Soc 30CH. Chicanos/as and Latinas/os in Contemporary Society. Ms. Ochoa. 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.

Soc 51. Introduction to Sociology. Ms. Rapaport/Staff. Characteristics of groups, institutions, society and culture. Social interaction, self-image, status. Brief consideration of social change, ethnicity, the urban environment and demography.

Soc 104. Survey Research Methods. Ms. Grigsby. 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. Satisfies Area 5.

Soc 116. American Families. Ms. Grigsby. 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.

Soc 146. Women's Roles in Society. Ms. Rapaport. 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; consequences of gender-role differentiation for the workplace and the family. Strategies for reducing gender inequality.

155CH. Urban and Rural Social Movements. Mr. Calderón. Examines the nature of rural/urban ethnic movements and their relationship to demographic transformations. Practical examples drawn from the farm labor movement and growth coalitions. Attention given to current literature on social movements, urban restructuring and farm labor organizing.

Soc 157. History and Development of Sociological Theory II: Contemporary Theories. Ms. Ochoa. 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.

Soc 191B. Senior Thesis. Staff. Second semester of tutorial discussion, independent empirical research, and writing on an original project. Students select one or two sociology faculty advisers. Not required for graduation but counts as a sociology elective. Prerequisite: 191A. Half course.

Soc 99/199. Reading and Research. Staff. Advanced readings and research in sociology. Prerequisite: three courses in sociology or permission of instructor. Open only to upper division students. 99, lower-level; 199, advanced work. Course or half-course. May be repeated. Each semester. (Summer Reading and Research taken as 98/198.)