Sociology

Sociology | SOC Information

(College of Letters & Science)
Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department
Department Office. 530-752-0782; http://sociology.ucdavis.edu
Faculty. http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/people

Sociology | SOC A.B.

(College of Letters & Science)
Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department
Department Office. 530-752-0782; http://sociology.ucdavis.edu
Faculty. http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/people
The Major Programs
Sociology is the study of human society in all its manifestations. Its aim is to discover the process and structure of
human interaction, to identify the main forces that sustain or weaken social groups, and to determine the conditions
that transform social life. Sociology, like any science, is a disciplined, intellectual quest for knowledge about the
fundamental nature of things.
Students selecting the Sociology major may choose from four options in the major. The General Sociology
emphasis allows students to obtain a broad understanding of the concepts, methods, and theories of sociology.
Students with a special interest in the areas of Law and Society or Social Services may choose a more specialized
program of courses and practical experience within the sociology major. The Comparative Studies and World
Development emphasis provides a sociological perspective on social and economic changes throughout the world,
with a stress on relationships between “developed” and “developing” societies. In their junior year, students are
encouraged to consider the Education Abroad Program—especially one in a developing country.
Career Opportunities. In the Sociology major, the General option is for students desiring a solid liberal arts
education as well as those interested in graduate work in the social sciences. Options in Law and Society or Social
Services prepare students for careers in such areas as law, corrections, social work or counseling. The Comparative
Studies and World Development emphasis prepares students for graduate training leading to careers in
international fields.
Major Advisor. Consult the Departmental Advising office in 1282 Social Sciences and Humanities Building or see
http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/advising/advising-office.
Honors Program. An Honors Program is available to Sociology and Sociology-Organizational Studies majors who
have demonstrated excellence in their field of study. To be eligible for the program, students must have a grade-
point average of 3.500 in the major and the recommendation of a faculty sponsor familiar with their work. In
addition to meeting the standard major requirements, students are encouraged to take a 199 course with their
sponsor in the spring of their third year, prior to the seminar courses. Honors students write an honors thesis and
take two quarters (eight units) of Honors coursework (SOC 194H). Successful completion of the Honors Program,
when combined with College GPA requirements, enables the student to graduate with High or Highest Honors.
Students should apply for the program before they begin their fourth year.
General Emphasis Units: 73-75
Preparatory Subject Matter 29-31
Sociology 17-18
SOC 001 Introduction to Sociology 5
SOC 046A Introduction to Social Research 4
SOC 046B Introduction to Social Research 5
Choose one: 3-4
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 SOC 002 Self and Society 4
SOC 003 Social Problems 4
SOC 004 Immigration and Opportunity 4
SOC 005 Global Social Change: An Introduction to Macrosociology 4
SOC 011 Sociology of Labor and Employment 4
SOC 025 Sociology of Popular Culture 4
SOC 030A Intercultural Relations in Multicultural Societies 3
SOC 030B Intercultural Relations in Multicultural Societies 3
Anthropology; choose one: 4-5
ANT 002 Cultural Anthropology 5
ANT 020 Comparative Cultures 4
History; choose one: 4
HIS 004A History of Western Civilization 4
HIS 004B History of Western Civilization 4
HIS 004C History of Western Civilization 4
HIS 006 Introduction to the Middle East 4
HIS 007A History of Latin America to 1700 4
HIS 007B History of Latin America, 1700-1900 4
HIS 007C History of Latin America 1900-present 4
HIS 008 History of Indian Civilization 4
HIS 009A History of East Asian Civilization 4
HIS 009B History of East Asian Civilization 4
HIS 010C World History III 4
HIS 015A Africa to 1900 4
HIS 015B Africa Today 4
HIS 017A History of the United States 4
HIS 017B History of the United States 4
Philosophy; choose one: 4
PHI 005 Critical Reasoning 4
PHI 014 Ethical and Social Problems in Contemporary Society 4
PHI 024 Introduction to Ethics 4
Depth Subject Matter 44
(A) 4
SOC 100 Origins of Modern Sociological Theory 4
(B) Choose one from each of the following four categories: 16
Individual, Culture & Society 4
SOC 125 Sociology of Culture 4
SOC 126 Social Interaction 4
SOC 135 Social Relationships 4
Stratification & Social Differentiation 4
SOC 130 Race Relations 4
SOC 132 The Sociology of Gender 4
SOC 140 Social Stratification 4
Organizations & Institutions 4
SOC 118 Political Sociology 4
SOC 131 The Family 4
SOC 146 Sociology of Religion 4
SOC 180A Complex Organizations 4
Social Dynamics 4
SOC 104 The Political Economy of International Migration 4
SOC 141 Industrialization and Social Change 4
SOC 143A Urban Society 4
SOC 170 Population 4

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(C) Choose three upper division courses from one of the following clusters, not counting 12
courses taken to fulfill requirement B:
Individual, Culture & Society
SOC 102 Society and Culture of California 4
SOC 120 Deviance 4
SOC 122 Sociology of Adolescence 4
SOC 125 Sociology of Culture 4
SOC 126 Social Interaction 4
SOC 128 Interracial Interpersonal Dynamics 4
SOC 129 Sociology of Black Experience in America 4
SOC 131 The Family 4
SOC 132 The Sociology of Gender 4
SOC 134 Sociology of Racial Ethnic Families 4
SOC 135 Social Relationships 4
SOC 137 African American Society and Culture 1790 to 1990 4
SOC 143B Sociology of City Life 4
SOC 148 Collective Behavior 4
SOC 150 Criminology 4
SOC 152 Juvenile Delinquency 4
SOC 153 The Sociology of Childhood 4
SOC 172 Ideology of Class, Race and Gender 4
SOC 173 Sociology Through Literature 4
SOC 174 American Jewish Identities and Communities 4
SOC 175 Mass Communication 4
SOC 176 Sociology of Knowledge, Science, and Scientific 4
Knowledge
Stratification & Social Differentiation
SOC 118 Political Sociology 4
SOC 128 Interracial Interpersonal Dynamics 4
SOC 129 Sociology of Black Experience in America 4
SOC 130 Race Relations 4
SOC 132 The Sociology of Gender 4
SOC 133 Sexual Stratification and Politics 4
SOC 134 Sociology of Racial Ethnic Families 4
SOC 140 Social Stratification 4
SOC 145A Sociology of Third World Development 4
SOC 145B Gender and Rural Development in the Third World 4
SOC 171 Sociology of Violence and Inequality 4
SOC 172 Ideology of Class, Race and Gender 4
SOC 185 Social Policy 4
SOC 185Y Social Policy (Hybrid Version) 4
SOC 188 Markets, Culture and Inequality in China 4
Choose one: 4
AAS 123 Black Female Experience in Contemporary Society 4
ASA 100 Asian American Communities 4
CHI 110 Sociology of the Chicana/o Experience 4
NAS 115 Native Americans in the Contemporary World 4
Organizations & Institutions
SOC 118 Political Sociology 4
SOC 124 Education and Inequality in the U.S. 4
SOC 131 The Family 4
SOC 133 Sexual Stratification and Politics 4
SOC 139 Corporations and Society 4
SOC 146 Sociology of Religion 4
SOC 149 Religion and American Society 4
SOC 150 Criminology 4
SOC 151 The Criminal Justice System 4
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 SOC 154 Health and Illness 4
SOC 155 Sociology of Law 4
SOC 159 Work, Employment, and Careers in the 21st Century 4
SOC 160 Sociology of the Environment 4
SOC 180A Complex Organizations 4
SOC 180B Complex Organizations 4
SOC 181 Social Change Organization 4
SOC 182 Utopian Communal Groups and Movements 4
SOC 183 Comparative Organizations 4
Choose one: 4
SOC 185 Social Policy 4
SOC 185Y Social Policy (Hybrid Version) 4
Social Dynamics
SOC 104 The Political Economy of International Migration 4
SOC 123 American Society 4
SOC 125 Sociology of Culture 4
SOC 138 Economic Sociology 4
SOC 141 Industrialization and Social Change 4
SOC 143A Urban Society 4
SOC 145A Sociology of Third World Development 4
SOC 145B Gender and Rural Development in the Third World 4
SOC 147 Sociological Perspectives on East Asia 4
SOC 148 Collective Behavior 4
SOC 156 Social Movements 4
SOC 157 Social Conflict 4
SOC 158 Women's Social Movements in Latin America 4
SOC 170 Population 4
Student-Initiated Thematic Cluster
Developed with a faculty advisor and approved by the Sociology
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
(D) Eight units of Sociology beyond courses taken to fulfill above requirements, and 8
outside of the course cluster used to fulfill requirement C.
(E) One additional elective upper division Sociology course not already used to fulfill 4
other major requirements; may use four units of 192, 194H, 195 or 199.

