SOC 12050 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (DIVD) (KSS) 3 Credit Hours
Scientific approach to understanding social interaction, institutions and organization.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic, Kent Core Social Sciences, TAG Social and Behavioral Sciences, Transfer Module Social Sciences
SOC 22570 UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES AND INEQUALITY 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the cultural and structural factors creating and sustaining educational, economic and political inequality by race, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation with an emphasis on issues of poverty and immigration.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Social and Behavioral Sciences
SOC 22778 SOCIAL PROBLEMS (DIVG) (KSS) 3 Credit Hours
Contemporary American and global social problems and issues are analyzed from sociological perspectives. Several cases are used to illustrate the emergence, development and decline of problems in social context.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Kent Core Social Sciences, TAG Social and Behavioral Sciences, Transfer Module Social Sciences
SOC 24011 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIES 3 Credit Hours
(Equivalent to HDF 24011) Exploration of the sociological nature of families across the lifespan, focusing on structure, diversity and life course processes such as dating, mate selection, cohabitation, marriage, parenthood, divorce, remarriage, singlehood, widowhood, parent-child interactions, sexual orientation, inequality and difference.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Social and Behavioral Sciences
SOC 31092 PRACTICUM IN SOCIOLOGY (ELR) 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Individual research experience in Sociology.
Prerequisite: SOC 32210; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
SOC 32005 CAREER PATHWAYS IN SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY AND JUSTICE STUDIES 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with CRIM 32005) This course equips students with an understanding of the career pathways available after completing a major or minor in sociology or criminology and justice studies. Provides students with a broad overview of career paths in sociology and criminology and justice studies while also helping students identify opportunities for internships and research while at Kent State.
Prerequisite: CRIM 12000 or SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 32096 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN SOCIOLOGY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Readings and/or research supervised by member of sociology faculty.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing; and special approval of instructor.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 32210 RESEARCHING SOCIETY (ELR) (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
Survey of methods and techniques of research; research design and data gathering instruments; qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, Writing Intensive Course
SOC 32220 DATA ANALYSIS 3 Credit Hours
The use of quantitative methods in the analysis of data from social research. Emphasis on descriptive statistics.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Corequisite: SOC 32221.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 32221 DATA ANALYSIS LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour
Analysis of sociological data utilizing statistical and electronic data processing tools.
Corequisite: SOC 32220.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 32400 INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY 3 Credit Hours
Foundations of social psychology; process of socialization; development of social and personal identities; small group and collective behavior; theories of deviance.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 32510 JOBS, WORK AND INEQUALITY 3 Credit Hours
This course examines trends in the sociological relationships between jobs/occupations, work, the global economy and inequality. Specifically, the course focuses on relationships between work and power, job (in)security, resources, mobility and quality of life. Additionally, it examines how work is affected by social structure and social change; how individuals and groups end up in certain jobs/occupations; and future trends (e.g., gig work, labor unions, low wage work, demands for flexibility, remote work).
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 32560 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILIES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
Social history of the American family. Examination of how race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, gender and age contribute to variation in the experience and structure of family life in the U.S.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
SOC 32565 SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
Examination of the social production, meaning, and consequences of identities, practices, and inequalities related to sexualities, gender identity and gender expression.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
SOC 32569 MINORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
Considers the nature and significance of minority groups and majority minority relations in the United States. Reviews experiences of racial and ethnic minorities, religious minorities, women, sexual minorities, the elderly and differently abled Americans.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic, TAG Social and Behavioral Sciences
SOC 32570 INEQUALITY IN SOCIETIES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
Sociological analysis of stratification and inequality in societies, and the social structures that produce and maintain them. Particular emphasis on the intersections of race, class and gender in American society.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
SOC 32673 CITIES AND URBAN SOCIAL LIFE (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
This course covers the history and development of urban areas over time (urbanization), paying attention to sociological theories of power and stratification. In addition, the class examines how sociological theories of culture and social interaction help to explain why people behave the way they do in different urban environments (urbanism). Finally, the course examines how different social, racial and cultural groups live their lives in the city, including urban poverty, immigration into and out of urban areas, race relations, the city as a center of the arts and various communities within the city (urban enclaves). Although the course emphasizes urban processes and lifestyles in the United States, we also spend some time on cities in Europe and countries like Mexico and discuss how they compare.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
SOC 32762 DEVIANT BEHAVIOR 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with CRIM 32762) Overview of classical and contemporary theories and perspectives on the nature, causes and societal management of deviant behavior. Application of theories and perspectives to modern and historical social problems, methods of punishment and policy trends in social control.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42010 DEATH AND DYING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52010) Theoretical perspectives and research in human death and dying. Emphasis on applied concerns in medical and helping professions. Topics include social death, death as taboo, medicalization and rationalization of death and dying and disenfranchised grief.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42092 INTERNSHIP IN SOCIOLOGY (ELR) 1-9 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Real world experience and the application of sociological knowledge in work or organizational settings. Assist professionals at sites such as, but not limited to, social services, hospitals, industry and government.
