Course Offerings (GSAS Bulletin)
All courses carry 4 points per term, unless otherwise
indicated.
Two-Part Courses: A hyphen indicates a full-year course with
credit granted only for completing both terms. A comma indicates credit is
granted for completing each term.
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Classical Sociological Theory (1848-1950)
G93.2111
Examines major figures of modern sociology, including Marx,
Durkheim, Weber, and Simmel. Focuses on the conditions and assumptions of
social theory, the process of concept formation and theory building, general
methodological issues, and the present relevance of the authors examined. An
effort is made to speculate on the nature of the growth of knowledge in
sociology.
Contemporary Sociological Theory
G93.2115
Reviews major trends in sociological theory since World War
II, including structural functionalism, interpretive approaches, rational
choice theory, Marxism, and recent European developments.
Advanced Seminar in Selected Sociological Traditions
G93.3112 Prerequisite: one basic (2000-level) theory course.
Advanced analysis of one or two sociological theorists or
traditions, considering the origins, major claims, and current debates over
their status (e.g., Marxism, Foucault, Merton, Bourdieu, Habermas).
Advanced Seminar in Selected Themes in Sociological Theory
G93.3113 Prerequisite: one basic (2000-level) theory course.
Advanced analysis of a particular theoretical question,
looking at how varying authors and traditions have attempted to answer it;
reviews historical and contemporary debates.
Advanced Seminar in Contemporary Sociological Theory
G93.3115 Prerequisite: one basic (2000-level) theory course.
Topics in sociological theory since World War II, including
structural functionalism, interpretive approaches, rational choice theory,
Marxism, critical theory, European developments, and the theoretical
eclecticism of the discipline.
METHODS OF INQUIRY
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) following the course
number satisfy the second methods requirement for the Ph.D. degree.
Methods and Statistics I, II, III
G93.2331, 2332, 2333* Prerequisite: G93.2331 or G93.2332 with at least a B, for entry into G93.2332 or G93.2333, respectively.
This three-semester sequence provides an introduction to
quantitative research in sociology, integrating the study of research methods
and statistics. The first semester introduces basic methodological issues and
basic statistics. The second semester introduces multivariate techniques,
emphasizing application through the study of one social science data set. While
offering some more advanced techniques, the optional third semester stresses
the application of the skills learned in the first two courses, guiding
students through a complete secondary analysis of data.
Qualitative Methods
G93.2303*
Supervised experience in activities and techniques of
qualitative, naturalistic field methods like observation, interviewing, and
participant observation. Exploratory work may lead to an empirical dissertation
project.
The Logic of Inquiry
G93.2304
Introduction to theoretical methodology and the philosophy
of social science. Addresses basic and recurrent issues in sociological
inquiry: the analysis of social change, the problem of interpretive sociology
versus positivism, the “ideal-type” method of Weber, methodological
individualism and psychological reductionism, functionalist and systems
analysis, models of science and scientific revolutions, and issues raised by
phenomenology, ethnomethodology, structuralism, and Marxist dialectics.
Research Formulation and Design
G93.2307
Seminar to help students move from the initial development
of a research topic to a workable proposal. All substantive questions and
methodological approaches are considered.
Historical and Comparative Sociological Methods
G93.2308* Prerequisite: knowledge of
basic statistics and methods.
Overview of issues in historical and comparative methodology
in macro-sociology: methods of and current controversies in historical and
comparative sociology; debates about what makes sociology “historical” to
debates about the benefits of techniques, such as qualitative comparative
analysis; analysis of recent macrosociological investigations in sociology,
employing comparative and historical methods.
Advanced Multivariate Methods
G93.2312* Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Matrix formulation of regression, probit, and logit.
Simultaneous equation systems, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis,
measurement models, loglinear models, time-series, and panel analysis. Pooling
methods.
Mathematical Models in Sociology
G93.2313* Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Mathematical models of social process and structure. Linear
programming, stochastic models, graph theory, game theory. Differential and
integral calculus. Difference and differential equations. Diverse applications.
