Sociology (SOCY)
SOCY 1010: Introductory Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Concepts and methods necessary for studying society.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 2020: Intro Stats & Data Analysis in
Sociology and Anthropology
This course will cover the calculation, and interpretation of descriptive
statistics (central tendency, variability, correlation), inferential
statistics (sampling distribution, hypothesis testing, t-tests, chi-square
tests, ANOVA), bivariate and multivariate OLS regression. Students will learn
how to clearly communicate these results by generating tables, graphs, and
other plots using R Studio.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 2050: Methods of Social Research
Sociology and Anthropology
An introduction to social science research. Topics include
conceptualization and research design, sampling, measurement, data
collection and analysis, and the logic of scientific inference within
one or more of the research techniques used by sociologists (survey
research, field research, historical and comparative research, content
analysis etc.).
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 2110: Social Problems
Sociology and Anthropology
The concept of social problems as a moral construct. Theoretical
approaches to identifying social problems. Analysis of some currently
defined major problems of U.S. society (e.g., environmental degradation,
war and militarism, violence and crime) arguments for remediation,
approaches to policy.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 2150: Leisure and Popular Culture
Sociology and Anthropology
This course will survey contemporary theories of popular culture and
provide critical analysis of various aspects of popular culture such as
music, television, fast food, fashion, theme parks, advertising, malls,
tourism, recreation, shopping, and the Internet.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3010: The Family
Sociology and Anthropology
The American family as an institution and a group of interacting persons; the nature and problems of courtship, husband-wife, and parent-child relationships.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3020: Sociological Theory
Sociology and Anthropology
An introduction to the ideas of 19th and 20th century sociological theorists such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mead and the orientations of major schools of contemporary sociological theory.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3060: Theories of Democracy
Sociology and Anthropology
This course explores how liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and even fascism
interact with, critique, and offer alternative visions of what a "democratic
society" might look like in ways that continue to shape the complexities of
democratic politics today. Emphasis is given to primary sources, histories, and
case studies.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3070: Urban Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
The city as the nucleus of modern industrial society; its institutions, populations, ecology, and problems.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3080: Jdcl. Sys & Afri Amer Cmnty.
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an examination of the historical and contemporary relationships and interactions between the black population and the legal system in America. Concepts covered will include considerations of definitions of criminal conduct, societal responses to minority pressures and demands for justice, as well as intergroup relations between nondominant ethnic groups and enforcement components of society.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3090: Rural Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
This course covers basic concepts for understanding and analyzing rural society. Topics include changes in major rural institutions, impacts of technological change on rural people and communities, demographic patterns and trends, migration, rural minorities and subcultures, the rural-urban relationship, emerging controversies and conflicts in rural areas, and cross-cultural comparisons of rural life.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3100: Sociology of Disability
Sociology and Anthropology
This course focuses on disability by examining its relationship to theories of race, science, and laws concerning disability using two cases studies — disability in the United States and in Germany during the 20th century.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3110: Social Problems
Sociology and Anthropology
The concept of social problems as a moral construct. Theoretical approaches to identifying social problems. Analysis of some currently defined major problems of U.S. society (e.g., environmental degradation, war and militarism, violence and crime) arguments for remediation, approaches to policy.
3 credits
Prerequisites
DS 0094 or DS 0097 if required.