Prerequisite: Minimum 2.000 overall GPA; and Sociology major or minor; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-27 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
SOC 42093 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN SOCIOLOGY 1-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Concentrates on professional or disciplinary concerns. Specific content to vary according to needs of client groups.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 1-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
SOC 42095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Offered irregularly when unusual resources and/or opportunities permit. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42126 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52126) An examination of classical, modern and postmodern approaches to social theory.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42315 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52315) An examination of the institutions, institutional linkages and social processes that contribute to the construction and maintenance of gender and gender inequality.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
SOC 42359 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52359) Investigation of various movements for social change. Examines the origins, developmental characteristics and the purposes of classic and contemporary movements.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42400 SELF AND IDENTITY 3 Credit Hours
Examines theories and research on the origin and behavioral consequences of identities, self-concept and self-esteem; also examines the relationships between identities and emotions and between self-concept and mental health.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42421 CHILDHOOD IN SOCIETY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52421) How socio-historical circumstances shape the perception and experience of childhood as a distinct life stage. The process of childhood socialization in Western societies particularly the United States. An exploration of the distinct role of socializing agents-parents and siblings, school, peers and media.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42478 ADOLESCENCE IN SOCIETY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52478) Consideration of the social, cultural and historical forces that shape the experience of this period of the life cycle. Includes examination of gender, class and race differences in adolescence the significance of youth movements, with an emphasis on music as a dominant expression of youth culture.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42558 WEALTH, POVERTY AND POWER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52558) Sociological examination of economic stratification; focuses on the translation of class into power via politics, education and collective struggle.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42560 SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52560) Food is essential, but like every other aspect of our lives, the meaning of food and the experience of its preparation and consumption are socially determined. Course explores the social dimensions of food consumption and production. Students consider the following questions and answer them by developing an understanding of sociological concepts and theories: What do our meals reveal about us – about our history, culture, our gender and race and ethnicity, socio-economic status, religious beliefs and our family life? How does food consumption differ in different societies? How do the media and corporations influence our food choices? What does food mean symbolize and in what ways are these meanings manipulated and why? How is food production carried out in different contexts and what can we learn about the social organization of work from studying food production? How does what we eat contribute to local and global environmental problems?
Prerequisite: SOC 12050.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42561 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52561) Social context of religious ideologies and structures with special reference to religion in America.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42562 SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS 3 Credit Hours
A sociology of mental health and illness; focuses on how social factors influence and are influenced by mental health status; topics include definition and measurement, social distribution, social control of mental illness, societal reaction and media coverage.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42563 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52563) Sociological analysis of health and illness behavior and utilization of health care professions, as well as the organizational, community and societal systems that deal with health and illness.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42565 ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52565) Designed to be an elective in the Social Justice and Social Change concentration, Environmental Sociology provides students with an overview of how environmental problems and patterns interact with social systems. The course grounds students in an interdisciplinary range of theories through which environmental problems may be made more visible, and solutions more readily imagined. Topics include the intellectual and activist origins of the Environmental Justice Movement; sustainability and economic development; climate change and population/immigration dynamics; the history of environmental regulatory frameworks and institutions at the local, regional, and global level; and inequalities in the experience and consequence of environmental problems. Students will be encouraged to pair the course with an internship or other volunteer-opportunity with an area environmental, media, or policy-making organization to encourage a Public Sociology orientation for student projects.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050 and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture, Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42568 RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52568) Sociological principles underlying racial and ethnic relations in the United States; emphasis on social factors of prejudice, discrimination and assimilation affecting all groups.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
SOC 42577 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with CRIM 42577)(Slashed with CRIM 52577 and SOC 52577) Sociological analysis of theories, research and social policy concerning family violence, child abuse and neglect, intimate partner abuse, elderly abuse, rape, sexual abuse of children.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 42879 AGING IN SOCIETY (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 52879) Analysis of demographic, sociological and socio-psychological dimensions of aging.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
SOC 43200 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND INDIVIDUAL LIVES 3 Credit Hours
Examines conceptualizations for and evidence concerning the effects of social structure on various dimensions of individual lives.