Law & Society Emphasis Units: 73-75

Preparatory Subject Matter 30-31
Sociology 18
SOC 001 Introduction to Sociology 5
SOC 046A Introduction to Social Research 4
SOC 046B Introduction to Social Research 5
Choose one: 4
SOC 003 Social Problems 4
SOC 004 Immigration and Opportunity 4
SOC 011 Sociology of Labor and Employment 4
Choose one: 4-5
ANT 002 Cultural Anthropology 5
ANT 020 Comparative Cultures 4
POL 001 American National Government 4
POL 003 International Relations 4
POL 004 Basic Concepts in Political Theory 4
POL 007 Contemporary Issues in Law and Politics 4
History; choose one: 4

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 HIS 004A History of Western Civilization 4
HIS 004B History of Western Civilization 4
HIS 004C History of Western Civilization 4
HIS 006 Introduction to the Middle East 4
HIS 007A History of Latin America to 1700 4
HIS 007B History of Latin America, 1700-1900 4
HIS 007C History of Latin America 1900-present 4
HIS 008 History of Indian Civilization 4
HIS 009A History of East Asian Civilization 4
HIS 009B History of East Asian Civilization 4
HIS 010C World History III 4
HIS 015A Africa to 1900 4
HIS 015B Africa Today 4
HIS 017A History of the United States 4
HIS 017B History of the United States 4
Philosophy; choose one: 4
PHI 005 Critical Reasoning 4
PHI 014 Ethical and Social Problems in Contemporary Society 4
PHI 024 Introduction to Ethics 4
Depth Subject Matter 43-44
Sociology 8
SOC 100 Origins of Modern Sociological Theory 4
SOC 155 Sociology of Law 4
Choose from the following categories: 35-36
Individual Culture & Society; choose one: 4
SOC 125 Sociology of Culture 4
SOC 126 Social Interaction 4
SOC 135 Social Relationships 4
Stratification & Social Differentiation; choose one: 4
SOC 130 Race Relations 4
SOC 132 The Sociology of Gender 4
SOC 140 Social Stratification 4
Organizations & Institutions; choose one: 4
SOC 118 Political Sociology 4
SOC 131 The Family 4
SOC 146 Sociology of Religion 4
SOC 160 Sociology of the Environment 4
SOC 180A Complex Organizations 4
Crime & Social Dynamics; choose three: 12
SOC 120 Deviance 4
SOC 150 Criminology 4
SOC 151 The Criminal Justice System 4
SOC 152 Juvenile Delinquency 4
SOC 171 Sociology of Violence and Inequality 4
Stratifications & Social Dynamics; choose one: 4
SOC 118 Political Sociology 4
SOC 137 African American Society and Culture 1790 to 1990 4
SOC 148 Collective Behavior 4
SOC 156 Social Movements 4
SOC 157 Social Conflict 4
SOC 158 Women's Social Movements in Latin America 4
AAS 123 Black Female Experience in Contemporary Society 4
AAS 145A Black Social and Political Thought 4
AAS 145B Black Intellectuals 4

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 CHI 130 United States-Mexican Border Relations 4
CHI 132 Political Economy of Chicana/o Communities 4
NAS 117 Native American Governmental Decision Making 4
NAS 118 Native American Politics 4
Legal Studies; choose one: 3-4
ASA 155 Asian American Legal History 4
CHI 182 Race and Juvenile Justice 4
ENL 107 Freedom of Expression 4
ESP 161 Environmental Law 4
ETX 138 Legal Aspects of Environmental Toxicology 3
HYD 150 Water Law 3
PHI 119 Philosophy of Law 4
POL 122 International Law 4
POL 150 Judicial Politics and Constitutional Interpretation 4
POL 151 The Constitutional Politics of the First Amendment and the 4
Right to Privacy.
POL 152 The Constitutional Politics of the Equality 4
POL 154 Legal Philosophy 4
PSC 153 Psychology and Law 4
UWP 104B Writing in the Professions: Law 4
WMS 140 Gender and Law 4
Choose one additional elective upper division Sociology course not already used to 4
fulfill other major requirements; may use four units of 192, 194H, 195 or 199.

Social Services Emphasis Units: 72-74

Preparatory Subject Matter 28-30
Sociology 18
SOC 001 Introduction to Sociology 5
SOC 046A Introduction to Social Research 4
SOC 046B Introduction to Social Research 5
Choose one: 4
SOC 002 Self and Society 4
SOC 003 Social Problems 4
Psychology 4
PSC 001 General Psychology 4
Choose two: 6-8
ASA 001 Historical Experience of Asian Americans 4
ASA 002 Contemporary Issues of Asian Americans 4
AAS 010 African-American Culture and Society 4
AAS 015 Introduction to African American Humanities 4
CHI 010 Introduction to Chicana/o Studies 4
CHI 050 Chicana and Chicano Culture 4
NAS 001 Introduction to Native American Studies 4
NAS 010 Native American Experience 4
SOC 004 Immigration and Opportunity 4
SOC 011 Sociology of Labor and Employment 4
SOC 030A Intercultural Relations in Multicultural Societies 3
SOC 030B Intercultural Relations in Multicultural Societies 3
Depth Subject Matter 44
Sociology 16
SOC 100 Origins of Modern Sociological Theory 4
SOC 131 The Family 4
SOC 140 Social Stratification 4
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 Choose one: 4
SOC 185 Social Policy 4
SOC 185Y Social Policy (Hybrid Version) 4
Psychology; choose one: 4
PSC 140 Developmental Psychology 4
PSC 142 Social and Personality Development 4
PSC 151 Social Psychology 4
PSC 168 Abnormal Psychology 4
Choose from the following categories: 24
Social Issues; choose two: 8
SOC 104 The Political Economy of International Migration 4
SOC 120 Deviance 4
SOC 122 Sociology of Adolescence 4
SOC 124 Education and Inequality in the U.S. 4
SOC 139 Corporations and Society 4
SOC 143A Urban Society 4
SOC 146 Sociology of Religion 4
SOC 149 Religion and American Society 4
SOC 150 Criminology 4
SOC 153 The Sociology of Childhood 4
SOC 154 Health and Illness 4
SOC 155 Sociology of Law 4
SOC 156 Social Movements 4
SOC 160 Sociology of the Environment 4
SOC 170 Population 4
SOC 171 Sociology of Violence and Inequality 4
Social Interaction; choose one: 4
SOC 126 Social Interaction 4
SOC 128 Interracial Interpersonal Dynamics 4
SOC 143B Sociology of City Life 4
SOC 148 Collective Behavior 4
SOC 157 Social Conflict 4
Race & Ethnicity; choose one: 4
AAS 100 Survey of Ethnicity in the US 4
ASA 102 Theoretical Perspective in Asian American Studies 4
ASA 131 Ethnicity, Culture, and the Self 4
ASA 150 Filipino American Experience 4
ASA 150B Japanese American Experience 4
ASA 150C Chinese American Experience 4
ASA 150D Korean American Experience 4
ASA 150E Southeast Asian American Experience 4
CHI 110 Sociology of the Chicana/o Experience 4
CRD 176 Comparative Ethnicity 4
NAS 115 Native Americans in the Contemporary World 4
SOC 129 Sociology of Black Experience in America 4
SOC 130 Race Relations 4
SOC 134 Sociology of Racial Ethnic Families 4
SOC 137 African American Society and Culture 1790 to 1990 4
SOC 172 Ideology of Class, Race and Gender 4
Gender; choose one: 4
SOC 132 The Sociology of Gender 4
SOC 133 Sexual Stratification and Politics 4
SOC 145B Gender and Rural Development in the Third World 4
SOC 172 Ideology of Class, Race and Gender 4
Organizational Behavior; choose one: 4
SOC 139 Corporations and Society 4
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 SOC 146 Sociology of Religion 4
SOC 151 The Criminal Justice System 4
SOC 154 Health and Illness 4
SOC 159 Work, Employment, and Careers in the 21st Century 4
SOC 180A Complex Organizations 4
SOC 180B Complex Organizations 4
SOC 181 Social Change Organization 4
SOC 182 Utopian Communal Groups and Movements 4
SOC 183 Comparative Organizations 4