DS 0094 or DS 0097 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3120: Poverty and Society
Sociology and Anthropology
Introduction to the sociology of poverty. Topics include inequality and poverty, structural causes of poverty, social programs, and possible remedies for poverty.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3130: Social Movements
Sociology and Anthropology
Covers civil rights, global justice, feminist, conservative, environmentalist, and sexual identity movements. How movements emerge, why people participate, tactics, ideology, how groups frame issues, culture and lifestyle, authorities' response, and the role of religion.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3140: Sociology of News
Sociology and Anthropology
The purpose of this course is to consider the functions of print news in developing views about society. Students will examine issues that span the scope of the 20th and 21st centuries to examine how print media and the nature of news have changed over time and what newspapers knew and how they reported about events tied to race, religion, genocide, sexuality, and class.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3150: Leisure and Popular Culture
Sociology and Anthropology
This course will survey contemporary theories of popular culture and provide critical analysis of various aspects of popular culture such as music, television, fast food, fashion, theme parks, advertising, malls, tourism, recreation, shopping, and the Internet.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3160: Sociology of Sport
Sociology and Anthropology
This course centers on sport as a way to understand society and culture. From soccer’s centrality in international diplomacy, to American football’s importance in fashioning and promoting collective identities, to how women and racial and ethnic minorities use sport and are used by sport to achieve mobility and recognition, sport remains one of the most powerful tools through which to analyze and understand social, cultural, and political life.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3170: The Sociology of Literature
Sociology and Anthropology
An analysis of the organization, production, distribution, labeling, and
consumption of literature as art. Topics include: types of literature;
audiences; the culture and commerce of publishing; socialization of artists;
and criticism.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3210: Sci., Technology and Society
Sociology and Anthropology
An examination of the nature of relationships that exist between the development of a civilization and science as a concept and as a method, combined with technology as a series of engineering discoveries and inventions.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3220: Economic Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Introduction to economic sociology. Topics include outsourcing to low-wage zones, consumerism, environmental degradation, transnational corporations, and proposals for alternative development.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3230: Occupations and Professions
Sociology and Anthropology
Selected occupational roles ranging from unskilled labor through the professions; requirements, rewards, and social adjustments from training to retirement.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3240: Men and Masculinities
Sociology and Anthropology
This course examines the social meanings of masculinity and men's lives. Students will study men's movements as well as the "crisis of masculinity and the costs and benefits of patriarchy for men".
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3250: Sociology of Gender
Sociology and Anthropology
Examines the social and cultural construction of gender differences in contemporary U.S. society, focusing on the social history of gender roles and gender inequality in current cultural and institutional practices.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3270: Genocide and Women
Sociology and Anthropology
Exploration of the roles of women as victims of gender abuse and sexual violence and as perpetrators of violence in modern ethnic genocides.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 3280: Black Feminist Thought
Sociology and Anthropology
Exploration of the micro-level and institutional intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality as articulated by African American women intellectuals from the 19th century to present with particular emphasis on social scientific theory and methodology. Topics include: early black feminist thought; comparisons of black and white women's feminisms; third-wave black feminist thougt; sexuality, the body and hip-hop.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 3290: Identities and Subjectivity
Sociology and Anthropology
In this course, students will examine individual identity and social life: what defines who we are, how we live, and how we participate in society. This course will analyze personal styles and our attitudes toward our bodies, politics and global society.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3300: Racism and Religion
Sociology and Anthropology
This course examines the intersections between racism and religion in relationships between Christianity and African Americans in the U.S.; Jews in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries; and the treatment of Muslims in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3310: Sociology of Law
Sociology and Anthropology
Introduction to the sociology of law. Topics include historical conflicts over law, the social context of law, the use of law by social movements and NGOs, and proposals for a legal framework on a global scale.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3320: Sociology of Peace and Justice
Sociology and Anthropology
Introduction to the theoretical, methodological, and substantive problems of peace studies. Topics include peace movements, non-violent conflict resolution, and proposals for new institutions to supplement the United Nations Organizations.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3330: Juvenile Delinquency
Sociology and Anthropology
Causative factors in home, school, and community; extent of the problem; methods of prevention and treatment.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3350: The Sociology of Food
Sociology and Anthropology
An examination of the socio-cultural, economic, and political aspects of food production, distribution, and consumption. Topics include group identities and food choices, the role of food in family activities, food in media, food fads, food as a manufactured product, and food as a global issue.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3360: Sociology of Religion
Sociology and Anthropology
Social scientific study of religion as a social institution. Examines behavior, belonging and belief, as well as the relationships and processes that sustain religious systems of meaning. Impact of religion on other social categories such as gender, sexuality, and ethnicity.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3380: Drugs and Society
Sociology and Anthropology
This course approaches the subject of drugs from a multidisciplinary
perspective, with attention to the biological, psychological, and educational
implications of drug use and abuse in American society. Special concern will
be given to the analysis of the values as they relate to the development and
elaboration of subcultures and countercultures whose lifestyles reflect the
use and/or dependency upon drugs.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 earned credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 earned credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3390: Sociology of Terrorism
Sociology and Anthropology
This course will examine the impact of the social and political world on
terrorism. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing the impacts of virtuous