Prerequisite: SOC 12050; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52010 DEATH AND DYING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42010) Theoretical perspectives and research in human death and dying. Emphasis on applied concerns in medical and helping professions. Topics include social death, death as taboo, medicalization and rationalization of death and dying, and disenfranchised grief.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52126 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42126) An examination of classical, modern and post-modern approaches to social theory.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52315 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42315) An examination of the institutions, institutional linkages and social processes that contribute to the construction and maintenance of gender and gender inequality.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52359 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42359) Investigation of various movements for social change. Examines the origins, developmental characteristics and the purposes of classic and contemporary movements.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52421 CHILDHOOD IN SOCIETY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42421) How socio-historical circumstances shape the perception and experience of childhood as a distinct life stage. The process of childhood socialization in Western societies particularly the United States. An exploration of the distinct role of socializing agents- parents and siblings, school, peers and media.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52478 ADOLESCENCE IN SOCIETY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42478) Consideration of the social, cultural and historical forces that shape the experience of this period of the life cycle. Includes examination of gender, class and race differences in adolescence the significance of youth movements, with an emphasis on music as a dominant expression of youth culture.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52558 WEALTH, POVERTY AND POWER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42558) Sociological examination of economic stratification in the United States; focuses on the translation of class into power via politics, education and collective struggle.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52560 SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42560) Food is essential, but like every other aspect of our lives, the meaning of food and the experience of its preparation and consumption are socially determined. Course explores the social dimensions of food consumption and production. Students consider the following questions and answer them by developing an understanding of sociological concepts and theories: What do our meals reveal about us – about our history, culture, our gender and race and ethnicity, socio-economic status, religious beliefs and our family life? How does food consumption differ in different societies? How do the media and corporations influence our food choices? What does food mean symbolize and in what ways are these meanings manipulated and why? How is food production carried out in different contexts and what can we learn about the social organization of work from studying food production? How does what we eat contribute to local and global environmental problems?
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52561 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42561) Social context of religions and their ideologies and structures with special reference to religion in America.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52563 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42563) Sociological analysis of health and illness behavior and utilization of health care professions, as well as the organizational, community and societal systems that deal with health and illness.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52565 ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42565) Environmental Sociology provides students with an overview of how environmental problems and patterns interact with social systems. The course grounds students in an interdisciplinary range of theories through which environmental problems may be made more visible, and solutions more readily imagined. Topics include the intellectual and activist origins of the Environmental Justice Movement; sustainability and economic development; climate change and population/immigration dynamics; the history of environmental regulatory frameworks and institutions at the local, regional, and global level; and inequalities in the experience and consequence of environmental problems. Students will be encouraged to pair the course with an internship or other volunteer-opportunity with an area environmental, media, or policy-making organization to encourage a Public Sociology orientation for student projects.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52568 RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42568) Sociological principles underlying racial and ethnic relations in the United States; emphasis on social factors of prejudice, discrimination and assimilation affecting all groups.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52577 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with CRIM 52577)(Slashed with CRIM 42577 and SOC 42577) Sociological analysis of theories, research and social policy concerning family violence, child abuse and neglect, intimate partner abuse, elderly abuse, rape, sexual abuse of children.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 52879 AGING IN SOCIETY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 42879) Analysis of demographic, sociological and sociopsychological dimensions of aging.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 61003 CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 71003) Examines the major theories in criminology that have been used to explain criminal behavior. This course includes analysis of empirical tests, applications of the theories, and social policy implications.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 61004 SOCIOLOGY OF CORRECTIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 71004) Analyzes the correctional institution as a social system: formal structure and informal dynamics. It covers problems and programs found in community corrections as well as the institutional setting. It examines approaches to correctional supervision and treatment through probation, parole, and community residential treatment.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 61005 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 71005) Provides an analysis of the issues and current research related to juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice process.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62002 PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72002) Introduction to professional and ethical issues in the field of sociology including the logic of inquiry, developing effective approaches to independent learning and research, the human subjects review process and plagiarism. Akron 3850:628.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62093 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN SOCIOLOGY 1-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 72093) Concentrates on professional or disciplinary concerns. Specific content to vary according to needs of client groups.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 1-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
SOC 62100 EARLY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72100) An examination of the contributions by pre-1930 social thinkers to contemporary sociological theory. Akron 3850:722.