Comparative Studies & World Development Emphasis Units: 78-109

Preparatory Subject Matter 30-61
Sociology 18
SOC 001 Introduction to Sociology 5
SOC 005 Global Social Change: An Introduction to Macrosociology 4
SOC 046A Introduction to Social Research 4
SOC 046B Introduction to Social Research 5
Economics 4
ECN 001B Principles of Macroeconomics 4
Anthropology; choose one: 4-5
ANT 002 Cultural Anthropology 5
ANT 020 Comparative Cultures 4
Choose one: 4
HIS 010C World History III 4
POL 002 Introduction to Comparative Politics 4
Course work in one modern foreign language at the two-year level or provide proof of 27-30
proficiency.
Depth Subject Matter 48
Sociology 20
SOC 100 Origins of Modern Sociological Theory 4
SOC 104 The Political Economy of International Migration 4
SOC 141 Industrialization and Social Change 4
SOC 145A Sociology of Third World Development 4
SOC 170 Population 4
Choose one: 4
ANT 126A Anthropology of Development 4
ANT 126B Women and Development 4
ECN 115A Economic Development 4
Choose three: 12
ANT 127 Urban Anthropology 4
SOC 118 Political Sociology 4
SOC 130 Race Relations 4
SOC 131 The Family 4
SOC 143A Urban Society 4
SOC 144 Agriculture and Society 4
SOC 145B Gender and Rural Development in the Third World 4
SOC 156 Social Movements 4
SOC 158 Women's Social Movements in Latin America 4
Regional focus; choose three from one of the following groups: 12
Africa; choose three: 12
AAS 110 West African Social Organization 4
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 AAS 111 Cultural Politics in Contemporary Africa 4
AAS 162 Islam in Africa and the Americas 4
ANT 140A Cultures and Societies of West and Central Africa 4
ANT 140B Cultures and Societies of East and South Africa 4
HIS 115A History of West Africa 4
HIS 115B History of East Africa and the Indian Ocean 4
HIS 115C History of Southern Africa from Exploration to the Rainbow 4
Nation
HIS 116 African History: Special Themes 4
POL 134 Africa and U.S. Foreign Policy 4
Latin America; choose three: 12
AAS 107A African Descent Communities and Culture in the 4
Caribbean and Latin America
AAS 180 Race and Ethnicity in Latin America 4
ANT 144 Contemporary Societies and Cultures of Latin America 4
HIS 159 Women and Gender in Latin American History 4
HIS 162 History of the Andean Region 4
HIS 163A History of Brazil 4
HIS 163B History of Brazil 4
HIS 164 History of Chile 4
HIS 165 Latin American Social Revolutions 4
HIS 166A History of Mexico to 1848 4
HIS 166B History of Mexico since 1848 4
HIS 167 Modern Latin American Cultural and Intellectual History 4
HIS 168 History of Inter-American Relations 4
NAS 120 Ethnopolitics of South American Indians 4
NAS 133 Ethnohistory of Native People of Mexico and Central 4
America
SOC 158 Women's Social Movements in Latin America 4
SPA 170 Introduction to Latin American Culture 4
SPA 172 Mexican Culture 4
SPA 173 Cinema and Latin American Culture 4
Middle East; choose three: 12
ANT 142 Peoples of the Middle East 4
HIS 112A Topics in Pre-Modern Jewish History 4
HIS 112B Topics in Modern Jewish History 4
HIS 113 History of Modern Israel 4
HIS 190A Middle Eastern History I: The Rise of Islam, 600-1000 4
HIS 190B Middle Eastern History II: The Age of the Crusades, 4
1001-1400
HIS 190C Middle Eastern History III: The Ottomans, 1401-1730 4
HIS 193A History of the Modern Middle East, 1750-1914 4
HIS 193B History of the Modern Middle East, From 1914 4
Jewish Studies; see an advisor.
Middle Eastern Studies; see an advisor.
RST 162 Introduction to Islamic Law 4
WMS 184 Gender in the Arab World 4
Asia-China & Japan; choose three: 12
AAS 107C African Descent Communities and Culture in Asia 4
ANT 148A Culture and Political Economy in Contemporary China 4
ANT 149A Traditional Japanese Society (Discontinued) 4
ANT 149B Contemporary Japanese Society (Discontinued) 4
EAS 113 Cinema and Society in China 4
ECN 171 Economy of East Asia 4
HIS 191A Classical China 4
HIS 191B High Imperial China 4
HIS 191C Late Imperial China 4
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 HIS 191D Nineteenth Century China: The Empire Confronts the 4
West
HIS 191E The Chinese Revolution 4
HIS 191F History of the People's Republic of China 4
HIS 191G Special Topics in Chinese History to 1800 4
HIS 191H Special Topics in Chinese History after 1800 4
HIS 191J Sex and Society in Modern Chinese History 4
HIS 194A Aristocratic and Feudal Japan 4
HIS 194B Early Modern Japan 4
HIS 194C Modern Japan 4
POL 148A Government and Politics of East Asia: China 4
POL 148B Government and Politics in East Asia: Japan 4
RST 165 Islam in Asia 4
RST 170 Buddhism 4
RST 172 Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism 4
SOC 147 Sociological Perspectives on East Asia 4
SOC 188 Markets, Culture and Inequality in China 4
Southeast Asia/Pacific; choose three: 12
ANT 143A Ethnology of Southeast Asia 4
ANT 145 Performance, Embodiment, and Space in South Asia 4
ANT 147 Modern South Asia Cinema 4
ECN 171 Economy of East Asia 4
HIS 191A Classical China 4
HIS 191B High Imperial China 4
HIS 191C Late Imperial China 4
HIS 191D Nineteenth Century China: The Empire Confronts the 4
West
HIS 191E The Chinese Revolution 4
HIS 191F History of the People's Republic of China 4
HIS 191G Special Topics in Chinese History to 1800 4
HIS 191H Special Topics in Chinese History after 1800 4
HIS 191J Sex and Society in Modern Chinese History 4
HIS 195B History of Modern Korea 4
HIS 196A Medieval India 4
HIS 196B Modern India 4
POL 148B Government and Politics in East Asia: Japan 4
POL 148C Government and Politics in East Asia: Southeast Asia 4
RST 165 Islam in Asia 4
RST 170 Buddhism 4
RST 172 Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism 4

Total: 72-109

Sociology | SOC; Organizational Studies A.B.

(College of Letters & Science)
Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department
Department Office. 530-752-0782; http://sociology.ucdavis.edu
Faculty. http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/people
The Major Programs
The Organizational Studies (OS) major is designed to provide a broad understanding of the political, social, and
economic organizations that make up modern society. Whether thinking about the structure of government
bureaucracies, legal systems, economic markets, educational systems, or workplaces, OS offers an interdisciplinary
view from which to understand the contemporary world in which complex and formal organizations are ubiquitous.

