Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Metropolitan Atlanta. (Same as Hist 6320 and Geog 6768.) Interdisciplinary perspective focusing on social, historical, and geographic processes which have shaped the Atlanta region.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Girls. (Same as Anth 6320 and WSt 6310.) Feminist analyses of who girls are and how they are socialized in our society. Girls' experiences with social institutions, growth and development issues, self-esteem and body image, sexuality, culture and media, third-wave feminism, and girls' movements.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Law and Society. Recruitment, training, and practice in the legal professions. Analysis of the legal system as a process.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Aging Policy and Services. (Same as Gero 7110.) Overview of aging policy, services, and programs with emphasis on legislation, funding, planning, the aging network, and the long-term care system.
Credit Hour(s): 2.0
Proseminar in Sociology. Prerequisite: consent of Director of Graduate Studies. Introduction to central concepts, methods, and professional practices in sociology; development of basic skills used in theoretical and empirical work; and orientation to the discipline and this department of sociology.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Intermediate Sociological Statistics. Prerequisite: Soci 8020 with grade of B or higher, or consent of instructor. Parametric and nonparametric statistical topics pertinent to sociological research.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Research Methodology. Prerequisite: Soci 3020 with grade of B or higher, or consent of instructor. Problem formulation, the logic of research design, scale construction, operational and measurement techniques, and forms of tabular presentation employed in the social survey.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sociological Theory I. Roots of the major theoretical orientations in sociology, with special attention given to the early history of conflict theory, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Cognitive Sociology. Perceiving, focusing, classifying, timing, symbolizing, and remembering in a societal context. How thinking can vary cross-nationally and historically. The social construction of racial, ethnic, gender, sexual, and temporal boundaries; social connection between collective memories and national and group identities; and social foundations of knowledge and myth.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Family Sociology. (Same as WSt 8101.) Key concepts and processes of family sociology with application to sexuality, partner selection, transition to parenthood, parenting and children, housework and paid work, conflict and violence, divorce and remarriage, grandparenting, caregiving, and alternative families.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Life Course Sociology. (Same as Gero 8102 and WSt 8102.) Development of the key concepts and processes of life course theories, with application to issues such as: child development and socialization, adolescence, marriage and parenting, work and occupational careers, retirement, illness and institutionalization, and death and bereavement.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Social Psychology. How roles, norms, and social interaction influence self, identity, and behaviors. How individuals actively participate in their social worlds; and how self, identity, and role processes change through the life course.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sociology of Aging. (Same as Gero 8116 and WSt 8116.) The study of aging as a social process affecting individuals, societies, and social institutions. Topics include age stereotypes, social roles, socioeconomic status, minority elders, older women, work and retirement, family and community relationships, politics, housing, and health care.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Aging, Health, and Disability. (Same as Gero 8118.) Individual experience of physical aging, disease, disability, and death in old age; patterns and social causes of physical and mental illness, mortality, and longevity; illness behavior of older people, including health care utilization, compliance, patient-practitioner interaction, and health promotion behavior.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Global Aging and Social Policies. (Same as Gero 8119.) This course examines issues of aging and social policies in global perspective. Topics include global and comparative studies of demographic changes, aging and social inequality, retirement and social security, intergenerational exchange, and health care and elder care.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Death, Dying, and Loss. (Same as Gero 8122.) Death and dying; loss; and the cultural processes of grief, mourning, and bereavement.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Ethnicity and Aging. (Same as AAS 6042 and Gero 8124.) A broad overview of aging within the framework of race and ethnicity in American society. Major issues include minority aging research methodology; theories of ethnicity and aging; and life-course, "life-chance," and socializaiton differences among older adults attributable to race, ethnicity, and/or minority status.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Families in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Families in different countries, emphasizing the economic, technological, ideological, and political factors that account for cross-societal variation in family groups and institutions.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Family Diversity. Emergence of new family forms; critique of traditional definitions of family; and an examination of the issues facing today's families as they vary by race/culture/ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and employment.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sexual and Intimate Violence. Societal causes, power dynamics, and policy implications of rape and sexual violence, battery, psychological/emotional abuse, child abuse and neglect, and elder abuse.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Birth and Parenthood. Pregnancy, birth, and parenting; fatherhood and motherhood in a social and historical context.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Children and Childhood. Analysis of children and childhood as socially constructed categories and life course stages. Emphasis on changing ideas and practices concerning the care, control, and significance of children. Covers the gender socialization of children as well as the effects of class and race on the quality of children's lives in family, educational, work, and other social settings.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sexuality and Society. Social construction of sexuality, examining the ways human groups attach meaning to emotions, desires, and relationships. Sexuality across the life course, including dating, varieties of sexual relationships, birth control and procreative technologies, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, and sex and law.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Social Inequality. Theories, research methods, data sources, and empirical work in social stratification, power relations, class and status systems, and the changing structure of the economy and labor force. Examination of inequality based on gender, race/ethnicity, class, or age, and mobility among classes.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Work and Occupations. Social relationships in such areas as recruitment, statifications, training, career patterns, client-colleague relations, mobility, social control, and job satisfaction.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Industrial Sociology. Systematic study of the organizational forms of industrial production in relation to society, community, and the individual.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Race and Ethnic Relations. Theory and research on racial and ethnic identities, communities, and conflicts; racism, discrimination, and related forms of inequality; racial/ethnic attitudes; assimilation, pluralism, and immigration.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Immigration. Study of the social forces that cause international migration and application of sociological perspectives to analyze conditions of immigrant life and the impact immigration has on different societies. Emphasizes social and cultural adaptations in communities affected by immigration, immigrants' participation in the labor force and economy, and public attitudes and government policies affecting entry and settlement processes in the U.S. and other societies.