SOCIOLOGY (AS) {SOCI}

L/R 001. (AFRC002) Introduction to Sociology. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Lareau, Zuberi. Sociology provides a unique way to look at human behavior and the world. Sociology is the systematic study of the groups and societies in which people live. In this introductory course, we examine and analyze how social structures and cultures are created, maintained, and most importantly, how they affect behavior. The course deconstructs our taken for granted world of social interactions and behaviors and examines what theory and research can tell about human social behavior.

SM 002. Social Problems and Public Policy. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Bosk, Jacobs. This course approaches some of today's important social and political issues from a sociological vantage point. The course begins by asking where social problems come from. The main sociological perspectives of Marx, Weber and Durkheim are developed in connection with the issues of inequality, social conflict and community. We then turn to the social construction of social problems by examining how various issues become defined as social problems. This involves a consideration of the role of the media, social experts and social movements. The last section of the course considers how social problems are addressed. Here we discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of government programs and regulations versus market-based approached. We also discuss the role of philanthropy and volunteerism. Finally, we consider the risk of unanticipated consequences of reforms. Along the way, we will consider a variety of social issues and social and social problems, including poverty, immigration, crime, global warming, and education.

L/R 003. Deviance and Social Control. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Bosk. A sociological analysis of the origins, development, and reactions surrounding deviance in contemporary society. Topics include labeling theory, stigma, social organization, tradition, social power, crime, sexual deviance, drug use, and racism. Theoretical and methodological issues will be discussed and evaluated.

L/R 004. (GSOC004) The Family. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Furstenburg, Harknett. This introduction to the sociology of the family explores historical, economic, and cultural changes that have shaped the past and present form of the American kinship system. It will also compare demographic and social trends and consequences of the family patterns across societies, providing perspective on differences and similarities between the U.S. family system and other nations. Students will have an opportunity to engage in research on topics of special interest.

L/R 005. American Society. (C) Humanities & Social Science Sector. Class of 2010 & beyond. Bosk. Also fulfills General Requirement in Society for Class of 2009 and prior. What is American Society? The literary critic, Leslie Fielder once wrote,"...to be and American...precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always been, insofar as we are Americans at all, inhabitants of myth rather than history..." The myths that we inherit form the basis of American civil religion. In this course we will explore the elements of the myth that form the basis of the civil religion as well as the facts on the ground that contradict our conceptions of American Society: Examples of mythic elements and their contradiction that we will explore are: A nation founded to pursue liberty and freedom yet allowed slavery, equality of opportunity and persistent structural inequality, and a welcoming of the Immigrant coupled with a suspicion of the outsider.

L/R 006. (AFRC006, ASAM006, URBS160) Race and Ethnic Relations. (C) May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Charles, Kao, Zuberi. The course will examine how social networks, neighborhood context, culture, and notions of race affect inequality and ethnic relations. The course reviews the studies of ethnic entrepreneurship, urban segregation, labor force participation, and assimilation processes. The course emphasizes how inequality affects ethnic relations as well as the economic and social integration of different groups in society.

007. (URBS265, GSOC007) Population and Society. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Flippen, Harknett, Kohler, Zuberi. The course serves as an introduction to the study of population and demography, including issues pertaining to fertility, mortality, migration, and family formation and structure. Within these broad areas we consider the social, economic, and political implications of current trends, including: population explosion, baby bust, the impact of international migration on receiving societies, population aging, racial classification, growing diversity in household composition and family structure, population and environmental degradation, and the link between population and development/poverty.

SM 008. Introduction to Political Sociology. (M) May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Zuberi. This course will introduce students to sociological approaches to politics, broadly understood. The class will begin by discussing the nature of power and authority, the rise of the nation-state and the significance of nationalism. Later topics will include social movements, urban political regimes, globalization and transnationalism, citizenship, revolutions, and the rise (and fall?) of welfare states.

010. Social Stratification. (M) Society Sector. All classes. Jacobs. The American Dream highlights opportunity for individuals to achieve success based on their own ability and initiative. How well does our society live up to this ideal? Who gets ahead, and who falls behind? Topics include factors that affect life chances in contemporary society: education, social class, race, ethnicity and gender.

SM 011. (AFRC011, URBS112) Urban Sociology. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. A comprehensive introduction to the sociological study of cities. Topics will include theories of urbanism, methods of research, migration, history of cities, gentrification, poverty, urban politics, suburbanization and globalization. Philadelphia will be used as a recurring example, though the course will devote attention to cities around the U.S. and the world.

027. (AFRC001, HIST007) Introduction to Africana Studies. (D) Charles. The aim of this course is to provide an interdisciplinary examination of the complex array of African American and other African Diaspora social practices and experiences. This class will focus on both classic texts and modern works that provide an introduction to the dynamics of African American and African Diaspora thought and practice. Topics covered will include: What is Afro-American Studies?; The History Before 1492; Creating the African Diaspora After 1500; The Challenge of Freedom; Race and Class in the 20th Century; From Black Studies to Africana Studies: The Future of Afro-American Studies.

033. (STSC003) Technology & Society. (C) Ensmenger. From the colonial period to the present, Americans have relied on technology to shape their lives, landscapes and society. This unique, abiding and often tumultuous relationship is one of the defining elements of the American experience. From factory floor to suburban kitchens, from eccentric inventors to student demonstrators, from Model T to iMacs, the diversity of american technological developments reflects -- and has helped define --the most crucial developments in American history. This course will provide an historical understanding of the role that technology has played in American society from the late 19th century to the present day. The underlying assumptions is that technology is simultaneously a reflection and cultural values, and a factor (one of many) in shaping the continuous development of those values.

SM 041. (AFRC041, EALC014, GSOC041, URBS010) Topics in Sociology. (C) Bosk, Hannum, Jacobs. Freshman Seminars. Topics vary from semester to semester. Past offerings include Society and History; The 1960's: Preludes and Postludes; Mistakes, Errors, Accidents & Disasters; Urban Analysis with Computers; Race and Public Policy; Perspectives on Inequality, Homelessness and the Urban Crisis.

SM 052. (PSCI052) War and Peace. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Evan. Recurrent wars throughout history have led social scientists and laymen alike to the conclusion that war is an unavoidable institution. Is this a valid conclusion? If it is, it is a particularly grim conclusion in a nuclear age when humankind has the technological capacity to extinguish all life on the planet. The purpose of this seminar is to address this question by exploring six theories of the causes of war and examining six strategies for preventing war.

067. Social Interaction. (C) Staff. This course combines the study of social psychology with that of social interaction. Its primary focus is on the forces shaping individual action in a variety of face-to-face settings, whether in informal groups, in classrooms, in work environments, in urban public spaces and other kinds of situations. We will begin with more general concepts and approaches and then venture into the realm of emotions and "feeling rules" that seem to operate in both private and public relationships before ending with a discussion of how face-to-face encounters interact with the social inequalities of gender, class and race.

L/R 100. (HSOC100) Introduction to Sociological Research. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Gibson, Harknett, Koppel, Park. This course provides a board overview of how sociologists gather and analyze information to generate and test hypotheses about the social world. We begin by covering key building blocks of sociological research: theory, measurement, and sampling. Then, we review a variety of research designs and analytic approaches. Finally, we take a critical perspective on social research discussing topics of research ethics, objectivity, and whether research findings should be used to inform policy. The emphasis in the course will be on training students to develop a healthy skepticism and to be intelligent consumers, and we will regularly discuss and evaluate research examples found in mainstream news sources. Students will also gain hands on experience with survey and qualitative research through course research products.

L/R 101. (HSOC102) Bioethics. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Wolpe, Walls, Ravitsky. Bioethical conundrums such as cloning, stem cells, transplantation, the use of psychopharmaceuticals, end of life technologies, preimplantation diagnosis of embroyos, artificial reproductive technologies, and the genetic manipulation of life will challenge policy-makers and moral thinkers throughout the twenty-first century. In this course, a philosopher and a sociologist team up to frame and explore these important issues. Guest lecturers, multimedia presentations, and spirited debate will allow the students to understand the science, the social implications, and the philosophical, ethical, and religious implications of the coming biotechnological revolution.

103. (ASAM001) Asian Americans In Contemporary Society. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kao. This class will introduce you to sociological research of Asian Americans and engage in the "model minority" stereotype. We begin by a brief introduction toU.S. immigration history and sociological theories about assimilation and racial stratification. The class will also cover research on racial and ethnic identity, educational stratification, mass media images, interracial marriage, multiracials, transracial adoption, and the viability of an Asian American panethnic identity. We will also examine the similarities and differences of Asian Americans relative to other minority groups.

104. (GSOC104) Sociology of Sex: Comparative Study. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Collins. Social scientists have argued that sexuality is not an unchanging biological reality or universal natural force, but a cultural construct, shaped by economical, social, and political processes and therefore, like society itself, historical, that is, variable in both time and space. This seminar follows this approcach by exploring cultural construction of sexuality as it evolved from Greek antiquity to contemporary U.S.A., and its relationship to gender, class, political hierarchies, religion, ideology, and science. How the meanings of sexualtiy, codes of sexual regulation and sexual politics have varied over time with changing circumstances?

