SOCY 4090. Topics in Sociology. (1-3) (1-3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101. Examination of specialized sociological topics. May be repeated for credit. (A listing and brief description of specific courses offered each term is available from the departmental office.) Examples: corporate crime, divorce, mental health, Japan, Eastern Europe; sociology of religion. (On demand)

SOCY 4110. Sociology of Aging. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of the instructor. Study of the changing characteristics, aspirations and needs of older adults and their impact upon such institutions as the family, work, the economy, politics, education, and health care; emphasis on sociological theories of aging, contemporary research, and the analysis of specific aging policies and programs. (Same as GRNT 4110) (Fall)

SOCY 4111. Social Inequality. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101. Distribution of power, privilege and prestige; correlates and consequences of inequality; national and international comparisons. (Yearly)

SOCY 4112. Sociology of Work. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of instructor. The emergence of industrialization; its technology and impact on work, community and family; problems and contemporary trends in selected industrial societies. Additional work will be required of all graduate students. (On demand)

SOCY 4115. Sociology of Corporations. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101. Structure and dynamics of complex organizations; bureaucracy; mechanisms of change. (Yearly)

SOCY 4122. Population and Society. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101. International trends in population change, composition, distribution, fertility, mortality, migration; basic demographic measures and data sources for community analysis. (On demand)

SOCY 4124. Sociology of the Community. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101. Concepts and methods of community analysis of planned and unplanned community change. (On demand)

SOCY 4130. Sociology of Health and Illness. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of instructor. Impact of social factors on health and illness; health care occupations; organization and financing of health care; international comparisons; prospects for the future. Graduate students required to do additional readings and/or research. (On demand)

SOCY 4132. Sociology of Sport. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of instructor. Dynamics and emergence of sport; reciprocal influence between sport and society; values, norms, and roles in sports. (Yearly)

SOCY 4135. Sociology of Education. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of the instructor. Educational institution; the school class as a social system; the school as a social environment and a complex organization. (Yearly)

SOCY 4154. Theory Construction. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 3153 or consent of instructor. Elements and process of theory construction; contemporary social theories. (On demand)

SOCY 4155. Sociological Research Methods. (4) (4G) Prerequisite: SOCY 3153 or consent of instructor. Formulation of research problems; research designs; social measurement; sampling; collection, analysis and interpretation of data. Three hours of lecture/discussion and completion of weekly laboratory units. (Fall, Spring)

SOCY 4156. Quantitative Analysis. (4) (4G) Prerequisites: SOCY 4155 or consent of department. Concepts and procedures of sociological analysis; data processing; measurement theory; quantitative models of analysis. Three hours of lecture/discussion and completion of weekly laboratory units. (Fall, Spring)

SOCY 4161. Socialization and Society. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101. Analysis and process of socialization, social interaction, sociocultural dimension of personality. (Yearly)

SOCY 4163. Sociology of Sex Roles. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of the instructor. Changing sex role behavior, socialization into sex roles, institutional sexism; alternative sex role models. (Yearly)

SOCY 4170. Sociology of Violence. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of the instructor. Study of causes, trends and patterns of selected types of violence in America including violence against the self (e.g. suicide), interpersonal violence (e.g. homicide) and collective violence (e.g. terrorism). (Yearly)

SOCY 4172. Sociology of Deviant Behavior. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101. An examination of the social processes producing unusual, bizarre and condemned behavior. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

SOCY 4173. Juvenile Delinquency. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of instructor. Youth crime and deviance; theories of causation; systems of control. (Yearly)

SOCY 4261. Human Sexuality. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of instructor. Human sexuality research; teenage pregnancy; birth control; sex education; sexual fantasy; pornography; homosexuality and bisexuality; sexual communication; heterosexual alternatives. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

SOCY 4263. Sociology of Small Groups. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of instructor. Systematic analysis and application of theoretical and empirical research pertaining to small groups. (On demand)

SOCY 4631. Seminar in Family Violence. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: upper-division family-related course or consent of the instructor. Family violence in the context of a changing society and family system. Principal foci: child abuse, sexual abuse, spouse abuse; other forms of family violence. Investigation of these topics in terms of sociocultural influences and the internal dynamics of families. (Spring) (Evenings)

SOCY 4632. Changing American Family. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: SOCY 1101 and 2132, or consent of instructor. Family theories; family system in relation to other social systems; integration of marital, parental and occupational roles in context of changing socioeconomic influences; traditional versus contemporary family roles; breakdown in stable family functioning. (Fall) (Evenings)

SOCY 5110. Intergroup Relations. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of department. Social and social-psychological determinants of intergroup relations; labor-management relations, race relations, social classes, ethnic, national and religious groups. (On demand)

SOCY 5151. Pro-seminar: Social Problems and Social Policy. (1) (1G) Prerequisite: graduate student in sociology or senior sociology major. Overview of major research areas in applied sociology. Pass/No Credit grading. (Fall)

SOCY 5625. Seminar in Urban Sociology. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or consent of department. Development and change of urban societies utilizing crosscultural comparisons of social organization, ecology, demographic composition, social psychological attributes and social problems. (On demand)

SOCY 6090. Topics in Sociology. (3G) Prerequisite: consent of department. Intensive treatment of a topic or survey of related topics, depending on student needs and interests. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (On demand)

SOCY 6135. Social Context of Schooling. (3G) The political economy of schooling; race, class, and gender effects on educational processes and outcomes; the school as a complex organization; the sociology of school reform movements. (Fall)

SOCY 6614. Self and Society. (3G) Examination of theoretical constructs and substantive concerns relevant to the socialization process; comparison of symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, phenomenology; emphasis on social construction of reality in various "social worlds" (deviant, work, family). (Alternate years)

SOCY 6615. Dilemmas in Organizations. (3G) Organizational theory and research focused on organizational design, intervention in organizations, and productivity. (Alternate years)

SOCY 6616. Stratification and Inequality. (3G) Examination of theories of stratification and the causes, processes and social consequences of economic and political inequality; assumptions behind, mechanisms for, and consequences of government and private sector strategies to address problems associated with inequality. (Alternate years)

SOCY 6617. Data Utilization. (3G) Methodological and statistical strategies for applied sociological research within organizational settings; selecting the best strategies consistent with budgetary, manpower and organizational constraints; interpreting and communicating research results in ways understandable to and useful for organizational decision-makers. (Alternate years)

SOCY 6651. Social Theory. (3G) Analysis of contemporary social theories, with emphasis on their implications for planned change. (Yearly)

SOCY 6652. Issues in Social Research. (3G) Examination of epistemology of social research; assumptions and methods of specific research strategies; ethical and policy issues of applied and academic research. (Alternate years)

SOCY 6653. Advanced Quantitative Analysis. (3G) Prerequisites: six hours in Introductory Statistics and/or Research Methods. Contemporary techniques of data analysis, management and processing applied to specific topics; measurement models, data reduction strategies and multivariate procedures. (Alternate years)

SOCY 6895. Tutorial in Sociology. (1-4G) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Directed reading and/or research; development of expertise in substantive area. May be repeated for credit. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

SOCY 6996. Thesis. (1-6G) Prerequisites: completion of all other coursework and admission to candidacy by Graduate Committee. Applied, academic, or theoretical research project, defended before graduate faculty. May be repeated for credit up to six hours. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

SOCY 7999 Graduate Residence. (0G) Continuation of individual thesis project. (Fall, Spring)