Current Graduate Courses
Fall 2009
SOC507BLA, Marriage and Family Relations
Course focuses on historical, cross-cultural, and contemporary variations in marriage and family relationships; particular attention to how class, race and gender shape family processes, the life course, child outcomes, and parental well-being. Readings, discussions, and term projects provide a knowledge base in current theoretical, methodological, and substantive issues in the sociological study of the family.
Tuesday, 1:00-3:40, 474 Park Hall
Professor Sampson Lee Blair
SOC525MOR, Racial & Ethnic Relations
Theoretical and practical problems of intergroup prejudice and discrimination are examined.
Tuesday, 9:30-12:10, 474 Park Hall
Professor Brenda More
SOC555KAN, Sociology of Aging, Theory and Research
Theory and research integrates theory, empirical research and public policy issues.
Wednesday, 9:00-11:40, 474 Park Hall
Professor Tai S. Kang
SOC567ARD, Sociology of Theory, Classical
Examines major developments in social theory from Comte to Weber and Marx.
Wednesday, 1:00-3:40, 474 Park Hall
Professor Jorge Arditi
SOC593FAR, Circles in the Arts
People in the arts often develop their skills and "voices" while embedded in a collaborative circle or community of artists. The French Impressionists, the Arts and Crafts movement founders, the Fugitive Poets, and The Beatles are all examples of people in the arts who mastered their art and developed a common vision while working in a collaborative circle. Under optimal conditions, interaction in such circles stimulates creativity and facilitates the development of a career in the arts. To understand the conditions that lead to the development of collaborative circles, how circles develop and change over time, and how they affect the careers of people in the arts, in this course we examine theories and research on social networks, social capital, social support, and collaborative circles in the arts. In addition we will examine some of the classic work on the social organization of art worlds. Then we will carry out research testing the theories, making use of either ethnographic or survey data. Students are required either to carry out an ethnographic study at one of the artist networks in Western New York, or to carry out their own ethnographic study of social networks in a setting where musicians, playwrights, poets, or other artists work.
Thursday, 9:00-11:40, 474 Park Hall
Professor Michael P. Farrell
SOC606ADE, Soc Research Method 1, General Approaches
Advanced general course in social science research methods covering such topics as the logic of social inquiry, research design, sampling, measurement and data collection.
Thursday, 2:00-4:40, 474 Park Hall
Professor Robert Adelman
SOC607WAG, Social Statistics 1, General Linear Model
Examines regression-based techniques in social science, including multiple regression, dummy variable analysis, covariance designs and residual analysis. Non-experimental sample statistics are emphasized (Students should have a basic background introductory statistics before enrolling in this course.)
Monday, 9:00-11:40, 474 Park Hall
Professor Robert Wagmiller
SOC608WAG, Social Statistics 2, Causal Models
Advanced topics in multiple regression, time-series analysis, factor analysis, categorical data analysis and exploratory data analysis. (Students need a background in multiple regression techniques.)
Monday, 3:00-5:40, 474 Park Hall
Professor Robert Wagmiller
Spring 2010 [in MS Word format] forthcoming