110. The Rich and The Poor. (M) Staff. This course examines the opposite ends of the economic spectrum in order to gain a fuller understanding of what social class is and how it affects individuals and society. Who is rich? Who is poor? How does wealth and income (or the lack of it) affect all aspects of life, from the obvious (access to health care, good schools, etc.) to the not-so-obvious (quality of romantic life and family relationships). We will also examine cultural aspects of social class (tastes and lifestyles), across generations. There will be a midterm and final exam, as well as several short research/reflection papers due throughout the course.

111. (HSOC111) Health of Populations. (C) Preston. This course develops some of the major measures used to assess the health of populations and uses those measures to consider the major factors that determine levels of health in large aggregates. These factors include disease environment, medical technology, public health initiatives, and personal behaviors. The approach is comparative and historical and includes attention to differences in health levels among major social groups.

112. (AFRC112, GSOC114, URBS114) Discrimination: Sexual and Racial Conflict. (M) Society Sector. All classes. Madden. This course is concerned with the structure, the causes and correlates, and the government policies to alleviate discrimination in the United States. The central focus of the course is on employment discrimination by race and gender. After a comprehensive overview of the structures of labor markets and of nondiscriminatory reasons for the existence of group differentials in employment and wages, various theories of the sources of discrimination are reviewed and evaluated. Actual governmental policies and alternative policies are evaluated in light of both the empirical evidence on group differences and the alternative theories of discrimination.

117. (SOCI517, GSOC117) Sociology of Work. (M) May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Leidner. The material world is shaped and maintained through work, but so is the social world. How work is organized, allocated, and rewarded determines the opportunities people have for developing their own capacities, the kinds of ties they will have with others, and how much control they will have over their own lives. We will consider various sociological perspectives on work and compare alternative ways of organizing work, with a focus on the contemporary United States.

118. (HSOC118) Sociology of Bioethics. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. The Sociology of Bioethics explores the sociological approach to bioethics. The Sociology of Bioethics is not a course in bioethics itself; rather than discussing the merits of a position (Is assisted suicide ethical?), we will ask how the debate has been framed, who is promoting which arguments, why the debate has arisen now, and how the issue is reflected in policy. In order to do so we will make use of social science research, along with philosophical treaties, legislation, and the popular media. The course is also not designed as a comprehensive treatment of the field; it will focus instead on choice topics that we will explore in depth. Our goal is to understand the nature of the bioethics profession and its modes of argumentation, and to explore the cultural, social, political, and professional underpinnings of bioethical debates.

L/R 120. (AFRC120) Social Statistics. (C) May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Formal Reasoning & Analysis. Class of 2009 & prior only. Allison, Charles, Park, Parrado. This course offers a basic introduction to the application/interpretation of statistical analysis in sociology. Upon completion, you shoud be familiar with a variety of basic statistical techniques that allow examination of interesting social questions. We begin by learning to describe the characteristics of groups, followed by a discussion of how to examine and generalize about relationships between the characteristics of groups. Emphasis is placed on the understanding/interpretation of statistics used to describe and make generalizations about group characteristics. In addition to hand calculations, you will also become familiar with using PCs to run statistical tests.

122. (GSOC122) The Sociology of Gender. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Leidner. Gender is an organizing principle of society, shaping social structures, cultural understandings, processes of interaction, and identities in ways that have profound consequences. It affects every aspect of people's lives, from their intimate relationships to their participation in work, family, government, and other social institutions and their place in the stratification system, Yet gender is such a taken for granted basis for differences among people that it can be hard to see the underlying social structures and cultural forces that reinforce or weaken the social boundaries that define gender. Differences in behavior, power,and experience are often seen as the result of biological imperatives or of individual choice. A sociological view of gender, in contrast, emphasizes how gender is socially constructed and how structural constraints limit choice. This course examines how differences based on gender are created and sustained, with particular attention to how other important bases of personal identity and social inequality--race and class-interact with patterns of gender relations. We will also seek to understand how social change happens and how gender inequality might be reduced.

125.(SOCI525) Classical Sociological Theory. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Collins. This course will cover the founding classics of the sociological tradition including works of Tocqueville, Marx and Engels, Weber, Durkheim, Mauss, Simmel,and G.H.Mead. We will also examine how the major traditions have continued and transformed into theories of conflict, domination, resistance and social change; social solidarity, ritual and symbolism; symbolic interactionist and phenomenological theory of discourse, self and mind.

126.Contemporary Sociological Theory. (C) Collins, Gibson. A review of theoretical perspectives developed since the second half of the 20th century. Includes micro-sociological perspectives of phhenomenology, ethnomethodology, symbolic interactionism, and neo-Durkheimian interaction ritual theory; social behaviorism and exchange theory; neo-Weberian and neo-Marxian perspectives on power, conflict, andclass; and attempts at synthesis by Havermas, Luhmann and Giddens. Recurring themes include the micro-macro connection, the relationship between subjectivity and behavior, and the structure-agency problem.

128. Introduction to Demographic Methods. (C) Hannum . This course provides an introduction to basic demographic concepts, data, indictors, and techniqies. The course emphasizes hands-on applications of these techniques in the analysis of population dynamics in the U>s> and elsewhere. Students will learn about the main sources of demographis data, including censuses, surveys, and vital statistics, and methods to estimate demographic processes ( e.g., country, city). Students will leave the course eith a solid grounding inulation composition, and how to apply these measures to study demographic structure and change in human populations.

SM 130. (AFRC102) Special Topics in Sociology. (M) Staff. Topics vary from semester to semester. Some which have been offered in the past include Race in the City; Africian Urbanization; Sociology of Jewry; Law & Social Change; Tourism, Culture & Society.

134.(NURS134) Health and Social Policy. (M) Society Sector. All classes. Aiken, Lake. Health and Social Policy is an interdisciplinary course examining health care and social policy from domestic and international perspectives. The course is designed to engage students in critical thinking about social determinants of health, the organization and outcomes of health care systems and institutions, global health priorities and challenges, and the implications for public policy. Topics include the social inequalities and health; how organizational context of health care impacts outcomes; management of human resources in health nationally and globally; analysis of medical error, its causes, and consequences; review and critique of public policies in U.S. health care; and global health priorities and international health policy. Issues of current public debate in health and health care will provide a context for learning. There are no prerequisites. The course is intended for generalists as well as for those planning careers in health care.

135.(AFRC135) Law and Society. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Bosk, Fetni. Recommended for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. After introducing students to the major theoretical concepts concerning law and society, significant controversial societal issues that deal with law and the legal systems both domestically and internationally will be examined. Class discussions will focus on issues involving civil liberties, the organization of courts, legislatures, the legal profession and administrative agencies. Although the focus will be on law in the United States, law and society in other countries of Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America will be covered in a comparative context. Readings included research reports, statutes and cases.

L/R 137. (FOLK137) The Sociology of Media and Popular Culture. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Grazian, Wilde. Also fulfills General Requirement in Arts & Letters for Class of 2009 and prior. This course relies on a variety of sociological approaches to media and popular, with a particular emphasis on the importance of the organization of the culture industries, the relationship between cultural consumption and status, and the social significance of leisure activities from sports to shopping. Specific course topics include the branding of Disney, Nike and Starbucks; the glovalization of popular culture; the blurring of entertainment and politics; and the rise of new media technologies in the digital age.

SM 140. Social Conflict. (M) Collins. General theory of social conflict, with an emphasis on violent conflict. Specific applications include fights, riots, combat, and gang violence; tribal and modern war; abuse of the weak; domestic conflict; sexual conflict and rape; homicide; social movements and moral crusades; conflict management and social control; state breakdowns and revolutions; ethnic conflict and genocide.

SM 143. Modern Social Movements. (M) Staff. Throughout modern times groups of people have come together in an attempt to change their social world. Their successes and failures teach us about society, organizations, and individuals. This course will examine case studies of historical and contemporary social movements. Using these case studies, this course will evaluate different approaches to understanding social movements, and investigate what these different approaches suggest about individuals, the society in which they live, and the potential for social change.

199.Directed Readings and Research. (C) Various Faculty. Permission of Instructor needed. Directed reading and research in areas of sociology not listed elsewhere in the undergraduate offerings of this department.

200.(CRIM200) Criminal Justice. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Sherman, MacDonald. This course examines the causes and consequences of the millions of decisions made annually by the legally empowered decision-makers of the criminal justice system. The course places students in the role of one decision-maker after another, emphasizing the decisions they would make with all the scientific research on these decisions at their disposal. Research on 15 different decision-makers is examined, from crime victims to police, prosecuters, jurors,judges, wardens, probation and parole officers. Using a medical model of evidence-based practice, the course asks students to consider how the results of criminal justice could more effectively reduce the sum of human misery.