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Gender and Society. (Same as WSt 8216.) Social construction of gender, gender-based stratification, and power dynamics.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Political Sociology. Sociological theories and methods to analyze power within social systems and the relations between state and society.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Social Movements. The causes, processes, and outcomes of social movements; including protest and other activities directed toward social change.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Deviance and Social Control. Theory and research regarding behavior which violates well- established social norms; social factors which engender such behavior and social reactions to such behavior; examples of typical interests would be sexually deviant behavior, certain types of mental illness, alcoholism, and suicide.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Criminology. Issues in criminological theory and research, encompassing law and social control, the structure and process of the criminal justice system, epidemiology of crime, history of criminological thought, and criminal careers and behavior systems.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Urban Sociology. Urbanism from a sociological point of view. Focuses on three basic areas: theoretical concepts and perspectives on urban social organization; current sociological perspectives on the city; and contemporary application of these perspectives.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Contemporary Urban Research. Recent developments in urban sociological research and theory.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Poverty and Wealth. Critical issues in the generation and maintenance of economic inequalities, both domestically and globally. Emphasis on the role of socioeconomic forces in the production of poverty and wealth as well as individual and group attitudes and behaviors.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Race-Ethnicity and Health. This course focuses on social and behavioral aspects of health as they relate to race and ethnicity in the United States. Specifically, the course is designed to provide students with an overview of risk and protective factors related to health and health disparities across race-ethnic groups.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Race, Class, and Gender. This course examines the ways race, gender, and class are socially constructed concepts that are best understood as intersecting factors rather than mutually exclusive categories. Building on the work of pioneers in this field, this class considers how intersections of race, gender, and class shape social institutions like the workplace, family, school, and labor market, as well as the interactions that occur within these structures.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Critical Race Theory. Critical race theories analyze how race and racism are foundational social structures that shape the lived experience of people. This course will survey some of the major ideas and themes that define contemporary critical race theory and explore new directions in the field, especially colorblind racism and postcolonial studies.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Population Dynamics. Social factors influencing fertility, mortality, and migration in the U.S. and other countries and how these demographic processes influence social organizations; the impact of global and regional population changes on the environment and population policies; and basic techniques for constructing demographic rates and measures.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Qualitative Methods in Sociology. Prerequisite: Soci 8020 with grade of B or higher, or consent of instructor. Methodological strategies in sociological research involving participant observation, in-depth interviewing, and the use of public and private documents. Special attention given to the analysis of text data (in contrast to numerical data) and the writing of text-based dissertations, articles, and books.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sociology of Drugs. Major areas of sociological concern in drug abuse and addiction including legislation, epidemiology, etiology, treatment and rehabilitation and research and evaluation; examples of types of drugs covered would be narcotics, marijuana, psychedelics, sedatives and tranquilizers, and alcohol.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sociology of Religion. Social dimensions of religion, the relationship between religion and society, sociological theories of religion, religious organizations and behavior, religion and social change, secularization, and the future of religion.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sociology of Education. Sociological approach to the study of education as an institution in urban settings.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Special Topics in Sociology. May be taken more than once if topics are different.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 3.0
Directed Reading. Directed readings in special areas.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 6.0
Sociology Internship. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. (A maximum of three credit hours may be applied toward the degree program required hours.) Apprenticeship in research or teaching under faculty supervision.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 18.0
Research Practicum. Prerequisite: consent of graduate director. Apprenticeship in research for GRAs and GLAs under faculty supervision.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 18.0
Teaching Practicum. Prerequisite: consent of Director of Instruction. Apprenticeship in teaching for GTAs under faculty supervision.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 18.0
Thesis Proposal.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 18.0
Thesis Research.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Teaching Sociology. Prerequisites: Soci 8010, 8020, and 8030, or equivalents. This seminar focuses on pedagogical issues and techniques of teaching sociology at the college and university levels.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Teaching Internship. Prerequisite: Soci 9000 with grade of B or higher. Faculty supervision and guidance for graduate students teaching an undergraduate course. For doctoral students interested in college-level teaching.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Writing for Publication. Prerequisites: Soci 8000, 8010, 8020, 8030, 8998, and 8999, or equivalents, and consent of instructor. This seminar provides instruction in applied writing techniques for publication in sociological journals.
Credit Hour(s): 4.0
Multivariate Sociological Data Analysis. Prerequisite: Soci 8010 with grade of B or higher. Three lecture and two laboratory hours a week. Applied data analysis techniques for sociologists including regression analysis, path analysis, logistic regression analysis, and factor analysis.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Advanced Research Methodology. Prerequisite: Soci 8020 with grade of B or higher, or consent of instructor. Intensive examination of design, sampling, and measurement problems in social research.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sociological Theory II. Prerequisite: Soci 8030 with grade of B or higher, or its equivalent. Recent developments in sociological theory, with special attention given to significant extensions of, and challenges to, the theories covered in Sociological Theory I.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Special Topics in Social Research Methods. Prerequisite: Soci 9030 with grade of B or higher. Special topics in advanced sociological research methods.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Sociology of Health & Illness. Health and illness beliefs and behavior; social epidemiology; sociology of nursing, medicine and other health professions; the social organization and financing of health care; and health policy issues.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 18.0
Readings for Qualifying Examinations. Prerequisite: consent of Graduate Director. Intensive reading on specific topics in preparation for the qualifying examinations under faculty supervision.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 18.0
Dissertation Proposal.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 18.0
Dissertation Research.