G4050 - Sociological Theory: the Origins. 3 pts. Foundational sources and issues in sociological theory: Adam Smith, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Mauss, others; division of labor, individualism, exchange, class and its vicissitudes, social control, ideas and interests, contending criteria of explanation and interpretation.
G4074 & G4075 - Introductory Social Data Analysis. 3 pts. Required co-requisite: Sociology G4076-G4077. Basic techniques for analyzing quantitative social science data. Emphasis on conceptual understanding as well as practical mastery of probability and probability distributions, inference, hypotheses testing, analysis of variance, simple regression, and multiple regression.
G4097 - Designs of Social Research. 4 pts. Required of all incoming sociology doctoral students. Prepares students who have already completed an undergraduate major or its equivalent in some social science to evaluate and undertake both systematic descriptions and sound explanations of social structures and processes.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
International Students and Scholars Office