Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (01)
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Boselovic, Joseph Leonard; Liu, Mingtang
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (03)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Boselovic, Joseph Leonard; Liu, Mingtang
Hodson 210
Spring 2024
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (03)
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Boselovic, Joseph Leonard; Liu, Mingtang
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/24
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (04)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Boselovic, Joseph Leonard; Liu, Mingtang
Hodson 210
Spring 2024
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (04)
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Boselovic, Joseph Leonard; Liu, Mingtang
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/29
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (06)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Boselovic, Joseph Leonard; Liu, Mingtang
Hodson 210
Spring 2024
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (06)
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Boselovic, Joseph Leonard; Liu, Mingtang
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.150 (01)
Issues in International Development
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Edwards, Zophia
Olin 305
Spring 2024
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
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Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (01)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/12
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (02)
Issues in International Development
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Edwards, Zophia
Olin 305
Spring 2024
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
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Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (02)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/13
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (03)
Issues in International Development
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Edwards, Zophia
Olin 305
Spring 2024
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
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Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (03)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/12
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (04)
Issues in International Development
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Edwards, Zophia
Olin 305
Spring 2024
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
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Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (04)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/13
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.202 (01)
Research Methods for the Social Sciences
MWF 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Chen, Feinian
Krieger 307
Spring 2024
The purpose of this course is to provide a sound introduction to the overall process of research and the specific research methods most frequently used by sociologists and other social scientists. Required for Sociology majors and IS GSCD track students.
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Research Methods for the Social Sciences AS.230.202 (01)
The purpose of this course is to provide a sound introduction to the overall process of research and the specific research methods most frequently used by sociologists and other social scientists. Required for Sociology majors and IS GSCD track students.
Days/Times: MWF 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Chen, Feinian
Room: Krieger 307
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.213 (01)
Social Theory
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
White, Alexandre Ilani Rein
Hodson 303
Spring 2024
This course will focus on four classical social theorists whose ideas have greatly influenced how we study and understand society: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and W.E.B. DuBois. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of how each theorist answered three major questions: 1) what is the origin, structure and historical dynamic of modern society?; 2) how do we gain an accurate knowledge of society?; 3) what are the conditions of possibility for freedom in modern society? In comparing, applying and critiquing their respective theories, students will advance their own theory of society.
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Social Theory AS.230.213 (01)
This course will focus on four classical social theorists whose ideas have greatly influenced how we study and understand society: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and W.E.B. DuBois. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of how each theorist answered three major questions: 1) what is the origin, structure and historical dynamic of modern society?; 2) how do we gain an accurate knowledge of society?; 3) what are the conditions of possibility for freedom in modern society? In comparing, applying and critiquing their respective theories, students will advance their own theory of society.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: White, Alexandre Ilani Rein
Room: Hodson 303
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/27
PosTag(s): INST-PT
AS.230.228 (01)
Colonialism in Asia and Its Contested Legacies
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Kuo, Huei-Ying
Shriver Hall 001
Spring 2024
This course surveys the impacts of colonialism in East and Southeast Asia. Special attention will be paid to the social and economic development in British Singapore and Hong Kong as well as Japanese Korea and Taiwan. Topics include free-trade imperialism, colonial modernity, anticolonial movements, pan-Asianism, and post-war U.S. hegemony.
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Colonialism in Asia and Its Contested Legacies AS.230.228 (01)
This course surveys the impacts of colonialism in East and Southeast Asia. Special attention will be paid to the social and economic development in British Singapore and Hong Kong as well as Japanese Korea and Taiwan. Topics include free-trade imperialism, colonial modernity, anticolonial movements, pan-Asianism, and post-war U.S. hegemony.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Kuo, Huei-Ying
Room: Shriver Hall 001
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/18
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, CES-CC, CES-PD
AS.230.242 (01)
Race and Racism
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Edwards, Zophia
Gilman 313
Spring 2024
Race has been important in social classifications and producing inequalities. This course is designed to provide you with a global understanding of how racial categories are created and maintained, how they change over time, and how they vary from place to place. It is organized in four parts. The first part introduces the concepts and analytical tools used by social scientists to study race. Of particular concern is power and the social construction rather than “natural” categories of race, as well as the general social processes involved in the maintenance and reproduction of these boundaries. In the second part, we will study the theories and dynamics racial category formation in the United States with attention to forms and processes of racial exclusion and oppression, and evidence of socio-economic inequalities based on race. In the third part of the course, we will compare these processes in the U.S. to those occurring in other countries. The fourth and final part of the course examines how race and racism shape political struggles and resistance movements.
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Race and Racism AS.230.242 (01)
Race has been important in social classifications and producing inequalities. This course is designed to provide you with a global understanding of how racial categories are created and maintained, how they change over time, and how they vary from place to place. It is organized in four parts. The first part introduces the concepts and analytical tools used by social scientists to study race. Of particular concern is power and the social construction rather than “natural” categories of race, as well as the general social processes involved in the maintenance and reproduction of these boundaries. In the second part, we will study the theories and dynamics racial category formation in the United States with attention to forms and processes of racial exclusion and oppression, and evidence of socio-economic inequalities based on race. In the third part of the course, we will compare these processes in the U.S. to those occurring in other countries. The fourth and final part of the course examines how race and racism shape political struggles and resistance movements.
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/17
PosTag(s): INST-AP, MSCH-HUM, CES-RI
AS.230.250 (01)
Knowledge, Evidence, and Democracy
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Perrin, Andrew Jonathan
Abel Wolman House 100
Spring 2024
Fake news. Alternative facts. Follow the science. Misinformation. Disinformation. How can we understand the role of information, evidence, and scientific inquiry in politics? Where does information come from? How is it used? How can evidence, argument, and listening improve public conversations? This seminar will examine the connections between information, knowledge, evidence, and democracy, focusing mostly on the United States but with global examples as well.
