Sociology (SOCI)

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.

142gm Diversity and Racial Conflict (4, FaSp) Introduction to the causes and effects of contemporary race relations in a diverse U.S. society. Exploration of racial conflict at the personal and institutional levels. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140.

150gm Social Problems (4, FaSp) Analysis of factors in current American social problems: crime, delinquency, prostitution, family disorganization, race relations, mental illness. (Duplicates credit in former SOCI 250.) Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140.

155g Immigrant America (4, FaSp) Examination of the immigrant experience in the United States. Comparative analysis of social context of migration, formation of immigrant communities, and social integration of immigrants. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140.

169g Changing Family Forms (4, FaSp) The peculiarity of the "modern" Western family system in historical and cross cultural perspective; focus on the "postmodern" family crisis in the United States. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140.

200m Introduction to Sociology (4, FaSpSm) Basic concepts of sociology with special reference to group life, social institutions, and social processes.

230 Society and Business in Korea and Japan (4) Sociological analysis of traditional and modern Korea and Japan, exploring business practices, religion, men and women, economy, class structure, and political system.

248 Power, Politics, and Modern Society (4) Analysis of various political forms of modern society, such as bureaucracy, democracy, and totalitarianism, from a historical-comparative perspective.

268 Marriage in Contemporary Society (4) Pivotal decisions in courtship, marriage, sex roles, family planning, crisis management, divorce, and remarriage considered from social, legal, and ethical perspectives.

275 Sociology of Everyday Life (4) The social philosophy of understanding everyday life; describing and analyzing forms of interaction, emotions, knowledge, and the social self.

303 Sociology of Human Development (4) Group processes and group-individual interactions which explain the characteristics of human development at various stages of life.

305m Sociology of Childhood (4, Fa) Social construction of childhoods; children's social relations and cultures; issues of childcare, poverty, violence, and children's rights; effects of children on adults.

313 Sociological Research Methods (4, Fa) Logic of theory construction, research design, elementary data collection and analysis. Lecture and laboratory.

314 Sociological Statistics (4, FaSp) Sociological measurement, univariate description, elementary correlation, introduction to statistical inference.

315 Sociology of Sport (4) Relationship between sport and politics, racism, and sexism; player and fan violence; sports for children; sport in the educational setting; drug abuse among athletes.

320 Social Psychology (4) Process of interaction and communication by which persons influence and are influenced by others; development of self, role behavior, attitudes and values, social norms, cultural conditioning.

331 Cities (4) Organization of urban society, including such topics as segregation, urban decay, local politics, residential change, and community conflict.

335 Society and Population (4) World population trends and their consequences: determinants of fertility, mortality, and migration; development of elementary models of population change.

340 Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to Bureaucracy (4) Importance of organizations in social life; techniques for using and changing organizations; examination of strategies for building and sustaining nonbureaucratic organizations.

342m Race Relations (4, Sp) Past and present relations between the White majority and the "conquered minorities" (Blacks, Chicanos, American Indians), as well as Asian immigrants; conflict vs. assimilation perspectives.

344 Population, Business, and Public Affairs (4) Effects of trends in American population on demands for business and governmental goods and services; means of projecting these demands.

345 Social Institutions (4) Cultural and interactional aspects of social institutions as complex social systems; religious, political, industrial, and familial institutions.

350 Deviant Behavior (4) Current theories of origin, distribution, and control of deviant behavior; examination of processes involved in the career deviance of drug addicts, alcoholics, sexual deviants, gamblers, and mentally disordered.

351 Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System (4, Fa) Past and current theories of youth crime; gangs and other forms of youth deviance; the changing response of the police, courts, and public to these behaviors.

353 Sociology of Crime and of the Criminal Justice System (4) Nature and trends in crime, policing, courts, and correctional agencies in relation to past, current, and prospective changes in society.

355m Immigrants in the United States (4) Social construction of historical and contemporary immigration to the United States, including causes of migration, immigration policies, and the socioeconomic integration of immigrants.

356m Mexican Immigrants in a Diverse Society (4, FaSp) Effects of class, global inequality, legal status, gender, racial/ethnic, and language differences in distinguishing Mexican immigrant populations from the U.S.-born population; differentiation among Mexican immigrants.

360m Social Inequality: Class, Status, and Power (4) Inequalities in wealth, prestige, and power in the United States; the American class structure and the extent of upward mobility in that structure.

364m Racial and Ethnic Women in America (4, FaSp) (Enroll in SWMS 364m)

366m Chicana and Latina Experiences (4) Sociological examination of Chicana and Latina experiences in the western region of the United States; issues of family, work, media, education and sexuality.

369 The Family in a Changing Society (4, Fa) Changing family patterns; personality development; family unity, predicting success in marriage; the family in transition; crises such as economic changes, death, divorce; family reorganization.

370 Introduction to Sociological Theory (4, Sp) Historical and contemporary approaches to sociological theory; analysis of conceptual frameworks applied to the study of society and social interaction.

