Fall 2007 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Fall 2007; however, some (or all) may not be offered this term.  The course numbers that are offered this term link to the Schedule of Classes.  Class with alternative delivery modes (Web based, cable TV, correspondence, etc) are noted in the Schedule at the section level.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Sociology (SOC )  Department Info

SOC 101 -- Introduction to Sociology  (3 units)
Description:  Sociological concepts and principles, with special reference to contemporary society.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 161 -- The Chicano in American Society  (3 units)
Description:  Study of Mexican Americans (Chicanos) as an ethnic-cultural group in American society, analysis of their present problems as a minority group, focus on Chicano-Anglo relations in southwestern U.S.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 189 -- World Population  (3 units)
Description:  Basic concepts of population studies; analysis of social trends, problems and solutions in relation to environmental factors, with reference to both advanced and developing nations.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 199 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 220 -- Introduction to African American Studies  (3 units)
Description:  Introductory survey of the literature, history, culture and social issues affecting Black Americans.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  AFAS 220; AFAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 221 -- Health, Human Services and Public Management  (3 units)
Description:  This course will provide a general survey of significant issues in the health, human services and public management fields. Secondary emphasis will be placed on how policy is made and implemented in the three subject areas. The use of and interpretation of data and practical examples will be stressed.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  PA 221; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 222 -- Gender Identities, Interactions and Relationships  (3 units)
Description:  The sociological study of how gender identities form and influence interactions in friendships, intimate relations, families, education, and other institutions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 232 -- Individuals, Groups, and Society  (3 units)
Description:  The sociological study of the relations between individuals and society, including the formation of self and identity, interactions in groups, and the reciprocity between individuals and the social structure.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 241 -- Criminal Justice Administration  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and practice of criminal justice organizations: police, courts and correctional institutions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  PA 241; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 260 -- Ethnic Relations in the United States  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of minority relations and mass movements in urban society; trends in the modern world, with special reference to present-day race problems and social conflict.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  AFAS 260.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 274 -- Social Statistics  (3 units)
Description:  Techniques of statistical description and elementary statistical inference as applied to sociological data.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  SOC 101, MATH 110.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 275 -- Social Research Methods  (3 units)
Description:  Problems of conceptualization and measurement of social phenomena; design of research projects; techniques of data collection and analysis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  SOC 274.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 277 -- Law and Policy in Society: Psychological and Sociological Perspectives  (3 units)
Description:  Interdisciplinary consideration of the origins, definitions, operations, theories, and trajectories of law and legal systems in contemporary society. Excellent preparation for upper-division courses on law and law related topics in the social and behavioral sciences or public administration.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  PSYC 277; PSYC is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 280 -- Schools, Students and Society  (3 units)
Description:  The course explores how social factors produce variation in school practices; and how variation in school practices affect student outcomes.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 293 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 299 -- Independent Study  (1-4 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 299H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 300 -- Sources of Sociological Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Critical review of the works of leading sociologists.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); students must complete and pass a second-semester English composition course.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 303 -- Medical Sociology  (3 units)
Description:  Organization of health care in the U.S.; its impact on patients and society; health care practitioners; medical industries; policy debates.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 310 -- Culture and the Individual  (3 units)
Description:  Cultural and psychological dimensions of human development and human behavior.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Equivalent to:  ANTV310
Mutually Exclusive: Credit allowed for only one of these courses: SOC 310 or ANTV 310
Identical to:  ANTH 310; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 313 -- Collective Behavior and Social Movements  (3 units)
Description:  Study of riots, panics, crazes, reform and revolutionary movements; their origins, social bases, careers and consequences.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 315 -- Political Sociology  (3 units)
Description:  Current competing theories of socio-political institutions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  POL 315.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 317 -- The Sociology of Popular Culture  (3 units)
Description:  The place of popular culture in mass society; literature, film, popular music, and the life of the mind in general.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 321 -- Sociology of Families and Households  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of modern families and households and their characteristics in various social and historical settings.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 322 -- Sociology of Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Religion as a social institution with special reference to industrial societies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  RELI 322.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 324 -- Sociology of Sexuality  (3 units)