SM 221. Sample Survey Methods. (M) Hannum. This course provides a hands-on introduction to survey data collection through lectures, discussions, in-class exercises, and a class survey project. We examine major planning tasks and considerations necessary for conducting surveys, including substantive issues (problem formulation, study design, questionnaire and interview design, pretesting, sampling), practical issues (proposal-writing and fundraising, interviewer training and field management, coding, and data cleaning and management), and ethical concerns (basic ethical principles in social research, responsibilities to subjects, colleagues, and funders, common ethical dilemmas in survey research, and institutional oversight of research ethics).

222. Field Methods of Sociological Research. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This class is intended as an introduction to the field methods of sociological research, with a focus on ethnographic observation and interviewing. The beginning of the course will emphasize the history and current status of these methods in the discipline of sociology, while at the same time preparing students for their own field studies. Students will conduct a piece of orignial research as part of the course, from data collection through analysis and written results. Along the way, we will discuss issues such as the social role of the field researcher, the ethics of field research, and the strengths and limitations of field methods.

SM 230. (AFRC230, EALC083, PSCI298, SOCI530) Special Topics in Sociology. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Furstenberg, Park, Zuberi. Topics vary from semester to semester. Some which have been offered in the past include: Media, Culture & Society; Biotechnology, Bioethics and the Body; African Urbanization, and Urban Families; Schools and Neighborhoods; Research and Service/Learning.

SM 231. (URBS266, GSOC231) Special Topics in Sociology. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Courses which have been offered in the past have included: Advanced Topics: Persp. on American Poverty. Topics vary from semester to semester.

233. (CRIM100) Criminology. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Laufer, Sherman. This introductory course examines the multi-disciplinary science of law-making, law-breaking, and law-enforcing. It reviews theories explaining where, when, by whom and against whom crimes happen. Police, courts, prisons, and other institutions are also critically examined. This course meets the general distribution requirement.

235. (AFRC235) Law and Social Change. (C) Fetni. Beginning with discussion of various perspectives on social change and law, this course then examines in detail the interdependent relationship between changes in legal and societal institutions. Emphasis will be placed on (1) how and when law can be an instrument for social change, and (2) how and when social change can cause legal change. In the assessment of this relationship, the laws of the United States and other countries as well as international law, will be studied. Throughout the course, discussions will include legal controversies relevant to social change such as civil liberties, gender and the law, and issues of nation-building. A comparative framework will be used in the analysis of this interdependent relationship between law and social change.

SM 239. (RELS201) Sociology of Religion. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Collins, Wilde. Classic theory of religion in Durkheim and Weber, as well as contemporary theories of religious movements. Topics include ritual, magic, and mystical experience; religious ethics and salvation beliefs; the dynamics of cults, sects and mainstream churches; origins, expansion and decline of religions; religions and social class; religions and politics. The spectrum of religions in the contemporary United States will be examined, as well as historical comparisons.

SM 260. (STSC260) Cyberculture. (M) Ensmenger. Free speech, free software, MOOS, MUDs, anime and cyberpunk. All of these are elements of a braod set of social, technical and political phenomena generally associated with the emergence of a nascent "cyberculture".In this seminar we explore the ways in which recent developments in information technology -- the computer and the Internet in particular -- related to changing contemporary notions of community, identity, property and gender. By looking at an eclectic collection of popular and scholarsly resources including film, fiction and the World Wide Web, we will situate the development of cyberculture in the larger history of the complex relationship between technology and Western society.

SM 264. (URBS264) Poverty Race And Health. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Elo. This course is designed to introduce students to current literature on facr/ethnic difference in health and mortality in the United States, covering such topics as explanations for why some race/ethnic groups fare better than others, how inner city poverty and residential segregation may contribute to racial/ethnic differences in health outcomes, and health of immigrants versus native-born populations. Current policy debated and recent policy developments related to health are also briely discussed. The course is organized as a seminar with a combination of lectures and class discussions. We will meet only once a week. It is important that students attend and actively participate in class discussions. There are four short assignments designed around the topics covered in class. There will be one in-class exam toward the end of the course. In addition, students are required to write a research paper (12_15 pages), which will consist of a health profile of a race/ethnic group of a student's choice and its possible explanations. There are no prerequisities, although a prior sociology course and familiarity with a spreadsheet program would be useful.

SM 270. (URBS270) The Immigrant City. (M) Society Sector. All classes. Vitiello. Immigration is a controversial issue, dividing Americans from Congress to big cities to small towns. What's at stake in these debates? What does immigration mean for cities and regions? And what roles should policy makers, planners, and community organizations play in shaping migration and its impacts? This course examines these questions in the context of immigrant, refugee, and receiving communities in the United States. It surveys public policy and community and economic development practices related to migration, at the local, regional, and trans-national scale. Class readings,discussions, and regular visits to a variety of Philadelphia's immigrant neighborhoods explore themes including labor markets, political mobilization, social and cultural policy, and the built environment. The first half of the course surveys migration and community development among a broad range of ethnic groups in different parts of the city and suburbs; the second half focuses on specific policy and development initiatives. Assignments include an opportunity to work with immigrant-serving organizations.

273. (HSOC273) Law, Medicine and Public Policy. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Bosk. First the course will develop a persepctive for viewing social problems drawn largely on my own work as well as that of Gusfelds and Edelman. Next we will explore the domains to which a Physician's expertise is limited using Weber, Rosenberg and others. We will then develop a perspective from anthropological and sociological literature on the courts as public arenas for articulating Durkheimian collective conscience. All of this theory building is in the first half of the seminar. The second half of the course will involve an intensive case study of a few dilemmas which have wended their way through the courts. I intend to look at "Baby Doe Regulations" and the Intensive Care Nursery; the problem of the cessation of life-supporting treatment; the legitimacy of mass screening - be it for genetic defects or substance abuse; and the propriety of surrogate motherhood.

275. (HSOC275) Medical Sociology. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Schnittker. This course will give the student an introduction to the sociological study of medicine. Medical sociology is a broad field, covering topics as diverse as the institution and profession of medicine, the practice of medical care, and the social factors that contribute to sickness and well-being. Although we will not explore everything, we will attempt to cover as much of the field as possible through four thematic units: (1) the organization and development of the profession of medicine, (2) the delivery of health-care, especially doctor-patient interaction, (3) the social and cultural factors that affect how illness is defined, and (4) the social causes of illness. The class will emphasize empirical research especially but not only quantitative research.

277. (HSOC277) Mental Illness. (C) Schnittker. This course will review how sociologists study mental health and illness. We will describe the contributions of sociologists and explore how these contributions differ from those of other disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, and social work. The course is arranged in three parts: we will discuss (1) what "mental illness" is, (2) how social factors shape mental illness, and (3) how we as a society respond to and treat the mentally ill.

280. (EALC048, SOCI580) Social Issues in Contemporary China. (C) Hannum. China's transition to a market-oriented society has effected fundamental changes in the lives of citizens. This class will consider pressing social concerns that China must struggle to address as it continues down the path of market reforms. Using topical problems to illustrate broader issues of social inequality along lines of gender, ethnicity, residence status, and poverty status, we will consider questions such as the following: How are women and men faring differently in China's new labor market and workplaces? Are rural peasants and the emerging underclass of urban laid-off workers being left behind by market transition? How are minorities faring in China's transition? How does the emerging digital divide play into the dichotomies of east-west and urban-rural in China? What is the plight of millions of "floaters" migrating into China's cities, with minimal legal rights and protections? Can China's rapidly-changing public health system handle emerging diseases such as SARS and AIDS? How has the one-child policy affected women, children, and society in China? Who are the "missing girls" of China, and what are the social implications of their disappearance? How was the welfare of children and adolescents changed with market reforms? The class will combine lectures, academic readings, case studies, films, and discussions.

299. Independent Study. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Directed readings and research in areas of sociology. Permission of instructor needed.

SM 300. (AFRC300, ASAM300, NURS261) Senior Research Workshop. (C) Bosk, Charles, Elo, Grazian, Leidner, Schnittker. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 100. The purpose of this course is to guide senior sociology majors in writing a research proposal for a senior honors thesis. Students will learn about various research approaches, how to write a focused literature review, and kinds of data necessary to answer a wide variety of research questions, including their own. Throughout the course, students will work on designing a research question, generation researchable hypotheses, and coming up with a design for their proposed study. The final paper for this course will be a research proposal that is the basis for students' independent research project. This course satisfies the research requirement for sociology majors and is designed primarily for seniors who are planning to write an honors thesis.

301. Independent Study in Major Concentration. (C) Bosk, Furstenberg, Grazian, Schnittker. Permission of instructor needed.

334. (NURS334) Health and Social Policy. (M) Society Sector. All classes. Aiken, Lake. Health and Social Policy is an interdisciplinary course examining health care and social policy from domestic and international perspectives. The course is designed to engage students in critical thinking about social determinants of health, the organization and outcomes of health care systems and institutions, global health priorities and challenges, and the implications for public policy. Topics include the social inequalities and health; how organizational context of health care impacts outcomes; management of human resources in health nationally and globally; analysis of medical error, its causes, and consequences; review and critique of public policies in U.S. health care; and global health priorities and international health policy. Issues of current public debate in health and health care will provide a context for learning. There are no prerequisites. The course is intended for generalists as well as for those planning careers in health care.

