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This archived information is dated to the 2008-09 academic year only and may no longer be current.
For currently applicable policies and information, see the current Stanford Bulletin.
Courses numbered below 100 are introductory courses intended for undergraduates. Courses numbered 100 - 202 are undergraduate-level courses.
SOC 1. Introduction to Sociology
Concepts, methods, and theoretical orientations. Sociological imagination illustrated by recent theory and research. Possible topics: the persistence of class cleavages; ethnic, racial, and gender inequalities; religious beliefs and the process of secularization; functions and dysfunctions of educational institutions; criminology and social deviance; social movements and social protest; production and reproduction of culture; rise of organizational society. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Aut (Sandefur, R)
SOC 15N. The Transformation of Socialist Societies
(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. The impact of societal organization on the lives of ordinary people in socialist societies and in the new societies arising through the processes of political, economic, and social transformation. Do the concepts of democratization and marketization suffice to characterize ongoing changes? Enrollment limited to 16. GER:EC-GlobalCom
3 units, Win (Tuma, N)
SOC 26N. The Changing American Family
Preference to freshmen. Family change from historical, social, demographic, and legal perspectives. Extramarital cohabitation, divorce, later marriage, interracial marriage, and same sex cohabitation and marriage: what do all these changes mean? (Rosenfeld) GER:DB-SocSci
3 units, not given this year
SOC 32N. Law in Society
(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. Law and social inequality. Major sociological perspectives on where the law comes from, what law and justice systems do, and how they work. Enrollment limited to 16. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul
3 units, Aut (Sandefur, R)
SOC 45Q. Understanding Race and Ethnicity in American Society
(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. A brief historical overview of race in America, race and violence, race and socioeconomic wellbeing, and the future of race relations in America. Enrollment limited to 16. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Aut (Snipp, C)
SOC 46N. Race, Ethnic, and National Identities: Imagined Communities
(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. How new identities are created and legitimated. What does it mean to try on a different identity? National groups and ethnic groups are so large that one individual can know only an infinitesimal fraction of other group members. What explains the seeming coherence of groups? If identities are a product of the imagination, why are people willing to fight and die for them? Enrollment limited to 16. GER:DB-SocSci
3 units, Win (Rosenfeld, M)
SOC 103A. Tutoring: Seeing a Child through Literacy
(Same as EDUC 103A, EDUC 203A, SOC 203A.) Experience tutoring grade school readers in a low income community near Stanford under supervision. Training in tutoring; the role of instruction in developing literacy; challenges facing low income students and those whose first language is not English. How to see school and print through the eyes of a child. Ravenswood Reads tutors encouraged to enroll. GER:DB-SocSci
4 units, Aut (Juel, C; England, P)
SOC 104. Sociology of Work
Classical and contemporary issues and debates. The effects of a changing workplace on individual workers in the U.S. Topics include: classical issues such as bureaucracy, alienation, and life in the industrial corporation; and contemporary issues such as managerial and professional work, the increase in service work and contracting, globalization, gender and race in the workplace, and maintaining a work/life balance.
5 units, Aut (Parker, A)
SOC 105D. Sociology of Criminal Procedure: Cops and Robbers, Lawyers and Juries
(Same as SOC 205D.) Preference to undergraduates and master's students. Interdisciplinary: law and the social sciences. Major areas in American criminal procedure, including juries, search and seizure, Miranda rights, racial profiling, and the right to counsel. The changing state of the law. Sources include major cases and the work of legal scholars. Social sciences perspectives on how the law works: how reliable are suspects' confessions; do juries listen to expert witnesses; do race and class affect how the police treat people; should social science have a role in deciding what the law should be? Limited enrollment.
5 units, Sum (TafollaYoung, K), given once only
SOC 106. Political Sociology
(Same as SOC 206.) The body of state rules and institutions that work in generating legitimate and illegitimate policy claims. Interests and identities that challenged the capacity of the national state to produce effective policies. Economic processes above the national level have that undermine the role of the state as the arena for the composition of disparate interests. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Win (Parigi, P)
SOC 106D. Race in Contemporary America: Salad Bowl, Melting Pot, Land of Caublinasians?