Description:  Impact of individual and community sexual attitudes and behaviors on other sociological and psychological functioning.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 326 -- Sociology of Work and the Professions  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the sociology of work occupations and organizations, with emphasis on such topics as productivity, work performance and workplace discrimination.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 330 -- God In The Movies  (4 units)
Description:  Today's multicultural religious imagination is analyzed and explored by subjecting movies to sociological analysis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 333 -- Group Processes  (3 units)
Description:  Study of processes that form, maintain, and dissolve groups, including their objectives, cohesion, norms, role leadership and power structures, communication patterns, interpersonal relations, problem solving, and effectiveness.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 336 -- Court Administration and Management  (3 units)
Description:  This three-unit, interactive course involves a study of various courts from limited magistrate to federal, with surveys of jurisdictional levels, administration, and personnel. Attention will be given to the function of courts, problems administering them and public perception. Specialized courts will also be discussed, e.g., drug court. In addition to judges, lawyers, and staff, the role of the civilian will be addressed, with studies of how these participants interact.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  PA 336; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 341 -- Juvenile Delinquency  (3 units)
Description:  Nature, causes, and consequences of delinquent behavior.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PA 341.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 342 -- Criminology  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the social origins of criminal law, criminal behavior, and reactions to crime.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PA 342.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 343 -- The Crime Problem  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and research on the nature, causes and control of crime from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  PA 343; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 344 -- Law and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of selected principles of criminal law, criminal procedure and correctional law.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  PA 344; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 345 -- Sociology of Rights, Justice, and Law  (3 units)
Description:  Study of rights, justice and law as social institutions with special reference to legal and social change.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 349 -- History of Crime in America, 1607-present  (3 units)
Description:  A history of crime in America from early Virginia through the present, with emphasis on violent crime, regional differences in crime, chronological changes, and causes of the same
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  HIST 349; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 367 -- Population Geography  (3 units)
Description:  Fertility, mortality, and migration as agents of demographic change. Topics include fertility control and LDCs; working mothers and NDCs; aging societies; legal/illegal immigration in the U.S., population policies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  GEOG 367; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 384 -- Sociology of Latin American Societies  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of their social structures and institutions, including government, religion, family, education, stratification, urban and rural development, economics, migration.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  LA S 384, ANTH 384.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 391 -- Preceptorship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 393 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 393E -- Congressional Staff Internship  (1-12 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Equivalent to:  POLV393E
Mutually Exclusive: Credit allowed for only one of these courses: SOC 393E or POLV 393E
Prerequisite(s):  open to majors only.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Identical to:  POL 393E; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Summer.

SOC 394 -- Practicum  (1-6 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 396H -- Honors Proseminar  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 399 -- Independent Study  (1-6 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 414 -- Sociology of Terrorism  (3 units)
Description:  Social Science theories and research concerning the causes of international terrorism are explored.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 416 -- Health, Ethics and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Dealing with ethical and public dimension of health care. Policy issues include who pays for health care, who can have assess to health care and the implications of for-profit health care provision will be discussed.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  PA 416; PA is home department.
May be convened with:  SOC 516.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 419 -- Culture and Society  (3 units)
Description:  This course explores the nature and sources of cultural differences, with a focus on international comparisons. We begin by examining the content of culture: symbolic systems, rituals, and beliefs. Next we concentrate on the production and distribution of cultural content by institutions such as media, schools, and organized religion. Then we study how people receive, use, and transform cultural content in daily life. Througout the course, we will evaluate competing explanations for how and why cultures differ.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 420 -- Communication and the Legal Process  (3 units)
Description:  Presents a number of accomplishments and challenges in the social scientific study of law, with special emphasis on the effects of communication and social structure on the legal processes.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  COMM 420; COMM is home department.
May be convened with:  SOC 520.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 422 -- Complex Organizations  (3 units)
Description:  Theories and research regarding large-scale organizations and their relations to the individual and society.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 427 -- Women and Work  (3 units)
Description:  A sociological analysis of historical trends and current patterns of gender inequity in paid and domestic labor.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  W S 427.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 428A -- Anthropological Demography  (3 units)
Description:  Focus on the contributions that anthropology can make to the understanding of population processes and the importance of the study of population processes to the development of anthropology as a discipline. Emphasis on basic demographic methodology.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Two of the following: ANTH 200, ANTH 265 or ANTH 368.