399. Senior Thesis. (C) Staff.

Senior Thesis is for senior sociology majors only. Students are assigned advisors with assistance from Undergraduate Chair.

SM 409. (COMM410) New Media and Community Life. (C) Hampton. This upper level course provides an overview of recent research on the social implications of new media. The focus is on how recent technological innovations, including personal computing, the Internet and mobile phones may be changing the way we interact with each other, our environments and those around us. This seminar takes students beyond the basic questions of "are virtual communities real communities?" and "does the Internet destroy or save community?" to an in-depth discussion of how networks of community relations are maintained and transformed on and offline as a result of new media. The course is based around the argument that computer networks are inherently social networks, linking people, organizations and communities. This subject is heavily weighted towards the evaluation of empirical studies, the use of social network analysis, and studies that address sociological research questions. Students will learn to critically examine the impact of new media on society through in-depth seminars and independent research.

SM 410. (CRIM410) Research Seminar on Experiments in Restorative Justice. Strang. This seminar focuses on the ongoing data collection of Penn's Jerry Lee Program of Randomized Controlled Trials in Restorative Justice, the largest program of field experiments in the history of criminology. Since 1995, this research program has randomly assigned over 3400 victims and offenders to either conventional justice or restorative conferences of victims, offenders and their families, in Canberra (Australia), London, Northumbria and Thames Valley (all in UK). The offenders have all been willing to acknowledge their guilt to their victims (or the community), and to try to repair the harm they have caused. The seminar's purpose is to introduce students to the theory and practice of RJ, to discuss findings emerging from the Jerry Lee Program, and to provide students with a major, supervised research experience using extensive observational, interview and criminal offending (self-report) data. Students will learn how to analyze survey data in the context of randomized experiments in justice, as well to understand the conceptual and methodological issues central to expermental criminology.

SM 411. (CRIM411) Field Observations in Criminal Courts. (C) Rock. The course will serve as an introduction both to qualitative research and to an understanding of the routine workings of the courts in Philadelphia. After a brief discussion of the theoretical underpinnings and practical techniques of ethnography, students will undertake supervised field projects leading to the writing of 5000 words long, examined research reports about different aspects of the social organization of the courthouse and court room.

SM 420. (URBS420) Perspectives on Urban Poverty. (C) Wolfson. This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to various perspectives and philosophies that have dominated the discourse on urban poverty throughout history. The course is primarily concerned with the ways in which historical, cultural, political, racial, social, geographical, and economic forces have either shaped or been left out of contemporary debates on urban poverty. Of great importance, the course will evaluate competing knowledge systems and their respective implications in terms of the questions of "what can be known" about urban poverty in the contexts of policy circles, academic literature, and the broader social imaginary. We will critically analyze a wide body of literature seeking to theorize urban poverty, ranging from sociological; anthropological/ethnographic; geographical; Marxist; historical; social welfare; and cultural analyses. Primacy will be granted to critical analysis of course readings, particularly with regard to the ways in which various knowledge systems - or "regimes of truth" - create, sustain, and constrict meaning in reference to urban poverty.

SM 425. (GSOC431) Women And Political Activism. (M) Leidner. This seminar will explore the conditions under which women become politically active and the relevance of gender to forms of activism, organizational practices, and choice of issues. Using contemporary and historical case studies, we will examine women's activism in feminist and anti-feminist movements and organizations; in single-sex organizations devoted to a broad range of goals; and in mixed-gender movements, including civil rights and trade unions.

SM 430. (AFRC431, COMM496, SOCI630, URBS408) Advanced Topics in Sociology. (M) Bosk, Charles, Furstenberg, Hannum, Zuberi. Upper level special topics.

SM 435. (URBS457) Globalization & Comparative Urban Development. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Von Mahs. This seminar will explore the impact of economic globalization on welfare states in North American and Europe. Specifically, this course will provide a systematized account of how different welfare regimes respond to global economic restructuring processes and thereby produce different outcomes in the protection of their citizens against social risks. This course has four major objectives: 1) to critically examine the concept of "globalization" 2) to show how global economics restructuring processes affect urban areas in different countries in similar ways, 3) to introduce the differences between various welfare regimes in Europe and North America as well as the nature and extent of social service provision, and 4) to examine the outcomes of different welfare policies for residents in different nation-states focusing on urban problems such as unemployment or underemployment, poverty, racial/ethnic inequalities, immigration, housing shortages and homelessness. This comparative analysis of social policy in the context of economic globalization will enable students to reassess the function, opportunities, and limitations of different types of welfare policies in order to find ways to rethink current social policy approaches in the United States and to envision more productive alternatives.

SM 437. (ANTH437, HSOC437) Cultural Models & Health. (C) Barg. There is a great deal of variation among population groups in the incidence of and mortality from most major diseases. Biological and social factors can account for some of this variation. However, there is increasing evidence that behavior- and the cultural models that are linked to health behavior- play an important role too. Cognitive anthropology is the study of how people in social groups conceive of objects and events in their world. It provides a framework for understanding how members of different groups categorize illness and treatment. It also helps to explain why risk perception, helpseeking behavior, and decision making styles vary to the extent they do. This seminar will explore the history of cognitive anthropology, schema theory, connectionism, the role of cultural models, and factors affecting health decision making. Methods for identifying cultural models will be discussed and practiced. Implications for health communication will be discussed.

SM 453. (CPLN545, URBS453) Metropolitan Growth and Poverty. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Madden. This course analyzes the role of metropolitan regions in the U.S. and global economies, including the sources of metropolitan productivity, the ways that metropolitan structures affect residents, and analyses of public policy in metropolitan areas. The economic, political, and social forces that have shaped World War II urban and regional development are explored, including technology, demography, and government. Special attention is paid to how metropolitan change affects residents by income and race. Topics include: gentrification, schools, suburbanization, sprawl, metropolitan fragmentation, concentration of poverty, race, and various economic revitalization initiatives.

SM 473. (URBS473) Community Organizing: History and Theory. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Power is an ability to create change. Without access to power that might otherwise come from political, financial or personal networks, community organizing can often serve as the only viable source of power for the oppressed. Whereas organizing has unfortunately become a partisan buzzword during the 2008 presidential campaign, it has played a central role in US history since the Populist movement of the late 19th century, most notably as the foundation of the Civil Rights movement. This course will integrate the history and theories of community organizing in order to develop a praxis for each student to create change in their own communities. Focused analysis of several key texts, inquiry and problem-posing methods rooted in the student's own context will serve as the primary means of study.

SM 501. Contemporary Sociological Theory. (M) Collins, Gibson. This course will survey the state of contemporary theory from 1945 to the present, using seminal theoretical works and empirical studies they have generated. Part I will focus on American theoretical traditions, including functionalism, symbolic interactionism, network theory and conflict theory. Part II will examine European theorists including Bourdieu, Foucault, Anthony Giddens, and Habermas. Additional sessions will examine post modernism, theories of globalization, and recent developments in anthropological theory.

506. (SOCI250) Minorities And Media. (M) Staff. An examination of the theory and practice of minority representation in television, film, advertising and music. The course focuses on representation and how it may work to marginalize or empower members of minority populations. It concentrates on ethnic minorities (African Americans, Native Americans, Latino's), as well as sexual minorities. How has "minority" been defined--who is included and why? How have notations of "minority" status been constructed in mass media and what may be the potential impact of those images both on minority and non-minority populations? While the class is theoretically situated in sociology and communications, it also considers how the perspectives of anthropology, feminism, and ethnic studies have affected our understanding of public representations.

SM 514. (HSSC414) Medicine and the Body. (M) Sivin. Until very recently no society's physicians, seeking to understand the contents of the living human body, could do better than construct a disciplined fantasy. The raw materials of this fantasy were what experts knew about the insides of cadavers, what people felt going on inside them and, equally important, each culture's notions of order and process in the world of Nature and in society. The results were remarkably diverse, as we learn not only from comparing the medicine of different times in the same culture. In each case we can reconstruct the relations between the lay imagination, medicine, cosmology, and values. We will draw on tools that many disciplines--from literary analysis to social theory to history of Chinese medicine--apply to the study of the body.

SM 515. (DEMG515) Family Research Workshop. (M) Furstenberg. This course is designed to provide acquaintenace with relevant scholarship and current research for students engaged in empirical work on the sociology of the family, gender studies, and public policy research related to children, youth and families. The class will be devoted to helping students papers and thesis work in this area. Students should come to the class with a research topic in mind. Permission of Instructor Required.

517. Sociology of Work. (M) Leidner. The material world is shaped and maintained through work, but so is the social world. How work is organized, allocated, and rewarded determines the opportunities people have for developing their own capacities, the kinds of ties they will have with others, and how much control they will have over their own lives. We will consider various sociological perspectives on work and compare alternative ways of organizing work, with a focus on the contemporary United States.

