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.
147. Medical Sociology (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Analysis of the social
and cultural dimensions of health, sickness, and organized medical care.
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 Contemporary Sociological Theories (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I and either Soc 2 or 25 and Soc 152, or permission of
instructor. Contemporary sociological theories; analytical, social action,
and functional theories, conccptualization and theory construction.
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.
159. Sociology of Religion (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Examination of the relationship
between the sacred and the secular; functioning of religious values, practices,
and organization in society.
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.
162. Social Psychology (3)
Not open to students with credit in Psych 145. Prerequisite: Soc I or permission
of instructor. Relation of the individual to his sociocultural environment,
with special reference to personality development, interpersonal role behavior,
and social control.
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 Research 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. Advanced Sociological Research Methods (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.