A sociological study of topics relevant to social inequalities and stratification. May be repeated under different subtitles to a maximum of six credits.

Independent sociological study of a topic under the supervision of faculty. Students must identify both a project topic and a sociology faculty mentor who has agreed to supervise this project. A learning contract must be filed in the department in order to receive a grade for this course. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

A pedagogical and professional development seminar to prepare skillful and successful sociology instructors.

This seminar focuses on literature pertaining to collective, extra-institutional efforts to form new or maintain old forms of social order in the United States and other countries.

This introductory statistics course emphasizes the basics of quantitative analysis for graduate-level social science research. Students will learn database management, data analysis appropriate statistical software, descriptive statistics, and fundamental inferential statistics. It is an applied course designed to get students involved with basic statistical analysis and prepare them for more advanced training.

A survey of major theoretical perspectives in modern sociology, focusing on twentieth century developments in European and American sociological theory. The principal contributions of selected theorists are considered and their role in the establishment of contemporary sociology is assessed.

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.

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

Individual research and reading in particular fields of sociology, under staff supervision. Open to advanced students who are prepared for intensive study beyond that offered in regular classes in each field. May be repeated to a maximum of 10 hours.