SM 524. (DEMG524) Advanced Topics in the Sociology of the Family. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Furstenberg. The course will review a series of theoretical issues in the sociology of the family and examine major empirical studies in which theoretical advances have been made. Special attention will be given to work that has a historical and comparative perspective. Opportunities will be provided for original research on the family.

SM 530. (DEMG530, EALC083, SOCI230, URBS506) Advanced Selected Topics. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Furstenberg, Wolpe, Zuberi. Topics vary from semester to semester. Courses offered in the past were Social Movements and Social Change; Critical Race Theory; Conducting Family Research; Mistakes, Errors, Accidents and Disasters; Sociology of Jewish Bioethics.

L/R 535. (DEMG535) Quantitative Methods in Sociology I. (A) Allison, Smith. Prerequisite(s): Basic algebra. This course is an introduction to the practice of statistics in social and behavioral sciences. It is open to beginning graduate students and--with the permission of the instructor--advanced undergraduates. Topics covered include the description of social science data, in graphical and non-graphical form; correlation and other forms of association, including cross-tabulation; bivariate regression; an introduction to probability theory; the logic of sampling; the logic of statistical inference and significance tests. There is a lecture twice weekly and a mandatory "lab."

L/R 536. (DEMG536) Quantitative Methods in Sociology II. (B) Allison, Kohler, Smith. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 535 or permission of instructor. A course in applied linear modeling. Emphasis on the theory and practice of multiple regression and analysis of variance, with extensions to path analysis and other simultaneous equation methods. Some data manipulation will require the use of a statistical computer "package,"SAS" but the greater emphasis of the course will be on conceptualization and the ability to manipulate these new ideas both with and without access to statistical software.

SM 540. Introduction to Economic and Network Analysis. (M) Collins. Economic sociology examines the production and exchange of goods and services from the viewpoint of the social relationships in which economic activities are embedded, the social conditions for economic change, and the effects of these arrangements upon social inequality and well-being. Topics include historical theories of capitalism; socialist economies and transitions; the global economy; institutions and cultures underpinning various kinds of market and nonmarket exchanges. Network analysis has been on the forefront of new models of how economic exchange is structured. This course surveys network theories of Harrison White, Burt, Zelizer and others, as well as related analyses of network effects upon careers, power, conflict, and social movements.

SM 541. (DEMG541, GSOC532) Gender, The Labor Force and Labor Markets. (M) Madden. Drawing from sociology, economics and demography, this course examines the causes and effects of gender differences in labor force participation, earnings and occupation in the United States and in the rest of the developed and developing world. Differences by race, ethnicity and sexual preference are also considered. Theories of labor supply, marriage, human captial and discrimination are explored as explanations for the observed trends. Finally, the course reviews current labor market policies and uses the theories of labor supply, marriage, human capital and discrimination to evaluate their effects on women and men.

SM 542. (GSOC542) Work and Gender. (M) Leidner. This seminar examines the relevance of gender to the organization and experience of paid and unpaid work. Combining materialist and social constructionist approaches, we will consider occupational segregation, the relation of work and family, gender and class solidarity, the construction of gender through work, race and class variation in work experiences, and related topics.

SM 545. (HIST544) Historical Sociology. (M) Staff. Some of the most important theoretical questions of the social sciences have been posed by scholars pursuing investigations at the interceptions of sociology and history. How are these questions formulated and answered? How important is a consideration of the temporal nature of human actions and social structures and what are its consequences for our understanding of social life? How does the past "matter" to the present? The seminar addresses these questions and reviews methods and research designs of some of the most important works in historical sociology.

SM 546. (GSOC546) Feminist Theory. (M) Leidner. Feminist activists and academics have posed fundamental challenges to existing approaches to social theory. This seminar explores the development of feminist theory since the 1960s, focusing on approaches that have the most relevance for social science. The relations among feminist theorizing, research, and activism will be emphasized.

SM 550. (DEMG550) Social Inequality. (M) Jacobs. This course will study social stratification primarily in contemporary societies. We will examine both the distribution of social rewards as well as process for the allocation of these rewards. Stratification theory and research on social mobility will be considered. Topics include the influence of education, race and gender, and structural and organizational factors on individual success. Acquaintance with stratification theory and quantitative methods would be helpful but not required.

SM 553. (URBS553) Field Methods in Qualitative Research. (M) Grazian. This course is designed to introduce graduate students to basic concepts and skills in ethnographic field research in the social sciences, including participant observation, interviewing, field documentation, and the scholarly presentation of qualitative data. Students will learn to apply these concepts and skills througha regularly assigned set of field exercises, and will be expected to complete a semester-long project based on intensive fieldwork at a research site of their choosing. In addition, we will examine both classic and contemporary exemplars of fieldwork in the sociological discipline, and address contemporary issues in ethnographic research, including the role of global and comparative ethnography, reflexivity and self-presentation in ethnographic writing, and the role of culture in organizing social life in both urban and institutional settings.

SM 555. Pro-Seminar in Sociological Research. (A) Kao, Leidner. This graduate seminar for first-year graduate students will be a two-semester course covering the major subfields of sociology -- their classical and contemporary theories, current methods and substance.

SM 556. Pro-Seminar in Sociological Research II. (C) Collins, Park, Schnittker, Smith. This graduate seminar for first-year graduate students is a two-semester course. Soci 556 is a continuation of Soci 555 and treats general issues of theory and research in sociology and related social sciences. It continues to be organized around the theme of social stratification.

SM 559. Theories of Religious Behavior. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Wilde. What role does religion play in society? Is religion and religiosity decreasing, increasing, or just changing? How does religion relate to other important institutions in society, such as politics, race, gender and sexuality? How can we understand variation in religious participation and belief? When, why and how does religious change happen? These are some of the questions we will be addressing this semester. The course begins with classical theories in the sociology of religion, and then turns to an overview of the current theories and empirical realities of religion in the U.S. today.

SM 567. (URBS567) Urban Sociology. (M) Grazian. This course will examine the urban structures and processes which characterize the social and cultural milieu of the contemporary American city. Specific course topics will include the social organization of local urban subcultures and neighborhood communities, the cultural consequences of gentrification and racial segregation, the reputation of cities in the public imagination, and the commodification of the urban landscape.

SM 568. (ANTH661, COMM841) Audience Ethnography: From Response to Media Practices. Bird. This class will discuss ethnographic and qualitative approaches to studying media audiences, moving from classic cultural studies to contemporary approaches that see "audience" activity as less about responding to media texts, and more about developing multiple interactive practices that are inspired by and linked with media. Special reference will be made to recent anthropological work on media practices in a global context.

572. Health Care and Social Policy. (M) Aiken. This course is an area study or survey of social policy issues in contemporary health care. Topics include social contexts of health care and health policy; the organization and financing of health services; the health professions; health and illness over the life cycle; achieving equitable access to health services; the interface between health and social services. Health problems of national significance will be addressed including infant mortality, teenage pregnancy, AIDS, the chronically mentally ill and homeless, and health impaired elderly.

SM 577. Professions and Society. (M) Jacobs. This course will examine the role of the professions in contemporary society. The first third of the class will cover classic studies of professional autonomy, self-regulation and professional power. In the middle third we will read and discuss studies of the transformation of the professions over the last 30 years. The final third of the class will focus on issues of access to the professions by women and minorities, and individuals from working class and poor backgrounds. Requirements: active participation in class, three memos and a term paper.

580. (EALC048, SOCI280) Social issues in Contemporary China. (C) Hannum. China's transition to a market-oriented society has effected fundamental changes in the lives of citizens. This class will consider pressing social concerns that China must struggle to address as it continues down the path of market reforms. Using topical problems to illustrate broader issues of social inequality along lines of gender, ethnicity, residence status, and poverty status, we will consider questions such as the following: How are women and men faring differently in China's new labor market and workplaces? Are rural peasants and the emerging underclass of urban laid-off workers being left behind by market transition? How are minorities faring in China's transition? How does the emerging digital divide play into the dichotomies of east-west and urban-rural in China? What is the plight of millions of "floaters" migrating into China's cities, with minimal legal rights and protections? Can China's rapidly-changing public health system handle emerging diseases such as SARS and AIDS? How has the one-child policy affected women, children, and society in China? Who are the "missing girls" of China, and what are the social implications of their disappearance? How was the welfare of children and adolescents changed with market reforms? The class will combine lectures, academic readings, case studies, films, and discussions.

SM 583. (DEMG583, HSSC583) Sociology of Medicine. (M) Bosk. Health and illness, and medical care, education, and research are examined in a social, cultural and cross-cultural perspective, with special attention to present-day American society. The course is developed around lectures and class discussion.