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Knowledge, Evidence, and Democracy AS.230.250 (01)
Fake news. Alternative facts. Follow the science. Misinformation. Disinformation. How can we understand the role of information, evidence, and scientific inquiry in politics? Where does information come from? How is it used? How can evidence, argument, and listening improve public conversations? This seminar will examine the connections between information, knowledge, evidence, and democracy, focusing mostly on the United States but with global examples as well.
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Perrin, Andrew Jonathan
Room: Abel Wolman House 100
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/15
PosTag(s): INST-AP, INST-CP, INST-IR, AGRI-ELECT
AS.230.322 (01)
Quantitative Research Practicum
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Greif, Meredith
Krieger 307
Spring 2024
This course provides “hands on” research experience applying sociological research tools and a sociological perspective to problems of substance. Quantitative methods will be emphasized, including how to access publicly available survey data, data management, and the presentation of results. Each student will design and carry out a research project and write a research report. Juniors and seniors only. Sophomores require instructor's permission.
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Quantitative Research Practicum AS.230.322 (01)
This course provides “hands on” research experience applying sociological research tools and a sociological perspective to problems of substance. Quantitative methods will be emphasized, including how to access publicly available survey data, data management, and the presentation of results. Each student will design and carry out a research project and write a research report. Juniors and seniors only. Sophomores require instructor's permission.
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Greif, Meredith
Room: Krieger 307
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.335 (01)
Medical Humanitarianism
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
Smokler Center 301
Spring 2024
Humanitarian organizations play life-preserving roles in global conflicts, and have front-row views of disasters ranging from the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the 2011 Fukushima tsunami in Japan. Yet even while they provide vital assistance to millions of people in crisis, such organizations are beset by important paradoxes that hinder their capacity to create sustainable interventions. They work to fill long-lasting needs, but are prone to moving quickly from one site to the next in search of the latest emergency. They strive to be apolitical, yet are invariably influenced by the geopolitical agendas of global powers. How do such contradictions arise, and what is their impact upon millions of aid recipients around the world? Drawing on case studies from South Sudan to Haiti, this course addresses these contradictions by exploring how and why medical aid organizations attempt, and sometimes fail, to reconcile short-term goals, such as immediate life-saving, with long-term missions, such as public health programs and conflict resolution initiatives.
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Medical Humanitarianism AS.230.335 (01)
Humanitarian organizations play life-preserving roles in global conflicts, and have front-row views of disasters ranging from the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the 2011 Fukushima tsunami in Japan. Yet even while they provide vital assistance to millions of people in crisis, such organizations are beset by important paradoxes that hinder their capacity to create sustainable interventions. They work to fill long-lasting needs, but are prone to moving quickly from one site to the next in search of the latest emergency. They strive to be apolitical, yet are invariably influenced by the geopolitical agendas of global powers. How do such contradictions arise, and what is their impact upon millions of aid recipients around the world? Drawing on case studies from South Sudan to Haiti, this course addresses these contradictions by exploring how and why medical aid organizations attempt, and sometimes fail, to reconcile short-term goals, such as immediate life-saving, with long-term missions, such as public health programs and conflict resolution initiatives.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
Room: Smokler Center 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/18
PosTag(s): INST-IR, CES-ELECT
AS.230.337 (01)
Global Crises: Past and Present
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Silver, BEVERLY Judith
3505 N. Charles 102
Spring 2024
This course will compare the current global crisis with previous major crises of historical capitalism through a combination of theoretical and historical readings. Throughout, we will ask: What can a study of past crises tell us about the nature and future trajectory of the current global crisis? We will be particularly concerned to understand the ways in which social, economic and geopolitical crises intertwined, as well as the differential social and geopolitical impact of the crises. Which social classes bore the brunt of the disruptions in economic activity in each crisis? Which geographical areas or geopolitical groupings lost out (or benefited) from the crisis? What kinds of movements of protest emerged and how did they affect the trajectory of the crises? How have environmental and ecological challenges resurfaced in each crisis including today?
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Global Crises: Past and Present AS.230.337 (01)
This course will compare the current global crisis with previous major crises of historical capitalism through a combination of theoretical and historical readings. Throughout, we will ask: What can a study of past crises tell us about the nature and future trajectory of the current global crisis? We will be particularly concerned to understand the ways in which social, economic and geopolitical crises intertwined, as well as the differential social and geopolitical impact of the crises. Which social classes bore the brunt of the disruptions in economic activity in each crisis? Which geographical areas or geopolitical groupings lost out (or benefited) from the crisis? What kinds of movements of protest emerged and how did they affect the trajectory of the crises? How have environmental and ecological challenges resurfaced in each crisis including today?
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Silver, BEVERLY Judith
Room: 3505 N. Charles 102
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-ECON, INST-IR
AS.230.338 (01)
Sociology of Social Reproduction
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Sharma, Sonal
Ames 320
Spring 2024
Social Reproduction is a critical theme in contemporary sociology. In our daily lives, social reproduction includes activities such as caring for children and elderly, performing household work, caring for the sick family members, schooling for children, to name a few. In other words, social reproduction refers to a wide range of activities that reproduce society and its members on a daily basis and generationally. Gendered division of labor is central to understanding institutions and social units through which social reproduction is managed in societies. For instance, women in general tend to do a lot more of unpaid ‘reproductive labor’ in households and communities. The course will focus on developing countries, which are incorporated into global capitalism differentially and unequally, to understand how capitalist relations shape the practices of social reproduction for various societies in the global south. The idea of ‘reproduction’ as separate from ‘production’ is specific to the history of capitalism. Therefore, by examining ‘social reproduction’ in context of developing world, the course will also offer a critical reading of expansion of capitalism itself, since it will engage with how marketization breaks down traditional ties, institutions, and networks that are instrumental for survival of communities outside the developed world. In short, this course will introduce students to theories of social reproduction and engage with ongoing sociological writings on the topic with a focus on developing world. By the end of this course, students should be familiar with key theories of social reproduction and be able to critically examine them in context of contemporary capitalism. Some specific themes that will be covered in the course include childcare, medical care, old age care, surrogacy, household work, schooling, mental health, and climate change.
