Department of Sociology
HOWARD E. ALDRICH, Chair
Professors
Howard E. Aldrich, Judith R. Blau, Kenneth A. Bollen, Glen H. Elder, Barbara Entwisle, Larry Griffin, Guang Guo, Jacqueline Hagan, Charles Kurzman, Kathleen M. Harris, Arne L. Kalleberg, John D. Kasarda, Sherryl Kleinman, Victor Marshall, François Nielsen, Michael J. Shanahan, Peter R. Uhlenberg.
Associate Professors
Kenneth (Andy) Andrews, Philip Cohen, Ted Mouw, Lisa Pearce, Andrew J. Perrin, Karolyn D. Tyson.
Assistant Professors
Neil Caren, Margarita Mooney.
Adjunct Professors
Allen Barton, William A. Darity Jr., Gail Henderson, James H. Johnson Jr., Robert F. Miles, Christian Smith, John D. Stephens.
Research Professors
Glen H. Elder, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Paul Voss.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Catherine Zimmer.
Adjunct Assistant Professors
Allan M. Parnell, John C. Scott.
Adjunct Instructors
Paul Biemer, Anne S. Hastings, Christopher Krebs.
Professors Emeriti
Amos H. Hawley, Henry A. Landsberger, Gerhard Lenski, Anthony R. Oberschall, John Shelton Reed, Richard L. Simpson, J. Richard Udry, James A. Wiggins.
Introduction
Sociology is a liberal arts major, designed to offer its students a broad education in critical thinking, analytical problem solving, reasoned judgment, and effective communication. Only a few majors go on to become professional sociologists with Ph.D.s in the field. What matters as much about a sociology major as what you can do with it, is what it can do to students: It can help you to become a well-rounded person, equipped with the versatile skills and abilities of a liberal arts education, well prepared to negotiate the complexities of contemporary societies in order to pursue a thoughtful, purposeful life and a variety of vocational callings and careers.
The department’s major is designed to train students in sociological fundamentals, yet it is receptive to diverse perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches. Departmental majors commonly combine their interests in sociology with courses in other disciplines and programs, such as psychology, history, African American studies, anthropology, political science, religious studies, and business. The Department of Sociology is the primary home for UNC–Chapel Hill’s major in management and society and minor in social and economic justice
The department encourages its students to study issues from a variety of perspectives, and its curriculum is flexible enough to permit students to tailor their program to fit individual needs and interests. The major requirements allow students substantial flexibility in meeting their individual intellectual interests and goals.
The undergraduate sociology program is structured to provide students with opportunities to put sociological ideas into practice through research by means of independent studies, theses, and internships. The department also urges students to put their training to practical use by serving others. Most broadly, the sociology major offers strong preparation in analytical skills and broad knowledge of human relations and social systems, providing many useful tools for the development of a variety of careers.
Programs of Study
The degree offered is the bachelor of arts with a major in sociology. A minor in social and economic justice is also offered. Information about the bachelor of arts with a major in management and society is provided under that heading.
Majoring in Sociology: Bachelor of Arts
Majors are required to take SOCI 101 as the introductory course. If possible, it should be taken by the end of the sophomore year. This course, in which a C grade or higher must be earned, can be used to satisfy a General Education social and behavioral sciences requirement.
The major itself consists of eight additional sociology courses, which normally include the following:
• Three specific required courses, SOCI 250 and 251–252 (a two-course sequence). These should be taken, if possible, during the junior year.
• Three 400-level courses, and
• Two other sociology courses
Students may use credit for one of SOCI 691H, 692H, or 396 (with the approval of the director of undergraduate studies) as one of the 400-level courses. With special permission, SOCI 290 may be accepted as a substitute for one of the 400-level courses.
First-year seminars in sociology can count toward the major but may be taken only by first-year students.
Any sociology course taken to satisfy General Education Approaches requirements may not be used as one of the eight courses in the major itself (e.g., if SOCI 250 is used for the General Education PH requirement, another sociology course must be taken to complete the eight-course major). Students must earn grades of C or better in at least 18 hours in the major, as well as in the introductory course.
