Graduate

Examines the establishment of theory in the discipline of sociology. Introduces students to close readings and analysis of a core selection of social theory. Problematizes the construction, maintenance, and reproduction of a theoretical canon in sociology.

Intensive survey of major tendencies in modern social thought, including functionalism, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, critical theory, structuralism, phenomenology, neo-Marxism, and feminist theory.

Provides a theoretical foundation for the study of international migration from a variety of perspectives relevant to sociological concerns. Examines the historical trends of migration waves and the factors which influence these movements. Students will read a variety of texts from different disciplinary and theoretical traditions including (but not limited to) neoclassical economics, world systems, transnational, post-colonial, and diasporic studies.

Provides a theoretical foundation and overview of scholarship in the sociology of sexualities. Emphasis is on significant primary sources of the 20th century which have shaped current discourse on normative and non-normative sexualities.