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Sociology of Social Reproduction AS.230.338 (01)
Social Reproduction is a critical theme in contemporary sociology. In our daily lives, social reproduction includes activities such as caring for children and elderly, performing household work, caring for the sick family members, schooling for children, to name a few. In other words, social reproduction refers to a wide range of activities that reproduce society and its members on a daily basis and generationally. Gendered division of labor is central to understanding institutions and social units through which social reproduction is managed in societies. For instance, women in general tend to do a lot more of unpaid ‘reproductive labor’ in households and communities. The course will focus on developing countries, which are incorporated into global capitalism differentially and unequally, to understand how capitalist relations shape the practices of social reproduction for various societies in the global south. The idea of ‘reproduction’ as separate from ‘production’ is specific to the history of capitalism. Therefore, by examining ‘social reproduction’ in context of developing world, the course will also offer a critical reading of expansion of capitalism itself, since it will engage with how marketization breaks down traditional ties, institutions, and networks that are instrumental for survival of communities outside the developed world. In short, this course will introduce students to theories of social reproduction and engage with ongoing sociological writings on the topic with a focus on developing world. By the end of this course, students should be familiar with key theories of social reproduction and be able to critically examine them in context of contemporary capitalism. Some specific themes that will be covered in the course include childcare, medical care, old age care, surrogacy, household work, schooling, mental health, and climate change.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Sharma, Sonal
Room: Ames 320
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.341 (01)
Sociology of Health and Illness
M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Agree, Emily
Hodson 110
Spring 2024
This course introduces students to core concepts that define the sociological approach to health, illness and health care. Topics include: health disparities, social context of health and illness, and the Sociology of Medicine.
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Sociology of Health and Illness AS.230.341 (01)
This course introduces students to core concepts that define the sociological approach to health, illness and health care. Topics include: health disparities, social context of health and illness, and the Sociology of Medicine.
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, MSCH-HUM, SPOL-UL
AS.230.341 (02)
Sociology of Health and Illness
M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Agree, Emily
Hodson 110
Spring 2024
This course introduces students to core concepts that define the sociological approach to health, illness and health care. Topics include: health disparities, social context of health and illness, and the Sociology of Medicine.
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Sociology of Health and Illness AS.230.341 (02)
This course introduces students to core concepts that define the sociological approach to health, illness and health care. Topics include: health disparities, social context of health and illness, and the Sociology of Medicine.
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, MSCH-HUM, SPOL-UL
AS.230.341 (03)
Sociology of Health and Illness
M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Agree, Emily
Hodson 110
Spring 2024
This course introduces students to core concepts that define the sociological approach to health, illness and health care. Topics include: health disparities, social context of health and illness, and the Sociology of Medicine.
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Sociology of Health and Illness AS.230.341 (03)
This course introduces students to core concepts that define the sociological approach to health, illness and health care. Topics include: health disparities, social context of health and illness, and the Sociology of Medicine.
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, MSCH-HUM, SPOL-UL
AS.230.341 (04)
Sociology of Health and Illness
M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Agree, Emily
Hodson 110
Spring 2024
This course introduces students to core concepts that define the sociological approach to health, illness and health care. Topics include: health disparities, social context of health and illness, and the Sociology of Medicine.
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Sociology of Health and Illness AS.230.341 (04)
This course introduces students to core concepts that define the sociological approach to health, illness and health care. Topics include: health disparities, social context of health and illness, and the Sociology of Medicine.
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, MSCH-HUM, SPOL-UL
AS.230.365 (01)
Public Opinion and Democracy
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Morgan, Stephen L
Mergenthaler 252
Spring 2024
How does public opinion shape electoral behavior and the contours of democracy in the United States, and how have these relationships changed as techniques for measuring public opinion have evolved since the early twentieth century? To consider this question, the course introduces alternative perspectives on the features of a healthy democracy, including both historical perspectives and current arguments. Interweaved with this material, the course examines how public opinion is measured and interpreted by private pollsters, survey researchers, and data journalists. Emphasis is placed on the alternative claims that opposing analysts adopt, as well as how the technologies of data collection and analysis shape the permissibility of conclusions. Students will learn to interpret public opinion patterns, which requires a brief presentation of basic concepts from survey sampling, including what to make of the polling industry’s most boring concept: margin of error.
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Public Opinion and Democracy AS.230.365 (01)
How does public opinion shape electoral behavior and the contours of democracy in the United States, and how have these relationships changed as techniques for measuring public opinion have evolved since the early twentieth century? To consider this question, the course introduces alternative perspectives on the features of a healthy democracy, including both historical perspectives and current arguments. Interweaved with this material, the course examines how public opinion is measured and interpreted by private pollsters, survey researchers, and data journalists. Emphasis is placed on the alternative claims that opposing analysts adopt, as well as how the technologies of data collection and analysis shape the permissibility of conclusions. Students will learn to interpret public opinion patterns, which requires a brief presentation of basic concepts from survey sampling, including what to make of the polling industry’s most boring concept: margin of error.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Morgan, Stephen L
Room: Mergenthaler 252
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): INST-AP, AGRI-ELECT
AS.230.369 (01)
Sociology in Economic Life
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Kuo, Huei-Ying
Shriver Hall 001
Spring 2024
This course discusses how geopolitics, technology as well as social differentiation (such as race, class and gender) shape the structure of economic actions. Special attention will be paid to patterns of state-business relationship, labor processes, migrant economy, globalization and international division of labor.
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Sociology in Economic Life AS.230.369 (01)
This course discusses how geopolitics, technology as well as social differentiation (such as race, class and gender) shape the structure of economic actions. Special attention will be paid to patterns of state-business relationship, labor processes, migrant economy, globalization and international division of labor.