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Formal organizations influence how we feel, what we think, and what we can accomplish. As such, the OS major
provides both a basic understanding of the field as well as enhancing your ability to pursue their more specialized
career interests.
At the upper-division level, you can chose one of four specialized tracks, any one of which will help to better
identify and inform your career goals—whether that be in postgraduate education or a specific type of job—and
pursue them after graduation. Whether you select the “Business & Society,” “Public Policy & Social Welfare,”
“Nonprofit & Social Movement Organizations” or the “Student-Initiated Theme” track, once completed you will have
a unique and valuable area of expertise.
Students who plan to enroll in graduate programs in business, public policy, public administration, and education
are advised to develop proficiencies in statistics and calculus (such as the MAT 016 series).
Track 1: Business & Society
The Business and Society track is for students who hold an interest in or wish to pursue careers in management or
corporate professions and who are interested in economic institutions and commerce, management and
administration, work and workplaces, and labor markets. Courses in this cluster analyze businesses, firms,
corporations, and markets—nationally and globally—and their place in society, historically and in the present, from a
critical perspective. The BAS examines the origins of business corporations and economic markets (and relations);
the power relations, inequalities, and stratification associated with contemporary business organizations (firms and
corporations); why business organizations rely on particular organizational structures to increase their efficiencies
and effectiveness; and overviews of the role business and regulatory organizations play in the economy.
Postgraduate training and careers that follow from this cluster:
• Professional training: MBA programs; mediation programs; law; public policy
• Graduate training: sociology; economics; Ph.D. business school programs (with concentrations in
organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, industrial relations, economic analysis, policy analysis, labor
relations)
• Career paths: managers, human resources professionals, project managers, diversity personnel, corporate
social responsibility personnel, lobbyists, business entrepreneur, labor relations specialists, creative
professionals, research staff at policy institutes such as Economic Policy Institute, Urban InstituteE2. Track
2: Public Policy and Social Welfare (PPSW)
Track 2: Public Policy & Social Welfare (PPSW)
The PPSW track is for students who hold an interest in or plan to pursue careers in government and/or social
welfare organizations. Courses in this track emphasize how formal organizations and institutions emerge to
address key social problems and the policies they generate and utilize to solve them; the unique challenges that
government and other policy oriented organizations confront in addressing and managing public problems and
promoting the common good; and the dynamics and special circumstances that specific organizational/institutional
policy fields such as education, health care, and social welfare confront in seeking to fulfill their charge.
Postgraduate training and careers that follow from this track:
• Professional training: programs in public policy, public administration, government, social welfare,
counseling, public affairs, law, leadership institutes, community psychology
• Graduate training: Ph.D. programs in sociology, political science, public administration, education,
educational leadership
• Career paths: consultants, social service workers and administrators, staff at policy institutes and think
tanks, program evaluation and development, nonprofit administrators, lawyers, teachers, research staff at
policy institutes and think tanks, leadership positions in education, including higher education, counselors
Track 3: Nonprofit & Social Movement Organizations (NSMO):
The NSMO track is for students who wish to contribute to local, national, and global transformation(s), to social
justice, and/or who plan to pursue a career in the non-profit sector focusing on addressing specific causes and
fulfilling social agendas. Students in this cluster may have particular interest in understanding the role that informal
and formal organizations—from well-organized and mature non-profits to emergent social movement
organizations—play in responding to and affecting social change. This cluster familiarizes students with the unique
capacity of organizations to change the world but simultaneously, the barriers, limitations, and challenges to doing
so.
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Postgraduate training and careers that follow from this track:
• Professional training: programs in community development, regional development, urban development,
public policy, public administration, Master’s programs in social change, law and social change, business
programs with a concentration in corporate responsibility
• Graduate training: programs sociology, history, labor studies, development, international relations, political
science
• Career paths: working in nongovernmental organizations around the world (NGO’s), joining the Peace
Corps or Teach America; teaching in other countries; jobs in any number of areas that are the focus of
social change and social justice efforts (energy, housing, labor, community and regional development,
health, corporate social responsibility); working in for-profit companies in the areas of energy, corporate
social responsibility, work/family support programs, research staff at policy institutes and think tanks
Track 4: Student-Initiated Track:
Select a combination of five courses from any of the above 3 themes (at least three courses should be from SOC).
Students choosing this track must meet with a SOC undergraduate advisor to obtain approval of selected courses.
Major Advisor. Consult the Departmental Advising office in 1282 Social Sciences & Humanities Building or see
http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/advising/advising-office.
Honors Program. An Honors Program is available to Sociology & Sociology-Organizational Studies majors who
have demonstrated excellence in their field of study. To be eligible for the program, students must have a grade-
point average of 3.500 in the major and the recommendation of a faculty sponsor familiar with their work. In
addition to meeting the standard major requirements, students are encouraged to take a 199 course with their
sponsor in the spring of their third year, prior to the seminar courses. Honors students write an honors thesis and
take two quarters (eight units) of Honors coursework (SOC 194H). Successful completion of the Honors Program,
when combined with College GPA requirements, enables the student to graduate with High or Highest Honors.
Students should apply for the program before they begin their fourth year.
Preparatory Subject Matter Units: 30
Sociology 22
SOC 001 Introduction to Sociology 5
SOC 002 Self and Society 4
Choose one: 4
SOC 004 Immigration and Opportunity 4
SOC 005 Global Social Change: An Introduction to Macrosociology 4
SOC 011 Sociology of Labor and Employment 4
SOC 046A Introduction to Social Research 4
SOC 046B Introduction to Social Research 5
Economics 8
ECN 001A Principles of Microeconomics 4
ECN 001B Principles of Macroeconomics 4

Depth Subject Matter Units: 44-45

Sociology 8
SOC 100 Origins of Modern Sociological Theory 4
SOC 180A Complex Organizations 4
Choose one: 4-5
SOC 106 Intermediate Social Statistics 5
STA 103 Applied Statistics for Business & Economics 4
Choose one: 4
CMN 120 Interpersonal Communication 4
CMN 130 Group Communication 4
CMN 136 Organizational Communication 4
Choose one: 4
CMN 170 Digital Technology and Social Change 4
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 CMN 170V Digital Technology and Social Change 4
CMN 172 Interpersonal Technologies 4
SOC 126 Social Interaction 4
SOC 135 Social Relationships 4
Choose five from one of the following tracks; at least three of the five must be from 20
Sociology:
Track 1: Business & Society
ARE 112 Fundamentals of Organization Management 4
ARE 130 Agricultural Markets 4
ARE 132 Cooperative Business Enterprises 4
AMS 125 Corporate Cultures 4
CRD 118 Technology and Society 4
CRD 141 Organization of Economic Space 4
CRD 156 Community Economic Development 5
CRD 162 People, Work and Technology 5
ECN 110B World Economic History Since the Industrial Revolution 4
ECN 111B Economics History 4
ECN 115A Economic Development 4
ECN 116 Comparative Economic Systems 4
ECN 121A Industrial Organization 4
ECN 151A Economics of the Labor Market 4
ECN 151B Economics of Human Resources 4
HIS 185B History of Technology in America 4
HIS 194D Business and Labor in Modern Japan 4
MGT 150 Technology Management 4
POL 180 Bureaucracy in Modern Society 4
POL 187 Administrative Theory 4
SOC 103 Evaluation Research Methods 4
SOC 138 Economic Sociology 4
SOC 139 Corporations and Society 4
SOC 141 Industrialization and Social Change 4
SOC 159 Work, Employment, and Careers in the 21st Century 4
SOC 160 Sociology of the Environment 4
SOC 188 Markets, Culture and Inequality in China 4
Track 2: Public Policy & Social Welfare
Choose one: 2-3
ARE 147 Resource and Environment Policy Analysis 3
ARE 147M Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis 2
CRD 142 Rural Change in the Industrialized World 4
CRD 151 Community Field Research: Theory and Analysis 5
CRD 152 Community Development 4
CRD 154 Social Theory and Community Change 4
CRD 158 Small Community Governance 4
CRD 164 Theories of Organizations and their Role in Community 5
Change
CRD 171 Housing and Social Policy 4
CRD 172 Social Inequality: Issues and Innovations 4
ECN 115A Economic Development 4
ECN 116 Comparative Economic Systems 4
POL 107 Environmental Politics and Administration 4
POL 118A History of Political Theory: Ancient 4
POL 118B History of Political Theory: Early Modern 4
POL 118C History of Political Theory: Late Modern 4
POL 180 Bureaucracy in Modern Society 4
POL 187 Administrative Theory 4
SOC 103 Evaluation Research Methods 4
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 SOC 104 The Political Economy of International Migration 4
SOC 124 Education and Inequality in the U.S. 4
SOC 154 Health and Illness 4
SOC 162 Society, Culture, and Health 4
SOC 163 Population Health: Social Determinants and Disparities in 4
Health
SOC 164 Health Policy & Politics 4
CRD 149 Community Development Perspectives on Environmental 4
Justice
SOC 185 Social Policy 4
Track 3: Nonprofit & Social Movement Organizations
CHI 132 Political Economy of Chicana/o Communities 4
CRD 140 Dynamics of Regional Development 4
CRD 147 Community Youth Development 4
CRD 149 Community Development Perspectives on Environmental 4
Justice
CRD 152 Community Development 4
CRD 154 Social Theory and Community Change 4
CRD 156 Community Economic Development 5
CRD 158 Small Community Governance 4
CRD 164 Theories of Organizations and their Role in Community 5
Change
ECN 111B Economics History 4
ECN 115A Economic Development 4
ECN 116 Comparative Economic Systems 4
HIS 185B History of Technology in America 4
HIS 194D Business and Labor in Modern Japan 4
POL 180 Bureaucracy in Modern Society 4
POL 187 Administrative Theory 4
SOC 103 Evaluation Research Methods 4
SOC 140 Social Stratification 4
SOC 156 Social Movements 4
SOC 160 Sociology of the Environment 4
SOC 163 Population Health: Social Determinants and Disparities in 4
Health
SOC 164 Health Policy & Politics 4
SOC 181 Social Change Organization 4
SOC 182 Utopian Communal Groups and Movements 4
SOC 183 Comparative Organizations 4
WMS 187 Gender and Public Policy 4
Track 4: Student-Initiated Track
Choose a combination of five courses from any of the above three themes;
at least three courses should be from SOC. Students choosing this track
must meet with a SOC undergraduate advisor to obtain approval of
selected courses.
Choose one: 4
SOC 128 Interracial Interpersonal Dynamics 4
SOC 130 Race Relations 4
SOC 132 The Sociology of Gender 4
SOC 134 Sociology of Racial Ethnic Families 4
SOC 140 Social Stratification 4
SOC 145A Sociology of Third World Development 4
SOC 145B Gender and Rural Development in the Third World 4
SOC 172 Ideology of Class, Race and Gender 4
Choose one additional elective upper division Sociology course not already used to 4
fulfill other major requirements; may use four units of 192, 194H, 195, or 199.
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 Total: 74-75

Sociology | SOC M.A.

