development of sociology.

SOCI 201. History of Social Thought. 3 crs. Examines the thoughts of pre-Socratic thinkers to Renaissance thinkers.

SOCI 210. Elementary Statistics. 3 crs. Focuses on statistical methods applied to social data, employing measures of central tendency, dispersion, bivariate tests for significant differences and association, and simple regression.

SOCI 211. Sociological Methods. 3 crs. Basic methods and techniques employed in sociological research.

SOCI 219. Advanced Statistics I. 3 crs. Focuses on the application of multivariate statistical methods to social data, employing two measures: linear regression and analysis of variance. Prereq.: 025-110.

SOCI 221. Collective Behavior. 3 crs. Explores mobs, panics, mass behavior, public opinion, propaganda, social movements, revolutions and reform as incipient changes in the social order.

SOCI 230. Principles of Demography. 3 crs. Overview of demographic variables, with emphasis on fertility, morbidity, migration, and urbanization and the relationships between population growth and other social and economic factors.

SOCI 231. Introduction to Human Ecology. 3 crs. Focuses on the interrelationships between population, resources, and environment; the implications for population growth; natural and human resources utilization; and environmental concern. Approach adapted from demography and human ecology.

SOCI 232. Population. 3 crs. Deals with the volume, composition, quality, growth, trends, and distribution of population, along with the relationship of populations to social organization.

SOCI 233. Women in Development. 3 crs. Discusses critical theoretical research issues, associated with international development, focusing on the position of women in various cultural contexts.

SOCI 240. Urban Sociology. 3 crs. Examines the urban community, its patterns, and its institutions, and includes supervised projects in urban research materials and techniques.

SOCI 250. Social Stratification. 3 crs. Examination of the causes and social, economic, and psychological effects of differentials in rank and status in society.

SOCI 251. Sociology of Poverty. 3 crs. Examines the underlying causes and the social, psychological, and political consequences of poverty; the socioeconomic characteristics and family life of the poor; and the community services and programs designed to alleviate poverty.

SOCI 255. Sociology of Power. 3 crs. Analyzes power in the contemporary context, then in general perspective, with special emphasis on its role in social change.

SOCI 260. Sociology of African-Americans (formerly Negro in America). 3 crs. Examines blacks as a minority group in American society.

SOCI 261. Problems of the Black Community. 3 crs. Study of the social structure of the black community and social movements directed towards social change.

SOCI 265. Intergroup Relations. 3 crs. Comparative survey of majority-minority relations, determining factors, consequences for groups and individuals, and strategies for altering. Prereq.: 025-020.

SOCI 270. Principles of Criminal Justice. 3 crs. Analyzes the various segments of the criminal justice system, including the means by which these segments depend upon each other for their perpetuation, and compares the theoretical purposes of the criminal justice system and its present-day practices.

SOCI 271. Social Disorganization. 3 crs. Same as 025-171.

SOCI 272. Social Change and the Criminal Justice System. 3 crs. An analysis of the impact of social, economic, and political change on the structure and function of key criminal justice agencies. Prereq.: 025-070 or 025-170.

SOCI 273. Deviance and the Community. 3 crs. Study of 
the types of individual and institutional forms of deviance, with an assessment of theoretical approaches to it.

SOCI 274. Police, Law, and Society. 3 crs. Examination of the role of the police and their use and misuse of law, with attention to society's role in controlling and approving police practices, along with the part society plays in encouraging and approving police malpractice.

SOCI 275. Sociology of Law. 3 crs. Examination of law as a form of social control; analysis of relationships between law and society.

SOCI 276. Victimology. 3 crs. Examination of the offender-victim relationship as a causative factor in crime.

SOCI 280. The Family. 3 crs. Explores the family as a social institution, the relation of the family to the community, family organization and disorganization, and the family and personality development.

SOCI 283. Introduction to Medical Sociology. 3 crs. Overview of the development of social medicine and the sociology of medicine, examining major areas of activity in medical sociology. Distinction is made between sociology of medicine and sociology in medicine, with concentration on the former.

SOCI 284. Seminar: Sociology of Mental Health. 3 crs. Deals with sociological theories and the etiology of mental disorder; research on social epidemiology and ecology; the impact of social structure; popular conceptions of mental health and deviance; and emerging ideologies of mental disciplines.

SOCI 286. Death and Dying. 3 crs. Reviews research and theory relating to attitudes and behavior relating to death and dying.

SOCI 287. Family Life Laboratory I. 3 crs. Provides analysis 
of dramatic techniques, including imagery exercise and spontaneous role playing. Explores life history method for understanding problems of family life.

SOCI 289. Sociology of Work. 3 crs. Focuses on social aspects of the organization of work in industrial society; relations between cultural and industrial organization, and interrelationships among industrial, political, familial, and educational institutions.

SOCI 300. Sociological Theory I. 3 crs. Survey of early social theories and examination of theoretical contributions of the nineteenth-century sociologists.