This course will examine the role of housing, or the absence thereof, in shaping quality of life. It will explore the consequences of the places in which we live and how we are housed. Consideration will be given to overcrowding, affordability, accessibility, and past and existing housing policies and their influence on society. Special attention will be given to the problem of homelessness.
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Housing and Homelessness in the United States AS.230.370 (01)
This course will examine the role of housing, or the absence thereof, in shaping quality of life. It will explore the consequences of the places in which we live and how we are housed. Consideration will be given to overcrowding, affordability, accessibility, and past and existing housing policies and their influence on society. Special attention will be given to the problem of homelessness.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Greif, Meredith
Room: Krieger 302
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): INST-AP, CES-CC, CES-LE
AS.230.378 (01)
Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
Smokler Center 301
Spring 2024
What is a refugee? Since World War II, states that have pledged to offer protection to refugees have frequently been drawn instead to the dictates of nationalism and communitarianism, which prioritize concern for their own citizens, rather than to the needs of forced migrants. As a result, even those migrants that have been formally recognized as refugees according to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention have not been assured of protection, and other migrants have been even less assured. In this course, we will locate the reasons for this reality in the legal, political, and historical underpinnings of political asylum. What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee? How has the refugee category been redefined and contested by international bodies since 1951? How are the ambiguities of real-life violence and persecution simplified in asylum adjudication interviews that require clear, factual narratives? What kinds of protections are offered to asylum seekers, whether by UN bodies, NGOs, or host governments, and how have such protections varied geographically and historically? Finally, what protections, if any, are afforded to those migrants who are fleeing not persecution but rather “merely” endemic poverty or climate-induced displacement? The course draws on literature from sociology, history, anthropology, and international refugee law in order to understand the capacity (or lack thereof) of human rights discourses and declarations to contravene state sovereignty in the name of protecting the rightless.
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Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty AS.230.378 (01)
What is a refugee? Since World War II, states that have pledged to offer protection to refugees have frequently been drawn instead to the dictates of nationalism and communitarianism, which prioritize concern for their own citizens, rather than to the needs of forced migrants. As a result, even those migrants that have been formally recognized as refugees according to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention have not been assured of protection, and other migrants have been even less assured. In this course, we will locate the reasons for this reality in the legal, political, and historical underpinnings of political asylum. What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee? How has the refugee category been redefined and contested by international bodies since 1951? How are the ambiguities of real-life violence and persecution simplified in asylum adjudication interviews that require clear, factual narratives? What kinds of protections are offered to asylum seekers, whether by UN bodies, NGOs, or host governments, and how have such protections varied geographically and historically? Finally, what protections, if any, are afforded to those migrants who are fleeing not persecution but rather “merely” endemic poverty or climate-induced displacement? The course draws on literature from sociology, history, anthropology, and international refugee law in order to understand the capacity (or lack thereof) of human rights discourses and declarations to contravene state sovereignty in the name of protecting the rightless.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
Room: Smokler Center 301
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-IR, CES-BM, CES-LSO
AS.230.397 (01)
The Political Economy of Drugs and Drug Wars
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Thornton, Christy
Ames 218
Spring 2024
In the United States, we spend more than $100 billion annually on illegal drugs—and the government spends more than $50 billion a year to combat their sale and use. These statistics raise important and complicated social questions. This course will examine the production, sale, use, and control of illegal drugs from a historical and sociological perspective. We will have three objectives: to understand the social construction of drug use and illegality in the United States and other rich countries; to uncover the political and economic consequences of drug trafficking in those countries that produce drugs, particularly in Latin America; and to examine the political economy of drug control through the so-called War on Drugs, both domestically and internationally.
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The Political Economy of Drugs and Drug Wars AS.230.397 (01)
In the United States, we spend more than $100 billion annually on illegal drugs—and the government spends more than $50 billion a year to combat their sale and use. These statistics raise important and complicated social questions. This course will examine the production, sale, use, and control of illegal drugs from a historical and sociological perspective. We will have three objectives: to understand the social construction of drug use and illegality in the United States and other rich countries; to uncover the political and economic consequences of drug trafficking in those countries that produce drugs, particularly in Latin America; and to examine the political economy of drug control through the so-called War on Drugs, both domestically and internationally.
Women, Patriarchy, and Feminism in China, South Korea, and Japan
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Henning, Stefan
Mergenthaler 266
Spring 2024
We will try to get a quick overview of the recent history of patriarchy in China, South Korea, and Japan from the mid-twentieth century to our present and then compare the initiatives of feminists to transform the lives of women throughout these three societies. We will also debate whether or how it makes sense to adapt the Western notions of patriarchy and sexism as well as the Western political program of feminism to the non-Western context of East Asia by reading books by historians, anthropologists, and sociologists.
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Women, Patriarchy, and Feminism in China, South Korea, and Japan AS.310.329 (01)
We will try to get a quick overview of the recent history of patriarchy in China, South Korea, and Japan from the mid-twentieth century to our present and then compare the initiatives of feminists to transform the lives of women throughout these three societies. We will also debate whether or how it makes sense to adapt the Western notions of patriarchy and sexism as well as the Western political program of feminism to the non-Western context of East Asia by reading books by historians, anthropologists, and sociologists.
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Henning, Stefan
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.310.331 (01)
Islam in Asia
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Henning, Stefan
Mergenthaler 266
Spring 2024
You will learn about the efforts of ordinary, non-elite Muslims to shape the relation between their communities and the state as well as to (where applicable) the non-Muslim majority through collective organizing over the last forty years. We will read and discuss books by anthropologists, historians, and sociologists studying Iran, Pakistan, India, China, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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Islam in Asia AS.310.331 (01)
You will learn about the efforts of ordinary, non-elite Muslims to shape the relation between their communities and the state as well as to (where applicable) the non-Muslim majority through collective organizing over the last forty years. We will read and discuss books by anthropologists, historians, and sociologists studying Iran, Pakistan, India, China, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Henning, Stefan
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST, INST-CP, CES-ELECT
AS.230.101 (87)
Introduction to Sociology
Reese, Mike J
Summer 2024
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (87)
Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.