POWER AND INEQUALITY IN MODERN SOCIETIES
Social Stratification and Inequality
G93.2137
Assesses the research and theoretical work on economic
inequality and classes in the social sciences. Reviews important classic
contributions (including Marx, Weber, and Schumpeter), compares competing
approaches (including Marxist, conflict, functionalist, elite, and status
attainment theories), and surveys modern directions of development (such as
labor market studies, socialist inequality, the role of the state).
Stratification and Inequality: Race
G93.2137.02
Sociology of Revolutions
G93.2141
Globalization: History, Dimensions, and Dynamics
G93.2145
Examines the process of globalization in its historical
trajectory; its economic, political, and social dimensions; and its
theoretical, cultural, and ideological representations. Focuses on the
dialectics of global-local interaction and its consequences for the production
of new categories of knowledge, academic disciplines, and methods.
Social Movements
G93.2153
Surveys controversies and research issues and topics in
social movements. Topics include classical, economic, resource mobilization,
political process, and political opportunity theories of social protest
movements; so-called new social movements; and issues of identity formation.
Analyzes recent thinking and research concerning the consequences or impact of
social protest movements, including the U.S. civil rights movement, labor
movements, neopopulist movements, and revolutionary movements.
Political Sociology
G93.2441
Surveys controversies and research topics in political
sociology. At the center of these investigations are states and power. Explores
concepts of power and the theories of the state. Topics are the formation of
states, political institutions, and social policies and the determinants and
outcomes of collective action.
Seminar in Social Stratification and Inequality
G93.3137
Seminar in Social Movements
G93.3153
Seminar in Macrosociology
G93.3441
Seminar in Political Sociology
G93.3442
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Social Psychology I
G93.2102
Four areas of developing work are considered in relation to
historical change and social organization: communicative competences and
practices; emotional experience, display, and control; temporal experience,
conceptions, and practices; and the problematic character of the individual,
self, and biography.
Socialization
G93.2211
Socialization refers to the social process of preparing
novices for membership in groups, organizations, institutions, and societies.
It also refers to the ways people learn new roles, statuses, or identities.
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Sociology of Medicine
G93.2401
Political economy of health care in the United States, with
concentration on the roles of the medical profession in the system. Issues
include the social construction of illness, the social organization of
treatment, and the institutional organization of the medical profession in its
methods of recruitment and training. Discusses relations between the medical
profession, paraprofessional occupations, third-party payers, and the
government.
Sociology of Education
G93.2407
Sociological perspective on American education. Topics
include the social context of socialization and learning; the effects of
schooling; desegregation and social inequality; teachers as unionized
professionals; school politics and bureaucracy; and selected policy issues
confronting American education. Emphasis is on American institutions, although
comparative perspectives are discussed.
Sociology of Culture
G93.2414
Survey of major approaches to the sociology of culture and
the use of cultural theory in sociological analysis generally. Specific topics
include cultural institutions, the relationship of popular to elite culture,
different media of cultural communication and expression, historical
transformations of culture (including debates over postmodernism), cultural
hegemony and domination, and cultural politics. Authors whose works are studied
include Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall, Pierre Bourdieu, Paul Gilroy, Paul
DiMaggio, and Charles Taylor.
Sociology of the Arts
G93.2415
The occupational and institutional organization of the
production and distribution of the arts. The arts are analyzed as secondary
occupations with special problems of commitment, identity, and standards as
well as of economic survival.
Sociology of Knowledge
G93.2422
Reviews and evaluates important perspectives on the
relationship between knowledge and social structure. Focuses on a number of
research strategies concerned with types of knowledge and knowledge-systems,
codes and symbols, the manipulation of knowledge for social and political
purposes, the study of ideologies, and the major factors in knowledge
production.
Society and Economy
G93.2435
Examines the relationship between economic institutions and
other social institutions. Considers how economic life influences and is affected
by political organizations, the logic of organizational functioning, kinship
systems, class conflict, and other social phenomena. Materials include
classical theoretical works and contemporary studies.
