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Sociology (SOC) courses, except 104, satisfy Area 2 of the
College’s Breadth of Study
Requirements. SOC 104 satisfies Area 5.
30 CH. Chicanos/as and Latinas/os in Contemporary Society. Sociological analysis of
theoretical and methodological approaches used to study
Chicano/a and Latino/a
communities. Socioeconomic conditions, patterns of
immigration, the family, education,
gender relations and political experiences are examined.
Course includes a field internship
option.
51. Introduction to Sociology. Characteristics of groups, institutions, society and
culture. Social interaction, self-image,
status. Brief consideration of social change, ethnicity, the
urban environment and
demography.
55. Population and
Environment. Introduction
to demographic issues related to health and environment
using U.S. data and case studies from other countries.
Topics include human population growth and natural resources,
urbanization, migration, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and
reproductive health.
102. Qualitative Research Methods. Methods and
techniques employed in the
collection, analysis and presentation of qualitative data.
Focus on ethnographic
observation, interviewing and the use of recorded data.
Attention to issues of validity,
reliability and the researcher’s role in analyses of social
action across a variety of contexts.
Prerequisite: 51.
104. Survey Research Methods. Techniques of
collecting and analyzing data
from social surveys. Attention to research design,
questionnaire construction, sampling,
coding and secondary data analysis. Presentation of survey
data in tables and graphs, use
of descriptive and inferential statistics. Prerequisite: 51.
114CH. Los Angeles Communities:
Transformations, Inequality, and Activism. Use of case study approach to explore the interplay between
economic and demographic transformations and community
dynamics. Review of most recent scholarship in this area;
consideration of economic transformations, (im)migration,
class divisions, race and ethnic relations, community
organizing, women and activism, strategies for change.
Prerequisites: 30CH, 51
116. American Families. Patterns of family
structure, relationships between
families and other social institutions, historical and
cultural variations, dating, partnering, parenthood,
divorce, blended families, extended families, intimate
violence. Policy implications.
126 AA. Immigration and the Second Generation. Analysis of post-1965 children of immigrants and/or
immigrant children. Examines issues of identities and
coming-of-age stories, including diverse
experiences, such as "brain drain" children,
"parachute" and transnational children and refugee children.
Emphasis on gender, class, ethnicity, intergenerational
relations, education, sexuality, popular culture and
globalization. This course uses a comparative approach to
examine different racial groups.
145 CH. Restructuring Communities. Examines
how Latino/a and multiracial
communities are being transformed through economic
restructuring, both locally and globally. Issues of
community building and participating in the informal economy
are brought to life through a service learning collaborative
with a day labor center in the city of Pomona. Students work
in teams as part of a partnership with immigrant day
laborers, city officials, community leaders, and a
community-based board of directors.
146. Women’s Roles in Society. Critique of
women’s roles proposed by
sociobiology, psychology, anthropology and Marxism.
Socialization and the role of the
media in encouraging gender differentiation; how gender
roles relate to social inequality;
and the consequences of gender-role differentiation for the
workplace and the family.
Strategies for reducing gender inequality.
148. Sociology of Emotions. Examines how
emotions like pain, anger, love,
envy, jealousy, shame, joy, anxiety and happiness motivate
human behavior. Emphasis on
social aspects of emotions that are shaped by interactions
and institutions. Social
construction of emotions, emotional management, feeling
rules, ethnic and gender
socialization of emotions, and emotional division of labor
in the family and workforce.
150 CH. Chicanos/Latinas and Education. Examines
the historical and
institutional processes related to the educational
experiences of Chicanas/os and
Latinas/os. As well as exploring the relationship between
school factors (tracking, teacher expectations and
educational resources) and educational performance,
attention is given to the politics of language, cultural
democracy and schooling, higher education and forms of
resistance. A field internship option is offered as part of
the course. Prerequisite: 51 or 30 CH.
154. History and Development of Sociological Theory I: The
Classical Tradition.
Models of societies, groups and social
interaction through the early 20th
century, including theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim and
Simmel; analyzed with
reference to human nature, social order and social change.
Ways in which early theorists
laid the groundwork for contemporary theories. For juniors
and seniors only. Prerequisite: 51.
155 CH. Urban and Rural Social Movements. Examines the emergence of social movements, and the process
of their formation and the varied strategies for their
mobilization. Particular attention paid to the Chicano/a
civil rights, farm labor, and union movements. Students
organize a memorial and alternative spring break with the
United Farmworkers Union.
157. History and Development of Sociological Theory II:
Contemporary Theories.
Critique of problems, methods and theories
characteristic of 20th-century
sociological inquiry. The relationship of sociology to the
humanities, natural sciences and
other social sciences. Contemporary trends, including
critical approaches to the study of
society. For juniors and seniors only. Prerequisite: 51.
162. Mapping Inequality. Spatial and statistical analysis of
residential segregation, primarily racial and economic, in
U.S. metropolitan areas. Introduction to the use of ArcGIS
for mapping U.S. census data; maps as social constructions.
Emphasis on urban areas in California, but cities in other
parts of the U.S. will also be considered. Prerequisite: Soc
51, or Politics 3, or permission of instructor.
190. Senior Seminar. An
advanced seminar on a selected topic in sociology. Required
of all sociology seniors (except Sociology/PPA and
Sociology/Gender & Women's Studies majors). Prerequisites: 102, 104, 154,
157.
191A. Senior Thesis. Tutorial discussion and
independent empirical research on an original
project. Students select one or two faculty advisers. Not
required for graduation, but counts as a sociology elective.
Pre- or co-requisite: 190. Half course.
191B. Senior Thesis.
Second semester of tutorial discussion, independent
empirical research, and writing on an original project.
Student select one or two sociology faculty advisors. Not
required for graduation but counts as a sociology elective.
Prerequisite: 191A. Half course.
99/199. Reading and Research. Advanced readings and
research in sociology.
Prerequisite: three courses in sociology. Open only to upper division
students. 99, lower-level; 199, advanced work. Course or
half-course. May be
repeated. (Summer Reading and Research taken
as 98/198.) |
