Urban Society Broad overview of the issues and concerns of the field of urban sociology. Special emphasis on the human experience of urban living in contemporary, cross, cultural or historical settings. Developing Societies Analysis of social and economic problems of developing societies from the standpoint of theory and research on modernization and underdevelopment. Nature of third world dependency and interdependence in the global political economy. Sociological Issues in Health Care Sociological perspectives and methods directed to health care issues.
Students select topics for supervised research.
Sociology of Law Analysis of the nature of the legal process and its impact on social behavior. 265A. Classical Social Theory Introduces graduate students to the work of the main classical thinkers in the tradition of social theory, such as Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Freud, G.H. Mead, and Parsons, locating them within the historical, cultural, and philosophical milieu in which their ideas originated. 265B. Theory in Contemporary Sociology Explores the uses of theories in contemporary sociology by tracing their connections with classical sociological writings and their relations to broader theoretical concerns of contemporary social thought, with particular emphasis on relevance to the current historical, cultural and social milieu. How social institutions affect and are affected by the level and variation of mortality, migration, and fertility. Organizations and Institutions Theory of formal organizations and bureaucracy.