violence and propaganda of the deed on terrorist organizational
structures, recruiting strategies, radicalization techniques, financing
methods, and the use of force multipliers. The course will also examine the
cultural impact of fear on cultures and communities.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 earned credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 earned credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3450: Population Trends and Problems
Sociology and Anthropology
Population distribution, composition, growth, migration, vital processes, and problems.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3480: Cult. & Soc in Lat Am & the Ca
Sociology and Anthropology
This course studies the historical and cultural development of Latin American and Caribbean societies, with emphasis on issues such as legacies of conquest, U.S.-Latin American relations, patterns of economic development, expressions of popular culture, cycles of political change, relationships to the environment, and changing dynamics of gender, class, race, ethnicity, and nationhood.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3490: Applied Demography
Sociology and Anthropology
This course covers the essentials of demography (data sources, population composition, structure, change, and distribution) and their application to the needs of government and business.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3510: Social Change
Sociology and Anthropology
Nature of theories of social change; causes and types of social change; the social effects of invention in the modern world and the adjustments of contemporary social institutions to technological change.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3520: International Migration
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an examination of contemporary human migration patterns using theories from demography and sociology as a backdrop to study internal and international migration processes including who migrates, when they migrate, why they migrate, the process of assimilation into the country, and migration policy.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 3530: Community Development
Sociology and Anthropology
Community development refers to the broad set of skills and institutions that local communities utilize in an effort to improve the quality of life for all residents. This course examines the history of housing, economic trends, and social policies, both domestically and internationally, that have affected marginalized communities, and the various ways through organizing and capacity building that community development professionals and activists have sought to improve these conditions. Topics will include the provision of affordable housing, community economic development, education and workforce development, food systems, environmental sustainability, international agricultural development, and globalization.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3550: Sociology of Human Rights
Sociology and Anthropology
Introduction to the sociology of human rights. Topics include the historical origins of human rights, movements for economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights, and the functions of NGOs and United Nations agencies.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3580: Relig. Impli. of the Holocaust
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is a study of the Holocaust with a focus on the religious perspectives that led up to it and the religious responses to this historical event, including acts of resistance inspired by various religious traditions.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3590: Sociology of Globalization
Sociology and Anthropology
Examines the causes and consequences of globalization from an interdisciplinary perspective. Focus on the evolution of the global economy, the formation of international political structures, and the emergence of global culture.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3610: The Sociology of Education
Sociology and Anthropology
The school as a social system; function and role of education in contemporary society; major trends.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3620: Sustainable Development
Sociology and Anthropology
This course provides a general introduction to the principles of sustainable development. It explores topics such as the history of sustainable development, the precautionary principle, the risk society and well-being, governance and environmental justice, conservation and protected areas, growth-oriented economic paradigms, food systems, renewable energy, and measuring progress.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3630: Animals in Society
Sociology and Anthropology
Considers the role of nonhuman animals as actors and biological beings
negotiating a human directed world. Topics may include domestication, animal
use as food and in research, cultural symbolism, and the growing practice of
"pet parenting." Using the One Health approach, time is given to both the
human and nonhuman perspective, including animal-assisted interventions,
cognition and emotion, and companion animal welfare. From domestication to
modern obligations of ethical care and use, this course introduces students to
the cross-cultural variety of relationships between humans and other animals.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 earned credits.
24 earned credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3650: Methods of Social Research
Sociology and Anthropology
An introduction to social science research. Topics include conceptualization and research design, sampling, measurement, data collection and analysis, and the logic of scientific inference within one or more of the research techniques used by sociologists (survey research, field research, historical and comparative research, content analysis etc.).
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3660: Power, Politics, and Society
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is a sociological examination of power, politics, and ideas, with an emphasis on theories of power, processes of political influence, the legitimization of authority and inequality, ideologies of movement for social change, mass media and public opinion.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3670: Data Visualization & Interpr:
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is designed to provide introductory training in the spatial analysis of social data utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS); including spatial data acquisition, spatial data management, and spatial data analysis.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3700: Society and Population Health
Sociology and Anthropology
This course will explore human population health from a multidisciplinary perspective, with particular attention to understanding complex health problems and informing solutions from the social sciences. Studies will include insights from community development, sociology, demography, anthropology, geography, and public health. Students will learn from diverse scholars and practitioners through readings, facilitated discussions, guest lectures, panel presentations, and field visits.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3750: Sociology of Trauma
Sociology and Anthropology
This course offers a sociological exploration of trauma, emphasizing the
social and cultural forces that shape how individuals and communities
experience, interpret, and respond to traumatic events. Students will examine
the role of societal structures, historical contexts, and cultural narratives
in influencing the development and perception of trauma-related conditions such
as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The course will also investigate the
concept of cultural trauma and its impact on collective identity, particularly
in relation to forced migration, displacement, and refugee experiences.