375m Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity (4, FaSp) Cultural images and stereotypes, gender, immigration history, social class, politics, and social problems in Asian American communities.

376m Contemporary Issues in Asian American Communities (4, FaSp) Survey of current social and political issues facing Asian American communities with emphasis on Los Angeles region; design and implementation of community-based research projects.

385 Population, Society, and Aging (4) Study of population characteristics related to the problems and processes of aging.

386m Men and Masculinity (4) (Enroll in SWMS 385m)

390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.

422 Social Groups (4) Analysis of structure and function of social groups, to include families, university groups, professional associations, encounter groups, and juvenile gangs.

425 Crowds, Publics, and Social Movements (4, Fa) Spontaneous, expressive, and creative forms that support or revolutionize society, including topics such as audiences, student unrest, tax revolts, patriotism, uprisings, and women's movements.

430 Work and the Workplace (4, Fa) Contrasting views of work in contemporary societies; technological change in the workplace; opportunity, inequality, conflict, and alienation in different occupations.

435m Women in Society (4) Women today in the labor force, in politics, and in the family. Past and contemporary attempts to expand the position of women in society.

437m Sexuality and Society (4, Fa) Historical and contemporary sexual issues (pornography, prostitution, rape) examined in light of Victorianism, Freudianism, Marxism, scientific sexology, feminism, gay liberationism, and sexual conservatism.

440 Professionals in Corporations (4) Transformation of professional work in corporations; topics include relations with clients and managers, hierarchies, whistleblowing, toxics, malpractice, gender, and race; emphasis on doctors, lawyers, engineers.

445 Political Sociology (4, Fa) Survey of research and theory in political sociology including behavior, power structures, consciousness, attitudes, and economic change.

455m Gender and Sport (4) (Enroll in SWMS 455m)

460 Key Issues in Contemporary International Migration (4, Irregular) Overview of contemporary patterns of international migration and its implications for receiving and sending countries, with a special emphasis on immigration to the United States.

470 Development and Social Change in the Third World (4) Theories and case studies on social, economic, political, and cultural development and change in the Third World: Latin America, Asia, or Africa.

475 Medical Sociology (4) Social and cultural factors in causation of disease, health care utilization and health care delivery.

490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSpSm) Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval.

499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) An interdisciplinary examination of selected emerging issues.

510 Sociological Theory I (4, Fa) Developments in sociological theory from the discipline's 19th century origins to World War II.

521 Advanced Social Statistics I (4, Fa) Theory of measurement, scaling, sample designs in survey research, ecological correlations, measures of agreement. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: SOCI 314.

522 Seminar in Research Methods (4, Fa) Problems and issues in quantitative and qualitative sociological research methods.

523 Advanced Methods - Quantitative Research (4, Fa) Advanced research methodology in survey technique, evaluation research, instrument construction, and demographic analysis. Prerequisite: SOCI 522.

524 Advanced Methods - Qualitative Research (4, Sp) Seminar emphasizing observation and interviewing techniques; writing and critical reading of ethnographies; assumptions underlying phenomenology, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, existential and dramaturgical sociologies. Prerequisite: SOCI 522.

530 Work, Occupations and Social Change (4) Processes and consequences of technological change. Structure and dynamics of work organizations. Sociological and anthropological works which pertain to the organization of the work process. Departmental approval required.

540 Methods of Population and Ecological Analysis (2-4, Sm) Measures of population; ecological structure and change; life table methods; population estimates, projections, forecasts; distributional analysis and evaluation of demographic and ecological data. Prerequisite: SOCI 521.

544 Population Trends: Public and Private Policies (4, Sm) World and national population trends; causes and implications for economic, health, and social policies.

545 Seminar in World Population Problems (4) Demographic characteristics of the major regions of the world; social, economic, and political implications of population trends and methods of demographic analysis. Prerequisite: SOCI 335.

547 Computer Applications to Sociology and Other Social Sciences (4, Sm) Adaptations of hardware and software to specific social science research and teaching needs. Prerequisite: departmental approval.

548 Fertility Control Policies (4, Sm) Fertility control policies, and their consequences, including family planning and other pronatalist and antinatalist programs.

549 Migration Policies (4) Analysis of migration and population redistribution; policies affecting such migration and redistribution.

550 Seminar in Organizational Analysis (4) Literature evaluation, theory building, and research in the area of large-scale organizations and other types of institutionalized groups. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

551 Seminar in Social Stratification (4) Critique of research literature and research methods in the area of social class and social stratification; major theories and theoretical implications of current research.

552 Sex and Gender in Society (4) The social organization of gender in the contexts of work, families, intimacy, sexuality, reproduction, violence. Variations by race, ethnicity, social class. Processes of social change.

554 Women in Global Perspective (4) (Enroll in SWMS 554)

555 Seminar in Race Relations (4) Current racial problems in the United States and other countries; critiques of race relations literature.

