Sociology

Undergraduate Degrees
Graduate Degrees
Courses of Instruction


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Chair: Barry Glassner, Ph.D.

Faculty

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

Distinguished Professor: Kingsley Davis, Ph.D.

Professors: Constance R. Ahrons, Ph.D.; Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D. (Annenberg School for Communication); Carlfred B. Broderick, Ph.D.; Marcus Felson, Ph.D.; Barry Glassner, Ph.D.; David M. Heer, Ph.D.; Malcolm W. Klein, Ph.D.*; Jon P. Miller, Ph.D.*; H. Edward Ransford, Ph.D.*; Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr., Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D. (Gerontology); Eun Mee Kim, Ph.D.; Michael Messner, Ph.D. (Study of Women and Men in Society); Robert Stallings, Ph.D. (Public Administration)

Assistant Professors: Timothy Biblarz, Ph.D.; Lisa Greenwell, Ph.D. (Gerontology); Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ph.D.; Darnell Hunt, Ph.D.; Angela James, Ph.D.; Elaine Bell Kaplan, Ph.D.; Edward Park, Ph.D.; Merril Silverstein, Ph.D. (Gerontology)

Research Associate Professor: Cheryl L. Maxson, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Lamar T. Empey, Ph.D.; Daniel Glaser, Ph.D.; Thomas E. Lasswell, Ph.D.*; Harvey J. Locke, Ph.D.; Solomon Kobrin, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Undergraduate Programs

The Department of Sociology offers both a departmental major and a double major in linguistics and sociology. 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 to students majoring in other disciplines.

Graduate Programs

The Department of Sociology offers the Master of Arts and Master of Science in Sociology, the Master of Marital and Family Therapy and the Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology.

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