(College of Letters & Science)
Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department
Department Office. 530-752-0782; http://sociology.ucdavis.edu
Faculty. http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/people
Graduate Study. The Department offers programs of study and research leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
sociology. Further information regarding graduate study may be obtained at the Department office or on our
website.
The Master of Science degree is offered only in route to the Ph.D.
Graduate students in Sociology have the opportunity to pursue designated emphases in Critical Theory, Social
Theory & Comparative History, Economy, Justice & Society, or Feminist Theory & Research. See these headings for
further details on these interdisciplinary programs.
Graduate Advisors. Consult the Graduate Program Coordinator in 1289 Social Sciences & Humanities.

Sociology | SOC Ph.D.

(College of Letters & Science)
Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department
Department Office. 530-752-0782; http://sociology.ucdavis.edu
Faculty. http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/people
Graduate Study. The Department offers programs of study and research leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
sociology. Further information regarding graduate study may be obtained at the Department office or on our
website.
The Master of Science degree is offered only in route to the Ph.D.
Graduate students in Sociology have the opportunity to pursue designated emphases in Critical Theory, Social
Theory & Comparative History, Economy, Justice & Society, or Feminist Theory & Research. See these headings for
further details on these interdisciplinary programs.
Graduate Advisors. Consult the Graduate Program Coordinator in 1289 Social Sciences & Humanities.

Sociology | SOC Minor

(College of Letters & Science)
Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department
Department Office. 530-752-0782; http://sociology.ucdavis.edu
Faculty. http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/people
Sociology Units: 20
Choose any five upper division Sociology courses, except: 20
SOC 190X Seminar in Sociological Analysis 4
SOC 191 Workshop in Contemporary Sociological Theory 4
SOC 192 Internship and Research Practicum 2-6
SOC 193 Workshop in Field Research 2
SOC 194H Special Study for Honors Students 1-5
SOC 197T Tutoring in Sociology 1-4
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 SOC 198 Directed Group Study 1-5
SOC 199 Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1-5

Total: 20

Sociology | SOC Courses

Courses in SOC:
SOC 001—Introduction to Sociology (5)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—4 hours. Principles and basic concepts of sociology. The study of groups, culture,
collective behavior, classes and caste, community and ecology, role, status, and personality. GE credit: ACGH, DD,
SS. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 002—Self and Society (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Exploration of how self and identity are formed and transformed by
socialization and social interaction in relation to roles, groups, institutions, power, and social change. Consideration
of how people make decisions, fall in love, and come to blows. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2015 Winter
Quarter.
SOC 003—Social Problems (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. General sociological consideration of contemporary social problems in
relation to sociocultural change and programs for improvement. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 1997 Winter
Quarter.
SOC 004—Immigration and Opportunity (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Social and demographic analysis of immigration: motives and
experiences of immigrants; immigration and social mobility; immigration, assimilation, and social change;
multicultural societies. Detailed study of immigration into the U.S., with comparative studies of Europe, Australia,
and other host countries. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS, WC. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 005—Global Social Change: An Introduction to Macrosociology (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Introduction to change and diversity in world history, including the United
States. Examines population and family, technological change and economic development, power and status,
culture and identity. GE credit: ACGH, SS, WC. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 006—Health and Illness (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Introduction to the sociology of health and illness, including social
determinants of health, social inequalities in health/health disparities, social construction of health, the organization
of health care, and the politics of health care reform. GE credit: DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 011—Sociology of Labor and Employment (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Labor and employment issues in the contemporary United States with some
use of historical and comparative materials. Topics will include strategies pursued by employers and employees,
labor market discrimination and the role of social policies in shaping labor markets. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2006
Summer Session 1.
SOC 012Y—Data Visualization in the Social Sciences (4)
Laboratory—1.5 hours; Lecture—2 hours; Web Virtual Lecture—1.5 hours. Introduction to quantitative data across the
social sciences (Communications, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and other disciplines). Transforming
data, describing data, producing graphs, visual reasoning, and interpretations. (Same course as CMN 012Y, PSC
12Y, and POL 012Y.) GE credit: QL, VL. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
SOC 025—Sociology of Popular Culture (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Social mechanisms that shape modern popular culture. High, folk, and mass
culture: historical emergence of popular culture. Mass media, commercialization, ideology and cultural styles.
Theories and methods for analyzing cultural expressions in pop music, street art, film, television, and advertising.
GE credit: SS, VL. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 030A—Intercultural Relations in Multicultural Societies (3)
Discussion—1.5 hours; Lecture—1.5 hours. Macro-structural analysis of contemporary multicultural societies;
immigration and assimilation in comparative perspective; social construction of racial and ethnic group identities;
ethnicity and gender; group conflict and cooperation; controversies surrounding multiculturalism. First course in a
two-course Multicultural Immersion Program. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2005 Fall Quarter.
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SOC 030B—Intercultural Relations in Multicultural Societies (3)
Discussion—1.5 hours; Lecture—1.5 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 030A; or Consent of Instructor. Social-psychological
analysis of personal experiences living in a multicultural society; conforming to or rejecting group identity or
stereotypes; managing and reducing conflict; cross-cultural communication; promises and problems of diversity at
UCD. Second course in a two-course Multicultural Immersion Program. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2005
Winter Quarter.
SOC 046A—Introduction to Social Research (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Examination of the methodological
problems of social research. Selection and definition of problems of investigation, data-gathering techniques, and
sampling. GE credit: SS. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 046B—Introduction to Social Research (5)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—4 hours. Data-analysis techniques, measurement, scaling, multivariate analysis, and
quantitative measures of association. GE credit: QL, SS. Effective: 2012 Fall Quarter.
SOC 090X—Lower Division Seminar (1-2)
Seminar—1-2 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. Lower division standing. Limited enrollment. Examination
of a special topic in sociology through shared readings, discussions, written assignments, or special activities such
as fieldwork, laboratory work, etc. May not be repeated for credit. GE credit: SS. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 098—Directed Group Study (1-5)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. Primarily intended for lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)
Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 099—Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 100—Origins of Modern Sociological Theory (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Origins of modern sociological thought. Special emphasis on three major theorists from the classical tradition of
nineteenth century European social thought: Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim. GE credit: SS. Effective:
2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 102—Society and Culture of California (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
California's distinctive society and culture; sociological analyses of topical issues concerning diversity, environment,
cities. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 103—Evaluation Research Methods (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 002 or SOC 003 recommended; SOC 046A
and SOC 046B recommended. Surveys applications of research methods to the evaluation of social programs,
primarily emphasizing methodological issues, e.g., research design and data collection; uses of evaluation research
are also discussed and placed in theoretical context. Participation in an evaluation project. GE credit: SL, SS.
Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 104—The Political Economy of International Migration (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, SOC 003, or SOC 004
recommended. Analysis of worldwide migration patterns, and social scientific theories of international and
transnational migration. Focus in economical, political, and social impact of immigration and potential for
international and regional cooperation. (Same course as IRE 104.) GE credit: SS, WC. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 106—Intermediate Social Statistics (5)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 046B; or Consent of Instructor. Intermediate level course
in statistical analysis of social data, emphasizing the logic and use of statistical measures, procedures, and
mathematical models especially relevant to sociological analysis. GE credit: QL, SL, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 118—Political Sociology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC
003 recommended. Relation of social cleavages and social cohesion to the functioning of political institutions; the
social bases of local and national power structures; social sources of political movement, analysis of concepts of
alienation, revolution, ideology, ruling class, and elite. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.