Prerequisite: SOC 52126; and sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62105 CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62105) Covers major contemporary theories and theorists. Emphasis on functionalism, conflict, exchange, interactionalism and systems theory. Neofunctionalism, neo-Marxism, structuration theory and other recent trends are treated. Akron 3850:723.
Prerequisite: SOC 62100; and sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62199 THESIS I 2-6 Credit Hours
Thesis students must register for a total of 6 hours, 2 to 6 hours in a single semester distributed over several semesters if desired.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in sociology; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
SOC 62211 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Introduction to the use of quantitative research methods for analyzing sociological issues. Includes instruction on each step in the process of empirically verifying a theoretical question, from conceptualization to analysis. Akron 3850:603.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in sociology.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62217 MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES IN SOCIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72217) Advanced multivariate techniques and methodological problems in the analysis of sociological data. Topics include non-experimental causal models and path analysis. Akron 3850:706.
Prerequisite: SOC 32220; and sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62218 ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72218) Critical examination of data analytic techniques having particular relevance to research problems in sociology, with particular emphasis on multi-variate inferential statistics. Akron 3850:709.
Prerequisite: SOC 62217; and sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62219 QUALITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72219) Study of qualitative methods including interviewing, observation, use of personal documents, archival data and special problems of recording and analyzing qualitative data. Akron 3850:714.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62221 ADVANCED QUALITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72221) Provides students with the opportunity to conceive, design and carry out their own qualitative research projects. Students also survey readings that are exemplars of high quality and rigorous qualitative research. Topics such as writing, analysis and ethics are covered as students develop and move forward on their own original research. Students must be actively engaged in a qualitative research project to enroll in the course.
Prerequisite: SOC 62219; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62299 THESIS II 2 Credit Hours
Thesis students must continue registration each semester until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: SOC 62199; and graduate standing in sociology; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
SOC 62323 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72323) Introduction to medical sociology. Topics include health care professions, patient-provider interaction, caregivers, the illness experience, race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, and health and global health.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62326 SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72326) Sociological examination of the social processes that affect mental health, frame cultural ideas of normality and illness, and define clinical pathology. Akron 3850: 728.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62328 STRATIFICATION AND HEALTH 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72328) Race, social class and gender differences in physical and mental health status, help-seeking behavior and health care. Race, class and gender stratification of health care workers. Akron 3850:726.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62332 SOCIAL CONTROL OF MENTAL ILLNESS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72332) Introduction to the sociological perspective regarding social control and mental illness. Topics include the history of mental illness and the asylum, the stratification of mental illness diagnosis and treatment by race, ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic status, and stigma and psychiatric labeling.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62430 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72430) Examination of social psychological theory and research, both classic and contemporary. Provides student with background and working knowledge of social psychological aspects of social phenomena. Akron 3850: 631.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62433 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND PERSONALITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72433) Examination of contemporary theory and research on linkages between personality and society. Emphasis is on the dynamics of those linkages and their effects on both individuals and social structures. Akron 3850:634.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62437 STRUCTURAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72437) In-depth introduction to structural social psychology, a set of theoretical and methodological approaches and tools that focuses on the development and testing of multi-level, micro-macro accounts of human social interactions, often through the use of formal theorizing and mathematical modeling. Course provides an overview of the theoretical and research empirical methods that are most associated with structural social psychology; cover the main substantive topics in the area; and then conclude with a brief overview of current issues, debates and recent interdisciplinary advances.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62439 SELF AND IDENTITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72439) Examines theories and research on the origins of and on behavioral and social consequences of identities, self-concept and self-esteem; also examines the relationships between identities and emotions and between self-concept and mental health and well-being.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62546 SOCIAL INEQUALITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62546) An overview of social inequalities, including definitions, causes, identities, structures and consequences. The focus is on social class with attention to intersecting dimensions of inequality. Akron 3850:646.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62566 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72566) Examination of theories and research on gender origins, characteristics and changes. Emphasizes recent empirical research on gender role patterns and processes in various industrial societies. Akron 3850:639.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and sociology major.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62760 DEVIANCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72760) Examination of nature, types and controls of deviance; analysis of conceptual levels, theoretical contributions, processes in social labeling and self-labeling, case studies, social consequences and problems. Akron 3850: 663.