Students pursuing a degree in the School of Education may use SOCI 101 to fulfill the social and behavioral sciences Approaches requirement and should consult with the School of Education about the additional requirements.
Course Concentrations
The Department of Sociology does not offer concentrations in specific fields. However, the department does offer the following classes especially relevant to the following career areas:
• Business and Industry: SOCI 131, 251, 252, 410, 415, 427
• International Affairs and Development: SOCI 380, 420, 439, 450, 453
• Education: SOCI 380, 412, 423
• Law: SOCI 122, 123, 133, 273, 420, 424, 442
• Public Policy: SOCI 133, 251, 252, 273, 412, 414, 415, 420, 422, 424, 429, 431, 468
• Community Service, Organizing, and Advocacy: SOCI 133, 273, 411, 412, 427, 429, 468
• Medicine and Public Health: SOCI 251, 252, 422, 431, 468, 469
Minoring in Social and Economic Justice
The minor in social and economic justice is designed for students who want to better understand how to think analytically about issues of justice and how perspectives on justice can be joined with the pursuit of it. An overarching objective is fostering attitudes and knowledge about human rights; racial, ethnic, and gender equality; economic justice; democratic participation; sustainable development; diversity; and peace. It is especially appropriate for students who anticipate working in advocacy roles in nonprofit organizations, in local communities, or in governmental organizations. In these inquiries about justice, students engage scholarship in a variety of disciplines and traditions of practice.
Students are required to meet one service-learning requirement, through APPLES, the University’s service-learning program. This requirement can be met in one of three ways. First, a student may take a course that includes a service-learning (APPLES) component. Second, a student may take a three-credit (summer or academic term) independent studies or special topics course with a faculty member and coordinated with the APPLES office as an internship. (This option counts both as a course and as meeting the service-learning requirement.) Third, a student may take the one-credit spring-break course, Special Studies 390, offered through the APPLES office. It meets the service-learning requirement but not a course requirement. Minors who wish to pursue other community and social action programs (without course credit) are encouraged to contact the Campus Y.
Four courses are required:
1. AFRI 416 Social Justice Movements, PHIL 273 Social and Economic Justice, or SOCI 273 Social and Economic Justice
2. Two additional courses, each from a different area listed below.
3. The fourth course can be selected from any of the three areas. Thus, the minor is fulfilled with 12 to 13 credits, depending on whether the service-learning requirement is part of a three-credit course or is fulfilled in another way (as Special Studies 390 or as a component of a course not listed below).
A student may major in sociology and minor in social and economic justice; however, a student cannot have more than 45 hours in one department. All college requirements about minors apply. In addition, courses that a student is using to meet a General Education Approaches requirement cannot also be used to meet a minor requirement.
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) in the lists below have departmental requirements that may or may not be waived. Students should consult course descriptions and discuss requirements with the instructor.