Through case studies, theoretical frameworks, and contemporary research,
students will gain a deeper understanding of how trauma is embedded within
broader social systems and how sociological analysis can inform more equitable
responses to trauma at both individual and institutional levels.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 3850: Topics in Sociology Abroad
Sociology and Anthropology
Students complete approved course work at a university outside the U.S. May be repeated once for credit with permission of department chair for a total of 6 hours towards the degree.
3 - 6 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4020: Adv Stats & Data Analysis in R
Sociology and Anthropology
This course will cover statistical methodology beyond OLS regression. This
includes different outcome variable types, non-linear relationships,
multilevel modelling, longitudinal data analysis and basic causal inference.
This course emphasizes a data-driven approach, where students will understand
and be able to apply these techniques in R.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4030: Empire and Revolution
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an investigation of colonial and post-colonial eras and revolutionary action through attention to sociocultural theories of revolution, as well as ethnographies, histories, and case studies.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 2020.
SOCY 2020.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 4040: Sociology of Citizenship
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an examination of the social institutions and related struggles aiming at guaranteeing dignity, identity, and rights for different groups of people in the context of diverse political communities. Citizenship can take different forms depending on the groups of people waging struggles for dignity, security, and belonging, the rights for which these groups fight, the political communities in which these struggles take place, and the outcomes of the struggles. It is recommended that students have completed Soc 101 before this class, but not required.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4060: Intro to AI and Data Mining
Sociology and Anthropology
This course introduces students to methods used for classification, prediction
and analysis with numeric, categorical, text, and image data. Students will
learn an array of techniques in data cleaning, supervised and unsupervised
machine learning, before progression to text analysis, neural networks, and
large language models (LLMs). This course highlights the usage of these
methods in the social sciences and their practical application, while
emphasizing ethical use of sensitive and publicly available data.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 2020.
SOCY 2020.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4070: Methods in Ethnography
Sociology and Anthropology
Qualitative research methods appropriate for field studies. Students learn ethnographic and sociocultural research techniques, including participant observation and depth interviewing.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4080: Methods in Cmnty.-Based Res.
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an examination of the methods used by social scientists in community-based studies. Soc 365 is recommended but not required before taking this course.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4090: Truth, Lies, and Power
Sociology and Anthropology
What determines what is right, true, good, and authentic in society? This course examines sociological theories and research on how political, economic, and cultural power is intertwined and how intersecting inequalities such as those based on race, class, and gender shape knowledge.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4100: The Color Line in the c21
Sociology and Anthropology
This course examines the continued significance of the race concept in the 21st century. Emphasizing race's significance in a global context, students will explore how the race concept has been used, and continues to be used, for the purpose of modern Empire's formation.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4110: Environment, Tech. and Society
Sociology and Anthropology
This course will explore the ways people relate to their natural environments. Topics may include economic production and consumption, culture and knowledge, mass media and environmental justice.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4130: Race and Ethnicity
Sociology and Anthropology
Economic, political, cultural, and historical dimensions of contemporary racial and ethnic relations in both U.S. and international contexts.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4140: Race, Place, and Space
Sociology and Anthropology
This course explores the significance of race, place, and space to modern identity formation. Through a multiple-disciplinary exploration, we will analyze the influence of social, political, cultural, and historical factors on the development of real and perceived "racialized places and spaces," identities, and experiences in America, with special emphasis on gender and the American South.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4200: Studies in Housing Insecurity
Sociology and Anthropology
For the majority of low-income American families, housing is their biggest expense, and often their biggest stressor. Research is clear that the dynamics of housing exert an enormous influence on one's health, job stability, educational success, and other matters we deem important to well-being. Debates about how to provide affordable and secure housing for all are widespread, and heated. This course examines these issues firsthand through the collection and analysis of original data in the Lafayette-Oxford-University community.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4250: Religion, Gender, and Sex
Sociology and Anthropology
This course uses a sociological approach to study how religion is used to organize, control, and change gender and sexual norms.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 4270: Social Stratification
Sociology and Anthropology
Theories of stratification, class, social status, gender and conceptions of power. Empirical findings on the distribution of wealth and income in the United States, their concentration, income disparities for women and minorities, poverty and upward mobility. Federal tax polices and spending priorities as they affect life chances.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4290: Jdsm & Relig. Ethnic Identitie