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62870 SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72870) An in-depth study of the theories, models, research approaches and substantive areas that constitute the sociology of race and ethnicity. Akron 3850:651.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62872 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INEQUALITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72872) Introduces students to sociological social psychological work that examines the reproduction of inequality. Specifically, the course focuses on “generic social processes” in how individuals, through interaction, are complicit or resistant in the reproduction of inequality through processes such as identity work, collective identity work, emotion work, othering and boundary maintenance. Mechanisms for change are also considered.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62877 SOCIOLOGY OF AGING AND THE LIFE COURSE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 72877) Study of the sociology of aging and the life course, covering the major stages of young adulthood, mid-life, and later life. Topics include demography of aging, transition to adulthood, educational attainment, romantic relationships and cohabitation, marriage, parenting, work and retirement, theories of aging, aging and social policy, neighborhoods and aging, later life living arrangements, and death and dying.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62894 COLLEGE TEACHING OF SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 72894) Preparation for college teaching. Students may apply a maximum 3 credit hours applicable toward the master's degree with departmental approval. Akron 3850:700.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and sociology major.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62895 SPECIAL TOPICS 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 72895) Offered irregularly when unusual resources and/or opportunities permit. Topic will be announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 62896 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 72896) Intensive pursuit of a subject matter beyond normal course coverage with the possibility of associated research. Students may apply a maximum 6 credit hours combined in individual investigation (SOC 62896, SOC 72896) and research (SOC 62898, SOC 72898) toward the master's degree.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
SOC 62898 RESEARCH 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 72898) Pursuit of research interests that can include the student's project and/or a faculty member's project. Student may apply a maximum of 6 credits combined of research (SOC 62898, SOC 72898) and individual investigation (SOC 62896, SOC 72896) toward the master's degree.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
SOC 71003 CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 61003) Examines the major theories in criminology that have been used to explain criminal behavior. This course includes analysis of empirical tests, applications of the theories, and social policy implications.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 71004 SOCIOLOGY OF CORRECTIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 61004) Analyzes the correctional institution as a social system: formal structure and informal dynamics. It covers problems and programs found in community corrections as well as the institutional setting. It examines approaches to correctional supervision and treatment through probation, parole, and community residential treatment.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 71005 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 61005) Provides an analysis of the issues and current research related to juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice process.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72002 PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62002) Introduction to professional and ethical issues in the field of sociology including the logic of inquiry, developing effective approaches to independent learning and research, the human subjects review process and plagiarism. Akron 3850:628.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72093 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN SOCIOLOGY 1-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 62093) Concentrates on professional or disciplinary concerns. Specific content to vary according to needs of client groups.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 1-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
SOC 72100 EARLY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62100) An examination of the contributions by pre-1930 social thinkers to contemporary sociological theory. Akron 3850:722.
Prerequisite: SOC 52126; and sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72105 CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62105) Covers major contemporary theories and theorists. Emphasis on functionalism, conflict, exchange, interactionalism and systems theory. Neofunctionalism, neo-Marxism, structuration theory and other recent trends are treated. Akron 3850:723.
Prerequisite: SOC 72100; and sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72211 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Introduction to the use of quantitative research methods for analyzing sociological issues. Includes instruction on each step in the process of empirically verifying a theoretical question, from conceptualization to analysis. Akron 3850:603.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing in sociology.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72217 MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES IN SOCIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62217) Advanced multivariate techniques and methodological problems in the analysis of sociological data. Topics include non-experimental causal models and path analysis. Akron 3850:706.
Prerequisite: SOC 32220; and sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72218 ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62218) Crucial examination of data analytic techniques having particular relevance to research problems in sociology, with particular emphasis on multi-variate inferential statistics. Akron 3850:709.
Prerequisite: SOC 72217; and sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72219 QUALITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62219) Study of qualitative methods including interviewing, observation, use of personal documents, archival data, and special problems of recording and analyzing qualitative data. Akron 3850:714.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72221 ADVANCED QUALITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62221) Provides students with the opportunity to conceive, design and carry out their own qualitative research projects. Students also survey readings that are exemplars of high quality and rigorous qualitative research. Topics such as writing, analysis and ethics are covered as students develop and move forward on their own original research. Students must be actively engaged in a qualitative research project to enroll in the course.
