A number of federal agencies also offer fellowships for graduate study in sociology. An in-depth introduction to the major specialty areas of sociology. Review and analysis of trends and controversies in sociological theory in the twentieth century. The theoretical bases, critical concepts, and methods of life course analysis in the study of demographic transitions. Focuses on divorce, remarriage, incest, family violence as well as problems associated with family formation and parent-child relations.
Topical emphasis varies.
Survival analysis theory and methods for discrete dependent variables.