Intensive course in a broad disciplinary area (humanities, social sciences, arts, or natural sciences). Part of an integrated first-year experience in which students take 2-4 classes exploring aesthetic, humanistic, social, linguistic, environmental, or scientific issues. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Co-requisite: Enrollment in the appropriate Liberal Arts Scholars Program.

Analysis of the causes and consequences of social behavior that violates norms. Examines patterns of deviant socialization and social organization and forms of deviance control.

Examination of the social construction of sexuality with emphasis on theories, concepts, and cultural ramifications of a range of sexual practices and identities. Cross-listed with: GSWS 1785.

Introduction to the sociological analysis of race and ethnicity, with a focus on the histories of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Credit not awarded for both SOC 1370 and SOC 1372 or CRES 1883. Cross-listed with: CRES 1881.

Fundamental principles and problems in the sociological analysis of the structure and dynamics of modern society.

Beliefs and value systems and their institutional arrangements, focusing on relationships between these systems and the larger social structure, in cross-cultural and historical perspective. Prerequisite: Three hours of Sociology.

A critical analysis of racial inequality and stratification in the United States. Prerequisite: Three hours of Sociology or Critical Race & Ethnic Studies. Cross-listed with: CRES 2881.

Examination of disasters using a sociological, critical lens. Analysis of research, theories, and current debates in the field of disaster sociology. Prerequisite: Three hours of Sociology.

Introduction to research methods in social science. Includes examination of research design, measurement, data collection, data analysis, and the presentation and theoretical interpretation of research findings. Prerequisites: STAT 1050, STAT 1110, STAT 1410, or higher; three hours of Sociology or Political Science; minimum Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with: POLS 2800.

Classical sociological theory including Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead, as well as DuBois and early female theorists such as Martineau. Reading and writing intensive. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; three additional hours of Sociology; minimum Sophomore standing.

Undergraduate student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisites: Three hours of Sociology; Instructor permission.

Analyzes constructions of disability as deviance in current and historical contexts such as American eugenics, Nazi sterilization and medical crimes, and present national policies. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing.

Takes an in-depth view of the varied and contested relationship between crime and cities, drawing on insights from urban and political sociology, criminology and law, and social and spatial inequalities. Covers a range of key studies in the field with an emphasis on urban ethnography in major US cities in comparative perspective with cities from around the world, including in the Global South. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing.

Analysis of sociocultural structure of the legal institution and its relationships to other institutions: the social organization of the legal profession, lawmaking, and the courts. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing. Declared Law & Society minors may substitute SOC 1210 for other prerequisite coursework in Sociology.

Examination of the institution of the American family in cross-cultural and historical perspective. Theories and research on family continuity, change, and institutional relationships explored. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing.

Undergraduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisite: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing; Instructor permission.

College honors thesis or other department/program honors, under the supervision of a faculty member. Offered at department discretion.