560 Feminist Theory (4, Fa) (Enroll in SWMS 560)

562 Crime and the Criminal Justice System (4) Analysis of selected problems in the etiology of crime and a survey of the processes of social control by the criminal justice system and the community.

563 Seminar in Juvenile Delinquency (4) Theoretical and research contributions on the causes, prevention, and treatment of delinquent behavior.

565 Environmental Criminology and Designing Out Crime (4) This course combines intellectual work with experience in designing out crime. It examines how the environment of everyday life produces crime, the "routine activity approach."

566 Seminar in Social Deviance (4) Deviance and social rules in groups and communities; contemporary social policies involving ethnic, cultural, and social factors.

568 Seminar in Family Development (3, 2 years, Sm) Current research and theory on family development and individual life transitions over the life cycle.

571 Seminar in Family Systems (3, 2 years, Sm) Analysis and critique of family process literature. Internal family processes and structures as well as transactional processes and structures linking to external systems.

576 Introduction to Relational Therapy (3, Fa) History and principles of relational therapy. The evaluation of therapeutic efficacy.

577 Therapy, Gender, and Ethnicity (3, 2 years, Fa) Gender and ethnicity as issues in the assessment and treatment of individual couples and families.

578 Divorce and Remarriage (3, 2 years, Sp) Research and theory on divorce, remarriage, and step-relationships. Divorce mediation and therapy with binuclear families.

579 Theories of Family Therapy (2, 2 years, Fa) A survey of the major schools of family therapy including behavioral, structural, strategic, experimental, object relations and intergenerational approaches. The integrationist perspective. Prerequisite: SOCI 576.

580 Seminar in Aging (4) Research seminar to review identification of problems, issues of theory, and methodology and implications for research designs.

590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

594abz Master's Thesis (2-2-0, FaSpSm) Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Seminar in selected topics in sociology.

610 Sociological Theory II (4, Sp) Developments in sociological theory from World War II to the present.

621 Advanced Social Statistics II (4, Sp) Multiple and partial correlation analysis, regression analysis; introduction to latent structure analysis. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: SOCI 521.

628 Theories of Aging (4, Fa) (Enroll in GERO 628)

635 Seminar in Social Structure (4, Fa) Research and theory development on the interrelations among the various structures that comprise social systems. An examination of large societal units. Prerequisite: advanced graduate standing.

650 Topical Issues in Crime and Delinquency (2-4) Seminar in selected topics in criminology.

664 Seminar in Advanced Methodology (4, max 8) Issues and problems in advanced research design and data analysis.

669 Pre-Practicum (1, Sp) Observation of practicum. Introduction to basic clinical skills and procedures.

670 Substance Abuse and the Family (2, 2 years, Fa) Alcohol, sedatives, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogens, and marijuana as they impact on the lives of family members and the family as a system. Implications for intervention. Prerequisite: SOCI 576 or departmental approval.

671 Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Relational Therapy (3, 2 years, Fa) Ethical requirement for marriage and family therapist. Legal issues involving confidentiality, liability, responsibility to report, and providing testimony. Developing and maintaining an ethical practice. Prerequisite: SOCI 576.

674 Diagnosis and Treatment of Disturbed and Abused Children (3, 2 years, Sp) Family problems including abuse and abuse reporting. School and peer problems. Childhood crises and developmental dysfunction.

675 Diagnosis and Treatment of Couples (2, 2 years, Sm) Evaluation and treatment of dysfunctional patterns of pair communication, mismatched scripts, and runaway cycles of negative exchange; management of the therapeutic triad.

676 Diagnosis and Treatment of Family Systems (2, 2 years, Sm) The dynamics of family function and dysfunction; structural analysis, boundary maintenance, cutoffs, differentiation, demystification.

677 Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexual Relationships (2, 2 years, Sp) Human sexual function and dysfunction; major treatment approaches.

678 Medical Aspects of Relationship Therapy (2, 2 years, Sp) Medications and physical disorders as they have impact on pair functioning; implications for treatment.

679 Practicum in Marriage and Family Counseling (2, max 12, FaSpSm) Supervised practice in premarital, marital, and family counseling. Four units maximum may be applied to the Ph.D.; 12 units maximum to the Master of Marital and Family Therapy. Prerequisite: admission to the Master of Marital and Family Therapy Program.

680 Principles of Supervision in Relational Therapy (3, 2 years, Sp) Theory and practice of the supervision of marriage and family therapists. Group and individual modalities including live interactive supervision, video review and role taking approaches. Prerequisite: completion of the Master of Marital and Family Therapy.

681 Practicum in Supervision of Relational Therapists (2, max 6, 2 years, Sp) Supervised practice in the supervision of marriage and family therapy. Prerequisite: six units of SOCI 679; completion of the Master of Marital and Family Therapy.

691ab Internship in Marriage and Family Counseling (0-0, FaSp) Supervised clinical work in an approved mental health setting. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite: good standing in Marital and Family Therapy program.

790 Research (1-12, FaSp) Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0, FaSpSm) Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

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