(Same as SOC 206D.) The debate on the meaning of race in the U.S. by examining past and present race relations, trends within the emerging multiracial population, and the implications that this new population has on the significance of race in contemporary society. The growing visibility of multiraciality is seen as a sign that race does not matter as much as it did in the past versus evidence that race continues to affect people's lives including those with mixed race backgrounds. Sources include academia and popular media.
5 units, Sum (Ku, M), given once only
SOC 107. China After Mao
(Same as SOC 207.) China's post-1976 recovery from the late Mao era; its reorientation toward an open market-oriented economy; the consequences of this new model and runaway economic growth for standards of living, social life, inequality, and local governance; the political conflicts that have accompanied these changes. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Spr (Walder, A)
SOC 108. Historical Sociology
(Same as SOC 208.) The differences between historical and sociological analysis of past events. The difference between constructing sociological explanations and describing past events. Topics include: the rise of Christianity, the mafia in a Sicilian village, the trade network of the East India Company. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Aut (Parigi, P)
SOC 110. Politics and Society
(Same as SOC 210.) (Graduate students register for 210.) Themes of political sociology, conceptions of power and state structures throughout history, the origins and expansion of the modern state, linkages between state and society, impact of the modern world system on national policies, internal distribution of power and authority, structure of political group formation and individual participation in modern states, and future trends of politics and society in a globalized world. Emphasis is on developing conceptual understandings of state, society, and politics in the modern world. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, not given this year
SOC 114. Economic Sociology
(Same as SOC 214.) (Graduate students register for 214.) The sociological approach to production, distribution, consumption, and markets, emphasizing the impact of norms, power, social structure, and institutions on the economy. Comparison of classic and contemporary approaches to the economy among the social science disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor markets, organization of professions such as law and medicine, the economic role of informal networks, industrial organization, including the structure and history of the computer and popular music industries, business alliances, capitalism in non-Western societies, and the transition from state socialism in E. Europe and China. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Aut (Granovetter, M)
SOC 115. Topics in Economic Sociology
(Same as SOC 315.) (Graduate students register for 315.) Discussion of topics initially explored in 114/214, with emphasis on countries and cultures outside N. America. Possible topics: families and ethnic groups in the economy, corporate governance and control, corporate strategy, relations among firms in industrial districts and business groups, the impact of national institutions and cultures on economic outcomes, transitions from state socialism and the role of the state in economic development. Possible case studies: the U.S., Germany, Italy, Britain, France, Brazil, Korea, India, Japan, and China. Prerequisite: 114/214 or 314. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Win (Granovetter, M)
SOC 117A. China Under Mao
(Same as SOC 217A.) (Graduate students register for 217A.) The transformation of Chinese society from the 1949 revolution to the eve of China's reforms in 1978: creation of a socialist economy, reorganization of rural society and urban workplaces, emergence of new inequalities of power and opportunity, and new forms of social conflict during Mao's Cultural Revolution of 1966-69 and its aftermath. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-GlobalCom
5 units, not given this year
SOC 118. Social Movements and Collective Action
(Same as SOC 218.) Why social movements arise, who participates in them, the obstacles they face, the tactics they choose, and how to gauge movement success or failure. Theory and empirical research. Application of concepts and methods to social movements such as civil rights, environmental justice, antiglobalization, and anti-war. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Win (McAdam, D)
SOC 119. Understanding Large-Scale Societal Change: The Case of the 1960s
(Same as SOC 219.) The demographic, economic, political, and cultural roots of social change in the 60s; its legacy in the present U.S. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Aut (McAdam, D)
SOC 120. Interpersonal Relations
(Same as SOC 220.) (Graduate students register for 220.) Forming ties, developing norms, status, conformity, deviance, social exchange, power, and coalition formation; important traditions of research have developed from the basic theories of these processes. Emphasis is on understanding basic theories and drawing out their implications for change in a broad range of situations, families, work groups, and friendship groups. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Aut (Ridgeway, C)
SOC 121. The Individual in Social Structure: Foundations in Sociological Social Psychology
Dynamics of the relationship between the individual and social structure, the relationship between the individual and immediate social context, and relationships between individuals. Focus is on the dominant theoretical perspectives in sociological social psychology: social structure and personality, structural social psychology, and symbolic interactionism.