SM 586. Organizations I: Theory. (M) Staff. Theoretical and empirical issues in studies of formal organizations. Among the issues joined: (1) the pros and cons of rational-legal ('bureaucratic') structures deducible from empirical studies; (2) the private and social costs and benefits of large scale industrial "for profit" organizations; (3) the attacks on corporate structures by reformers in the social sciences, 1930-1980s, and by "corporate raiders" (1980s and 1990s); (4) organizations' members' "informal" mechanisms for contending with their circumstances; (5) organizations as labor markets; (6) organizations as commodities; and (7) 'post modern' organizations' "stakeholders". In a final section we will read and discuss a timely recent volume on theory about and research on organizations with the author. Among "organizational" types" we will consider are those found in education, industry, government, unions and social movements.

SM 591. Racial Justice and the Sociology of the Law I. (M) Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. A critical examination of the law in perpetuating and eradicating racial injustice. The semester covers the period from the inception and rise of slavery during the colonial period through the Civil War.

SM 594. (DEMG594) History of Population. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. The aim of this course is to present a view of how western populations in the past were coping with demographic issues for survival, reproduction, and social organization. The focus of the course will be on demographic mechanisms rather than on methodology; on the transmission of ideas on disease and reproduction rather than on quantitative estimates of mortality and fertility. 1. How do we know: A discussion of sources 2. Mortality: Homeostatic mechanisms 3. Epidemiology, then and now 4. The Mortality transition 5. Family and marriage 6. Pre-industrial fertility control 7. Ideology and technology in family limitation 8. Marital, pre- and extra- 9. The fertility transition.

SM 595. (AFRC595) Media, Culture, and Society. (M) Staff. This course will begin by surveying approaches to culture that are characteristic of general theory in sociology. We will then deal in depth with theories of recorded culture that have developed within the sociology of culture and related disciplines, including the role of the media in constructing social reality, the interpretation and reception of texts, recorded culture and the creation of symbolic boundries, the social construction of art, the organization of cultural industries, sacred symbols and political integration, and the relationship between culture and the state.

SM 596. (ASAM590, SOCI496) Sociology of Education. (M) Kao. This graduate seminar will introduce students to some of the key theoretical and empirical work in the sociology of education. We will focus around the question of stratification and how systems of schooling maintain or alleviate inequality. The class will examine classical approaches to schooling, schools as organizations, schools and their effects on social mobility, (class, race, and gender) stratification in achievement and attainment, tracking/ability grouping, theories and empirical work on social and cultural capital, school choice, and cross-national expansion of education.

SM 601. Contemporary Social Theory. (M) Collins, Gibson. This is a graduate-level seminar structured around the main theoretical debates of contemporary sociology, including the interplay of rationality and emotion, the relationship between structure and agency, the nature of power, and the role of chance and contingency. In condisering alternative positions on these debates, we will encounter the major theorists of the past fifty years, including Parsons, Merton, Goffman, Homans, Schutz, Coleman, Bourdiew, Luhmann, Habermas, Collins, and Giddens. Requirements include intensive primary source reading, writing, and participation. The course assumes, and does not provide, prior familiarity with the main theoretical perspectives, and thus does not substitute for the undergraduate theory course (Soci 126)

SM 602. (COML610) Proseminar in Classical Sociology. (C) Collins. An overview of the German, French and Anglophone traditions in sociological theory. The major focus will be on the works of Marx and Engels, Weber, Simmel, Durkheim, Mead, and on subsequent developments in these classic schools of theory and research.

SM 603. (DEMG707) Master's Research in Sociology. (C) Bosk, Grazian, Jacobs, Schnittker. This course is intended to hone the skills and judgment required in order to conduct independent research in sociology. We will discuss the selection of intellectually strategic research questions and practical research designs. Students will get experience with proposal writing, the process of editing successive drafts of manuscripts, and the oral presentation of work in progess as well as finished research projects. The course is designed to be the context in which master's papers are written. This is a required course for second year graduate students in Sociology.

604. (DEMG604) Methodology of Social Research. (C) Wilde. This course will give students familiarity with the common research methods social scientists use to conduct research. Ethnographic, interview, survey, experimental and historical/comparative research methods will be covered. Four themes will be explored: 1) the basics of solid research design, 2) the various advantages and disadvantages of each method, 3) when the use of a method is appropriate or inappropriate for the research question, and 4) how to evaluate researchers' claims on the basis of the evidence they present. These themes will be explored by reading examples of and conducting exercises designed to give students hands-on experience in each of the methods. Students will conduct the exercises on a topic of their choice, which together will culminate in their final paper. The course is required and restricted to second year students in sociology and demography.

607. (DEMG607) Introduction to Demography. (M) Staff. A nontechnical introduction to fertility, mortality and migration and the interrelations of population with other social and economic factors.

SM 608. (HIST608, URBS608) Proseminar in Urban Studies. (E) Hall, Katz. This is a two-term course. Students must enter first term. Credit is given only on the completion of both terms. Course is not offered every year. The objective of this year-long course is to introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of Urban Studies. This graduate seminar will engage students in focused and ongoing interdisciplinary conversations about a number of issues related to conducting research on urban issues. A central objective of the course will be to apply insights from the readings and discussions to the design and completion of an independent research project. Readings in the first semester will include classic texts as well as recent empirical studies from a range of disciplines (anthropology, sociology, history, geography, political science). The studies will exemplify distinctive methodological approaches to research in and on urban environments and will focus primarily on issues of urbanization, social stratification, urban politics, race and ethnic relations, and global/local dynamics.

609. (DEMG609) Basic Methods of Demography. (C) Elo, Preston, Smith. The course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts of demographic measurement and modeling used to study changes in population size and composition. The course covers basic measures of mortality, fertility andmigration; life table construction; multiple decrement life tables; stable populations; population projections; and age patterns of vital events. Students will learn to apply demographic methods through a series of weekly problem sets.

SM 611. Structural Equation Models. (M) Allison. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 536 or permission of the instructor. Part 1 covers linear models with multiple equations and measurement error. The emphasis will be on LISREL-type models with multiple indicators of latent variables. Topics include classical test theory, path analysis with unmeasured variables, introduction to matrix algebra, confirmatory factor analysis, and the analysis of covariance structures. Part 2 covers multilevel methods for longitudinal and clustered data. Topics include fixed-effects models, random effects and mixed effects and mixed models, GEE estimation, random coefficients models, and models for discrete data.

612.Categorical Data Analysis. (M) Allison, Smith. This course deals with techniques for analyzing multivariate data which the dependent variable is a set of categories (a dichotomy or polytomy). Topics will include linear probability models, logit (logistic) regression models, probit models, logit analysis of contingency tables, cumulative logit and probit (for ordinal data), multinomial logit, conditional logit (discrete choice), unobserved heterogeneity, log-linear models, square tables, response-based sampling, and repeated measures. Methods will be illustrated using the SAS System. There will be several assignments using SAS to analyze data provided by the instructor.

613.Event History. (M) Allison. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 536 or equivalent. An applications-oriented course on statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data on the occurrence of events, also known as survival analysis, failure-time analysis, hazard analysis or duration analysis. Emphasis on regression-like models in which the risk of event occurrence is a function of a set of explanatory variables. Topics include acceleratedfailure-time models, hazard models, censoring, Cox regression models, time-dependent covariates, completing risks, repeated events, unobserved heterogeneity, discrete-time methods.

SM 617. Theories of Racial and Ethnic Incorporation. (M) Charles. This course provides an overview of prominent theories of race and ethnicity, and is concerned with 1) Understanding the nature and persistence of race and ethnicity as meaningful social groupings in contemporary American society, and 2) Explaining the social significance of these group identities--that is, how these groupings are related to social stratification, to socio-cultural relations, and to the political and economic dynamics in American society. Special attention will also be given to such topics as immigration and the intersection of gender, race, and class.

SM 619. Doctoral Seminar in Sociological Research I. (C) Grazian, Jacobs, Schnittker. The primary goal of this course is to aid sociology graduate students in the framing, writing and revising of their dissertation proposals, as well as provide a forum for the presentation of their research progress. In the first semester, we will focus on the development of a topic of study and a central set of research questions, with emphasis given to the set of theoretical issues relevant to the selected topic. In the second semester, emphasis will shift to the selection of data and methods necessary for addressing these questions. A second goal of this course is to assist in the acquisition of professional skills necessary for success in the acedemic world. In both semesters, attention will be given to a number of practical issues confronting advanced graduate students, including: 1) completing field examinations; 2) submitting manuscripts for conferences, journals and book publishers; 3) preparing a curriculum vitae; 4) job search strategies; and 5) preparing for effective professional presentations. It is expected that third year graduate students in Sociology will enroll in 619 in the Fall semester, followed by 620 in the Spring.

SM 620. Doctoral Seminar in Sociological Research II. (C) Furstenberg, Grazian, Jacobs, Schnittker. Prerequisite(s): Third year graduate students. This course is intended to aid in the selection, framing, writing and revising of sociological dissertation proposals. It is also intended to provide a forum for the presentation of dissertation research in progress. The goal is to provide a forum for the acquisition of professional socialization in sociology. We will discuss the framing of research questions, the design of research strategies, and the writing of dissertation proposals. We will discuss the process of submitting manuscripts for conferences and journals, preparing a curriculum vitae, job search strategies, and preparing for effective colloquium presentations. We will also review articles currently under review at the American Sociological Review. It is expected that third year graduate students in Sociology will enroll in this class.

