Sociology

This course examines race, class, gender, sexuality and other identities within an intersectional framework. These identities will be considered within varied institutional settings and geographic regions within the United States and beyond.

This course will introduce students to qualitative research methods in contrast to positivist research traditions. Students will examine different qualitative data collection methods including interviews, field notes, observation, and focus groups. They will also explore different approaches to analysis including grounded theory, narrative analysis, and discourse analysis.

This course studies the situations of the poor in the world and their relations with inequality and globalization. Various theories introduce causes of poverty and inequality and suggest solutions. Students will analyze and evaluate which theory has a higher possibility to reduce poverty and inequality than the others. This course also explores relations between poverty and environmental degradation in order to understand the impacts of globalization. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.

Social psychology examines how external forces shape our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Topics include social cognition; prejudice; human aggression; conformity; liking, loving, and interpersonal sensitivity; and mass communication, propaganda, and persuasion.

This course introduces sociology as a way of investigating, critically understanding, and analyzing human social life. Sociologists examine how groups (organizations, institutions, and complex societies) are structured and how these groups interact with one another. We will focus on several important sociological topics, including socialization, culture, inequality, race and ethnic relations, gender, poverty, and social movements.