Identical to:  ANTH 428A; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 430 -- Social Networks  (3 units)
Description:  Study of patterns of social interaction at the individual and group level. Survey of network theory and methods, with applications to areas of current sociological interest.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  SOC 275.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 432 -- Urban Community  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of social, economic, and political processes that underlie the social organization of urban community, with special reference to contemporary cities, racial inequality/segregation, civic/political participation, social support/networks, life styles, and globalization.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 434 -- Reproduction, Politics, and Household Economics  (3 units)
Description:  Principles in the comparative study of social systems, types of social structure.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); ANTH 200 or 9 units of sociology.
Identical to:  ANTH 434; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 436 -- Social Structure and Personality  (3 units)
Description:  Relations between the person and the group; social factors in character formation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 441 -- Women and Youth in the Justice System  (3 units)
Description:  Examines the treatment of juveniles and women in the American criminal justice system.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  PA 441; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 444 -- Group-Process Methods in Management  (3 units)
Description:  Application of behavioral science knowledge to group functioning in organizations with emphasis on perspectives from organizational behavior, social psychology and sociology.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  MGMT 444; MGMT is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 446 -- Crime and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Role of government in the prevention and control of crime.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Identical to:  PA 446; PA is home department.
May be convened with:  SOC 546.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 448 -- Sociology of the Body  (3 units)
Description:  Sociology of the Body examines the relationship between society and the human body, from broad issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality, to everyday trends such as dieting, body building, and tattooing.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  W S 448.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 450 -- Social Inequality  (3 units)
Description:  Theories of social class, caste, and rank; social mobility in contemporary society.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  ANTH 450.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 458 -- Violence and Youth  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the etiology of youth violence from developmental and socio-cultural perspectives, the influence of societal factors such as media, guns, and gangs on violence among youth.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); sophomore or above standing.
Identical to:  PSYC 458; PSYC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 459 -- Sociology of Gender  (3 units)
Description:  Social construction, variation and consequences of gender categories across time and space. Topical (decision-making, deviance) and institutional (family, religion, politics) approaches.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  W S 459.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 467 -- Race and Ethnic Relations  (3 units)
Description:  Social processes involved in minority groups in terms of race, caste, class, ethnicity, politics, and religion.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Approved as:  General Education Diversity Emphasis.
Identical to:  AIS 467, ANTH 467, MAS 467, AFAS 467.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 487 -- Interpretation of Women's Health  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines a broad array of women's health issues, with a focus on the social, cultural, and institutional contexts shaping health and disease patterns among different populations. The issues explored include breast and cervix cancers, AIDS, eating disorders, violence and health care.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  W S 487; W S is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 493L -- Legislative Internship  (1-12 units)
Description:  Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major expertise and include preparing written and oral reports, summarizing legislative proposals, and providing information to legislators and legislative committees.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 494 -- Practicum  (3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.

SOC 498 -- Senior Capstone  (3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 498H -- Honors Thesis  (3 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 9 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 499 -- Independent Study  (1-6 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 500A -- Sociological Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Classic theory: Marx, Weber, Durkheim.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 500B -- Sociological Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Major strands of sociological theory in the 20th century--exchange theory, rational choice, social constructionism, ecological and institutional theories.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  SOC 500A, consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 505 -- World-System Theory and Research  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and research on the modern world-system.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 507 -- The Sociology of Religion  (3 units)
Description:  This graduate course explores classic statements as well as contemporary empirical research and theoretical debates in the sociology of religion. It provides an advanced overview of the field.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 508 -- Sociology of Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and research on the nature of cultural systems, cultural production and consumption, and strategies of interpretive analysis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 509 -- Objects and Methods of Cultural Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  From content analysis to statistical analysis, means of gathering and analyzing data on cultural objects.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 510 -- Political Sociology  (3 units)
Description:  Basic approaches in political sociology, with emphasis on the relationship of economic and political processes.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 514 -- The State and Social Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the historical development of the state, processes of policy formation, and the political economy of modern welfare and regulatory regimes.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  LAW 514.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 515 -- Social Movements and Collective Action  (3 units)
Description:  A sociological examination of the emergence and development of social movements/collective action at both the societal and individual levels. Major theoretical perspectives on social movements/collective action will be reviewed as will recent and classical empirical works in the area.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  admission to graduate program or consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 516 -- Health, Ethics and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Dealing with ethical and public dimension of health care. Policy issues include who pays for health care, who can have assess to health care and the implications of for-profit health care provision will be discussed. Graduate-level requirements include individual presentations.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PA 516; PA is home department.