SOCI 301. Sociological Theory II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 300, with concentration on early twentieth century and contemporary sociological theorists.

SOCI 310. Sociological Research I. 3 crs. Present-day methods of research in sociology, with emphasis on quantitative methods.

SOCI 311. Sociological Research II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 310.

SOCI 319. Advanced Statistics II. 3 crs. Focus on the application of multivariate statistical methods to social data, employing causal and factor analysis, and techniques for cross-tabulated data, including logic analysis. Prereq.: 025-219.

SOCI 340. Urban Society. 3 crs. Examination of the various theoretical processes of urbanization and change and their relationships to empirical works.

SOCI 341. Urbanization and Development. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 340.

SOCI 355. Political Sociology. 3 crs. Examination of the exercise of power within and by political institutions.

SOCI 370. Criminological Theory. 3 crs. Emphasis on representative theories of the structural, symbolic-interactionist, culture-conflict, and personality perspectives.

SOCI 386. Social Epidemiology. 3 crs. Examination of the social etiology of illness, disease, and health; identifies basic concepts; and analyzes social class and ethnicity in social epidemiology.

SOCI 392. Perspectives in Sociology. 3 crs. Examination of major issues in sociology, with emphasis on the discussion of these as they relate to theoretical problems and challenges in the field.

SOCI 400. Contributions of Black Sociologists. 3 crs. Review and assessment of the contributions of black sociologists to the discipline. Gives special attention to leading figures, their major works, and to historical and sociological conditions which influenced their numbers and the character of their work.

SOCI 420. Advanced Social Psychology I. 3 crs. Focus on group properties and their effects upon the relations of group members, the reciprocal relationship between the individual and the group, and collective interaction in emergencies and social movements. Prereq.: 025-020.

SOCI 421 Advanced Social Psychology II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 420.

SOCI 430 Demographic Method I. 3 crs. Presentation of techniques of population estimation and projection, including the interpretation and application of life table techniques.

SOCI 431. Demographic Methods II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 430.

SOCI 432. Social Demography of the Ghetto. 3 crs. Examination of the growth and composition of urban black communities with special attention to migration, fertility, and mortality patterns.

SOCI 435. Population Growth and Development. 3 crs. Survey of evidence concerning economic and social determinants of population growth in developed and Third World countries and examines the demographic transition theory.

SOCI 436. Women In the Labor Force. 3 crs. A comparative examination of the work of women in the perspective of national and international political, social and economic organization.

SOCI 441. Seminar: Urban Policy Formation. 3 crs. Examination of the impact of race, class, and power on the formation of public policy concerning such public services as housing, transportation, and environment.

SOCI 460. Seminar: Analysis of Race Relations I. 3 crs. Critical analysis of past and present theoretical approaches to the study of race relations, with emphasis on adequacy in accounting for changes in race relations at the psychological, sociopsychological, and sociological levels.

SOCI 461. Seminar: Analysis of Race Relations II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 460.

SOCI 471. Race, Ethnicity, Crime. 3 crs. Analysis of race and ethnicity as social factors in the study of crime.

SOCI 484. Seminar: Health Services Research I. 3 crs. Overview of health services research, approaches to health services research, application of research findings, and research activity in selected areas. Prereqs.: SOCI 311, SOCI 283, or the equivalent.

SOCI 485. Seminar: Health Services Research II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 484.

SOCI 487. Social Psychology of Aging and Health. 3 crs. Intensive study of the demographic, theoretical, and methodological issues in the social psychology of aging and health.

SOCI 501. Theory Construction. 3 crs. Definition of theory and the logical structure of sociological theories and analysis of the role of concepts, relations between variables, and operationalization in constructing and testing theoretical formulations.

SOCI 503. Sociology of Knowledge. 3 crs. Examination of the development and utilization and transmission of knowledge.

SOCI 510. Experimental Research. 3 crs. Detailed study of procedures, problems, and issues in conducting experimental research.

SOCI 511. Survey Research I. 3 crs. Examination of research designs in survey research, sampling, questionnaire construction, interviewing, coding, data reduction, and analysis of survey data. Prereqs.: One graduate course in statistics and two courses in methods of social research.

SOCI 512. Survey Research II. 3 crs. Continuation of Survey Research 1, with special emphasis on coding and the analysis of survey data. Prereq.: SOCI 511.

SOCI 513. Qualitative Research. 3 crs. Detailed study of procedures, problems, and issues in conducting qualitative research.

SOCI 514. Evaluation Research. 3 crs. Detailed study of procedures, problems, and issues in conducting evaluation research.

SOCI 520. Research Methods in Social Psychology. 3 crs. Specific study of experimental research and examines problems and issues in social psychological research.

SOCI 525. Social Psychology of Organizations. 3 crs. Examination of the interrelationships between the characteristics of organizations and the behavior and attitudes of their members.

SOCI 581. Seminar: Family Theory and Research. 3 crs. Analysis of the theories and methodologies used to study the family, including conceptual models and research techniques.