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SOC 120—Deviance (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Social
structural sources, institutional practices and microprocesses associated with illegality, evil, disease, immorality,
disability, racial and class differences, citizenship, and the body. Special emphasis on expert knowledge and the
production and management of social difference. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 122—Sociology of Adolescence (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC
003 recommended. Chronological age and social status; analysis of social processes bearing upon the
socialization of children and adolescents. The emergence of youth cultures. Generational succession as a cultural
problem. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 123—American Society (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. The demographic and social structure of
American society and population, with emphasis on ethnic and class groups as bases for political and economic
interest. Attention to selected current social controversies. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 124—Education and Inequality in the U.S. (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Functions of schooling in contemporary U.S. society. Racial, ethnic, social class, and gender inequalities in student
outcomes. Consideration of classic and current controversies in the sociology of education and education policy.
GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 125—Sociology of Culture (4)
Lecture/Discussion—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Sociological approaches to study of historical and contemporary culture and mass media, and their structuring in
relation to social actors, institutions, stratification, power, the production of culture, audiences, and the significance
of culture in processes of change. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 126—Social Interaction (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Everyday interaction in natural settings; ethnographic approaches to the understanding of social meanings,
situations, personal identity and human relationships. Particular attention to the work of Erving Goffman and to
principles of field observation and qualitative analysis. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 128—Interracial Interpersonal Dynamics (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Analysis of the influences of cultural differences and racial stratification on interpersonal interaction in instrumental
settings (e.g., work, education, political action) and intimate settings (e.g., friendship, love, marriage, family).
Minority/majority relationships. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 129—Sociology of Black Experience in America (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Survey of historical and contemporary theoretical sociological perspectives on the Black experience in United
States. Emphasis on comparisons of Black sociological perspectives and mainstream perspectives of specific
sociologists. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 130—Race Relations (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Functions of the social definitions of race and racial groups. Analysis of racial conflict, oppression, and other forms
of ethnic stratification. Models of ethnic interaction and social change. Emphasis on racial relationships within the
U.S. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 131—The Family (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Contemporary family life in historical and cross-cultural perspective. How different family forms arose, their
significance today and prospects for further family change. Attention to power relations within and beyond the
family and to the social implications of family transformation. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 132—The Sociology of Gender (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Analysis of
biological, psychological, cultural and structural conditions underlying the status and roles of men and women in

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contemporary society, drawing on a historical and comparative perspective. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective:
2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 133—Sexual Stratification and Politics (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003
recommended. Analysis of origins, dynamics, and social implications of sexual stratification. Examination of classical
and contemporary theorists such as Engels, Freud, J.S. Mill, de Beauvoir, Juliet Mitchell, D. Dinnerstein. Attention to
selected issues in social movements for and against sexual equality. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 134—Sociology of Racial Ethnic Families (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Asian American, Black, Chicano, and Native American family life in comparative historical perspective. Family
structure and gender roles are considered in relation to socio-historical dynamics. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS.
Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 135—Social Relationships (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Social and cultural factors influencing friendships and intimate relationships. Topics include relationship
development, relationship maintenance, and relationship loss. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 137—African American Society and Culture 1790 to 1990 (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Political and social transformations of African American communities between 1790 and 1990, as seen through film,
literature, and music. Topics include: Black consciousness, Afro-Slave culture, The Harlem Renaissance, and
contemporary Hip Hop. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 138—Economic Sociology (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Overview of
the rapidly growing field of economic sociology. Focus on variations in the ways that markets are organized. The
relationship between individual and collective rationality will also be emphasized. GE credit: ACGH, SS, WC.
Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 139—Corporations and Society (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Study of the history and power of the modern corporation; corporate organization; politics, the state, and the
corporation; labor unions and the labor process; competition, regulation and international markets; the multinational
and conglomerate corporation; and mass markets and consumerism. GE credit: ACGH, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall
Quarter.
SOC 140—Social Stratification (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC
003 recommended. Systems of social ranking, theories of stratification; power, prestige, culture, and styles of life of
various social classes; social mobility and its consequences for social structure. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective:
2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 141—Industrialization and Social Change (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC
003 recommended. Selected technological and social factors. Preconditions of economic development and
industrialization. Social, political, and cultural issues at various levels of economic development. Major historical
differences and major current trends. Emphasis either on highly industrialized countries or on less developed
countries. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 143A—Urban Society (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Theories of city origins. Analysis of the historic process of urbanization and of varying city
types. Comparison of American and European experience of metropolitanization,counterurbanization,and
neighborhood change. Consideration of competing theories of urban growth and change and competing visions of
the urban future. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 143B—Sociology of City Life (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Critical dissection of the loss of community issue. Analysis of the organization of primary