Days/Times:
Instructor: Reese, Mike J
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 19/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.001.136 (01)
FYS: Cults, Communes, and Conspiracies
Th 9:30AM - 12:00PM
Morgan, Stephen L
Mergenthaler 526
Fall 2024
Cults, communes, and conspiracies are unusual social and ideological organizations. How should we understand their origins, structure, and functioning? In our First-Year Seminar, we will assess the value of alternative explanatory concepts from the social sciences, such as charismatic leadership, organizational ecology, network structure, status competition, social influence, and belief propagation. We will then interpret cases in comparative perspective, asking, for example, how cults differ from religious sects, how communes differ from political movements, and how organized crime groups differ from legal businesses.
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FYS: Cults, Communes, and Conspiracies AS.001.136 (01)
Cults, communes, and conspiracies are unusual social and ideological organizations. How should we understand their origins, structure, and functioning? In our First-Year Seminar, we will assess the value of alternative explanatory concepts from the social sciences, such as charismatic leadership, organizational ecology, network structure, status competition, social influence, and belief propagation. We will then interpret cases in comparative perspective, asking, for example, how cults differ from religious sects, how communes differ from political movements, and how organized crime groups differ from legal businesses.
Days/Times: Th 9:30AM - 12:00PM
Instructor: Morgan, Stephen L
Room: Mergenthaler 526
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.197.210 (01)
Global Capitalism
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Prasad, Monica
Krieger 308
Fall 2024
We examine how capitalism has unfolded as a system over the past century around the world, with the goal of understanding whether there are realistic alternatives to our current social order. We ask what communism was, and why people fear it; why there is more poverty and inequality in the U.S. than other developed countries; how some developing countries have managed to become rich; and the recent rise of “neoliberalism.”
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Global Capitalism AS.197.210 (01)
We examine how capitalism has unfolded as a system over the past century around the world, with the goal of understanding whether there are realistic alternatives to our current social order. We ask what communism was, and why people fear it; why there is more poverty and inequality in the U.S. than other developed countries; how some developing countries have managed to become rich; and the recent rise of “neoliberalism.”
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (01)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (02)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (02)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (03)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (03)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (04)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (04)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 13/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (05)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (05)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (06)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (06)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (07)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (07)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (08)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (08)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (09)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (09)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (10)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (10)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.101 (11)
Introduction to Sociology
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Calder, Ryan
Remsen Hall 101
Fall 2024
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
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Introduction to Sociology AS.230.101 (11)
The course introduces students to the discipline of sociology. You will learn about (a) theoretical approaches in sociology; (b) some of the subject matters that sociologists study, including inequality, capitalism, labor, the state, social control, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, population dynamics, and health; and (c) sociological methods. Most importantly, you will learn (d) how to see the world as a sociologist. That is, you will become a sociologist.
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Remsen Hall 101
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.205 (01)
Introduction to Social Statistics
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Reese, Mike J
BLC 5015
Fall 2024
This course will introduce students to the application of statistical techniques commonly used in sociological analysis. Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, confidence intervals, chi-square, anova, and regression analysis. Hands-on computer experience with statistical software and analysis of data from various fields of social research. Special Note: Required for IS GSCD track students.
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Introduction to Social Statistics AS.230.205 (01)
This course will introduce students to the application of statistical techniques commonly used in sociological analysis. Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, confidence intervals, chi-square, anova, and regression analysis. Hands-on computer experience with statistical software and analysis of data from various fields of social research. Special Note: Required for IS GSCD track students.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Reese, Mike J
Room: BLC 5015
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.205 (02)
Introduction to Social Statistics
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Reese, Mike J
BLC 5015
Fall 2024
This course will introduce students to the application of statistical techniques commonly used in sociological analysis. Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, confidence intervals, chi-square, anova, and regression analysis. Hands-on computer experience with statistical software and analysis of data from various fields of social research. Special Note: Required for IS GSCD track students.
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Introduction to Social Statistics AS.230.205 (02)
This course will introduce students to the application of statistical techniques commonly used in sociological analysis. Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, confidence intervals, chi-square, anova, and regression analysis. Hands-on computer experience with statistical software and analysis of data from various fields of social research. Special Note: Required for IS GSCD track students.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Reese, Mike J
Room: BLC 5015
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.239 (01)
Coffee, Tea and Empires
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Kuo, Huei-Ying
Gilman 413
Fall 2024
The course examines the modern transformation of social life from the prism of coffee and tea. It
traces the mass consumption of these two caffeinated beverages from the expansion of Eurocentric capitalism from the long sixteenth century onwards. It shows the changes in the coffee and tea culture from their respective Asian contexts to the age of mass consumption at the turn of the twentieth century. The topics include cash-crop production, plantation and peasant economy, the public sphere, and food heritage and nationalism.
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Coffee, Tea and Empires AS.230.239 (01)
The course examines the modern transformation of social life from the prism of coffee and tea. It
traces the mass consumption of these two caffeinated beverages from the expansion of Eurocentric capitalism from the long sixteenth century onwards. It shows the changes in the coffee and tea culture from their respective Asian contexts to the age of mass consumption at the turn of the twentieth century. The topics include cash-crop production, plantation and peasant economy, the public sphere, and food heritage and nationalism.
The education system plays an important and multi-faceted role in modern society. Schools socialize students, allocate rewards and status, promote national identities, train future workers, feed into the criminal justice system, and make some people a lot of money. Sometimes these roles work together and sometimes they are in direct conflict with one another. This course will provide a sociological perspective on the education system as a whole by examining the historical process of educational expansion, the role of formal education in society, and how the education system interacts with other social institutions, such as the courts and labor market.
