Sociology (Soc)
1A-B. Principles of Sociology (3-3)
A) Principal concepts and problems, including personality, social
groups, social change and social processes. (B) Prerequisite:
Soc 1A. Analysis of conditions in society regarded as disruptive
of the social order and subject to remedial action.
111. Sociology of Minority Relations (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or Anthro 2, or permission of instructor.
Social processes involved in minority relations in the United
States in terms of race, class, caste, ethnicity, politics, and
religion; sources of minority attitudes; patterns of minority
adjustment; trends in minority relations.
112. Collective Behavior and Mass Culture (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Unstable social
collectives; crowds, audiences, mobs and popular movements; processes
of dissemination of rumors, rise and decline of popular tastes,
manipulation of sentiment, tension release in modem society.
145. Social Organization (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Significant types
of organizations in American society; their place in the social
system, organizational structure, internal processes.
151. Social Stratification and Mobility (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Classic and recent
studies of social class and mobility, critical analysis of research
methods; social class and mobility aspirations of the individual
in society.
152. History of Social Thought (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Leading social
thinkers of the Western World from Plato to Comte; comparative
study of social philosophers of the East.
153 Modern Sociological Theories (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A-B. Contemporary sociological theories; analytical,
social action, and functional theories, including conceptualization.
155. Social Institutions (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 or permission of instructor. Major social
institutions-familial, economic, political, educational, religious;
origin and development; functions and interrelationships in contemporary
phases of development.
157. Social Change (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Social dynamics;
factors and forces underlying social change; process of social
change; direction of social change.
161. Population (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Population distribution,
density, growth; age, sex, ethnic composition; population theories;
impact of population changes on modern society.
163. Urban Sociology (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. The urban concept;
form and development of urban areas; scientific study of urban
places and populations; effect of urbanization on social institutions
and social relations.
165. The Family (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 or permission of instructor. Nature, historical
development, and contemporary trends of the modern family.
175. Sociological Methods (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 and either Soc 2 or 25 plus 9 upper division
units in sociology or anthropology or permission of instructor.
Methods in sociological-anthropological research.
176. Survey Design and Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 175 and at least one course in statistics. Systematic
exploration of survey research methods; application of general
methodological principles to the particular operating context
of a survey.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.