Sociology and Anthropology
Comprehensive overview of Judaism's complex history with a focus on ethnic identity formation.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 4310: Criminology
Sociology and Anthropology
Crime and delinquency; their causes, prevention, and treatment; nature, types, and extent of crime; preventive and correctional programs.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4330: Theories of Gender and Sex
Sociology and Anthropology
This course surveys how liberal, black, post-colonial, and queer feminist theorists conceptualize gender oppression and resistance and problematizes taken-for-granted beliefs about the naturalness of sex and sexuality.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4400: Sociology of Music
Sociology and Anthropology
How and why music matters for people, and how and why people matter for music. Topics may include cognition, emotion, and music interaction; technology and social construction of music; corporate marketing and control of music; music in politics and social movements.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 4550: Population St. App. Research
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is intended to help students acquire practical knowledge and experience while working on a population studies project related to health and/or community development under the supervision of the Center for Population Studies. Student researchers will undertake various duties while working on CPS-sponsored projects and engaging with community partners in order to develop their professional analytical and research skills.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 4980: Proficiency in Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
A self-study review of the basic subject areas of sociology and an assessment of student knowledge of the field used to evaluate basic knowledge gained in the undergraduate sociology curriculum.
0 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 4999A: Topics in Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Content varies. May be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 5010: Statistics
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an introduction to quantitative data management and analysis with hand computations and computer software. Attention is given to descriptive and inferential statistics, combined with parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 5020: Individual Study Project
Sociology and Anthropology
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study
Independent Study
SOCY 5030: Social Research Methods
Sociology and Anthropology
In this course, students will critically analyze the assumptions, strengths, and limitations of different research methods in order to develop a researchable sociological question, write a research proposal, and carry out an actual research project.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 5010.
SOCY 5010.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 5310: Lectures in Cmnty. Org.
Sociology and Anthropology
Theoretical and pragmatic aspects of community problems and development.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 5450: Seminar in Population Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
Population distribution, composition, growth, migration, vital processes, and problems.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 5460: Queer Mississippi
Sociology and Anthropology
This interdisciplinary course focuses on Queer Mississippi lives, communities, and movements from a historical and sociological perspective. It trains students how to conduct qualitative research on LGBTQ+ individuals, analyze materials from the Queer Mississippi archive, and execute public-facing scholarship.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 5510: Statistics
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an introduction to quantitative data management and analysis with hand computations and computer software. Attention is given to descriptive and inferential statistics, combined with parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 5520: Individual Study Project
Sociology and Anthropology
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study
Independent Study
SOCY 5530: Social Research Methods
Sociology and Anthropology
In this course, students will critically analyze the assumptions, strengths, and limitations of different research methods in order to develop a researchable sociological question, write a research proposal, and carry out an actual research project.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 5810: Lectures in Cmnty. Org.
Sociology and Anthropology
Theoretical and pragmatic aspects of community problems and development.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 5950: Seminar in Population Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
Population distribution, composition, growth, migration, vital processes, and problems.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 5960: Queer Mississippi
Sociology and Anthropology
This interdisciplinary course focuses on Queer Mississippi lives, communities, and movements from a historical and sociological perspective. It trains students how to conduct qualitative research on LGBTQ+ individuals, analyze materials from the Queer Mississippi archive, and execute public-facing scholarship.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6010: Studies in Social Theory
Sociology and Anthropology
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6020: Adv Stats & Applied Soc Res in
Sociology and Anthropology
This course will cover statistical methodology beyond OLS regression. This
includes different outcome variable types, non-linear relationships,
multilevel modelling, longitudinal data analysis and basic causal inference.
This course emphasizes a data-driven approach, where students will understand
and be able to apply these techniques in R.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 6030: St. in Empire and Revolution
Sociology and Anthropology
This is an interdisciplinary seminar investigating colonial and postcolonial eras with focus on subjugation, resistance, and revolutionary action across class, racial, gender, national, and religious boundaries.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 2020.
