Department of Sociology

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This is an exciting time of dramatic social change, both nationally and internationally. Global processes are integrating the world and creating the “global village.” At the same time, old hostilities based on ethnic solidarity are re-emerging and tearing the social fabric of various parts of the world. The U.S. economy is undergoing structural change, which, in turn, is altering the occupational structure; the United States is becoming more multicultural, and the meanings of “community” are shifting. In these changes there are huge benefits for some and heavy costs for others. “Social problems” (e.g., health care availability, poverty, crime, or threats to the environment) are not marginal to societies but integral to them.

Sociologists try to understand these phenomena. For some, this means informing public policy; for others, the social world is simply one of the most interesting things to study. Sociologists study social organization. For some, this means examining societies-how they are structured, how they work, and how they change. Other sociologists study how small social groups work and how they change. This includes the social networks that people form as part of their social life. Issues of race, class, and gender affect the opportunities and constraints faced by different groups in society. Sociologists study how people belong to families, groups, and organizations-how people develop identities and how their social organizations become real. Sociologists also focus on broad patterns of social organization socialization, education, welfare, health care, etc. In short, the social world is endlessly fascinating.

For more information on the sociology major, the sociology minor, and the Department of Sociology, see www.sociology.pitt.edu.

Programs

• Sociology, BA

• Sociology Minor

Courses

• SOC 0002 - SOCIOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE
• SOC 0003 - TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
• SOC 0005 - SOCIETIES
• SOC 0007 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS
• SOC 0010 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
• SOC 0140 - CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
• SOC 0150 - SOCIAL THEORY
• SOC 0230 - SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
• SOC 0312 - SCIENCE IN SOCIETY
• SOC 0317 - GLOBALIZATION
• SOC 0333 - IDEOLOGIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE
• SOC 0339 - SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
• SOC 0351 - SOCIAL CHANGE
• SOC 0352 - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• SOC 0411 - DECEPTION AND BETRAYAL
• SOC 0424 - SMALL GROUPS
• SOC 0431 - BUREAUCRACIES
• SOC 0432 - WEALTH AND POWER
• SOC 0434 - POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
• SOC 0436 - SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SEXUALITY
• SOC 0438 - SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY
• SOC 0444 - URBAN SOCIOLOGY
• SOC 0446 - SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER
• SOC 0460 - RACE AND ETHNICITY
• SOC 0465 - SOCIOLOGY OF SPORTS
• SOC 0471 - DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL
• SOC 0472 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
• SOC 0473 - SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
• SOC 0474 - SOCIETY AND THE LAW
• SOC 0475 - SOCIOLOGY OF AGING
• SOC 0477 - MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
• SOC 0490 - MASS MEDIA
• SOC 1002 - SOCIOLOGY HONORS SEMINAR
• SOC 1107 - CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY
• SOC 1112 - ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
• SOC 1114 - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
• SOC 1115 - GLOBAL CHANGE AND MODERN LIFE
• SOC 1119 - GLOBAL PERSPEVTIVES ON POPULAR CULTURE
• SOC 1227 - REBELLION AGAINST AUTHORITY
• SOC 1277 - PITTSBURGH AREA STUDY
• SOC 1286 - RACE AND THE CITY
• SOC 1317 - SOCIOLOGY OF LITERATURE
• SOC 1319 - IMMIGRATION
• SOC 1321 - APPROACHES TO ANTISEMITISM
• SOC 1324 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND MORAL CRUSADES
• SOC 1325 - TWO CENTURIES OF DEMOCRATIZATION
• SOC 1359 - CONTEMPORARY ARAB SOCIETY
• SOC 1360 - PEACE MOVEMENTS AND PEACE EDUCATION
• SOC 1362 - REVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• SOC 1364 - RACE AROUND THE WORLD
• SOC 1365 - RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER
• SOC 1386 - FRENCH REVOLUTION
• SOC 1405 - RELIGION AND SEXUALITY
• SOC 1413 - MARRIAGE
• SOC 1414 - SPECIAL TOPICS
• SOC 1415 - RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
• SOC 1416 - SEX GENDER SEXUALITY AND THE BRAIN SCIENCES
• SOC 1437 - COMMUNITY/TOURISM ANALYSIS
• SOC 1440 - EXPERIENCING GLOBALIZATION
• SOC 1445 - SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT
• SOC 1446 - CONSUMPTION & EVERYDAY LIFE
• SOC 1448 - WORKING WOMEN
• SOC 1450 - HEALTH AND ILLNESS
• SOC 1467 - TOPICS MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS
• SOC 1476 - URBAN POLICY AND PLANNING
• SOC 1486 - WAR & MILITARY IN UNITED STATES
• SOC 1488 - HISTORY MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE
• SOC 1500 - CAPSTONE RESEARCH PRACTICUM FOR MAJORS
• SOC 1515 - SPECIAL TOPICS STUDY ABROAD
• SOC 1771 - KINSHIP AND THE FAMILY
• SOC 1799 - HIMALAYAN POLITICAL ECOLOGY
• SOC 1900 - INTERNSHIP
• SOC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
• SOC 1902 - DIRECTED READING
• SOC 1903 - DIRECTED RESEARCH

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