Understanding Justice
• AFAM 428 Bioethics in Afro-American Studies
• AFAM 430/AFRI 430/WMST 430 Comparative Studies in Culture, Gender, and Global Forces
• ANTH 248 Anthropology and Public Interest
• ANTH 322 Anthropology and Human Rights
• ANTH 686 Schooling and Diversity: Anthropological Perspectives
• ECON 267 Comparative Economic Systems*
• ECON 385 Women and Economics
• PHIL 170 Social Ethics and Political Thought
• PHIL 280 Morality and Law
• PHIL 476 Recent Developments in Political Philosophy*
• PHIL 480 Philosophy of Law
• PHIL/WMST 275 Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society
• POLI 206/206H Ethics, Morality, Individual Liberty, and the Law
• POLI 276/276H Major Issues in Political Theory
• POLI 472 Problems of Modern Democratic Theory
• POLI/WMST 265 Feminism and Political Theory
• SOCI 122 Race and Ethnic Relations
• SOCI 469 Medicine and Society
• SOCI/WMST 444 Race, Class, and Gender
• SOWO 491 Community Organizing for Social Change
Justice in Action
• AFAM/AFRI 396 Independent Studies
• AFAM/AFRI/WMST 430 Comparative Studies in Culture, Gender, and Global Forces*
• ANTH 142 Local Cultures, Global Forces
• COMM/ENST 375 Environmental Advocacy
• ECON 465 Economic Development*
• GEOG 458 Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society*
• GEOG/WMST 225 Space, Place, and Difference
• HIST/INTS 210 Global Issues in the 20th Century
• HIST/MNGT 365 The Worker and American Life
• INTS/WMST 290 Gender and Global Change
• JOMC 141 Professional Problems and Ethics
• JOMC 340 Introduction to Mass Communication Law
• JOMC 344 Censorship
• JOMC 448 Freedom of Expression in the United States
• PLCY 325 Internship
• PLCY 361/POLI 407 Health Policy and Politics
• POLI 414 The Adversary System
• SOWO 490 Public Service and Social Change
• WMST 293 Gender and Imperialism*
The Context of Justice
• AMST 293 Appalachia and America: Special Topics
• AMST/HIST 110 Introduction to the Cultures and History of Native North America
• ANTH 103 Anthropology of Globalization
• ANTH/PWAD 280 Anthropology of War and Peace
• ECON 480 Labor Economics*
• ECON 586 Economics of the Family*
• ECON/PWAD 460 International Economics*
• ENGL 265 Literature and Race, Literature and Ethnicity
• ENST/INTS/PLCY 520 Environment and Development
• GEOG 123 Cultural Geography
• HIST 490 Special Topics in History—Ecological History in Africa
• HIST 589 Race, Racism, and America: (United States) Law in Historical Perspective
• HIST/WMST 362 Women in American History
• JOMC 441 Minorities and Communication
• JOMC 442/WMST 415 Women and Mass Communication
• LING/SLAV 306 Language and Nationalism
• POLI/WMST 217 Women and Politics
• POLI/WMST 218 Politics of Sexuality
• RECR 470 Recreation and Leisure across the Lifespan
• SOCI/MNGT 412 Social Stratification
• SOCI/WMST 124 Sex and Gender in Society
Special Studies 390 meets the service-learning requirement, but as a one-credit course is not included in the four-course requirement.
Honors in Sociology
The department attempts to identify and invite all qualified students to participate in the senior honors program. Students who are not contacted, especially double majors, transfer students, and students who declare their major in sociology relatively late in their college careers, are encouraged to consult with their major advisor or the department’s honors advisor no later than the preregistration period during the second semester of their junior year.
To graduate with honors in sociology, a major must meet the following requirements:
1. At least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average in major courses and all courses taken at the University
2. Completion of an honors thesis based on independent study, which may involve collection of data by the student, under the supervision of a faculty thesis advisor
3. Participation in an honors seminar program during the fall and spring semesters of the senior year for May graduates and during the final fall semester for December graduates
Students may receive credit for one or both senior honors research and seminar courses (SOCI 691H and 692H) depending on the extent of their thesis work.
For more information on honors, contact: Professor Kenneth (Andy) Andrews, CB# 3210, 155 Hamilton Hall, (919) 843-5104, kta@unc.edu. Web site: www.unc.edu/depts/soc.
Special Opportunities in Sociology
Departmental Involvement
The Sociology Club is a student-run, student-driven organization that may provide relevant presentations, discussions, guidance, and/or service opportunities.
Independent Study and Reading
SOCI 396 Independent Study and Reading may be taken for one to three hours of course credit depending on the amount of academic work planned by the student. It is usually taken by juniors and seniors who have completed at least two or three courses in sociology. Students may use independent study to
1. Do reading and research in an area in which no course is offered
2. Take advanced or more specialized course work in a specific area of sociology
3. Combine employment and study in the form of an internship program for which they receive academic credit; if an internship is planned, the student must assume responsibility for employment arrangements
After an area of study has been selected, the student contacts a faculty member in the department whose interests are in or related to the topic area. If the faculty member agrees to direct the student’s independent study, the student needs final approval by the department’s director of undergraduate studies. It is the student’s and faculty supervisor’s responsibility to determine the amount of reading and/or outside work to be done by the student, the frequency with which the student’s progress will be assessed, and the papers or examinations that will comprise the course requirements. Some written work involving sociological analysis is required to receive credit for this course.