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Education & Society AS.230.312 (01)
The education system plays an important and multi-faceted role in modern society. Schools socialize students, allocate rewards and status, promote national identities, train future workers, feed into the criminal justice system, and make some people a lot of money. Sometimes these roles work together and sometimes they are in direct conflict with one another. This course will provide a sociological perspective on the education system as a whole by examining the historical process of educational expansion, the role of formal education in society, and how the education system interacts with other social institutions, such as the courts and labor market.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Burdick-Will, Julia Burdick
Room: Krieger 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.334 (01)
Family Demography
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Chen, Feinian
Gilman 119
Fall 2024
In this class, we will examine changes in family/household behaviors and relationships from a demographic perspective. We will investigate how culture, economics, and population characteristics can shape family structures, how the role of families has changed in recent decades, and how families are important in people’s lives. We will study diverse familial forms in the U.S. as well as those in the international context. We will study important (and measurable) events in people’s family lives, such as cohabitation, marriage, divorce, and childbearing. We will study how family roles are changing for fathers, mothers, and grandparents. We will also learn about the health implications of various familial relationships. We will use demographic tools and data to compare families across time periods, across social groups, and (to some extent) across countries. You will be doing your own quantitative analyses. You will develop your skills at interpreting and critiquing demographic data that researchers use to support their arguments about the family. You will also develop your skills at making your own accurate and compelling arguments using demographic data.
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Family Demography AS.230.334 (01)
In this class, we will examine changes in family/household behaviors and relationships from a demographic perspective. We will investigate how culture, economics, and population characteristics can shape family structures, how the role of families has changed in recent decades, and how families are important in people’s lives. We will study diverse familial forms in the U.S. as well as those in the international context. We will study important (and measurable) events in people’s family lives, such as cohabitation, marriage, divorce, and childbearing. We will study how family roles are changing for fathers, mothers, and grandparents. We will also learn about the health implications of various familial relationships. We will use demographic tools and data to compare families across time periods, across social groups, and (to some extent) across countries. You will be doing your own quantitative analyses. You will develop your skills at interpreting and critiquing demographic data that researchers use to support their arguments about the family. You will also develop your skills at making your own accurate and compelling arguments using demographic data.
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Chen, Feinian
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/19
PosTag(s): CES-GI, CES-LC, CES-PD
AS.230.335 (01)
Medical Humanitarianism
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
Gilman 219
Fall 2024
Humanitarian organizations play life-preserving roles in global conflicts, and have front-row views of disasters ranging from the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the 2011 Fukushima tsunami in Japan. Yet even while they provide vital assistance to millions of people in crisis, such organizations are beset by important paradoxes that hinder their capacity to create sustainable interventions. They work to fill long-lasting needs, but are prone to moving quickly from one site to the next in search of the latest emergency. They strive to be apolitical, yet are invariably influenced by the geopolitical agendas of global powers. How do such contradictions arise, and what is their impact upon millions of aid recipients around the world? Drawing on case studies from South Sudan to Haiti, this course addresses these contradictions by exploring how and why medical aid organizations attempt, and sometimes fail, to reconcile short-term goals, such as immediate life-saving, with long-term missions, such as public health programs and conflict resolution initiatives.
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Medical Humanitarianism AS.230.335 (01)
Humanitarian organizations play life-preserving roles in global conflicts, and have front-row views of disasters ranging from the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the 2011 Fukushima tsunami in Japan. Yet even while they provide vital assistance to millions of people in crisis, such organizations are beset by important paradoxes that hinder their capacity to create sustainable interventions. They work to fill long-lasting needs, but are prone to moving quickly from one site to the next in search of the latest emergency. They strive to be apolitical, yet are invariably influenced by the geopolitical agendas of global powers. How do such contradictions arise, and what is their impact upon millions of aid recipients around the world? Drawing on case studies from South Sudan to Haiti, this course addresses these contradictions by exploring how and why medical aid organizations attempt, and sometimes fail, to reconcile short-term goals, such as immediate life-saving, with long-term missions, such as public health programs and conflict resolution initiatives.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): INST-IR, MSCH-HUM, CES-ELECT
AS.230.341 (01)
Sociology of Health and Illness
M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Agree, Emily
Gilman 132
Fall 2024
This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.
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Sociology of Health and Illness AS.230.341 (01)
This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.230.341 (02)
Sociology of Health and Illness
M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Agree, Emily
Gilman 132
Fall 2024
This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.
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Sociology of Health and Illness AS.230.341 (02)
This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.230.341 (03)
Sociology of Health and Illness
M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Agree, Emily
Gilman 132
Fall 2024
This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.
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Sociology of Health and Illness AS.230.341 (03)
This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.230.341 (04)
Sociology of Health and Illness
M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Agree, Emily
Gilman 132
Fall 2024
This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.
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Sociology of Health and Illness AS.230.341 (04)
This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.230.348 (01)
Climate Change and Society
W 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Levien, Michael
Hodson 203
Fall 2024
This course will focus on the social dimensions of climate change. Drawing on global and multi-disciplinary scholarship, we will address such issues as: the relationship between fossil fuels and capitalism; the relationship between social inequality and “vulnerability” to climate change; and the political economy of “adaptation.” The longest section of the course will be devoted to understanding the social and political dimensions of proposed solutions to climate change, including renewable energy transitions, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and geoengineering. Students will write a final research paper on a sociological aspect of climate change.
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Climate Change and Society AS.230.348 (01)
This course will focus on the social dimensions of climate change. Drawing on global and multi-disciplinary scholarship, we will address such issues as: the relationship between fossil fuels and capitalism; the relationship between social inequality and “vulnerability” to climate change; and the political economy of “adaptation.” The longest section of the course will be devoted to understanding the social and political dimensions of proposed solutions to climate change, including renewable energy transitions, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and geoengineering. Students will write a final research paper on a sociological aspect of climate change.
This course surveys the relationship between China and its migrants and their descendants from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. It highlights the transnational foundation of modern Chinese nationalism. It also compares the divergent formations of the “Chinese question” in North America and postcolonial Southeast Asia. Key concepts include transnationalism, diaspora, ethnic politics, racism, Orientalism, and “united front” work.
