Graduate Classes Fall 2011
550. SOCIAL INEQUALITY (3). Causes and consequences of inequality across social institutions and social locations. Empirical, theoretical, and methodological issues are examined and critically assessed. A culminating experience-integrating theory, methods, and scholarly writing-is required.
PRQ: SOCI 280; SOCI 301 or SOCI 302; and SOCI 377A or SOCI 377B; or consent of department.
587. GENDER AND CRIME (3). Relationships between gender and crime, internationally and nationally. Trends in female and male crime and victimization; the treatment of women and men in criminal justice systems. May include visits to appropriate agencies. A culminating experience–integrating theory, methods, and scholarly writing–is required.
PRQ: SOCI 280; SOCI 301 or SOCI 302; SOCI 357 or SOCI 381; SOCI 357 or SOCI 381; and SOCI 377A or SOCI 377B; or consent of department.
602. INTERNSHIP (3-6). Work as an intern in an agency engaged in activities related to sociology. Reading and preparation of a paper under the supervision of a department faculty member. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
PRQ: Admission to M.A. program in sociology or consent of department.
663. PROSEMINAR WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES (3). Critical analysis of selected health issues that affect the life experiences of women. Emphasis on feminist theories and the intersections of race, class, and culture to interpret these health-related experiences of women.
670. CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (3). Critique of Durkheim, Weber, and other early theorists.
PRQ: SOCI 370 or consent of department.
672. PROSEMINAR VIOLENCE & NONVIOLENCE (3). Analysis and synthesis of current research, concepts, and issues in various areas. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
PRQ: Consent of the department.
675. SOCIOLOGICAL STATISTICS (3). Methods of sampling and testing hypotheses; statistical inference; correlation and other measures of association; nd methods of treating both quantitative and non-quantitative variables.
PRQ: 3 semester hours in statistics or consent of department.
677. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIOLOGY (3). Methods of collecting and analyzing qualitative data for research in sociology, including ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and observation. Not open for credit to students having credit in ANTH 560.
689. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN SOCIETY (3). Police, courts, and corrections in America: their organizations and policies, their patterns of recruitment and promotion, plea bargaining, police power, treatment of minorities, and sensitivity to social and political issues. Examination of selected communities.
PRQ: Previous course in criminology or consent of department.
690. INDEPENDENT STUDY IN SOCIOLOGY (1-3). Supervised readings and research in special areas of sociology. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
PRQ: Written permission of department.
699. MASTER’S THESIS (1-6). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.