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ties in the city, of the culture of urban public life and of the learning of city skills. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall
Quarter.
SOC 144—Agriculture and Society (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Development of agriculture as a major enterprise in modern society with the concomitant reduction in the labor
force and family farms. Analysis of issues including mechanization, migrant labor, corporate farming, and public
resource policy. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 145A—Sociology of Third World Development (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001; Upper division standing. Introduction to theories
and contemporary issues in the sociology of development. Topics such as urbanization, rural/agrarian change,
class, status groups, international division of labor, sectoral shifts, international capital, informal economy, gender,
and political processes are analyzed within a comparative-historical framework. GE credit: SS, WC. Effective: 2019
Winter Quarter.
SOC 145B—Gender and Rural Development in the Third World (4)
Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Political-economic analysis of
women and work during the process of socioeconomic change in the world with particular attention to the family/
household context. GE credit: SS, WC. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 146—Sociology of Religion (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Relationship between social structures and religions. The social setting of the major world
religions. Religious innovators and institutionalization (churches, sects, cults). Secularization in the modern world
and the rise of secular ideologies. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 147—Sociological Perspectives on East Asia (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Sociological theories and concepts applied toward understanding East Asian society.
Emphasis on the political structure, stratification, and economy in China and Japan. Analysis of historical and
contemporary similarities and differences. GE credit: SS, WC. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 148—Collective Behavior (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Study of behavior of human crowds and masses in extraordinary circumstances, including crowd panics, mass
scares, collective protests, riots, revolutionary situations, ecstatic and revivalist gatherings, crazes, fads, and
fashions. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 149—Religion and American Society (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project). Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Historical,
contemporary survey of religious traditions and organizations and their relation to U.S. social and cultural patterns.
Civil religion, religious pluralism, minority and deviant communities, religious migration, U.S. religion as a social
institution, and religion, politics, and social stratification. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 150—Criminology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC
003 recommended. Sociological analysis of criminal behavior in relation to social structure and the criminalization
process. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 151—The Criminal Justice System (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Sociological analysis of the different components of the criminal justice system including the emergence and
interpretation of criminal laws, the contemporary roles and functions of the police, criminal courts and correctional
institutions. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 152—Juvenile Delinquency (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC
003 recommended. Study of juvenile delinquency in relation to the family, peer groups, community, and institutional
structures. Consideration of processing of the delinquent by formal agencies of control. GE credit: SS. Effective:
2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 153—The Sociology of Childhood (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Contemporary
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childhood in historical, cross-cultural, and global perspectives. Examine changes in understanding of the nature of
childhood and "best interests of the child" by class, race, gender, geographic region, and historical period. GE
credit: ACGH, DD, SS, WC. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 154—Health and Illness (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC
003 recommended. Theoretical tools for understanding the social determinants of health and health care, including
such topics as health policy, social sources of illness, social construction of illness, medicalization, social disparities
in health, and the illness experience. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 155—Sociology of Law (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Law considered as social control; relation of legal institutions to society as affecting judicial decision making and
administration of justice. Lawyers as an occupational group. Legal reform. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 156—Social Movements (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Analysis of several aspects of social movements: mobilization, forms of organization,
ideology, recruitment, leadership, strategies and tactics, development, effects. Frequent use of sound and film
materials. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 157—Social Conflict (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Analysis of the causes, dynamics, and regulation of social conflict within and between
various kinds of social groupings with particular reference to nonviolent methods of waging and regulating conflict.
GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 158—Women's Social Movements in Latin America (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Contemporary
women's social movements in Latin America, focusing on Honduras, El Salvador, Brazil, and Nicaragua. Examination
of exploitation and oppression in Latin America. GE credit: DD, SS, WC. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 159—Work, Employment, and Careers in the 21st Century (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Historical and contemporary overview of employment, work, and occupations in American society. Study of
authority and power relations, labor markets, control systems, stratification, and corporate structures, and how
these factors shape work in diverse or organizational and employment setting. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall
Quarter.
SOC 160—Sociology of the Environment (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Production,
consumption, and urban expansion. Basic social logics surrounding current problems of resource scarcity
(environmental extractions) and excess wastes (environmental additions). Ways that society can change and re-
organize itself to become more environmentally conscious and hence ecologically sustainable. GE credit: ACGH,
DD, SS, WC. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 161—The Civil Justice System (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Empirical studies of
the different aspects of the civil justice system in the United States and Global Society including the litigation, juries,
civil rights, and international laws relating to trade, the environment, and human rights. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 162—Society, Culture, and Health (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, SOC 003, or SOC 006 recommended.
Analysis of how socio-cultural factors shape illness experience. Evaluation of how certain conditions come to be
understood as health conditions; illness identities and biographies; doctor-patient interactions; biomedical cultures;
and how race, ethnicity, and gender shape health practices. GE credit: DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 163—Population Health: Social Determinants and Disparities in Health (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, SOC 003, or SOC 006 recommended.
Survey of the social determinants and disparities in health: measurement of population health; health transitions
and global disparities; domestic disparities in health by class, race/ethnicity, nativity, gender, and sexual orientation;
social determinants including social support, social stress, neighborhoods, and policy. GE credit: DD, SS. Effective:
2016 Fall Quarter.
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SOC 164—Health Policy & Politics (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, SOC 003, or SOC 006
recommended. Introduction to health policy and politics, including health care access and delivery, and policies
related to health inequalities, the social determinants of illness and health behaviors. GE credit: DD, SS. Effective:
2019 Spring Quarter.
SOC 170—Population (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Introduction to the study of human population, including theories and statistical
measures; social causes and consequences of population trends; changes in population structure; geographical
distribution, migration, sociopsychological factors affecting fertility. GE credit: QL, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 171—Sociology of Violence and Inequality (4)
Lecture/Discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. How systems of
social inequality organize the practice of violence. Definitions of violence and issues affecting the social capacity
for violence. Analysis and comparison of different forms of violence associated with race, class, gender relations
and social organization. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 172—Ideology of Class, Race and Gender (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Examination of popular belief
systems that accompany relations between social classes, whites and blacks, and men and women in the United
States. How do dominant groups attempt to justify each relationship, and is there ideological conflict or consensus
between groups. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 173—Sociology Through Literature (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Introduction to analysis of literature as sociological data. Reading of numerous works on
American and other societies by authors such as Steinbeck, Lewis, Dreiser, Schulberg, Orwell, etc. GE credit: SS.
Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 174—American Jewish Identities and Communities (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Sociology of Jewish life, analyzing challenges to Jewish identity and community in the diaspora. Diversity within the
Jewish community, Americanization, women, new immigrants, post-Holocaust Jewish identity, and LGBT Jews. GE
credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 175—Mass Communication (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Examines the
relationship between the media and social structures. History of mediastate relations. Media as reflector and
shaper of values. Emphasis on current European and Marxist and pluralist theories rather than on content analysis.
GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 176—Sociology of Knowledge, Science, and Scientific Knowledge (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Social, cultural, and historical dimensions of knowledge, especially scientific knowledge. Problems, methods, and
theory in sociology of scientific knowledge. Laboratory and historical case studies. Scientific and technical
knowledge in institutional and organizational contexts. (Same course as STS 176.) GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall
Quarter.
SOC 178—Punishment and Corrections (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, 002, or 003 recommended. Origins, characteristics, and
consequences of various sanctions and punishment regimes including fines, banishment, incarceration,
deportation, and execution. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2017 Spring Quarter.
SOC 180A—Complex Organizations (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or
SOC 003 recommended. Develops a sociological approach to organizations theory. Designed to introduce
sociological concepts, address the alternative psychological and economic models, and involve students in the
practice of organizational analysis. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 180B—Complex Organizations (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. SOC
001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Builds on concepts and skills developed in course 180A. Deals with the
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the effects of those relations in both the public and private sectors. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 181—Social Change Organization (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Analysis of organizations with social change and improvement goals and programs, emphasizing voluntary
associations and grassroots citizen groups. Topics treated include formation, decision making and leadership,
strategies and tactics, factionalism and coalitions, effectiveness. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 182—Utopian Communal Groups and Movements (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Formations, structures, and social life of historical and contemporary countercultural, utopian, dystopian, intentional,
and religious communal settlements and movements, including comparison with other small settlement forms such
as monasteries, villages, neighborhoods, encampments, and communities. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall
Quarter.
SOC 183—Comparative Organizations (4)
Lecture/Discussion—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002 or SOC 003 recommended; SOC
180A recommended. Examination of the economic, cultural, and political organization of major industrial and
developing nations. Discussion of patterns and practices, alternative theoretical models of explanation, and case
studies of organizations. Societies may include Japan, Germany, Egypt, China, and the U.S. GE credit: ACGH, SS,
WC. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 185—Social Policy (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Project (Term Project); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC
003 recommended. Examination of social policies that affect the well-being of individuals, families and groups,
including such policies as old-age pensions, health insurance, and aid to the poor. Students may not take both SOC
185 and SOC 185Y for credit. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 185Y—Social Policy (Hybrid Version) (4)
Lecture—1.5 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour; Web Virtual Lecture—1.5 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC
002, or SOC 003 recommended. Examination of social policies that affect the well-being of individuals, families and
groups, including such policies as old-age pensions, health insurance, and aid to the poor. Students may not take
both SOC 185 and SOC 185Y for credit. GE credit: SS, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 188—Markets, Culture and Inequality in China (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. Economic and
political systems and patterns of social interaction and inequality in China. State and corporate structures and
practices, market and consumer behaviors, social mobility and stratification, protest and resistance. GE credit: SS,
WC. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 189—Social Science Writing (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended.
Improved analytic writing and methods for reporting social science research to a wider public. Sociological analysis
of the conditions of good and bad writing. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 190X—Seminar in Sociological Analysis (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100; Upper division standing; SOC 100 (former SOC 165A).
Limited enrollment. In-depth examination at an upper division level of a special topic in Sociology. Emphasis on
student participation in learning. May not be repeated for credit. GE credit: SS. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 191—Workshop in Contemporary Sociological Theory (4)
Lecture—2 hours; Term Paper; Workshop—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100; SOC 100 (former SOC 165A); senior
