Advanced study of topics of current importance in sociology, such as structural strain and social change, game theory, decision processes, communication and power structure. May be repeated under different subtitles to a maximum of 12 credits.

Analysis of topics of scientific interest in rural sociology, selected from such fields as the following: criticism of research; sociological factors in land use; migration; rural social ecology of the South; highland societies. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

Each semester some topic in the field of social psychology such as attitudes and beliefs, structure and function of social groups, social determinants of behavior, leadership, and morale will be studied intensively. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

Each semester some topic in the field of social psychology such as attitudes and beliefs, structure and function of social groups, social determinants of behavior, leadership, and morale will be studied intensively. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

May be repeated to a maximum of 10 credits.

This intermediate statistics course emphasizes the fundamentals of multivariate regression. The goal is to develop a foundational toolkit to model a variety of dependent variables. The course will teach students how to make decisions about how to model data, how to estimate equations, and how to solve common problems with multivariate regressions. This is an applied course that will utilize Stata to analyze quantitative social science data.

Individual graduate research with correlated study of rural social research types and methods. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Individual graduate research with correlated study of rural social research types and methods. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Individual graduate research with correlated study of rural social research types and methods. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Individual graduate research with correlated study of rural social research types and methods. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.