5 units, Win (Chin, L)
SOC 123. Sex and Love in Modern Society
(Same as SOC 223.) Social influences on private intimate relations involving romantic love and sexuality. Topics include the sexual revolution, contraception, dating, hook-ups, cohabitation, sexual orientation, and changing cultural meanings of marriage, gender, and romantic love. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-Gender
5 units, Aut (England, P)
SOC 125A. Understanding Religion in a Global Context
(Same as SOC 225A.) American and western scholarly thought about religion from social and sociological perspectives. Challenges to assumptions in the 21st century. A framework for understanding issues such as global religious movements, religious nationalism, secular nationalism, and violence as a means to religious ends. Topics include American religious history, contemporary American religions, legal and social interpretations of freedom of religion, definitions of religious rights across the global culture, and strategic responses by policymakers. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Spr (Chang, P)
SOC 126. Introduction to Social Networks
(Same as SOC 226.) (Graduate students register for 226.) Theory, methods, and research. Concepts such as density, homogeneity, and centrality; applications to substantive areas. The impact of social network structure on individuals and groups in areas such as communities, neighborhoods, families, work life, and innovations. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, not given this year
SOC 127. Bargaining, Power, and Influence in Social Interaction
(Same as SOC 227.) (Graduate students register for 227.) Research and theoretical work on bargaining, social influence, and issues of power and justice in social settings such as teams, work groups, and organizations. Theoretical approaches to the exercise of power and influence in social groups and related issues in social interaction such as the promotion of cooperation, effects of competition and conflict, negotiation, and intergroup relations. Enrollment limited to 40. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, not given this year
SOC 130. Education and Society
(Same as EDUC 220C, SOC 230.) The effects of schools and schooling on individuals, the stratification system, and society. Education as socializing individuals and as legitimizing social institutions. The social and individual factors affecting the expansion of schooling, individual educational attainment, and the organizational structure of schooling. GER:DB-SocSci
4-5 units, not given this year
SOC 132. Sociology of Education: The Social Organization of Schools
(Same as EDUC 110, EDUC 310, SOC 332.) Seminar. Key sociological theories and empirical studies of the links between education and its role in modern society, focusing on frameworks that deal with sources of educational change, the organizational context of schooling, the impact of schooling on social stratification, and the relationships between the educational system and other social institutions such as families, neighborhoods, and the economy. GER:DB-SocSci
4 units, Win (Carter, P)
SOC 133. Law and Wikinomics: The Economic and Social Organization of the Legal Profession
(Same as SOC 333.) (Graduate and Law students enroll in 333.) Seminar. Emphasis is on the labor market for large-firm lawyers, including the market for entry-level lawyers, attorney retention and promotion practices, lateral hiring of partners, and increased use of forms of employment such as the non-equity form of partnership. Race and gender discrimination and occupational segregation; market-based pressure tactics for organizational reform. Students groups collect and analyze data about the profession and its markets. Multimedia tools for analysis and for producing workplace reforms. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
1-5 units, Win (Dauber, M)
SOC 134. Education, Gender, and Development
(Same as EDUC 197.) Theories and perspectives from the social sciences relevant to the role of education in changing, modifying, or reproducing structures of gender differentiation and hierarchy. Cross-national research on the status of girls and women and the role of development organizations and processes. (SSPEP) GER:EC-Gender
4-5 units, Aut (Wotipka, C)
SOC 135. Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in the United States
(Same as SOC 235.) Causes and consequences. Effects of antipoverty policies, and debates over effective social policies. Focus is on how poverty and inequality are experienced by families, children, and communities. Topics include welfare reform and labor market policies, education, and community-based antipoverty strategies. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Win (Wimer, C)
