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SOC 105 Individual, Group and Society: An Introduction to Sociology
(3 Credits, REQUIRED FOR ALL SOCIOLOGY MAJORS & MINORS)
Nature and origins of the modern city, and of community life within and in relation to the metropolis. Urbanization as a process. Types of cities and urban communities. The changing nature of contemporary cities, urban development and the dilemmas of growth.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Wed. | 11:00Am - 12:15PM (In-Person) |
Erela Portugaly |
| Mon. & Weds. | 2:00PM - 3:15PM (In-Person) |
Justin Beauchamp |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 9:30AM - 10:45AM (In-Person) |
Ed Silver |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 5:00PM - 6:15PM (In-Person) |
Jennifer Sloan |
| Friday | 9:00AM - 11:30AM (In-Person) |
Ed Silver |
| Friday | 12:00PM - 2:30PM (In-Person) |
Colin Ashley |
SOC 232 Methods and Techniques of Sociological Research
(4 Credits, REQUIRED FOR ALL SOCIOLOGY MAJORS)
The meaning and relevance of "the Scientific Method" as a canon guiding the logic of research in sociology. Historical perspective and method of social research in the recent past. Survey research, sampling, questionnaire construction analysis, and hypothesis- testing; community study, field observation, unstructured interviewing, participant observation, control of bias. This 4-credit course requires additional work outside of class time, such as flipped lectures, readings, and assignments. This class is required for all sociology majors.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Weds. | 11:00AM - 12:15PM (In-Person) |
Beeta Salsabilian |
| Mon. & Weds. | 6:30PM - 7:45PM (In-Person) |
Sandy Tak |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 11:00AM - 12:15PM (In-Person) |
Larry Au |
SOC 237 Foundations of Sociological Theory
(4 Credits, REQUIRED FOR ALL SOCIOLOGY MAJORS)
The roots of modern sociology in the ideas of nineteenth and early twentieth century theorists, such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Veblen and Cooley, with emphasis on the intellectual and social context and current relevance of the concepts and propositions they developed. This 4-credit course requires additional work outside of class time, such as flipped lectures, readings, and assignments. This class is required for all sociology majors.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Weds. | 6:30PM - 7:45PM (In-Person) |
Talha Issevenler |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 11:00AM - 12:15PM (In-Person) |
Allison Goldberg |
SOC 244 Principles of Social Work
(3 Credits)
Introduction to principles of group work, case work, and community action. Primarily designed for those planning a career in Social Work.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 2:00PM - 3:15PM (In-Person) |
Siobhan Pokorney |
SOC 251 Urban Sociology
(3 Credits)
Nature and origins of the modern city, and of community life within and in relation to the metropolis. Urbanization as a process. Types of cities and urban communities. The changing nature of contemporary cities, urban development and the dilemmas of growth.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 9:30AM - 10:45AM (In-Person) |
Jim Biles |
SOC 253/BLST 31159 Ethnic Minority Groups
(3 Credits)
How do people become members of minoritized groups, and how do these groupings shape their lives? What are the particular historical, political, and social considerations that have contributed to group formation along ethnic and racial boundaries? This course explores these questions through the study of discrimination, class stratification, racism, prejudice, the social construction of race, migration, and settler colonialism. We will also examine how contemporary social issues impact people in minoritized groups in the United States.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 3:30PM - 4:45PM (In-Person) |
Jennifer Sloan |
SOC 378/ BIO 378 Science of Sex and Gender (3 Credits)
This course will explore biological and sociological understandings of sex and gender. From the biological viewpoint, the course will explore the interactions among genes on the Y chromosome with genes on other chromosomes as determinants of biological sex. Sociologically, the course will investigate the social construction of gender and how gendered identities shape everyday life, including at the intersection of sex and gender (e.g., intersex and trans expressions of sex and gender).
