USC Schedule of Classes

Introduction to the causes and effects of contemporary race relations in a diverse U.S. society. Exploration of racial conflict at the personal and institutional levels.

Examination of the immigrant experience in the United States. Comparative analysis of social context of migration, formation of immigrant communities, and social integration of immigrants.

The peculiarity of the "modern" Western family system in historical and cross-cultural perspective; focus on the "postmodern" family crisis in the United States.

Basic concepts of sociology with special reference to group life,social institutions, and social processes.

Investigation of health as a social category and the varied ways that social and cultural factors shape bodies and health.

Sociological and demographic concepts focusing on the causes of disease, health and wellness. Empirical analysis of population composition and its connection to health.

This course examines globalization through social and economic processes and its consequences for social conflict, economic development, human rights, social movements, and national identity.

Social construction of childhoods; children's social relations and cultures; issues of childcare, poverty, violence, and children's rights; effects of children on adults.

Logic of theory construction, research design, elementary data collection and analysis. Lecture and laboratory.

Sociological measurement, univariate description, elementary correlation, introduction to statistical inference.

Current theories of origin, distribution, and control of deviant behavior; examination of processes involved in the career deviance of drug addicts, alcoholics, sexual deviants, gamblers, and mentally disordered.

Nature and trends in crime, policing, courts, and correctional agencies in relation to past, current, and prospective changes in society.

Inequalities in wealth, prestige, and power in the United States; the American class structure and the extent of upward mobility in that structure.

Students examine images of urban America and use the camera to produce visual representation in their analysis of social relations.

Changing family patterns; personality development; family unity, predicting success in marriage; the family in transition; crises such as economic changes, death, divorce; family reorganization.

Historical and contemporary approaches to sociological theory; analysis of conceptual frameworks applied to the study of society and social interaction.

An investigation into inter-ethnic, interracial, and inter-religious marriage in the 21st century.

Interdisciplinary examination of social, personal meanings of masculinity; variety of male experience by social class, race, sexuality, and age; emerging masculinities of the future.

Internship in an Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). Students will conduct sociological research on issues surrounding NGOs and the work they do. Prerequisite: SOCI 313 and SOCI 314. Open only to juniors and seniors.

The role of religion in modern society from the standpoint of sociological theory and research.

Social and cultural factors in causation of disease, health care utilization and health care delivery.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Seminar in workshop form to accompany completion of Senior Honors Theses under faculty guidance. Acceptance into the Honors Program.

An interdisciplinary examination of selected emerging issues.

Developments in sociological theory from World War II to the present. Duplicates credit in former SOCI 610.

Seminar in epistemologies, ethics, and techniques of qualitative research. Critical reading and practice in social observation, interviewing, fieldwork, and research design. Preparation of IRB proposal.

Introduction to the logic and tools of quantitative analysis in sociology; covers the basic elements of designing research, summarizing and exploring patterns in data, and making generalizations about populations based on characteristics of samples.

History of feminist theory and major perspectives of current feminist theory: liberal feminism, socialist/Marxist feminism, radical feminism, psychological feminism, spiritual feminism, and ecological feminism.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of thesis.

Credit on acceptance of thesis.

Procedures and techniques for the collection, evaluation, and analysis of demographic data; census and vital registration systems; basic measures of demographic components, and the construction of life tables and population projections. Prerequisite: SOCI 521. Duplicates credit in former SOCI 540.

Classical/neoclassical economic models of human action, sociological alternatives, the history of the large corporation, sociological models of production/labor/financial markets and the role of economic institutions in the larger society.

Survey of key theoretical approaches and relevant issues in immigration studies. Themes include: transationalism, globalization, gendered migration, segmented assimilation, immigrant labor markets, social incorporation and citizenship. Open to Ph.D. in Sociology students only. Duplicates credit in former SOCI 575.

Prepares graduate students to publish in peer reviewed journals. Prerequisite: SOCI 620 or SOCI 622. Graded CR/NC.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.