SOCY 2020.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6040: Adv. Sociology of Citizenship
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an advanced seminar in the study of citizenship. Citizenship refers to the social institutions and related struggles aiming at guaranteeing dignity, identity, and rights for different groups of people in the context of diverse political communities. Citizenship can take different forms depending on the groups of people waging struggles for dignity, security, and belonging, the rights for which these groups fight, the political communities in which these struggles take place, and the outcomes of the struggles.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 6050: Practicum in Research
Sociology and Anthropology
Practical research experience through the development of social research designs, data collection in the field, and detailed analysis and discussion of collected data.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6060: Adv Computational Social Scien
Sociology and Anthropology
This course introduces students to methods used for classification, prediction
and analysis with numeric, categorical, text, and image data. Students will
learn an array of techniques in data cleaning, supervised and unsupervised
machine learning, before progression to text analysis, neural networks, and
large language models (LLMs). This course highlights the usage of these
methods in the social sciences and their practical application, while
emphasizing ethical use of sensitive and publicly available data.
3 credits
Prerequisites
SOCY 2020.
SOCY 2020.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 6070: Studies in the Community
Sociology and Anthropology
An examination of the theory and methods of community study. Major focus is on the community in change.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6080: Adv Meth. in Cmnty.-Based Res.
Sociology and Anthropology
This course is an advanced seminar in the methods used by social scientists in community-based studies. Soc 502 is recommended but not required before taking this course.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 6110: Studies in Population Analysis
Sociology and Anthropology
Current databases, methods in demographic research and their applications.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6130: Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Sociology and Anthropology
Examines racial and ethnic relations in historical and comparative perspectives using contemporary social scientific research and theories.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6150: Sociology of Culture
Sociology and Anthropology
This seminar will explore themes and debates that emerge from the intersection of contemporary social theory and sociology of culture, and that animate contemporary research on culture.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6170: Racism and Religion
Sociology and Anthropology
Racial and religious minorities are subjected to racism sometimes as parts of larger state and religiously endorsed racial projects. Students will examine the nexus between racism and religion in the United States by examining the treatment of African Americans, Jews, and Muslims. We will also incorporate examples of racism and the racialization of religious groups throughout the world and during various historical epochs.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6190: Religion, Gender, and Sex
Sociology and Anthropology
This course considers how religion shapes, maintains, and transforms gender and sexualities. Students are introduced to a growing body of contemporary sociological research that uses qualitative case studies to examine the intersection of religion, gender, and sexuality from a feminist and/or queer theoretical perspective.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6211: Professional Development I
Sociology and Anthropology
Practical topics related to the graduate program and the discipline of sociology, including succeeding in graduate school, preparing a vita, ethical and human subjects issues, forming a thesis committee, utilizing technology, and preparing for interviews.
1 credit
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6222: Professional Development II
Sociology and Anthropology
Continuation of Soc 621.
1 credit
Prerequisites
SOCY 6211.
SOCY 6211.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6230: Collaborative Research Seminar
Sociology and Anthropology
Offers graduate students the opportunity to discuss collectively a variety of issues related to writing an M.A thesis. Focus on peer review and revision of thesis chapters.
1 credit
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6250: Current Debates in Gender
Sociology and Anthropology
Examines the social and cultural construction of gender differences in contemporary U.S. society, focusing on the social history of gender roles and gender inequality in current cultural and institutional practices.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6310: Studies in Deviant Behavior
Sociology and Anthropology
Sociological perspectives on deviance; comprehensive review, analysis, and evaluation of theories of deviant behavior from the past to the present.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6350: Teaching Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Interactive seminar includes creating a teaching philosophy, fostering creativity, leading meaningful discussions, managing a classroom, planning a class or presentation, communicating powerfully, utilizing technology and evaluation. Develop practical skills and practice leading sessions.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6400: Sociology of Hlth Disparities
Sociology and Anthropology
Overview of historical roots and contemporary sociological relevance of disparties in health and wellness. Focus on race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual orientation and their impact on health. Potential remedies for disparities are discussed.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
SOCY 6510: Fields of Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Basic theory and methods applied to selected areas of sociological analysis.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study
Independent Study
SOCY 6520: Individual Study Project
Sociology and Anthropology
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study
Independent Study
SOCY 6990: Internship in Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Supervised research and work in organizations either on or off campus. Z grade
3 - 9 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
SOCY 6997A: Thesis
Sociology and Anthropology
No grade
1 - 12 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Thesis
Thesis