This course provides a graduate-level introduction to sociological theory and research on social inequalities and stratification. It includes both classic and contemporary works on topics such as political economy, the state, domination, democracy, work, poverty, welfare, resistance, class, race, ethnicities, and gender. The course serves as a foundational course for graduate students with interests in social inequalities, and is required for Sociology graduate students seeking a specialization in this area.

The purpose of this course is to provide a basic understanding of program evaluation processes, concepts, and theories and to develop expertise needed to design and conduct systematic evaluations of formal and non-formal programs. The material to be covered is applicable to a wide range of topics and disciplines, including social welfare, youth development, family studies, agriculture and the environment, community/economic development, and other formal and non-formal educational programs.

This course is designed to explore the dynamics of community development and leadership communication within both geographic-bounded communities and communities of taste.

A focused treatment of one or more issues, topics, or problems in sociological methods such as time-series analysis, causal analysis, participant observation, conduct of experiments, sociohistorical methods, scale construction, etc. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

Advanced study of topics of current importance in the study of social inequalities and stratification. May be repeated under different subtitles to a maximum of 12 credits.

Designed for those graduate students who wish to acquire a rapid reading knowledge of Spanish. Emphasis on rapid vocabulary building, the Spanish idiom, and the verb systems. Three class hours per week.

This course is designed to introduce basic modes of communication in Spanish. The emphasis is on everyday language which the students will learn by applying essential grammatical structures to vocabulary. Both listening and reading comprehension are stressed. The textbook provides instructional assignments and self-correctional exercises. Not open to students who have credit for SPI 141.

This course is designed to expand upon the students' already existing knowledge of Spanish in order to prepare them for intermediate level courses. The textbook and supplementary material will develop students' abilities in the four basic skills of language learning (speaking, listening, reading and writing).

This course is designed to advance students' knowledge of Spanish at the intermediate level by fine-tuning the skills of reading, speaking, listening, and writing. The goal of the course will be to focus on useful vocabulary, to practice functional grammar, to further explore cross- cultural analysis and to develop students' communicative competence in Spanish. Not open to Students from SPA 102 or 103. This course is designed for students' transition directly from high school Spanish to second-year college Spanish.

Oral-aural practice in the spoken language. Special emphasis placed on the acquisition of idioms and vocabulary.