Sociology Undergraduate Program
Course Descriptions
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*Required (core) courses for undergraduate majors appear in bold.
Sociology Courses
(106) Introduction to Sociology*
(108) Contemporary Social Problems in Global Perspective
(109) Introduction to U.S. Latina/o Studies
(111) American Diversity: Contested Visions of the U.S. Experience
(175) Living in a Technological World
(264) Race, Social Class, and Gender Inequality
(270) History of Sociological Thought*
(271) Introduction to Sociology Research*
(291) Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
(292) Careers for Sociology Majors*
(300) Senior Experience in Sociology*
(311/411) Issues in Gerontology: The Changing Terrain of Work and Retirement in U.S. Society
(320) Global Development and Economic Change
(366) Contemporary Social Movements
(398.01) Professional Practice: Internship in Applied Sociology
(398.02) Professional Practice: Research Assistantship
Sociology Graduate Courses
(440) Intermediate Social Statistics*
(469.10) Seminar on Family/Personal Relationships
(469.13) Sociology of Culture: Production, Consumption, and Social Power
(469.14) Class, Power, and Status
(469.16) Seminar on Teaching Sociology
(470) Seminar in Community Development
(471) Quantitative Research Design and Analysis*
(472) Qualitative Research Design and Analysis*
(473) Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
(477) Community Project Design and Management
(478) Topics in Administration and Planning
(491) Internship in College Teaching
(493.01) Proseminar in Sociology*
(495) Special Topics in Sociology
(498) Professional Practice in Sociology
Anthropology Courses
(102) Human Origins: an Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology*
(143) Unity and Diversity in Language
(175) Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems
(185) Cultures of the World: an Introduction to Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology*
(270) Cross-cultural Perspectives on Women, Sex Roles, and Gender
(274) Principles of Archaeology*
(277) Principles of Language and Culture*
(278) Introduction to Asian America
(281) Principles of Ethnology*
(294) Japanese Society and Culture
(301) Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Materials
(306) Regional and Area Studies
(307) Japanese Diasporas, Culture, and Identity
(308) Japanese Communicative Strategies
(350) Principles of Paleoanthropology*
(372) Human Paleopathology and Skeletal Analysis
(373) Archaeology of Political Economy
(374) Introduction to Museum Studies
(376) The Archaeology of Gender
(378) Human Variation and Adaptation
(380) Key Concepts in Anthropology History and Theory
(381) Archaeological Field School
(382) Senior Thesis in Anthropology
(383) Studies in Selected Cultures
(384) North American Archaeology
(387) Advanced Topics in Physical Anthropology
(392) Archaeological Analysis of Historic Materials
(398) Professional Practice: Internship/co-op in Anthropology
Anthropology Graduate Courses
(460) Research Design in Archaeology