Study Abroad
Students interested in pursuing research and experiences abroad are encouraged to look into the many opportunities afforded through UNC–Chapel Hill’s Study Abroad Office; the Web site is at studyabroad.unc.edu/studyabroad.cfm.
Undergraduate Award
The Undergraduate Howard W. Odum Award is presented yearly to a graduating senior who has displayed excellence in undergraduate sociological achievement.
Undergraduate Research
Students interested in working with faculty on their research projects should contact the Office of Undergraduate Research for more information and also speak with the director of undergraduate studies.
Graduate School and Career Opportunities
Sociologists are employed by research institutes, public health and welfare organizations, social work agencies, private businesses, law firms, international agencies, medical centers, educational institutions, advertising firms, survey and polling organizations, and the criminal justice system. Others work in politics and government and in community and social justice organizing.
Sociology also provides preparation for going on to law, medical, or business school and for graduate degree programs in social work, education, public policy, religious ministry, mass communications, public health, nonprofit administration, and international affairs. Of course the sociology major prepares interested undergraduates for graduate studies in sociology, should they choose to continue in the field to become researchers or teachers in high schools, two-year colleges, four-year colleges, or research universities. Students interested in pursuing graduate studies in sociology after college may, with the instructor’s permission, enroll in graduate level courses at UNC–Chapel Hill.
Contact Information
Kenneth (Andy) Andrews, Director of Undergraduate Studies, CB #3210, Department of Sociology, 209 Hamilton Hall, (919) 843-5104, kta@unc.edu; or Amy Lucas, Assistant to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, CB #3210, 214 Hamilton Hall, (919) 843-5969, aelucas@email.unc.edu.
For general information, contact the Department of Sociology main office, 155 Hamilton Hall, CB# 3210, (919) 962-1007, fax (919) 962-7568. Web site: sociology@unc.edu.
For information on the minor in social and economic justice, contact Dr. Judith Blau, Department of Sociology, 266 Hamilton Hall, (919) 962-5603, jrblau@email.unc.edu. Web site: https://sociology.unc.edu/programs/undergrad/sej.
SOCI
050 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Religion in American Public Life (3). This course will engage philosophical and sociological questions in order to explore the key issues involved in the contentious question of the actual and proper role of religion in American public life.
051 First-Year Seminar: Emotion and Social Life (3). The course will examine these social aspects of emotional experience including current debates among sociologists and psychologists about the social functions of emotions.
052 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Social Inequality across Space and Time (3). This course focuses on social inequality in human societies by looking at social inequalities in different historical periods and geographical locations.
053 [006E] First-Year Seminar: The Consequences of Welfare Reform and Prospects for the Future (3). This first-year seminar is designed to 1) research and document the consequences of welfare reform and 2) participate in the political debate over reauthorization of the welfare law.
054 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs: Work and Workers in 21st-Century America (3). The course examines the nature and meaning of work in America at the beginning of the 21st century.
055 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Self, Society, and the Making of Reality (3). What does it mean to say that reality is “socially constructed?” How do people in different social groups develop shared perspectives? In exploring answers to these questions (and others) the course will also examine the self from a sociological perspective.
056 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Citizenship (3). Citizenship takes on new meaning in a global context. This course examines current debates, examples of human rights charters, and students apply what they learn to sociological topics.
057 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Rationalization and the Changing Nature of Social Life in 21st-Century America (3). Fast food restaurants have become a model for everyday life. Some scholars even talk about the “McDonaldization” of the world. By that scholars mean a drive toward greater efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control by technologies in modern organizations. Sociologists call this process “rationalization,” which will be examined in this course.