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Chinese Diaspora: Networks and Identity AS.230.352 (01)
This course surveys the relationship between China and its migrants and their descendants from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. It highlights the transnational foundation of modern Chinese nationalism. It also compares the divergent formations of the “Chinese question” in North America and postcolonial Southeast Asia. Key concepts include transnationalism, diaspora, ethnic politics, racism, Orientalism, and “united front” work.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Kuo, Huei-Ying
Room: Gilman 413
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP, CES-BM, CES-RI
AS.230.370 (01)
Housing and Homelessness in the United States
Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Greif, Meredith
Krieger 302
Fall 2024
This course will examine the role of housing, or the absence thereof, in shaping quality of life. It will explore the consequences of the places in which we live and how we are housed. Consideration will be given to overcrowding, affordability, accessibility, and past and existing housing policies and their influence on society. Special attention will be given to the problem of homelessness.
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Housing and Homelessness in the United States AS.230.370 (01)
This course will examine the role of housing, or the absence thereof, in shaping quality of life. It will explore the consequences of the places in which we live and how we are housed. Consideration will be given to overcrowding, affordability, accessibility, and past and existing housing policies and their influence on society. Special attention will be given to the problem of homelessness.
Days/Times: Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Greif, Meredith
Room: Krieger 302
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): INST-AP, CES-CC, CES-LE
AS.230.371 (01)
Development in the Age of Globalization
T 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Liu, Mingtang
Mergenthaler 526
Fall 2024
Diverging from conventional courses on international development that often center around the golden age of development (1950s-1970s), this course shifts the focus towards the subsequent era—the age of neoliberal globalization, its promises and discontent, and its potential alternatives. Over the last four decades or so, the new global trends of deepening marketization, globalized supply chains, freer trans-border flow of capital, and technological progress have posed new challenges as well as opportunities to developing countries. This course will provide an upper-level undergraduate introduction to the studies and practices of international development in the age of globalization.
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Development in the Age of Globalization AS.230.371 (01)
Diverging from conventional courses on international development that often center around the golden age of development (1950s-1970s), this course shifts the focus towards the subsequent era—the age of neoliberal globalization, its promises and discontent, and its potential alternatives. Over the last four decades or so, the new global trends of deepening marketization, globalized supply chains, freer trans-border flow of capital, and technological progress have posed new challenges as well as opportunities to developing countries. This course will provide an upper-level undergraduate introduction to the studies and practices of international development in the age of globalization.
Days/Times: T 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Liu, Mingtang
Room: Mergenthaler 526
Status: Open
Seats Available: 17/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.375 (01)
Arrighi Center Undergraduate Seminar
F 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Edwards, Zophia; Valdez, Inés
Mergenthaler 526
Fall 2024
Arrighi Center’s General Seminar will focus on the relationship between racism and capitalism. It explores the major theoretical and empirical writings about the role of race and racism in the development of capitalism, the ongoing functioning of the global political economy, and in relation to the question of dependent development. Participants in the Arrighi Center’s weekly general seminar include faculty and students (graduate and undergraduate) from a wide range of social science and humanities departments/programs. Undergraduates signing up under 230.375 will participate in both the main General Seminar with faculty and graduate students, followed by a special discussion section for undergraduates
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Arrighi Center Undergraduate Seminar AS.230.375 (01)
Arrighi Center’s General Seminar will focus on the relationship between racism and capitalism. It explores the major theoretical and empirical writings about the role of race and racism in the development of capitalism, the ongoing functioning of the global political economy, and in relation to the question of dependent development. Participants in the Arrighi Center’s weekly general seminar include faculty and students (graduate and undergraduate) from a wide range of social science and humanities departments/programs. Undergraduates signing up under 230.375 will participate in both the main General Seminar with faculty and graduate students, followed by a special discussion section for undergraduates
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia; Valdez, Inés
Room: Mergenthaler 526
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 6/8
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.378 (01)
Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
Gilman 219
Fall 2024
What is a refugee? Since World War II, states that have pledged to offer protection to refugees have frequently been drawn instead to the dictates of nationalism and communitarianism, which prioritize concern for their own citizens, rather than to the needs of forced migrants. As a result, even those migrants that have been formally recognized as refugees according to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention have not been assured of protection, and other migrants have been even less assured. In this course, we will locate the reasons for this reality in the legal, political, and historical underpinnings of political asylum. What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee? How has the refugee category been redefined and contested by international bodies since 1951? How are the ambiguities of real-life violence and persecution simplified in asylum adjudication interviews that require clear, factual narratives? What kinds of protections are offered to asylum seekers, whether by UN bodies, NGOs, or host governments, and how have such protections varied geographically and historically? Finally, what protections, if any, are afforded to those migrants who are fleeing not persecution but rather “merely” endemic poverty or climate-induced displacement? The course draws on literature from sociology, history, anthropology, and international refugee law in order to understand the capacity (or lack thereof) of human rights discourses and declarations to contravene state sovereignty in the name of protecting the rightless.
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Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty AS.230.378 (01)
What is a refugee? Since World War II, states that have pledged to offer protection to refugees have frequently been drawn instead to the dictates of nationalism and communitarianism, which prioritize concern for their own citizens, rather than to the needs of forced migrants. As a result, even those migrants that have been formally recognized as refugees according to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention have not been assured of protection, and other migrants have been even less assured. In this course, we will locate the reasons for this reality in the legal, political, and historical underpinnings of political asylum. What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee? How has the refugee category been redefined and contested by international bodies since 1951? How are the ambiguities of real-life violence and persecution simplified in asylum adjudication interviews that require clear, factual narratives? What kinds of protections are offered to asylum seekers, whether by UN bodies, NGOs, or host governments, and how have such protections varied geographically and historically? Finally, what protections, if any, are afforded to those migrants who are fleeing not persecution but rather “merely” endemic poverty or climate-induced displacement? The course draws on literature from sociology, history, anthropology, and international refugee law in order to understand the capacity (or lack thereof) of human rights discourses and declarations to contravene state sovereignty in the name of protecting the rightless.