Prerequisite: SOC 72219; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72323 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62323) Introduction to medical sociology. Topics include health care professions, patient-provider interaction, caregivers, the illness experience, race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status and health and global health.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72326 SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62326) Sociological examination of the social processes that affect mental health, frame cultural ideas of normality and illness, and define clinical pathology. Akron 3850:728.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72328 STRATIFICATION AND HEALTH 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed iwth SOC 62328) Race, social, class and gender differences in physical and mental health status, help-seeking behavior and health care. Race, class and gender stratification of health care workers. Akron 3850:726.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral major.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72332 SOCIAL CONTROL OF MENTAL ILLNESS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62332) Introduction to the sociological perspective regarding social control and mental illness. Topics include the history of mental illness and the asylum, the stratification of mental illness diagnosis and treatment by race, ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic status, and stigma and psychiatric labeling.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72430 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62430) Examination of social psychological theory and research, both classic and contemporary. Provides student with background and working knowledge of social psychological aspects of social phenomena. Akron 3850:631.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72433 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND PERSONALITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62433) Examination of contemporary theory and research on linkages between personality and society. Emphasis is on the dynamics of those linkages and their effects on both individuals and social structures. Akron 3850:634.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72437 STRUCTURAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62437) In-depth introduction to structural social psychology, a set of theoretical and methodological approaches and tools that focuses on the development and testing of multi-level, micro-macro accounts of human social interactions, often through the use of formal theorizing and mathematical modeling. Course provides an overview of the theoretical and research empirical methods that are most associated with structural social psychology; cover the main substantive topics in the area; and then conclude with a brief overview of current issues, debates and recent interdisciplinary advances.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72439 SELF AND IDENTITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62439) Examines theories and research on the origins of and on behavioral and social consequences of identities, self-concept and self-esteem; also examines the relationships between identities and emotions and between self-concept and mental health and well-being.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72546 SOCIAL INEQUALITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62546) An overview of social inequalities, including definitions, causes, identities, structures and consequences. The focus is on social class with attention to intersecting dimensions of inequality. Akron 3850:646.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72566 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62566) Examination of theories and research on gender origins, characteristics and changes. Emphasizes recent empirical research on gender role patterns and processes in various industrial societies. Akron 3850:639.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72760 DEVIANCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62760) Examination of nature, types and controls of deviance; analysis of conceptual levels, theoretical contributions, processes in social labeling and self labeling, case studies, social consequences and problems. Akron 3850:663.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72870 SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62870) An in-depth study of the theories, models, research approaches and substantive areas that constitute the sociology of race and ethnicity. Akron 3850:651.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72872 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INEQUALITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62872) Introduces students to sociological social psychology work that examines the reproduction of inequality. Specifically, the course focuses on “generic social processes” in how individuals, through interaction, are complicit or resistant in the reproduction of inequality through processes such as identity work, collective identity work, emotion work, othering and boundary maintenance. Mechanisms for change are also considered.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72877 SOCIOLOGY OF AGING AND THE LIFE COURSE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SOC 62877) Study of the sociology of aging and the life course, covering the major stages of young adulthood, mid-life, and later life. Topics include demography of aging, transition to adulthood, educational attainment, romantic relationships and cohabitation, marriage, parenting, work and retirement, theories of aging, aging and social policy, neighborhoods and aging, later life living arrangements, and death and dying. Akron 3850:678.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72894 COLLEGE TEACHING OF SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 62894) Preparation for college teaching. Course may not be applied toward the doctoral degree. Akron 3850:700.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72895 SPECIAL TOPICS 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 62895) Offered irregularly when unusual resources and/or opportunities permit. Topic will be announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SOC 72896 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 62896) Intensive pursuit of a subject matter beyond normal course coverage with the possibility of associated research. Students may apply a maximum 6 credit hours combined in individual investigation (SOC 72896) and research (SOC 72898) toward the doctoral degree.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
SOC 72898 RESEARCH 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with SOC 62898) Pursuit of research interests that can include the student's project and/or a faculty member's project. Student may apply a maximum of 6 credits combined of research (SOC 72898) and individual investigation (SOC 72896) toward the doctoral degree.
Prerequisite: Sociology major; and doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
SOC 82199 DISSERTATION I 15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Doctoral dissertation, for which registration in at least two semesters is required first of which will be semester in which dissertation is begun and continuing until 30 hours are completed. Akron 3850: 899.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Dissertation
Contact Hours: 15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
SOC 82299 DISSERTATION II 15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Continuing registration required of doctoral students who have completed the initial 30 hours of dissertation and continuing until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Dissertation
Contact Hours: 15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP