Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
Sociology (SOCI)
Rice Course Schedule as of 11/26/2002.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some SOCI courses.
SOCI 309 RACE & ETHNIC RELATIONS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Historical and contemporary issues and theories of race and ethnic relations in
the United States. The key groups covered will be European Americans, African
Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Mexican Americans. Group
patterns of assimilation and conflict inform a basic tenet that race and
ethnicity are organizing features of society. Enrollment limited to 30.
001 SH 303 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Emerson, Michael Enr: 40 Max: 30
SOCI 313 DEMOGRAPHY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Introduction to the study of the dynamics of population change. Includes
demographic data sources, components of population change, mortality patterns,
family planning, the measurement of migrations, and population-economic models.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 08:00AM - 09:15AM Donato, Katharine Enr: 21 Max: 0
SOCI 321 CRIMINOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Study of types of criminal behavior. Includes theories of crime and juvenile
delinquency, with emphasis on the role of police, courts, correction agencies,
and other social structures. Field work required. Limit enrollment to 40.
Prereq- Soci 203 or departmental exam.
001 SH 303 - MWF 03:00PM - 03:50PM Phillips, Scott Enr: 36 Max: 40
SOCI 323 THE KNOWING BODY: BUDDHISM, GENDER AND T Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Western thought tends to regard mind and body dualistically, a view with
significant impact on religious cultural, gendered and social processes. This
course juxtaposes received Western assumptions with Buddhist perspectives
(especially Tibetan Buddhist), mapping Western and Buddhist categories onto
each other to better understand the implications of each. Also offered as RELI
323, WGST 323, and ASIA 323.
Prereq- Permission of instructor.
001 HUM 226 - W 07:00PM - 10:00PM Klein, Anne C. Enr: 11 Max: 0
Long, Elizabeth
SOCI 345 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course will explore the relationship between social factors and health,
illness, and mortality. Topics include the stratification of health by
race/ethnicity, gender, and social class;; the role of stress and social
support; environmental context and illness; lifestyle and behavorial risks
(smoking, drinking, drugs, and sexual behavior); STD's and HIV/AIDS; and
cross-national comparisons of health and patterns of disease.
001 HZ 212 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Gorman, Bridget Enr: 76 Max: 0
SOCI 359 INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course offers an introduction to the relationship between individual and
society in German sociology and philosophical anthropology. We are reading
texts of Simmel, Weber, Elias, Gehlen, Plessner, Horkheimer, Adorno, Beck, and
Luhmann. Finally, we will discuss the relationship between individual and
society in the context of poststuctinglist sociology. Also offered as GERM 359.
001 SH 307 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Kreutzer, Florian Enr: 20 Max: 0
Long, Elizabeth
SOCI 367 ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Applications of research and theory in the social sciences to an understanding
of the attitudes and behaviors that contribute both to environmental problems
and to their remediation; examination of public attitudes toward environmental
issues and the interactions between technological developments and ecological
constraints as they combine to shape the human prospect. Enrollment is limited
to 30.
001 RH 123 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Klineberg, Stephen L. Enr: 30 Max: 30
SOCI 397 GERMAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS FROM 1945 T Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course offers an introduction to German society and politics from 1945 to
the present. Topics of this course include the political and economic
institutions, the seperation of East and West Germany, the revolution of 1989
and the transformation of East Germany, the European integration, the "Berliner
Republik," as well as biographical experiences of different generations and
cinematic narratives of German society. *Taught in German. Also offered as GERM
422.
Prerequisite: GERM 302 or equivalent.
001 RH 305 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Kreutzer, Florian Enr: 0 Max: NA
SOCI 398 SOCIAL STATISTICS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Emphasizes the practical uses of statistics to answer the types of questions
sociologists ask. We learn sample description, sampling and probability,
sampling theory, and how to make inferences from samples to populations. We
study and apply common univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistics.
Because most statistical analysis is done with the aid of computers, we also
learn how to use a common statistical package. Enrollment is limited to
20.
*This class will be held in Symonds Lab in Duncan Hall.
001 DH SYM LAB - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Emerson, Michael Enr: 15 Max: 20
SOCI 399 IMMIGRATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH Credits 3.00 Fall 02
The purpose of this course is to understand the relationship between
international migration and public health. We will examine how immigration has
been linked to disease in the past, and how it affects the public health of
current populations. Throughout the course, we will identify the substantive
and methodological complexities embedded in the health-migration relationship
and discuss their role in shaping public policy debates worldwide. Enrollment
is limited to 30. *This course is taught at the UT School of Public Health and
offered as PH 2998.
001 TBA - T 12:30PM - 03:30PM Donato, Katharine Enr: 6 Max: 0
SOCI 403 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 02
Directed reading and written papers on subjects not regularly offered; advanced
study of subjects on which courses are offered.
Prereq- permission of the department. One to three credit hours.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 5 Max: 0
SOCI 425 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Can democracy survive its enemies: tyranny of ruling elites and classes,
tyranny of the majority, ethnic and religious conflict, individualism,
government secrecy, citizen apathy? Also offered as POLI 425. Enrollment
limited to 8 in SOCI 425 and 8 in POLI 425.
001 HB 427 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Davidson, Chandler Enr: 9 Max: 8
SOCI 493 DIRECTED HONORS RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Sociological research under faculty supervision. Includes first-semester
review of relevant literature and preparation of outline for planned research,
followed by second-semester research and the writing of an honors thesis. Open
only to students in sociology honors program.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0
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