Urban Sociology
G93.2463
Introduction to the field of urban sociology that looks at
the interplay between studies of city life and theories about cities. Traces
the development of modern American cities; examines the theories that emerged
to explain the causes and consequences of urbanization; and analyzes the
social, political, and economic processes of community growth and decline among
urban and suburban residents.
Comparative Urban Politics and Policy
G93.2464
Seminar in Social and Political Studies of Science
G93.3402
Seminar in the Sociology of Education
G93.3407
DEVIANCE, LAW, AND CRIMINOLOGY
Deviance and Social Control
G93.2160
Cumulative development and changing emphasis in deviance
theory. Major methods of research and analytic models. Ecological anomie and
subculture, functionalist, learning, and conflict perspectives. The social
reactions approach: labeling processes and deviance amplification,
organizational processing, and collective struggles over deviance definitions.
Disputes over “labeling.” Political and public policy implications of deviance
sociology.
Sociology of Law
G93.2434
Theoretical perspectives and research strategies in the
sociology of law. Topics include the development of legal norms, legal
participation and litigiousness, law and dispute resolution, the courts, the
organization of public law enforcement, the legal profession, the relationship
between social and legal change, and the use of law in social engineering.
Criminology
G93.2503
Historical development of criminology. Criminal behavior
systems, etiology of crime and delinquency. Victimization. Crime in the mass
media. The making of criminal laws and their enforcement by police,
prosecutors, courts, probation and parole officers, and other agencies.
Punishment and sentencing. Policy questions.
Sociology of Punishment
G93.2508
Seminar in Criminology
G93.3513
Seminar in the Sociology of Law
G93.3534
OCCUPATIONS, LABOR, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Large-Scale Organizations
G93.2132
Major organizational theories (Marx, Weber, Taylorism, human
relations, decision-making and system models, contingency theory,
organizational ecology, negotiated order). Methods of organizational analysis
and examination of empirical studies. Linkages between organizations and the
social, economic, political, and cultural environments.
Sociology of Occupations
G93.2412
Introduction to occupational analysis, its relation to class
and organizational theory, the changing occupation distribution of the labor
force, and theories explaining it and predicting its future. Considers impact
on work commitment, identity, solidarity, status and career, and systematic
methods of analyzing occupations.
Seminar in the Sociology of Work
G93.3411
Seminar in Organizations
G93.3463
SEX, GENDER, AND FAMILY
Sociology of Sex and Gender
G93.2227
Critically assesses the research and theoretical work on
gender inequality in the social sciences. Provides a sophisticated, scholarly
grasp of this fast developing field. Topics include the origins of gender
inequality, economic equality between the sexes, political inequality,
reproduction and child rearing, sexuality, violence, and ideology. Compares the
competing theories of the causes of gender inequality and of changes in
inequality.
Sociology of Childhood
G93.2416
Sociology of the Family
G93.2451
Systematic introduction to the literature on family and
kinship. Includes classical theories and examines the major areas of
contemporary research. Topics include family formation, social reciprocity,
family dissolution, the history of the family, and a comparison of general
theoretical paradigms.
Seminar in Sex and Gender
G93.3227
Seminar in the Family
G93.3451
VARIABLE CONTENT COURSES
Registration in the following courses is open only to
students who have the consent of an instructor to supervise their work. See
announcements at registration time for further information.
Apprenticeship I, II, III, IV, V, VI
G93.2321, 2322, 2323,
2324, 2325, 2326 Variable points.
Interdisciplinary Seminar
G93.3000
Doctoral Dissertation I, II, III, IV
G93.3901, 3902, 3903,
3904 1-4 points per term.
Reading Course I, II, III, IV
G93.3915, 3916, 3917,
3918 2 points per term, unless
instructor requests 1, 3, or 4 points.
Reading
Course V
G93.3919
Doctoral Seminar
G93.3921, 3922
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