standing. Workshop in contemporary sociological theory that allows students to explore the uses of theory in
empirical inquiry on problems of interest to students. Contemporary theory considered in relation to classical and
modern influences, concept formation, theory construction, and explanation. Not open for credit to students who
have received credit for SOC 165B. GE credit: SS. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 192—Internship and Research Practicum (2-6)
Internship—6-18 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. Must have 84 units complete; faculty approval of
proposed internship. Supervised internship and study in an agency, organization, or institution; application of
sociological concepts to the work experience. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Maximum of
four units may be counted toward the major. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Winter Quarter.
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SOC 193—Workshop in Field Research (2)
Lecture/Discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 046A; (SOC 192 (can be concurrent) or SOC 199 (can be
concurrent)); SOC 192 or SOC 199 required concurrently for 2.0-4.0 units, senior standing. Overview of the process
of collecting, recording, analyzing, and reporting qualitative social data. Emphasis on application of principles; each
participant completes an original research project. Not open for credit to students who have completed SOC
194HA. GE credit: SS, WE. Effective: 2001 Fall Quarter.
SOC 194H—Special Study for Honors Students (1-5)
Variable—3-15 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. Open to Sociology majors of senior standing who qualify
for the Honors program. Independent study of a sociological problem involving the writing of an Honors thesis. May
be repeated up to 8 unit(s). (P/NP grading only.) GE credit: WE. Effective: 2014 Fall Quarter.
SOC 194HA—Special Study for Honors Students (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and admission to the Honors Program. Directed
reading, research and writing culminating in the preparation of a Senior Honors Thesis under direction of faculty
advisor. GE credit: SS. Effective: 1997 Fall Quarter.
SOC 194HB—Special Study for Honors Students (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and admissions to the Honors Program. Directed
reading, research and writing culminating in the preparation of a Senior Honors Thesis under direction of faculty
advisor. GE credit: SS. Effective: 1997 Spring Quarter.
SOC 195—Special Topics in Sociological Analysis (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001, SOC 002, or SOC 003 recommended. In-depth
examination of topics in sociology. Emphasis on student research and writing. May be repeated for credit when
topic differs. May be repeated for credit. GE credit: SS. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
SOC 197T—Tutoring in Sociology (1-4)
Tutorial—3-12 hours. Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing; completion of appropriate course with distinction.
Activities vary depending on the nature of the course assignment. May include (but not limited to) tutoring on
course material, advising on projects and papers, and leading discussion groups. (P/NP grading only.) Effective:
1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 198—Directed Group Study (1-5)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 199—Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. Must have 84 units complete and faculty approval. Special study. (P/
NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Winter Quarter.
SOC 201—Social Research (4)
Lecture/Discussion—3 hours; Term Paper—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Comparative survey of sociological inquiry, taught as a practicum. Philosophy of social science; values and
research; research agendas and research problem formulations; research process; explanations; interpretation;
study design; concept formation, measure, sampling, data acquisition, inference; rhetoric and presentation of
findings. Effective: 2007 Fall Quarter.
SOC 206—Quantitative Analysis in Sociology (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 106 Survey of the statistical models and methods that serve as a foundation
for quantitative research in sociology, with an emphasis on multivariate regression analysis, as well as
measurement theory and time series analysis. (S/U grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 207A—Methods of Quantitative Research (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 106; Or the equivalent. Principles of study design, examination
of measurement, survey research methods and multivariate analysis. Course will stress actual practice of
techniques. Students will carry out quantitative data analysis using packaged computer programs. May be repeated
up to 8 unit(s) with instructor approval. Effective: 2015 Fall Quarter.
SOC 208—Topics in Advanced Quanitative Methods in Social Science (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 206; Or the equivalent and graduate standing; major graduate
students. Analysis of the logic and application of an advanced statistical model; the particular model chosen may
vary. Emphasis on the model's assumptions, its strengths and weaknesses, its application for social science inquiry,
and the relationship between methods and social theory. May be repeated up to 12 unit(s). Effective: 2007 Spring
Quarter.
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SOC 215—Economy, Polity, and Society (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. Open to graduate students in sociology and
related disciplines. Course introduces students to topics and selected issues in the related fields of economic and
political sociology and political economy. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 220—Deviance, Law, and Social Control (4)
Project (Term Project); Seminar—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 120; or Consent of Instructor. Report and discussions
of literature on selected forms of deviance in relation to law and formal social control. Agency contacts and
exploratory research projects. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 224—Sociology of Education (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 206 or equivalent recommended. Restricted to graduate
students or consent of instructor. Overview of sociological theories accounting for the form, role, and evolution of
educational systems. Emphasis on empirical research on education and social stratification and application to
educational policy. Effective: 2018 Winter Quarter.
SOC 225—Cultural Sociology (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Explores the varied ways in which culture is understood in the social sciences and
the research questions that follow from contrasting viewpoints. The approach is historically informed and focused
on changing cultural forms in relation to industrialization and post-modernism. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 226—Sociological Social Psychology (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Advanced study
of the varying approaches, methods, issues and topical concerns of sociological social psychology. Analysis of
central and representative historical and contemporary works. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 227—Sociology of Reproduction (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Recent social science scholarship in such areas as teenage pregnancy, family
planning, abortion, adoption, AIDS, and new reproductive technologies; focus on the current situation in the United
States. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 230—Ethnic (Race) Relations (4)
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Advanced study of the determinants of ethnic groupings and their interrelationships.
Major theme will be the patterns of ethnic stratification and causes of ethnic conflict. Specific focus upon
dominance and resistance to dominance. Influence of social science research. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 233—Gender, Culture, and Local/Global Transformation (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Focus on critical approach to women and development; analyze local
transformations with global connections within specific cultural contexts. Course covers theory, methodological
issues, and relationship between theory and practice. Effective: 1998 Fall Quarter.
SOC 234—Gender, Family, and Society (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor. The major theoretical
traditions and concerns in family sociology and sociology of gender. Analysis of selected classical and
contemporary works representative of functionalist, Marxist, psychoanalytic, feminist and critical theoretical
approaches to these subjects (e.g.,Engels,Parsons,Freud,Horkheimer,Goode,Lasch,Mitchell). Emphasis on macro
and historical questions. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 242A—Methodologies of Sociohistorical Inquires (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor not required for graduate students in the Social
Sciences Division or the Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies Division; required for undergraduates and students
from other divisions or colleges. Introduction to comparative and case methodological approaches to
sociohistorical inquiry, theoretical and practical issues, and substantive research agendas ranging from study of
large-scale social transformations to close microhistories, including research agendas being developed by students
in the course. Effective: 2015 Fall Quarter.
SOC 243—Urban Society (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Broad overview of the issues and concerns of the field of urban sociology. Special
emphasis on the human experience of urban living in contemporary, cross-cultural or historical settings. Effective:
1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 245—Developing Societies (4)
Project (Term Project); Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): Graduate student status or familiarity with
problems of developing societies. Analysis of social and economic problems of developing societies from the
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standpoint of theory and research on modernization and underdevelopment. Nature of third world dependency and
interdependence in the global political economy. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 248—Social Movements (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Analysis of current issues in and contributions to the study of collective behavior
and social movements; particular focus upon the strategies and tactics of social movements. Effective: 1997 Winter
Quarter.
SOC 254—Sociology of Health and Illness (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. Open to graduate or professional students. Sociological perspectives and methods
on the study of health and illness. Students select topics for supervised research. Research paper required.
Effective: 2018 Winter Quarter.
SOC 255—Sociology of Law (4)
Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. Analysis of the nature of the legal process and its impact
on social behavior. Will consider (1) nature and functions of law, (2) the organization and administration of law, and
(3) the capacity of law to affect social behavior. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 265A—Classical Sociological Theory (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Introduces graduate students to the work of the main classical thinkers in the
tradition of social theory, such as Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Freud, G.H. Mead, and Parsons, locating them
within the historical,cultural,and philosophical milieu in which their ideas originated. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 265B—Theory in Contemporary Sociology (4)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 265A Explores the uses of theories in contemporary
sociology by tracing their connections with classical sociological writings and their relations to broader theoretical
concerns of contemporary social thought, with particular emphasis on relevance to the current historical, cultural
and social milieu. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 270—Social Demography (4)
Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 170; or Consent of Instructor. How social institutions affect and are affected
by the level and variation of mortality, migration, and fertility. Special emphases on the determinants of fertility-
related attitudes and behavior, on less-developed countries, and on contemporary empirical studies. Effective: 1997
Winter Quarter.
SOC 280—Organizations and Institutions (4)
Seminar—4 hours. Theory of formal organizations and bureaucracy. Methods of research in organizational and
institutional studies. Historical and comparative analysis of political, religious, educational, military, and economic
structure. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 288—Integrative Research Practicum (4)
Extensive Writing; Seminar—6 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): SOC 207A; SOC 242A; SOC 292A; Consent of
Instructor. Continuing training in field, quantitative, and/or comparative-historical methods. Emphasis on students'
research projects and applications of principles related to research design, concept and theory construction
causality and interpretation, and data and measurement. Completion of research paper is required. Effective: 2015
Fall Quarter.
SOC 290—Seminar (4)
Seminar—3 hours; Term Paper. (S/U grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 292A—Field Research (4)
Fieldwork; Seminar—3 hours. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Sociology or consent of instructor. Introduction
to the logic, methods, and practices of field research, with particular emphasis on the ethnographic tradition of
participant observation. Interviewing and other qualitative techniques will also be covered. Students will develop
original research projects based on their own fieldwork. Effective: 2015 Fall Quarter.
SOC 293—Proseminar in Sociology (2)
Seminar—2 hours. Prerequisite(s): First-year Sociology graduate students only. Introduction to graduate training in
sociology. A seminar designed to introduce students entering graduate work in the department to its ongoing
research activities. (S/U grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 295—Special Topics Seminar (4)
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topics in Sociology. Specific topic will vary according to faculty interest and student demand. May be repeated for
credit when topic differs. May be repeated for credit. Effective: 1999 Fall Quarter.
SOC 298—Group Study (1-5)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. (S/U grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 299—Individual Study (1-12)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. (S/U grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 390A—The Teaching of Sociology (2)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; required for first-time teaching assistants.
Practical instruction in teaching methods for qualitative and quantitative courses. Pedagogical issues involved in
critical sociological analysis. (S/U grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
SOC 390B—The Teaching of Sociology (2)
Discussion—1 hour; Lecture—1 hour. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. Practical instruction in devising course
syllabi, lectures and assignments for Associate-Instructors and others interested in college teaching. Discussion of
pedagogical methods of teaching qualitative and quantitative courses. (S/U grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter
Quarter.
SOC 396—Teaching Assistant Training Practicum (1-4)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter
Quarter.
SOC 466—Research Paper Workshop (2)
Discussion—0.5 hours; Workshop—1.5 hours. Prerequisite(s): Master of Arts standing. A workshop to assist
advanced graduate students in the preparation of an original research paper. Students present their research
papers and discuss issues in theory, research design, data, empirical inference, and verbal and written presentation
of a professional research paper. (S/U grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.

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