May be convened with:  SOC 416.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 520 -- Communication and the Legal Process  (3 units)
Description:  Presents a number of accomplishments and challenges in the social scientific study of law, with special emphasis on the effects of communication and social structure on the legal processes. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a single aspect of communication in some legal context.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  COMM 520; COMM is home department.
May be convened with:  SOC 420.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 521 -- Community Services Policy  (3 units)
Description:  With the devolution of public policy and programming to state and local governments, communities are increasingly responsible for delivery of public services through local government agencies or through the nonprofit and private sectors. This course analyzes the nature and causes of needs addressed by community service programs, reviews service delivery politics, the effects of changes in policies, funding sources and legislation on effectiveness of service delivery systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PA 521; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 525 -- Organizational Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Survey course in the origins, development, and maturation of organizational analysis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  MGMT 525.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 526 -- Methods for Social Network Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Qualitative and quantitative methods for research on social networks (the patterning of relations among actors ranging from persons to nations), emphasizing a "how-to" approach to anlayzing existing datasets or those collected by seminar participants in their own research.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 527 -- Social Networks  (3 units)
Description:  The logic and methods of social network analysis. Emphasis on theoretical underpinnings and applications to sociological research.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  admission to graduate program or consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 530 -- Theories and Research in Social Psychology  (3 units)
Description:  A comprehensive introduction to the major theoretical perspectives, methodologies, research areas, and issues in contemporary social psychology.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 533 -- Social Relations, Groups, and Networks  (3 units)
Description:  An analysis of social interaction in relations, groups, and networks, emphasizing the reciprocal influences of social structure and social process. Theories of exchange, power, status, and justice are considered.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  SOC 530 or consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 540 -- Correctional Policy and Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Theories of crime applied to public policy issues. The relationship between scientific analysis of crime and formation of public policy.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PA 540; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 545 -- Law and Society  (3 units)
Description:  Comprehensive survey of major theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and empirical works on the origins, operations, development, and social consequences of legal and quasi-legal institutions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 546 -- Crime and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Role of government in the prevention and control of crime. Graduate-level requirements include additional reading and paper along with facilitation of a class.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Identical to:  PA 546; PA is home department.
May be convened with:  SOC 446.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 551 -- Stratification and Class  (3 units)
Description:  Basic examination of concepts and research in the area of stratification, with emphasis on the classic statements and contemporary research.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 552 -- Advanced Topics in Stratification  (3 units)
Description:  In-depth study of one contemporary area of research in stratification. Topics will vary.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 555 -- Gender and Society  (3 units)
Description:  Course surveys the growing body of research in the sociology of gender, with the goal of providing students with a theoretical grounding for studying gender sociology.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Contact department for conditions.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 557 -- Gender and Labor Markets  (3 units)
Description:  Surveys research on gender and labor markets, including race and class intersections, employment legislation, welfare policies, the feminization of poverty, work-family conflict, and the gender implications of globalization.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 560 -- Race and Ethnicity  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of recent research on the relations among racial and ethnic groups in society, with special attention to current empirical and theoretical issues.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  admission to graduate program or consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 565 -- Work and Professions  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines the historical evolution of paid employment in the twentieth century. The United States is the main focus. In addition the organization of work in other historical eras and in different countries will be covered.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 569 -- Basic Quantitative Methods  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to basic quantitative methods for professional sociologists, including computer, mathematical, and statistical concepts: Probability, Sampling, Estimation, OLS Regression, Dummy Variables.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 570A -- Social Statistics  (3 units)
Description:  Problems in classical regression analysis, single equation generalizations, simultaneous equations, time series models, hierarchical models.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 570B -- Social Statistics  (3 units)
Description:  Latent variable models, pooled cross-section models, event history models.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 575 -- Advanced Social Research Methods  (3 units)
Description:  Nature and execution of social research; experimental and non-experimental designs, data collection, techniques of analysis and interpretation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 576 -- Field and Observational Methods  (3 units)
Description:  Comprehensive and critical examination of the collection, coding, analysis, and presentation of ethnographic/qualitative field data. Original field research required.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  admission to graduate program or three graduate credits in women's studies, sociology, or economics.