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 11:00AM - 12:15PM (In-Person) |
Maritsa Poros & Chris Li |
SOC 24100 Criminology (3 Credits)
This course will introduce students to contemporary theories in criminology. It also will discuss the societal implications of criminal justice policies, situate those policies in their social and historical contexts, and delineate key criminological concepts within those policies.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 6:30PM - 7:45PM (In-Person) |
Ian Heller |
SOC 31112/BLST 31155 Race, Class, and Power
(3 Credits)
This class explores the concepts of race and class in relationship to power, with a focus on Racial Capitalism's macro sociological framework for untangling how intersectional relations disproportionally exploit and dispossess marginalized groups. This course delves into common sociological understandings of race, class, and power while tackling the complexity, origins, and usages of Racial Capitalism. We engage in the historical specificity of the United States while comparing with international locales for a more global understanding of Racial Capitalism and how these systems can be dismantled.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Weds. | 11:00AM - 12:15PM (In-Person) |
Colin Ashley |
SOC 31137 Race, Schools, and Policy
(3 Credits)
Why are public schools so unequal in access to resources and student experiences? This course explores how conceptions of race and ethnicity have shaped how public schools carry out policy, with a focus on the New York City educational system. We will examine the experiences, knowledges, and visions of different communities and examine how they have sought to remake policy to better serve their schools and the needs of their communities. Analysis to identify and critique racialized assumptions in policies and practices in public education.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Weds. | 3:30PM - 4:45PM (In-Person) |
Rose Porter |
SOC 31138/INTL 31116 Gender & Work (3 Credits)
Why is some work considered to be women's vs. men's work? Why are so few business leaders women and/or persons of color? How can working fathers be encouraged to take on more parenting responsibilities? This course explores sociological explanations for such gender inequalities by examining gendered work, gendered division of labor, and the intersection of race and gender in labor markets. The course also covers feminist critiques and other perspectives on waged and unwaged work under capitalism in the U.S., with insights from countries in the Global South.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Weds. | 12:30PM - 1:45PM (In-Person) |
Chang Liu |
SOC 31140/INTL 31140 Human Mobility and Social Change (3 Credits)
This course explores the causes, patterns and impacts of human migration and social change, including forced migration, displacement and the experiences of refugees. Themes will include: theories of migration; globalization, development and migration; securitization of immigration; human smuggling and trafficking; racism and exclusion; transnationalism and diasporas; conflict, the environment and forced migration; and austerity and mass expulsion. The class will offer a global perspective as well as focusing on American immigration.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 9:30AM - 10:45PM (In-Person) |
Maritsa Poros |
SOC 31160/LALS 31300 Latinas and Reproductive Rights (3 Credits)
The course examines the historical,cultural, social, political and ethical issuessurrounding reproductive health care forLatinas. Special emphasis is given to thedenial of rights, especially culturaldifferences in prenatal care and overuseof the sterilization procedure for Latinasin previous decades in the United States.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 9:30AM - 10:45AM (In-Person) |
Iris Lopez |
SOC 31180 Disability Studies (3 Credits)
Surveys this transformative interdisciplinary field, informed by critical approaches to race, gender and sexuality, which offers an approach to disability as a social, EQUIPE DE 6 BASKET political, and cultural category and a personal identity and lived experience. Readings include current and historical material, theoretical and empirical, from the social sciences, humanities, and arts.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Weds. | 2:00PM - 3:15PM (In-Person) |
Jack Levinson |
SOC 31905/PSY 31195 Sociology of Mental Health (3 Credits)
What is mental illness? Is it different from mental health? Is it a "real" medical condition or a personality trait? Can psychiatry "fix" it, and should we consider other approaches?In this course we will ask - and attempt to answer these and other questions about mental illness, mental health, and disability. Together we will investigate the links between mental illness/health and the social categories of race, gender, class, sexuality, and more.In the span of this course, we will take an interdisciplinary look at medical sociology, critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and disability studies, to explore the entanglements between our psychic lives and social worlds.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 5:00PM - 6:15PM (In-Person) |
Erela Portugaly |
SOC 31920 Science, Technology, and Society (3 Credits)
Some people may assume science is a natural phenomena that can be observed without bias. However, science is actually a product of social relations, and it can create, reinforce, and exacerbate social inequalities. This course examines the interconnections between science, technology, and society, and how social values are embedded and encoded in the tools and knowledge scientists use and produce, with implications for everyday lives and communities. We examine examples of knowledge production and its impacts on society in advances in neuroscience, environmental science, genomics, aerospace engineering, stem cell research, and more.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 3:30PM - 4:45PM (In-Person) |
Larry Au |
SOC 32607/ECO 32607 Economic Democracy, Mutual Aid, and Cooperatives
(3 Credits)
This course explores prefigurative possibilities for economic democracy with a focus on mutual aid efforts, which emphasize collective care via direct organizing, and cooperatives, in which all members have a voice in decision-making, rotate work responsibilities, and other collectivist-democratic practices. Students will learn about relational economics, examine existing models in practice alongside competing conventional for-profit firms, and study how these models can address economic and other inequalities.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Tues. & Thurs. | 2:00PM - 3:15PM (In-Person) |
Allison Goldberg |
SOC 38210/INTL 31126 Sociology of Gender
(3 Credits)
This course examines gender as social systems, with attention to how these have been used to categorize persons, impose or assert individual and collective identities, and justify inequalities across history and national and cultural contexts.
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Weds. | 9:30AM - 10:45AM (In-Person) |
Justin Beauchamp |
SOC 38211 Drugs and Society (3 Credits)
This course examines psychoactive drug use in social and historical context, and includes both illegal and medical drug use. Topics may include: varying patterns of use, addiction and treatment, epidemiology, drug control policy and enforcement, drug markets, prescribing practice, and very basic pharmacology (how drugs work in the body).
| Days | Time | Instructor |
| Mon. & Weds. | 5:00PM - 6:15PM (In-Person) |
Jack Levinson |
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