SOC 136. Sociology of Law
(Same as SOC 236.) (Graduate students register for 236; same as LAW 538.) Major issues and debates. Topics include: historical perspectives on the origins of law; rationality and legal sanctions; normative decision making and morality; cognitive decision making; crime and deviance; the law in action versus the law on the books; organizational responses to law in the context of labor and employment; the roles of lawyers, judges, and juries; and law and social change emphasizing the American civil rights movement. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, alternate years, not given this year
SOC 138. American Indians in Comparative Historical Perspective
(Same as SOC 238.) (Graduate students register for 238.) Demographic, political, and economic processes and events that shaped relations between Euro-Americans and American Indians, 1600-1890. How the intersection of these processes affected the outcome of conflicts between these two groups, and how this conflict was decisive in determining the social position of American Indians in the late 19th century and the evolution of the doctrine of tribal sovereignty. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul
5 units, Win (Snipp, C)
SOC 139. American Indians in Contemporary Society
(Same as SOC 239.) (Graduate students register for 239.) The social position of American Indians in contemporary American society, 1890 to the present. The demographic resurgence of American Indians, changes in social and economic status, ethnic identification and political mobilization, and institutions such as tribal governments and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Recommended: 138 or a course in American history. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul
5 units, Spr (Snipp, C)
SOC 140. Introduction to Social Stratification
(Same as SOC 240.) (Graduate students register for 240.) The main classical and modern explanations of the causes of social, economic, and political inequality. Issues include: power; processes that create and maintain inequality; the central axes of inequality in contemporary societies (race, ethnicity, class, and gender); the consequences of inequality for individuals and groups; and how social policy can mitigate and exacerbate inequality. Cases include technologically simple groups, the Indian caste system, and the modern U.S. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Spr (Sandefur, R)
SOC 141. Controversies about Inequality
(Same as SOC 241.) (Graduate students register for 241.) Debate format involving Stanford and guest faculty. Forms of inequality including racial, ethnic, and gender stratification; possible policy interventions. Topics such as welfare reform, immigration policy, affirmative action, discrimination in labor markets, sources of income inequality, the duty of rich nations to help poor nations, and causes of gender inequality. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Spr (Grusky, D)
SOC 141A. Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, Health
(Same as HUMBIO 122S.) Socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic differences in health status. Access to care of racial and ethnic minorities and those from lower social classes. Institutional factors such as government programs, and individual factors such as unconscious racial bias on the part of care providers or distrust of providers on the part of patients. The intersection of lower social class and ethnic minority status in health status and health care access. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul
5 units, Win (Barr, D)
SOC 142. Sociology of Gender
(Same as SOC 242.) (Graduate students register for 242.) Gender inequality in contemporary American society and how it is maintained. The social and relative nature of knowledge and the problems this poses for understanding sex differences and gendered behavior in society. Analytical levels of explanation for gender inequalities: socialization, interaction processes, and socioeconomic processes; arguments and evidence for each approach. The social consequences of gender inequality such as the feminization of poverty, and problems of interpersonal relations. GER:EC-Gender
5 units, Win (Correll, S)
SOC 143. Poverty in Brazil: From Empirical Evidence to Anti-poverty Policies
(Same as SOC 243.) The evolution of poverty in Brazil. Poverty indexes, profiles, indicators; income approach, establishment, and use of poverty lines. The working poor, informality, and education. Social security and targeted transfers. The design of anti-poverty policies.