058 First-Year Seminar: Globalization, Work, and Inequality (3). This course will present a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective on how globalization affects labor markets and inequality.
059 [006E] First-Year Seminar: The Advocacy Explosion: Social Movements in the Contemporary United States (3). This course investigates the origins, dynamics, and influence of social movements in American society. It examines why people join movements, how movements work, and the way that movements are able to affect broader changes in our society.
060 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Sociology of the Islamic World (3). This course exposes students to the social, economic, political, and religious currents that have made the Islamic world one of the most important regions for global affairs, as well as one of the regions least understood in the United States.
061 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Innovative, Information Technology, and the Sociology of Business (3). This course investigates how innovations in information technology are transforming the nature of business and society in the United States. It also examines the history of work relationships in the United States to discover how information technology will change the role and meaning of employees and customers.
062 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Social Change and Changing Lives (3). Society shapes our lives, and yet we seek to influence the direction of our biographies through personal effort (also called “agency”). This course examines the dynamic between society and agency which becomes especially interesting in times of social change, when societies redefine the paths that lives can take.
063 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Cooperation and Conflict (3). The course examines cooperation and conflict in settings where there is no state and legal system that enforces rules of conduct: early encounters of Europeans and non-Europeans; migrants and colonists in a wilderness, such as New England Puritans and Mormons in Utah; good Samaritans who rescue strangers despite risks.
064 [006E] First-Year Seminar: Equality of Educational Opportunity Then and Now (3). Brown v. Board of Education centers on one of the most significant and controversial issues in American public education: equality of educational opportunity. This course examines race in America and its affect on public education before and after Brown. Topics include school segregation, curriculum tracking, and the black-white achievement gap.
066 First-Year Seminar: Citizenship and Society in the United States (3). Americans are taught that democracy and citizenship go hand in hand: being a good citizen may mean voting, writing letters, and taking other actions to “make one’s voice heard.” This course examines what citizenship has meant during the course of American history.
067 First-Year Seminar: America in the 1960s (3). This seminar examines the conflicts, wars, and social upheavals of the 1960s and how that decade transformed United States culture, from race and gender, through the expression of new identities and moral understandings in music, art, literature, and film, to the creation and practice of a new kind of politics.
068 First-Year Seminar: Immigration in Contemporary America (3). This seminar compares and contrasts historical and contemporary immigration to the United States and then explores the development a migrant community in North Carolina. We will study why people migrate, how citizens respond to migration, how the federal government regulates migration, how local communities manage the settlement of its newcomers.
101 [010] Sociological Perspectives (3). Introduction to sociology as a discipline that includes study of differences and equality, social structure and institutions, culture, social change, individuals and populations, and social psychology.
111 [011] Human Societies (3). Introduction to comparative sociology. The major types of society that have existed or now exist are analyzed, together with major patterns of social change.
112 [012] Social Interaction (3). The individual in society. An examination of how people conduct their interactions with others in different kinds of social relationships. Emphasis on the social psychological causes and consequences of such conduct.
115 [015] Regional Sociology of the South (3). Description and analysis of social aspects of the American South. Emphasis is on recent development and its effects on institutions and culture.
121 [021] Population Problems (3). Social and economic causes of population structure and change. Illustrations drawn from developing countries and the less developed regions and sections of the United States.
122 [022] Race and Ethnic Relations (3). Examination of domination and subordination in general and in specific institutional areas (e.g., economy, polity) along racial and ethnic lines. Causes of changes in the levels of inequality and stratification are also studied.
123 [023] Crime and Delinquency (3). The nature and extent of crime and delinquency; emphasis upon contemporary theories of their causation; examination of correctional programs.
124 [024] Sex and Gender in Society (WMST 124) (3). Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations.
130 [030] Family and Society (3). Comparative analysis of kinship systems and family relations. Courtship, marriage, and parent-child relations viewed within a life-cycle framework. Students may not receive credit for both this course and SOCI 425.