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/25
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-IR
AS.230.428 (01)
Introduction to Computational Social Science
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Burdick-Will, Julia Burdick
Mergenthaler 526
Fall 2024
The rapid expansion of digitized data about human behavior has revolutionized social science research. These days companies and governments are creating and collecting data on just about everything we do. We can now observe behavior on a scale and with a level of detail never before imaginable. We can ask questions of whole populations that previously required expensive and time-consuming surveys. In order to take advantage of these new opportunities we need change the way we think about research ethics, study design, statistical inference, and the logic of inquiry. This course provides an introduction to these new approaches as well as a discussion of their risks and limitations. The focus will be on sociological logic of inquiry and how to answer questions about the social world. Coding experience will be helpful, but is not required.
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Introduction to Computational Social Science AS.230.428 (01)
The rapid expansion of digitized data about human behavior has revolutionized social science research. These days companies and governments are creating and collecting data on just about everything we do. We can now observe behavior on a scale and with a level of detail never before imaginable. We can ask questions of whole populations that previously required expensive and time-consuming surveys. In order to take advantage of these new opportunities we need change the way we think about research ethics, study design, statistical inference, and the logic of inquiry. This course provides an introduction to these new approaches as well as a discussion of their risks and limitations. The focus will be on sociological logic of inquiry and how to answer questions about the social world. Coding experience will be helpful, but is not required.
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Burdick-Will, Julia Burdick
Room: Mergenthaler 526
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/9
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.310.332 (01)
Ethnicity in China
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Henning, Stefan
Mergenthaler 266
Fall 2024
Ever since the Chinese Empire fell in 1911, Chinese have tried to think of themselves as modern and to build a modern Chinese state. Among the Western concepts that Chinese appropriated to define and comprehend themselves were the notions of ethnicity, culture, nationality, and race. We will try to answer the following questions: What was the allure of arcane and elusive Western categories on culture, ethnicity, and race for Chinese scientists in the 20th century, and how did these categories come to underpin the rule of the Chinese state over its enormous population since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949? How have the Chinese state’s policies on nationality and ethnicity shaped the minds of American China scholars as they study ethnicity and nationality in China?
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Ethnicity in China AS.310.332 (01)
Ever since the Chinese Empire fell in 1911, Chinese have tried to think of themselves as modern and to build a modern Chinese state. Among the Western concepts that Chinese appropriated to define and comprehend themselves were the notions of ethnicity, culture, nationality, and race. We will try to answer the following questions: What was the allure of arcane and elusive Western categories on culture, ethnicity, and race for Chinese scientists in the 20th century, and how did these categories come to underpin the rule of the Chinese state over its enormous population since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949? How have the Chinese state’s policies on nationality and ethnicity shaped the minds of American China scholars as they study ethnicity and nationality in China?
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Henning, Stefan
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, CES-RI
AS.310.336 (01)
Rebellion and Its Enemies in China Today
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Henning, Stefan
Mergenthaler 266
Fall 2024
On 13 October 2022, a middle-aged upper-middle class Chinese man staged a public political protest on an elevated road in Beijing. Peng Lifa, or “Bridge Man,” as he has become known in allusion to Tank Man from the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989, demanded elections and reforms. How have urban Chinese been able to be so content or even happy despite their lack of political freedom? The class readings will introduce you to different kinds of activists who have confronted the authoritarian state since the late 1990s, among them human rights lawyers, reporters, environmental activists, feminists, religious activists, and labor activists. We will ask whether freedom, an obviously Western notion, is useful as an analytical category to think about China. Does freedom translate across the West/non-West divide?
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Rebellion and Its Enemies in China Today AS.310.336 (01)
On 13 October 2022, a middle-aged upper-middle class Chinese man staged a public political protest on an elevated road in Beijing. Peng Lifa, or “Bridge Man,” as he has become known in allusion to Tank Man from the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989, demanded elections and reforms. How have urban Chinese been able to be so content or even happy despite their lack of political freedom? The class readings will introduce you to different kinds of activists who have confronted the authoritarian state since the late 1990s, among them human rights lawyers, reporters, environmental activists, feminists, religious activists, and labor activists. We will ask whether freedom, an obviously Western notion, is useful as an analytical category to think about China. Does freedom translate across the West/non-West divide?
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Henning, Stefan
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP, CES-LSO
AS.362.115 (01)
Introduction to Police and Prisons
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Schrader, Stuart Laurence
Croft Hall G02
Fall 2024
This introductory course will examine policing and prisons in the United States and beyond, with a focus on racial inequality. It will consist of three parts. First, we will define key concepts in police and prison studies. Then, we will explore the contemporary state of prisons and policing in the United States and look at debates around the rise of “mass incarceration” and aggressive forms of policing in the final third of the 20th century. Third, we will explore policing and prison in other parts of the globe in the contemporary moment, highlighting similarities and differences from the U.S. case. What can studying the instruments of social control in other societies reveal about our own? Students will develop an understanding of major trends, keywords, and debates in the literature on policing and prisons, with particular reference to race and racism.
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Introduction to Police and Prisons AS.362.115 (01)
This introductory course will examine policing and prisons in the United States and beyond, with a focus on racial inequality. It will consist of three parts. First, we will define key concepts in police and prison studies. Then, we will explore the contemporary state of prisons and policing in the United States and look at debates around the rise of “mass incarceration” and aggressive forms of policing in the final third of the 20th century. Third, we will explore policing and prison in other parts of the globe in the contemporary moment, highlighting similarities and differences from the U.S. case. What can studying the instruments of social control in other societies reveal about our own? Students will develop an understanding of major trends, keywords, and debates in the literature on policing and prisons, with particular reference to race and racism.