621. (DEMG621) Mortality. (M) Elo, Kohler. The course focuses on the description and explanation of health and mortality in human populations and their variability across several dimensions such as age, time, place, social class, race, etc. The course includes general theories of health, mortality and morbidity, investigations of mortality and related processes in developing and developed countries, and discussions of future mortality trends and their implications for individual lives and the society at large.

SM 622. (DEMG622) Fertility. (M) Kohler, Smith. The biological, social and demographic factors explaining the levels, trends and differentials in human fertility. Data, measures, and methods used in the context of the more and the less developed countries, with an emphasis on the historical and current course of the fertitlity transition.

SM 623. (AFRC623, URBS623) Workshop in Urban Ethnography. (M) Staff. The ethnographic and sociological interpretation of urban life. Conceptual and methodological issues will be thoroughly discussed. Ongoing projects of participants will be presented in a "workshop" format, thus providing participants the opportunity of learning from and contributing ethnographic work in progress. Selected ethnographic works will be read and assessed.

SM 624. (AFRC624, URBS624) Race Relations in American Cities. (M) Staff. The ethnographic study of race relations in the United States. The social life and culture of urban race relations in the United States will be emphasized, stressing conceptual and Methodological issues. Selected ethnographic literature will be read and discussed. Students will be expected to carry out an ethnographic site study.

SM 629. (COMM628) Sociology of Mass Communications. (M) Wright. Mass communications viewed from sociological perspective. An examination of the sociology of the communicator, audience, content, effects, communication as a social process, linkage between personal and mass communication.

SM 630. (AFRC620, DEMG630, SOCI430) Advanced Special Topics. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Bosk, Charles, Collins, Elo, Zuberi. Topics vary from semester to semester. Course titles include: Race, Colonialism & Methods; Mistakes, Errors, Accidents & Disasters, Graduate Research Practicum.

632. Conceptualizing Media Effects. (M) Katz. The course is a critical review of the major theories of mass communication extracting from each its conception of the audience, the text, and especially the nature of effect. Conceptions of effect are shown to range from short-run change of opinion and attitudes ("what to think") to proposals that the media offer tools "with which to think" (gratifications research; cultural studies), "when to think" (diffusion research), "what to think about" (agenda setting), "how to think" (technological theories), "what not to think" (critical theories), "what to feel" (psychoanalytic theories), and "with whom to think" (sociological theories). Students study the key texts of each theoretical approach, and reappraise the field in the light of new concepts and new evidence.

SM 633. (DEMG633) Population Processes I. (A) Elo, Kohler, Preston, Schnittker. Population Processes I and II make up a two-course sequence designed to introduce students to the core areas of demography (fertility, mortality, population aging, and/or migration) and recent developments in the field. PPI is desgined as a survey course to introduce students to a broad set of issues in health and mortality, and individual population aging. The course covers topics in demography and social perspectives on health and mortality in developed and developing countries and topics in population aging, such as global trends in disease, disability, and aging, biologic and social aspects of aging, and health inequalities at older ages. The course format consists of lectures and class discussions. The two course sequence is required of Ph.D. students in Demography. Others interested in enrolling in only one of the courses may do so with the permission of the Chair of the Graduate Group in Demography.

SM 634. (DEMG634) Population Processes II. (B) Harknett, Kohler, Smith. Population Processes (PP II) is a part of a two-course sequence designed to introduce students to the core areas of demography (fertility, mortality, population aging,and/or migration) The course format consists of lectures and class discussions. The two course sequence is required of Ph.D. students in Demography. Others interested in enrolling in only one of the courses may do so with the permission of the Chair of the Graduate Group in Demography.

640. (NURS640) Global Health and Health Policy. (M) Aiken. This participatory interdisciplinary seminar course examines contemporary issues in public health policy and global health. The organizing framework is social determinants of health. We consider evidence that inequalities in education, income, and occupation influence health status, and the policy dilemma that broad interventions to improve population health may increase health disparities. We critically examine whether prevention is always better than cure, and what modern medicine has to offer in terms of health. We explore the public policy process in health using the "tobacco wars" as a case example, of how politics, policy, law, commercial interests, and research intersect to affect the public's health. We examine whether global health is in a state of decline, and the extent to which failures in public health, public policy, and foreign policy have contributed to increasing threats to world health. Likewise we will examine the potential for greater integration of health into foreign policy to create global infrastructure upon which to advance health. We will examine the global health workforce and the impact of widespread global migration of health professionals on receiving and sending countries. There are no prerequisites. The course is designed for graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences, health professions, public health, business and law. Advanced undergraduate students will be admitted with permission.

643.Social Stratification. (M) Jacobs, Park. This is an advanced level graduate seminar where we will review contemporary research on social stratification and mobility. We will examine empirical and theoretical studies not only in the US but also in other countries to address how the pattern of social stratification varies across societies and over time. The main topics to be discussed are social mobility, occupational attainment, educational inequality, gender and race, and family processes and stratification. We will also examine studies that address how national contexts mediate social stratification. Advanced undergraduate students will be admitted with permission. Prerequisite: at least one prior course on social stratification.

644.(BIOE604) Empirical Methods in Bioethics. (M) Bosk. This course provides an introduction to social science research design and methods for students interested in conducting research on issues in biothics. The course is appropriate for students who, rather than conducting research themselves, will use research findings to make or challenge arguments in policy statements or other writings. Emphasis is placed on the logic of research design as the way to relate topic of inquiry with methods so that evidenceproduced is pertinent and useful. Students will design research projects and explore a variety of methods available to conduct research. Students will also integrate research ethics into the formulation and design of their inquiries.

SM 650. Social Inequality. (M) Jacobs. This course will study social inequality primarily in contemporary societies. We will examine both the distribution of social rewards as well as processes for the allocation of these rewards. Stratification theory and research on social mobility will be considered. Topics include the influence of education, race and gender, and structural and organizational factors on individual success. We will also discuss how societies' stratification systems vary across time and place. Acquaintance with stratification theory and quantitative methods would be helpful but not required.

SM 660. (AFRC420, AFRC620, SOCI460) Advanced Topics in Africana Studies: The Sociology of W E B Du Bois. (C) Zuberi. This course is a critical exploration of the implications of the thought of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois's social thought as it evolved over the course of his life. The greatest mind of the 20th century to study the sociology of race was DuBois. The intellectual work of DuBois provided an intellectual redefinition of the African place in history and society. In order to humanize the African in social thought Du Bois had to first offer a fundamental critique of Western civilizations. The academy evidences renewed interest in the life and works of W.E.B. Du Bois, propelled by Africana Studies and the unresolved problems of race, gender, and class in modern society. The seminar will acquaint students with the works of Du Bois. It is, therefore, intended as an exploration, exposition and critique of Du Bois's sociology.

SM 667. Social Interaction. (M) Collins. The dynamics of interpersonal interaction, especially in face-to-face encounters over limited periods of time. Topics include: theory of interaction ritual deriving from Durkheim, Mauss, Goffman and their contemporary followers; rational choice and social exchange theory, from Homans through contemporary formal models; ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, including micro-ethnographic studies of non-verbal bases of conversational analysis, interaction; sociology of emotions, including theories of Scheff, Kemper, Hochschild and Collins; symbolic interactionist theory and contemporary research on the social nature of mind, cognition, and the self; relationship between micro and macro levels of analysis.

SM 670. (DEMG670) Family Data. (C) Harknett. This two semester course will engage each graduate student in an analysis project with qualitative and quantitative components, using a linked qualitative longitudinal data set. Students will use survey data from the baseline and 12 month wave of the Fragile Families study (described at http://crcw.princeton.edu/fragilefamilies/), a national survey of unwed and married parents who have just had a child (with unmarried parents over sampled) They will also use transcripts and coded data from the TLC3 study, which involved qualitative couple and individual interviews conducted with a subset of 75 of the couples in the FF survey in 3 waves: about 3 months after the birth and then again 12 and 24 months after the birth. Most of these are low-income, unmarried, cohabiting parents. The goal of the course is for each student to use these two data sets, and the analytic techniques and literature covered in the course, to write a paper that can be submitted for publication. The spring will also include lots of tips on how to construct a publishable paper. Students should only enroll in this course if they plan to take the spring sequel course as well.

SM 677. (DEMG677) International Migration. (M) Staff. A comprehensive review of theories and research on international migration. The course introduces the basic precepts of neoclassical economics, the new economics of labor migration, segmented labor market theory, world systems theory, social capital theory, and the theory of cumulative causation. Readings examine patterns and processes of global migration during the classic age from 1800-1914 as well as during the postwar period from 1945 to the present. The course concludes with an evaluation of immigration policies in the United States.

