Emphasis is on the contemporary context of occupations, the types of occupations, and the interaction between occupational and organizational structures. An approach to the study of sociology that explains social conditions through analysis and interpretation of the past. The course surveys techniques and theories of concern to socilogists studying long-term social transformations, emergence of social structures, and development of particular social institutions. An upper-level course intended to provide the student with experience in designing and carrying out a research project. The student obtains actual field experience in a data-gathering technique such as observation or interviewing.
Emphasis is on the practical aspects of research.
An upper-level course in world population trends, policy, and analysis. Emphasis is on the development, implementation, and effectiveness of population policies in the more developed and less developed countries. Students do an in-depth analysis of two countries of the effects of projected population change over the next 50 years. An examination of the processes, forms, and situations of everyday social life. Exploration of disability from sociological perspective.