Semester: Fall
Offered: 2022
What is society? What is the role of the individual in society? How does the way society is organized affect the behaviors and beliefs of people who live in it? How can we change our societies? This course introduces students to...
Semester: Fall
Offered: 2022
Who is a refugee? Where do they come from, and why? How are they displaced? What are we going to do when massive refugee waves become “the new normal”? This course will inquire into the nature, causes and consequences of...
Semester: Fall
Offered: 2020
This course explores organized crime as interrelated social phenomena. Students read sociologists, historians, and other social scientists addressing the nature, causes and consequences of mafias in different national and...
Semester: Fall
Offered: 2020
This course explores war, revolution and organized crime as interrelated social phenomena. Students will read sociologists, historians, political scientists and philosophers addressing the nature, causes and consequences of...
Semester: Summer
Offered: 2020
What is society? How can we understand it? What is the role of the individual in society, and how does society affect individual lives? This course introduces students to the field of sociology. By surveying social theory as...
Semester: Spring
Offered: 2019
Politics is about power and authority. But the production, conservation and distribution of power and authority occur far beyond Capitol Hill: in family dynamics, neighborhood residential patterns, racial discrimination...
Semester: Spring
Offered: 2018
This seminar offers an in-depth overview of qualitative research methods in sociology. We will focus on three methods: interviews, ethnography and content analysis/archival. Through a series of hands-on, applied exercises and...
Semester: Spring
Offered: 2016
Social movement protests challenging state policy, legitimacy and leadership have become a central feature of American political life. This tutorial explores major protest episodes in the United States, emphasizing historical...
