SOCMING - Sociology

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Doctoral students who major in a department other than Sociology may select 12 units from the following core courses:

*Sociology PhD students will list all core courses as part of the major. Sociology students must select 12 units of coursework from the list of electives and advanced methods courses. 

SOC 500A: Sociological Theory (3 units)

SOC 570A: Social Statistics I (3 units)

SOC 570B: Social Statistics (3 units)

SOC 575: Advanced Social Research Methods (3 units)

SOC 595A: Study in Sociology (1 unit)

SOC 595B: Presentation Seminar (1 unit)

SOC 596C: Teaching Practicum (1 unit)

Minimum GPA required: 3.5

Students can select 12 units from the following elective and advanced methods courses:

SOC 500B: Sociological Theory (3 units)

SOC 505: World-System Theory and Research (3 units)

SOC 508: Sociology of Culture (3 units)

SOC 510: Political Sociology (3 units)

SOC 511: Formal Models of Cultural Analysis (3 units)

SOC 514: The State and Social Policy (3 units)

SOC 515: Social Movements and Collective Action (3 units)

SOC 520: Sociology of Health and Medicine (3 units)

SOC 525: Organizational Theory (3 units)

SOC 526: Methods for Social Network Analysis (3 units)

SOC 527: Social Networks (3 units)

SOC 530: Structure, Action, Identity (3 units)

SOC 534: Core Issues in Environmental Sociology (3 units)

SOC 535: Environmental Inequality & Justice (3 units)

SOC 551: Stratification and Class (3 units)

SOC 552: Advanced Topics in Stratification (3 units)

SOC 553: The Family (3 units)

SOC 555: Gender and Society (3 units)

SOC 557: Gender and Labor Markets (3 units)

SOC 560: Race and Ethnicity (3 units)

SOC 561: Programming for the Social Sciences (3 units)

SOC 565: Work and Professions (3 units)

SOC 574C: Categorical Data Analysis (3 units)

SOC 576: Field and Observational Methods (3 units)

SOC 583: Law, Politics and Inequality (3 units)

SOC 587: Economic Sociology (3 units)

SOC 595C: Graduate Training: Negotiating the Job Market (1 unit)

SOC 596A: Advanced Topics in Research (1 - 3 units)

SOC 596F: Theory and Research on the Nonprofit Sector (3 units)

SOC 596J: Advanced Topics in Social Movements Research (3 units)

SOC 600: Sociology of Knowledge (3 units)

SOC 617: Punishment & Society (3 units)

SOC 696D: Research Process Seminar (3 units)

Or students can select up to 9 units of credit combined of Research Apprenticeship and/or Independent Study

SOC 599: Independent Study (3 units)

SOC 699: Independent Study (1 - 4 units)

SOC 900: Research (2 - 8 units)

Minimum GPA required: 3.5

Comprehensive Examinations

Doctoral students who major in a department other than Sociology must succesfuly pass one written comprehensive examination in one substantive area of sociology and pass the oral examination.

Advisor

All students must have a minor advisor on the school faculty, who will approve the student’s minor program of study. The minor advisor is usually a faculty member with whom the student has taken a course, and also the faculty member who administers the exam (although this is not required). Students should consult with the DGS about identifying a minor advisor.

Coursework

All students, Sociology or non-Sociology, must take 12 units of coursework within the School of Sociology.

Transfer Courses

Transfer courses from other universities cannot be applied to the minor.

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.