131 [031] Social Relations in the Workplace (MNGT 131) (3). Meaning and content of work in modern industrial society. Preparation for work; autonomy and control; inequality; consequences for health, safety, and family life.
133 [033] Sociology of Politics (3). Patterns of participation in political institutions, public policy, conflict within and between communities and other interest groups, the nature of citizenship in modern society, politics and social change.
140 [040] Historical Sociology of Christianity (RELI 234) (3). Takes an historical sociology approach to the study of Christianity. Examines the social conditions that helped give rise to the early Christian movement, follows Christianity as it influences and is influenced by social forces at key points in its historical development, and considers important contemporary developments around the globe.
165 [065] Introduction to Aging (1). This course sensitizes students to the diversity of the aging population and the aging experience, recognizes the capacity of older adults for their contributions to society, and fosters intergenerational communication.
250 [050] Sociological Theory (3). Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Required of sociology majors. A study of theoretical perspectives in sociology, their relation to contemporary social issues, and their roots in classical social thought.
251 [051] Measurement and Data Collection (3). Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Required of sociology majors. Methods of data collection, with attention to problem selection, sources of information, choice of methods, and research design. Operationalization and measurement; sampling, construction of questionnaires, and interviewing; observation techniques; experimentation.
252 [052] Data Analysis in Sociological Research (3). Prerequisite, SOCI 251. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Required of sociology majors. Methods of data analysis: descriptive and inferential statistics and multivariate analysis to permit causal inference. Attention to problems of validity and reliability and to index construction.
257 [090] Society and Culture in Postwar Germany (GERM 257, HIST 257, POLI 257) (3). See GERM 257 for description.
260 [060] Crisis and Change in Russia and East Europe (POLI 260, PWAD 260, RUES 260) (3). See RUES 260 for description.
265 [165] Population and Environment in Southeast Asia (3). Sociological, biophysical, geographical elements are integrated to examine population-environment interactions in Thailand and neighboring countries. Diverse data sources and perspectives will examine local to global issues.
273 [068] Social and Economic Justice (POLI 273) (3). See POLI 273 for description.
290 [095] Special Topics in Sociology (3). Periodic offering of courses on developing topics in the field.
380 [080] Social Theory and Cultural Diversity (3). Introduction to basic paradigms of thinking about cultural difference (race, gender, nationality, religion, etc.), encouraging students to examine how those paradigms shape how we act, think, and imagine as members of diverse cultures.
390 [199] Sociological Analysis: Special Topics (3). Examines selected topics from a sociological perspective. Course description for a particular semester is available in the department office.
396 [092] Independent Study and Reading (1–6). Permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Special reading and research in a selected field under the direction of a member of the department faculty.
410 [110] Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy (MNGT 410) (3). Varieties of organizational forms, their structures and processes; creation, persistence, transformation, and demise; role of organizations in contemporary society.
411 [111] Social Movements and Collective Behavior (3). Study of nonroutine collective actions such as demonstrations, strikes, riots, social movements, and revolutions, with an emphasis on recent and contemporary movements.
412 [112] Social Stratification (MNGT 412) (3). Analysis of social structure and stratification in terms of class, status, prestige, and rank. Attention to social roles of elites, professionals, the middle class, and the working class and to comparative topics.
414 [114] The City and Urbanization (3). The city as a social, spatial, and political-economic phenomenon in the modern world. Analysis of urban demographic trends, spatial characteristics and economic functions. Substantive topics include segregation, social turmoil, unemployment, fiscal problems, suburbanization, and urban public policy.
415 [115] Economy and Society (MNGT 415) (3). Examination of the structure and operation of institutions where economy and society intersect and interact, such as education, industrial organizations, on-the-job training, labor markets, and professional associations. Emphasis on the contemporary United States, with selected comparisons with Western Europe and Japan.
419 [119] Sociology of the Islamic World (3). Investigates issues such as tradition and social change, religious authority and contestation, and state building and opposition in Muslim societies in the Middle East and around the world.