5 units, Spr (Rocha, S)
SOC 145. Race and Ethnic Relations
(Same as SOC 245.) (Graduate students register for 245.) Race and ethnic relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. The processes that render ethnic and racial boundary markers, such as skin color, language, and culture, salient in interaction situations. Why only some groups become targets of ethnic attacks. The social dynamics of ethnic hostility and ethnic/racial protest movements. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul
5 units, not given this year
SOC 146. Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
(Same as CSRE 196C, ENGLISH 172D, HISTORY 65, PSYCH 155.) How different disciplines approach topics and issues central to the study of ethnic and race relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. Lectures by senior faculty affiliated with CSRE. Discussions led by CSRE teaching fellows. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul
5 units, given next year
SOC 147A. Comparative Ethnic Conflict
(Same as SOC 247A.) Causes and consequences of racial and ethnic conflict, including nationalist movements, ethnic genocide, civil war, ethnic separatism, politics, indigenous peoples' movements, and minority rights movements around the world. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-GlobalCom
5 units, not given this year
SOC 148. Racial Identity
(Same as SOC 248.) The construction and meanings of racial identities in the U.S. Attention is on multiracial identities and the shifting boundaries of racial categories in contemporary America. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul
5 units, Win (McDermott, M)
SOC 149. The Urban Underclass
(Same as SOC 249, URBANST 112.) (Graduate students register for 249.) Recent research and theory on the urban underclass, including evidence on the concentration of African Americans in urban ghettos, and the debate surrounding the causes of poverty in urban settings. Ethnic/racial conflict, residential segregation, and changes in the family structure of the urban poor. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul
5 units, Spr (Rosenfeld, M)
SOC 149X. Urban Politics
(Same as POLISCI 121, SOC 249X, URBANST 111.) The major actors, institutions, processes, and policies of sub-state government in the U.S., emphasizing city general-purpose governments through a comparative examination of historical and contemporary politics. Issues related to federalism, representation, voting, race, poverty, housing, and finances. Prerequisite: POLISCI 2 or consent of instructor. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, not given this year
SOC 155. The Changing American Family
(Same as SOC 255.) Family change from historical, social, demographic, and legal perspectives. Extramarital cohabitation, divorce, later marriage, interracial marriage, and same-sex cohabitation. The emergence of same-sex marriage as a political issue. Are recent changes in the American family really as dramatic as they seem? Theories about what causes family systems to change. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Spr (Rosenfeld, M)
SOC 160. Formal Organizations
(Same as SOC 260.) (Graduate students register for 260.) The roles of formal organizations in production processes, market transactions, and social movements; and as sources of income and ladders of mobility. Relationships of modern organizations to environments and internal structures and processes. Concepts, models, and tools for analyzing organizational phenomena in contemporary societies. Sources include the literature and case studies. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, not given this year
SOC 161. The Social Science of Entrepreneurship
(Same as SOC 261.) (Graduate students register for 261.) Who is likely to become an entrepreneur and where is entrepreneurship likely to occur? Classic and contemporary theory and research. Interaction with expert practitioners in creating entrepreneurial opportunities including venture and corporate capitalists. The role of culture, markets, hierarchies, and networks. Market creation and change, and factors that affect success of new organizations. Field projects on entrepreneurial environments such as technology licensing offices, entrepreneurial development organizations, venture capital firms, and corporate venturing groups. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Spr (Thornton, P)
SOC 164. Immigration and the Changing United States
(Same as SOC 264.) The role of race and ethnicity in immigrant group integration in the U.S. Topics include: theories of integration; racial and ethnic identity formation; racial and ethnic change; immigration policy; intermarriage; hybrid racial and ethnic identities; comparisons between contemporary and historical waves of immigration. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Spr (Jimenez, T)
SOC 165. Power, Gender, and the Professions
(Same as SOC 265.) Alternative views of professions and professionals, combining theories of professions and gender. The institutionalization of professional power and professional structure in the 20th century. Changing professional roles in the face of increasing bureaucratization of professional work. The role of gender in professional work, and alternative explanations for gender-based differences. How these forces operate, particularly in the professions of medicine, law, and academics. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Spr (Barr, D)