Identical to:  COMM 576.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 577 -- Experimental Methods  (3 units)
Description:  The logic, design and analysis of experiments in social science research. Topics include the relation of experimentation to theory, experimental design, and practical issues.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  SOC 575 or consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 578 -- Comparative Methodology  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced introduction to the logic of comparative methods in the social sciences. Emphasis on analytic tools for linking case- and variable-oriented discourse, contrasts with other analytic logics, and comparative designs for different types of investigation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  POL 578.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 585 -- Constructing Social Theories  (3 units)
Description:  The nature and fundamental types of social theories. Formulating theories to guide research across a range of substantive areas. Criteria for choosing among alternative theories.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 587 -- Economic Sociology  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the sociological study of economic life, especially markets.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  LAW 587.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 595A -- Study In Sociology  (1 unit)
Description:  Introduction to areas of concentration within sociology, emphasizing specialties and orientation of current faculty, structure and goals of graduate education in sociology.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 596A -- Advanced Problems in Research  (1-3 units)
Description:  This course examines recent work in economic sociology focusing on the relationship between the moral order of exchange and the regulation of markets. With allowances for the research interests of participants, we shall focus mostly on three topic areas: 1. Markets and the creation of moral boundaries. 2. The role of legal and economic professionals in the classi$cation and legitimation of controversial exchanges. 3. Gift- and commons-based exchange and their relationship to market exchange and legal regulation.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Identical to:  LAW 596A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 596B -- Graduate Teaching  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 596C -- Teaching Practicum  (1 unit)
Description:  Practicum for Sociology graduate students teaching for the first time.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 596F -- THEORY AND RESEARCH ON THE NONPROFIT SECTOR  (3 units)
Description:  The seminar examines nonprofit organizations and philanthropic behavior from a sociological perspective. We apply neo-institutional, ecological, social movement, and global society theories to understand the role of nonprofits in markets, political arenas, and civil society.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Graduate Student in SBS, Law, Eller College of Management, or Education.
Identical to:  LAW 596F, PA 596F.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 596I -- Economic Sociology  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the sociological study of economic life, especially markets.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 596J -- Advanced Topics in Social Movements Research  (3 units)
Description:  Presents a sociological examination of both the emergence and outcomes of social movements, with an eye toward understanding the dominant research methologies employed by social scientists studying social movements.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  student in sociology or law.
Identical to:  LAW 596J.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 596S -- Technology and Social Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Seminar in technology and social theory.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  W S 596S; W S is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 599 -- Independent Study  (3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 604 -- Power and Violence in Central America and Mexico  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines recent approaches to politics, culture, and power in Central America and southern Mexico from the perspective of sociocultural anthropology and history.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 608A.
Identical to:  ANTH 604; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

SOC 693 -- Internship  (1-4 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 696H -- Science and Social Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Science and technology are prominent features of contemporary society. The sociology of knowledge, science, and technology are rapidly growing and increasingly important areas of inquiry in the social and behavioral sciences, arts, and humanities. This seminar will be an opportunity to read very broadly across social and political theory and its relations to science (both the natural and social) and knowledge. The goals of the course are to expose students to the various schools of thought, methodologies, and themes in the sociology of science and knowledge and the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies, and to explore resources from which to develop research questions in these areas.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  W S 696H; W S is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

SOC 699 -- Independent Study  (1-4 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 900 -- Research  (2-8 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 920 -- Dissertation  (1-9 units)
Description:  Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

SOC 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
Grading:  a Grade of K is awarded for this course except for the final term.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.