420 [120] Political Sociology (3). Analysis of the reciprocal influences of state and social organizations upon each other; the social bases of political authority and stability, of revolution and counterrevolution.
422 [122] Sociology of Health and Mental Illness (3). Course examines uniqueness of the sociological perspective in understanding mental health and illness. It draws upon various fields to explain mental illness in as broad a social context as possible. Attention focuses on how social factors influence definitions and perceptions of illness.
423 [123] Sociology of Education (3). An overview of theory and research on education and schooling, with an emphasis on inequalities in educational opportunities, education as a social institution, and the changing context of schools and schooling.
424 [124] Law and Society (3). A sociological analysis of comparative legal systems, the role of law in social change and in shaping social behavior. Topics may include the legal profession, property distribution, and the role of law in achieving racial and sexual justice.
425 [125] Family and Society, Junior/Senior Section (3). A special version of SOCI 130 for juniors, seniors, and beginning graduate students. Students may not receive credit for both this course and SOCI 130.
427 The Labor Force (MNGT 427) (3). Supply and characteristics of labor and of jobs, including industrial and occupation changes, education and mobility of labor, and changing demography of the workforce.
428 [128] Sociology of Art (3). Connections between artworks, art theory, and social theory are examined. Approaches in the fine arts and the social sciences are examined.
429 Religion and Society (RELI 429) (3). Sociological analysis of group beliefs and practices, both traditionally religious and secular, through which fundamental life experiences are given coherence and meaning.
431 [131] Aging (3). The process of aging from birth to death, with a concentration on the later years of life, examined from a broad perspective. Topics include individual change over the life-course, the social context of aging, and the aging of American society.
439 [118] Comparative European Societies (POLI 439) (3). See POLI 439 for description.
442 [143] Conflict and Bargaining (PWAD 442) (3). Conflict and conflict-resolution behavior. Applications to labor-management relations, family, sports, community politics, international relations.
444 [129] Race, Class, and Gender (WMST 444) (3). Conceptualizations of gender, race, and class and how, separately and in combination, they are interpreted by the wider society. Emphasis on how black and working-class women make sense of their experiences at work and within the family.
445 [145] Sociology of Emotions (3). The course examines how emotions are organized within social groupings and institutions. Differences in socialization by gender, ethnicity, social class, and age will be explored.
450 [150] Theory and Problems of Developing Societies (3). Theories concerning the development process (motivational vs. institutional economics vs. political and social development; similarity of sequential states and outcomes) will be related to policy problems facing the developing nations.
453 [153] Social Change in Latin America (3). Introduction to Latin American ideologies and values; economic and demographic changes; major pressure groups (old elites, entrepreneurs, peasants and working classes, military and intellectuals); and relations with the United States.
460 [160] Contemporary Social Theory (3). Prerequisite, SOCI 250. Analysis of current problems in general social theory; action and structure, justice and equity, social change and reproduction. Contrast and evaluation of leading approaches to solutions.
468 [168] United States Poverty and Public Policy (3). This course examines issues of poverty and social policy, single-mother families, the welfare debate, and homelessness. Students are required to participate in the APPLES service-learning program as part of the course.
469 [169] Medicine and Society (3). This course explains why and how particular social arrangements affect the types and distribution of diseases and how the medical care system is organized and responds. The course focuses on three topics: social factors in disease and illness; health care practitioners and patients; and changes in the health care system.
481 [281] Managing International Conflict (3). This course introduces the principles of international cooperation and conflict resolution; theories of how international agreements develop or break down; and the logic of mediation, arbitration, and negotiation.
691H [098] Senior Honors Research and Seminar (3). Permission of the department. 691H is required of senior honors candidates. Individual student research (under supervision of an advisor). Weekly seminar to discuss work on honors thesis, as well as special topics in sociology.
692H [099] Senior Honors Research and Seminar (3). Prerequisite, SOCI 692H. Permission of the department. Individual student research (under supervision of an advisor). Weekly seminar to discuss work on honors thesis, as well as special topics in sociology.