SOC 166. Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Chicanos in American Society
(Same as SOC 266.) Contemporary sociological issues affecting Mexican-origin people in the U.S. Topics include: the immigrant experience, immigration policy, identity, socioeconomic integration, internal diversity, and theories of incorporation. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Win (Jimenez, T)
SOC 170. Classics of Modern Social Theory
(Same as SOC 270.) (Graduate students register for 270). Preference to Sociology majors. Contributions of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary sociology. Topics: the problem of social order and the nature of social conflict; capitalism and bureaucracy; the relationship between social structure and politics; the social sources of religion and political ideology; and the evolution of modern societies. Examples from contemporary research illustrate the impact of these traditions. Limited enrollment. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Aut (McDermott, M)
SOC 180A. Foundations of Social Research
(Same as SOC 280A.) Formulating a research question, developing hypotheses, probability and non-probability sampling, developing valid and reliable measures, qualitative and quantitative data, choosing research design and data collection methods, challenges of making causal inference, and criteria for evaluating the quality of social research. Emphasis is on how social research is done, rather than application of different methods. Limited enrollment; preference to Sociology and Urban Studies majors, and Sociology coterms. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Aut (Sorensen, A), Spr (Sorensen, A)
SOC 180B. Evaluation of Evidence
(Same as SOC 280B.) Methods for analyzing and evaluating data in sociological research: comparative historical methods, ethnographic observation, quantitative analysis of survey data, experimentation, and simulation. Emphasis is on application of these methods through small data analysis projects. Limited enrollment; preference to Sociology majors. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units, Win (Rosenfeld, M)
SOC 181B. Sociological Methods: Statistics
(Same as SOC 281B.) (Graduate students register for 281B.) Statistical methods of relevance to sociology: contingency tables, correlation, and regression.
5 units, Aut (Johnson, J)
SOC 186. Advanced Social Network Analysis
Practical experience and an interdisciplinary perspective on the collection, management, exploration, and analysis of social network data. Emphasis is on developing technical skills for studying large-scale social networks. Topics include theories of social order, small worlds, scientific computing, network sampling, and network dynamics.
5 units, Win (Haynes, J)
SOC 190. Undergraduate Individual Study
Prior arrangement required.
1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
SOC 191. Undergraduate Directed Research
Work on a project of student's choice under supervision of a faculty member. Prior arrangement required.
1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
SOC 192. Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship
Work in an apprentice-like relationship with faculty on an on-going research project. Prior arrangement required.
1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
SOC 193. Undergraduate Teaching Apprenticeship
Prior arrangement required.
1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
SOC 196. Senior Thesis
Work on an honors thesis project under faculty supervision (see description of honors program). Must be arranged early in the year of graduation or before.
1-15 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
SOC 200. Junior/Senior Seminar for Majors
For Sociology majors. Capstone course in which sociological problems are framed, linked to theories, and answers pursued through research designs. Independent research. How to formulate a research question; how to integrate theory and methods. Prerequisites: SOC 170, 180B.
5 units, Aut (McDermott, M), Spr (Beck, C)
SOC 201. Preparation for Senior Project
(Same as URBANST 201.) First part of capstone experience for Urban Studies majors pursuing an internship-based research project or honors thesis. Individually arranged internship beginning in Winter Quarter, 8 hours per week. Prospective students must consult with internship coordinator early in Autumn Quarter to plan placement. Reflections and assignments culminate in a research proposal, which may submitted for funding. Internship normally continues in Spring Quarter; research proposed in the final assignment may be carried out in Spring or Summer Quarter; consent required for Autumn Quarter research. Corequisite: URBANST 201A.
5 units, Win (Kahan, M)
SOC 202. Preparation for Honors Thesis
(Same as URBANST 202.) Primarily for juniors in Sociology; sophomores who plan to be off-campus Winter Quarter of their junior year may register with consent of instructor. Students write a research prospectus and grant proposal, which may be submitted for funding. Research proposal in final assignment may be carried out in Spring or Summer Quarter; consent required for Autumn Quarter research. WIM
5 units, Win (McAdam, D)
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