SM 680. (CRIM600) Pro seminar in Criminology. (C) Staff. This course explores the basic scope, mission and methods of the science of criminology. The course proceeds to cover the current state of theory, research, and accomplishments in both knowledge and policy about criminality and criminal events. Students will read widely and report to the seminar on their readings, as well as assessing key readings and central ideas for their potential guidance of future research. The course focuses primarily on criminology of criminal events, including law-making and law-breaking. The criminology of reactions to crime is covered in the second semester pro-seminar in criminal justice, CRIM 601/SOCI 681.

SM 681. (CRIM601) Pro-seminar in Criminal Justice. (C) MacDonald. A wide-ranging introduction to theory and research on responses to crime under the rubric of criminal law. Theories of deterrence, procedural justice, reintegratigve shaming, defiance and other interactions between legal sanctions and legal conduct will be examined in light of the most recent research. Issues of discrimination, disparity, and fairness in the operation of criminal law will be considered with evidence from around the world. Patterns, causes, and consequences of legal sanctioning patterns will be systematically documenteed, and major gaps in knowledge will be identified.

683. Research Methods/Crime Analysis Project. (M) Sherman, Laufer. This course provides an overview of social science research methods employed by criminologists in public agencies, with an emphasis on diagnostic and analytic tools, experimental design and quasi-experimental evaluation methods. In lieu of a Master's thesis, M.S. students pursue a semester-long project, using crime analysis and research skills (along with tools such as crime mapping) to address a specific crime problem. Student projects culminate with an oral presentation before the class, as well as submission of a written product.

SM 684. (CRIM604) Criminology in Practice Seminar. (E) Robinson. This weekly seminar explores how criminal justice professionals can bring research-based approaches into crime-related policy and practice. Current and former government policymakers and criminal justice system practitioners regularly visit the class as guest lecturers and to engage in discussions with students. This is a "capstone" course spread across both semesters and taught by the M.S. Program Director.

700. (CRIM700) Advanced Pro-seminar in Criminology. (M) Sherman, Laufer. This second year doctoral course is a weekly discussion group designed to help students integrate their coursework from different disciplines around the unifying perspectives of criminology. It focuses on preparation for the doctoral comprehensive examination, detailed critiques of published and unpublished research reports, and colloquia by leading guest lectures presenting new research results. Students preparing for dissertation research on the causes and prevention of crime will report on their developing research ideas.

SM 707. (DEMG707) Seminar in Demographic Research I. (C) Elo. This course is intended to hone the skills and judgment in order to conduct independent research in sociology and demography. We will discuss the selection of intellectually strategic research questions and practical research designs. Students will get experience with proposal writing, the process of editing successive drafts of manuscripts, and the oral presentation of work in progress as well as finished research projects. The course is designed to be the context in which master's papers and second year research papers are written. This is a required course for second year graduate students in Sociology and Demography.

SM 708. (DEMG708) Seminar: Demographic Research II. (C) Elo, Hannum, Harknett. A second semester of an intensive course in preparing a major independent research paper. This is a required course for second year demography students.

SM 731. (DEMG731) Advanced Demographic Methods. (M) Staff. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 609 or permission of the instructor. This course considers a variety of procedures for measuring and modeling demographic processes. These include increment/decrement tables, generalizations of stable population relations, two-sex models, and indirect estimation procedures.

SM 777. (DEMG777) Special Topics in Demography. (M) Soldo. Biodemography: Biodemography is a relatively new and interdisciplinary field that integrates theory and methods from the fields of demography, anthropology, sociology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology and populationbiology in order to understand demographic behaviors and outcomes. This course contains an introduction to the theory, methods, and literature of biodemographic research. It examines the biological and ecological mechanisms contributing to aging, mortality, fertility, and population growth and decline, and the life history implications of these patterns. The course focuses on modern human populations, but includes also examples from pre-historic and historic populations, as well as non-human model systems (e.g. non-human primates, fruit flies, nematode worms, etc.).

796. (DEMG796, ECON791) Demographic, Economic, and Social Interrelations. (M) Madden, Kohler. The course investigates economic and social determinants of fertility, mortality, and migration, and it discusses the effects of population variables on economic and social conditions, including economic and social development. Topics discussed in the course include: How do economic changes affect marriage, divorce, and child bearing decisions? How do households make decisions about transfers and bequests? How can economic and sociological approaches be combined in explanatory models of demography change? What causes the aging of populations, and how will population aging affect the economies of industrial nations, and in particular, pension programs like Social Security? What accounts for the rise in women's participation in the wage labor force over the past century? How are family composition and poverty interrelated? Does rapid population growth slow economic development in Third World countries? In addition to these topics, the course also covers selected methods not included in Dem/Soc 535/536 and 609.

SM 820. (COMM820) Media, Culture and Citizenship. (M) McCarthy. This graduate seminar asks students to engage in the varied literature on citizenship in media and cultural studies. Readings include some foundational texts in political theory as well as works by such scholars as Michael Foucault, Toby Miller, Aiwa Ong, Nikolas Roase, Meghan Morris, Chantel Mouffe, Laurie Ouellette, Micki McGee and Lisa Duggan. Our orientation within this material is evaluative with respect to (at least two) questions: How can we understand media and culture as arenas for the reporduction of forms of civic discourse and paradigms of the citizen/person. How do researchers, critics, activists and engaged intellectuals move from the macrolevel of theory (e.g. "governmentality"), populated by conceptual monoliths (e.g. the institution, the state, the corporation), to the messy and contradictory microworlds of practice and experience in which subjects and citizens make -- and remake -- themselves? We will focus on the ways that civic discourse enmesh across a range of sites, including media texts and realms of production, distribution, and reception. Screenings and assignements emphasize methods and practices in applying theories of media citizenship to visual culture, including short exercises in archival research designed to develop skills in working with primary sources.

SM 821. (NURS821) Proseminar in Health Outcomes Research. (M) Aiken, Lake. Prerequisite(s): Prior coursework at undergraduate or masters level in statistics and quantitative methods. This course is designed for doctoral students interested in conducting health outcomes research. The course focuses on conceptual, methodological, statistical, feasibility and data issues central to the conduct of health outcomes research. Penn faculty researchers will use their ongoing studies to illustrate how study design, sampling, measurement, and advanced statistical techniques can be employed to address the various challenges inherent in health outcomes research.

822. (NURS822) Applications of Health Outcome Research. (C) Aiken. Prerequisite(s): Prior coursework at undergraduate or masters level in statistics and quantitative methods, Nursing 821/Sociology 821 is preferred. This the second of a two-course sequence designed for doctoral students interested in conducting health outcomes research. The first course (821) focuses on conceptual, methodological, statistical, feasibility and data issues central to the conduct of health outcomes research; the second course (822) focuses on applying health outcomes research through the development and implementation of a research project. In the first course Penn faculty researchers will use their ongoing studies to illustrate how sampling, study design, measurement, and advanced statistical techniques can be employed to address the various challenges inherent in health outcomes research. In the second course, students will design and implement a health outcomes research project.

SM 836. (COMM836) Culture, Communication, Rights: Inter-Asian Translations. Nguyet Erni. This course attempts to explore this question: in the (re)turn to both distributive and recognition justice, how will cultural studies and communication critically articulate with human rights as a global professional, interdisciplinary, and humanitarian practice? In this course, we shall consider the conditions of possibility, theoretically as well as strategically, for overcoming the apparent non-correspondence between culture/communication and rights, or between culture/communication and the law. Special attention will be made to the rigorous development of cultural studies in the "inter-Asian" context over the past dozen years. The contested particularisms associated with inter-Asia with respect to the study of rights will raise crucial questions about the geopolitics of the circulation of rights discourse in global terms.

SM 896. (COMM896) Journalism, Entertainment and Society. (M) Curran. The course begins by considering alternative normative approaches to understanding the role of the media in society, as suggested in history, sociology, culture studies and democratic theory. It then considers what influences journalism, and how recent changes in the organisation and practice of journalism are affecting the welfare of society. This is followed by an equivalent examination of what influences television drama and film. The implications of recent developments are explored through two case studies: first, /Sex and the City/, examined partly in relation to debates within feminism and post-feminism, and second, the/Sopranos/, assessed in relation to competing interpretations of cultural value. The course's conspectus is then broadened to take account of the way in which different countries organise their media systems, and the underlying objectives and assumptions that inform national media policies. This leads, in turn, to a discussion of media globalisation, cultural imperialism' and international media regulation; and of the policy choices posed by the rise of new media.

998.Independent readings and research. (C) Staff. For advanced students who work with individual instructors upon permission. Intended to go beyond existing graduate courses in the study of specific problems or theories or to provide work opportunities in areas not covered by existing courses.

999.Directed Readings and Research. (C) Staff. Primarily for advanced students who work with individual instructors upon permission. Intended to go beyond existing graduate courses in the study of specific problems or theories or to provide work opportunities in areas not covered by existing courses.