SOCI 583. Seminar: Health Policy and the Black Community. 3 crs. Analysis of legislation regarding national health policies and their relationships to the black and other minority communities.

SOCI 588. Minority Aging. 3 crs. Systematic study of the special circumstances of aging among minority persons, examined from a theoretical methodological, demographic, and social intervention perspective.

SOCI 589. Sociology of Aging and Policy. 3 crs. An intensive study of the major concerns in publicly intervening in the lives of the elderly; the major legislative programs affecting the elderly; the personal and societal impact of aging related interventionist programs.

SOCI 601. Contemporary Issues in Sociological Theory. 3 crs. Examination of the controversial issues in sociological theory and methodology, the roles of values, the objectivity/subjectivity, and the ideological and political aspects of sociology.

SOCI 610. Seminar: Interdisciplinary Research. 3 crs. An approach to the combination of the methodologies of the social sciences in the analysis of critical social issues and explores the problems of conducting interdisciplinary research.

SOCI 622. Attitude Scale Construction. 3 crs. Examination of the theoretical and methodological principles underlying the construction of social psychological measurement scales. Prereqs.: SOCI 210 and SOCI 211.

SOCI 630. Fertility. 3 crs. Review of methods and theory in the study of fertility.

SOCI 631. Mortality. 3 crs. Review of methods and theory in the study of mortality.

SOCI 632. Migration. 3 crs. Analysis of classical and current theories, empirical determinants, and international and sub national migration patterns in selected countries.

SOCI 643. Current Issues in Metropolitan Growth. 3 crs. Analysis of the positive and negative consequences of metropolitan growth in developing and developed nations, including causes as well as current issues.

SOCI 646. Seminar: Comparative Urban Studies. 3 crs. Examination of similarities and differences in the emergency and patterning of urban communities.

SOCI 670. Seminar: Research in Crime and Deviance. 3 crs. Review of current issues in the study of crime and deviance.

SOCI 681 (formerly SOCI 298). Seminar: Research on the Black Family. 3 crs. Study of contemporary works of a theoretical and empirical nature as related to the structure of the black American family.

SOCI 710. Seminar: Issues in Sociological Research. 3 crs. Review of current issues in the methodology of sociological research.

SOCI 720. Seminar: Issues in Social Psychology. 3 crs. Review of current issues in social psychological theory and research.

SOCI 740. Seminar: Methodological Issues in Urban Research. 3 crs. Examination of issues and problems involved in studying urban communities.

SOCI 750. Seminar: Issues in Stratification and Political Sociology. 3 crs. Review of current issues in the study of social stratification and political sociology.

SOCI 760. Seminar: Issues in Race Relations Research. 3 crs. Review of current issues in the study of race relations.

SOCI 900. Readings in Sociological Theory I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in sociology, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 901. Readings in Sociological Theory II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 900.

SOCI 910. Readings in Research Methodology I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in research methodology, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 911. Readings in Research Methodology II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 910.

SOCI 920. Readings in Social Psychology I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in social psychology, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 921. Readings in Social Psychology II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 920.

SOCI 930. Readings in Demography and Human Ecology I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in demography and human ecology, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 931. Readings in Demography and Human Ecology II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 930.

SOCI 940. Readings in Urban Sociology I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in urban sociology, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 941. Readings in Urban Sociology II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 940.

SOCI 950. Readings in Social Stratification and Political Sociology I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in social stratification and political sociology, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 951. Readings in Social Stratification and Political Sociology II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 950.

SOCI 960. Readings in Race and Ethnic Relations I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in race and ethnic relations, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 961. Readings in Race and Ethnic Relations II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 960.

SOCI 970. Readings in Social Control and Deviance I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in social control and deviance, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 971. Readings in Social Control and Deviance II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 970.

SOCI 980. Readings in the Family. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in the family, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 982. Readings in Medical Sociology I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in medical sociology, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty members.

SOCI 983. Readings in Medical Sociology II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 982.

SOCI 986. Readings in the Sociology of Aging I. 3 crs. Individual reading assignments on special topics in gerontology, based on student interests and needs, under supervision of a faculty member.

SOCI 987. Readings in the Sociology of Aging II. 3 crs. Continuation of SOCI 986.

SOCI 991. Teaching Sociology I. 1 cr. Concentration on the techniques used to teach sociology; provides practical experience in the classroom. Limited to graduate assistants in the department.

SOCI 992. Teaching Sociology II. 1 cr. Continuation of SOCI 991.

SOCI 993. Thesis Seminar. 3 crs. Analysis of problems encountered in thesis writing, including the selection of a research topic and development of the research design, conceptualization and operationalization processes, and data analysis and interpretation.

SOCI 994. M.A. Thesis. 3 crs.

SOCI 995. M.A. Thesis. 3 crs.

SOCI 996. M.A. Thesis. 1 cr.

SOCI 997. Ph.D. Dissertation. 3 crs.

SOCI 998. Ph.D. Dissertation. 3 crs.

SOCI 999. Ph.D. Dissertation. 1 cr.