| 500 Seminar in the Teaching of Sociology
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Workshop for students who plan to teach sociology.
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2 hours
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501 Practicum in the Teaching of Sociology
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Prerequisites: SOCL 500 and 16 additional graduate hours in sociology. Seminar for students who are teaching sociology.
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1 hour
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510 Qualitative Methods of Social Research
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Prerequisite: Admission to program or consent of instructor. Covers epistemological and philosophical bases of qualitative inquiry; research design and data analysis in participant observation, in-depth interviewing, hermeneutic content analysis, and discourse analysis; issues in validity, reliability, and ethics of qualitative research.
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3 hours
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512 Sociological Theory
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Prerequisite: Six hours of sociology or consent of instructor. Analysis of current sociological theories, including a survey of recent approaches to the construction and application of systematic theoretical models.
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3 hours
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513 Quantitative Methods of Social Research
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Prerequisite: Six hours of sociology or consent of instructor. Covers concept definition, model building, and research design appropriate to problem and data. Includes a review of representative research studies to acquaint the sociology major with advanced social research methodology, techniques, and procedures.
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3 hours
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514 Advanced Social Statistics
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Prerequisite: Basic statistics at the undergraduate level or consent of instructor. Deals with forms of statistical analysis commonly applied to sociological research data. Includes multiple and partial correlation and regression, one-and two-way analysis of variance, path and nonlinear function analysis, interaction effects, and introduction to factor analysis.
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3 hours
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515 Advanced Data Analysis
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Prerequisites: SOCL 400G, 513, 514 or equivalent. Deals with multivariate forms of statistical analysis commonly applied to quantitative sociological research data. Covers applications and extensions of the general linear mode!, including dummy variable regression, analysis of variance and covariance, etc.
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3 hours
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520 Professional Research and Writing in Sociology
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Designed to assist students in writing theses, proposals, and papers for publication. Emphasizes techniques needed to locate literature and data on the Internet and in the library.
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3 hours
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531 Deviant Behavior
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Prerequisite: Six hours of sociology or consent of instructor. Deals with types of deviant behavior with emphasis on criminality, delinquency, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Also covers current sociological theory and research in the field.
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3 hours
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532 Criminology
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Prerequisite: Six hours of sociology or permission of instructor. Theories of crime causation and current research in the areas of criminology and corrections and methodological research considerations.
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3 hours
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541 Demography
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Prerequisite: Six hours of sociology or permission of instructor. A review of the demographic processes such as mortality, fertility, and migration, with emphasis on measurements, methods, and analytical techniques.
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3 hours
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542 Community
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Prerequisite: Six hours of sociology or consent of instructor. Ecological and social concepts of the community and its structure and function.
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3 hours
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561 Advanced Social Interaction
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Prerequisite: Six hours of sociology or permission of the instructor. The self in social environment, especially face-to-face interaction as individuals interpret, influence, and react to others' actions. Emphasis on identity, roles, and definitions of the situation.
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3 hours
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571 Topical Seminar in Sociology
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Significant topics, issues, or developments in the discipline. May be repeated with a different topic.
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3 hours
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595 Directed Study
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Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and the department head. Individual research in a specific area of sociology in close cooperation with supervising faculty.
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1-3 hours
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598 Internship in Sociology
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Prerequisites: Twenty-four graduate credit hours earned and the research tool successfully completed. Practical experience in a supervised work situation with a cooperating agency.
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3-6 hours
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599 Thesis Research and Writing
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6 hours
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These 400-level courses may be taken for graduate credit. Students receiving graduate credit in 400G courses will be required to do additional research, readings, or other appropriate assignments.
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408G Survey Applications
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Student involvement in the design, conduct, analysis, and dissemination of an actual social survey research project.
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3 hours
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420G Political Sociology
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Exploration of political behavior from a sociological perspective. Includes discussions of social cohesion, legitimacy, political socialization, and power structures.
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3 hours
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430G Penology
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Development of punishment and correctional programs, with emphasis on sociological considerations. Prison field trips required.
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3 hours
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432G Sociology of Criminal Law
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Sociological research and theory focusing on social structural factors affecting the creation of criminal codes, the enforcement of criminal law, and the imposition of penal sanctions.
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3 hours
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433G Community Corrections
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Socio-legal analysis of community based treatment of criminal offenders including forms of diversion, probation and parole, the techniques of sentencing, the supervision of clients, and a program evaluation.
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3 hours
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434G Organized Crime
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The study of both traditional and nontraditional organized crime from a sociological perspective.
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3 hours
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435G Family Violence
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This course is designed to provide the student with a sociological perspective on family violence in the United States. Emphasis is placed on child abuse and wife abuse. Research, theory, laws, treatment, and prevention are analyzed.
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3 hours
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440G Medical Sociology
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Comprehensive examination of the social organization of the health care industry in the U.S. Focus on origins and development of medicine, social epidemiology, the social construction of illness and illness behavior, the professionalization of medicine, and patterns of social interaction between health providers and patients.
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3 hours
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450G Occupations and Professions
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Deals with occupation specialization and the nature of occupational organization. Examines a variety of occupations and professions to determine the place of work in the lives of their members.
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3 hours
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470G Environmental Sociology
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Explores environmental thought with the sciences and the general public, including shifting worldviews, social movements, and social structural change associated with sustainability, environmental justice, and the rights of nature.
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3 hours |
