Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2002
Sociology (SOCI)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/20/2002.
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SOCI 308 HOUSTON: SOCIOLOGY OF A CITY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An approach to urban sociology and an exploration of contemporary social
change, using the Houston metropolitan area as a case study. The rise of the
"golden buckle on the sunbelt"; economic and demographic transformations since
the end of the oil boom; the new immigration and its impact on interethic
relations; the changing politics of education, inequality, inner-city
development and regional issues; perspectives on the urban future in global
economy. Guest lectures, field trips.
001 HZ 212 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Klineberg, Stephen L. Enr: 47 Max: 0
SOCI 309 RACE & ETHNIC RELATIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 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 305 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Emerson, Michael Enr: 36 Max: 30
SOCI 360 COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY OF THE PROFESSIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Comparative approach to the professions in Germany, France, the United Kingdom,
and the United States. The professions' role in social reproduction; the
relationship between the professions and government; cultural context of
professional work; future of the professions in modern "knowledge-based"
society.
001 SH 352A - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Kreutzer, Florian Enr: 5 Max: 0
SOCI 393 GERMAN SOCIAL ISSUES: CITIZENSHIP, MIGRA Credits 3.00 Spring 02
This course offers an introduction to the relationship between citizenship,
migration, and national identity in Germany in the process of European
integration and the internationalization of labor markets. In this context,
the change of citizenship and the need of immigration will not lead to social
integration without a change of national culture and identity. Taught in
English. Also offered as GMAN 395. Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 RH 205 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Kreutzer, Florian Enr: 1 Max: 8
SOCI 395 FEMINIST SOCIAL THOUGHT Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Study of feminist theory as critique and reconstruction. Includes
Wollstonecraft and de Beauvoir, as well as contemporary debates about equity,
difference, knowledge, sexuality, and power. Also offered as WGST 460.
001 HB 227 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Long, Elizabeth Enr: 48 Max: 0
SOCI 398 SOCIAL STATISTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 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
15.
*This class will be held in MUDD 104.
001 DH SYM LAB - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Emerson, Michael Enr: 20 Max: 15
SOCI 404 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Spring 02
Directed readings and essay writing on special subjects. Includes advanced
study in subjects from other courses, if desired. May be repeated for credit.
Prereq- permission of the department. One to three credit hours.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 6 Max: 0
SOCI 419 ADV RESEARCH SEMINAR: HUMAN STATUS BEHAV Credits 3.00 Spring 02
An examination of one of the major forms of human inequality: social status
hierarchies. Among the questions asked: Are all such hierarchies unjust or
"bad?" What are the social functions of unequal honor, respect, prestige, and
esteem? Is status inequality in a democracy different from, say, such
inequality in a feudal or caste system? Are the ranking systems of other
primates, e.g., chimps, analogous to human ranking systems? Does low social
status cause health problems? What are the primary bases of status inequality
in the U.S.? Are status hierarchies highly correlated with hierarchies of
wealth and power? Is there a "class" system in the U.S. today? What would a
society without inequality of basic respect look like? Enrollment limited to
15.
001 SH 560 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Davidson, Chandler Enr: 10 Max: 15
SOCI 431 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Credits 3.00 Spring 02
This course will focus on the three major components of the criminal justice
system: the police, the courts, and corrections. It will give attention to the
development of the police role, the contemporary nature of policing (including
community policing), and the system of legal limitations within which the
police must operate, and police culture. It will examine the roles of judges,
prosecutors, defense attorneys, plea bargaining, juries, appeals, pre-sentence
investigation, and sentencing. Finally, it will pay special attention to
issues of responsibility and punishment (including the death penalty), and to
various correctional options such as prisons, probation, parole, and
alternatives. Each segment of the course will include attention to issues of
viable public policy. Enrollment limited to 30.
001 BL 123 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM Jablecki, Lawrence Enr: 33 Max: 30
Martin, William C.
SOCI 436 ADVANCED RESEARCH SEMINAR: THE 2002 HOUS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Continuation of the series of annual surveys on how Houston residents are
reacting to changes in American society. Includes sampling procedures,
questionnaire construction, interviewing, data analysis, and the logic and
skills of survey research. Culminates in a research report that develops
empirical hypotheses and tests their validity with survey findings.
Pre-req-Soci 398 or permission of instructor
001 SH 207B - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Klineberg, Stephen L. Enr: 7 Max: 0
SOCI 450 TOPICS IN STUDY OF RELIGION: FUNDAMENTAL Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Examination of fundamentalist religious institutions, behavior, and thought.
Includes fundamentalist attitudes toward, participation in, and impact on
politics, economics, education, mass communication, and family life, using
Christian, Islamic, and Jewish examples. Fieldwork required. Enrollment is
limited to 20.
001 BL 131 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Martin, William C. Enr: 23 Max: 20
SOCI 492 DIRECTED HONORS RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Sociological research under faculty supervision. Includes first-semester review
of relevant literature and the preparation of an 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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