USC
University of Southern California
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Sociology

Kaprielian Hall 352
(213) 740-3533
FAX: (213) 740-3535
Email: uscsoci@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/dept/sociology

Chair: Michael A. Messner, Ph.D.

Faculty

AARP University Chair in Gerontology: Vern L. Bengtson, Ph.D.*(Gerontology)

Myron and Marian Casden Directorship of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life: Bruce Zuckerman, Ph.D.

Professors: Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D. (Annenberg School for Communication); Lynne Casper, Ph.D.; Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D. (Gerontology); Sharon Hays, Ph.D.; Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ph.D.; Michael Messner, Ph.D.; Jon Miller, Ph.D.*; H. Edward Ransford, Ph.D.*; Merril Silverstein, Ph.D. (Gerontology); Robert Stallings, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Development)

Associate Professors: Timothy Biblarz, Ph.D.; Nina Eliasoph, Ph.D.; Elaine Bell Kaplan, Ph.D.; Paul Lichterman, Ph.D.; Adele Pillitteri, Ph.D.; Leland Saito, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Amon Emeka, Ph.D.; Macarena Gomez-Barris, Ph.D.; Kelly Musick, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Constance Ahrons, Ph.D.; Lamar T. Empey, Ph.D.; Daniel Glaser, Ph.D.; David Heer, Ph.D.; Malcolm Klein; Thomas E. Lasswell, Ph.D.*; Harvey J. Locke, Ph.D.; Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr., Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Undergraduate Programs

The Department of Sociology offers a departmental major. The greater Los Angeles area provides a natural laboratory for studying such sociological themes as race relations, work and the workplace, the family in a changing society, population trends and crime. Some of the undergraduate courses involve field research in the urban environment. The department also offers a minor in sociology to students majoring in other disciplines, a minor in forensics and criminality and a variety of interdisciplinary minors.

Honors Program

Students with high GPAs in the major and overall (3.5 in the major and 3.25 overall) will be eligible to participate in an honors program consisting of two senior honors seminars and the completion of a significant piece of research under faculty guidance. Honor students will complete all major requirements and will take SOCI 494 and SOCI 495 in place of two theme area courses. SOCI 313 and SOCI 494 are prerequisites for SOCI 495.

Graduate Programs

The Department of Sociology offers the Master of Arts in Sociology and Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology.