The Courses

(All courses carry 4 credits unless otherwise noted.)

103 Social Problems 

105 Self, Society and Interpersonal Relations 

106 Race, Gender, Class, and Ethnicity 

107 Contemporary American Society

110 Introduction to Sociology 

204 Labor and the Global Economy

212 Elementary Statistics

213 Data Collection and Analysis

218 The Law, Logic, and Social Science of Courtroom Evidence

220 Sociology of American Culture

222 The Family 

223 Work and Society

224 Social Class and Inequality

240 Sociology of the Asian American Experience

241 Criminology

242 Drugs and Society 

244 Sociology of Immigration 

245 Race and Society 

248 Conformity and Deviance

252 Introduction to Human Rights

261 Population Studies

262 Globalization and Inequality

271 The Global City

281 Society and the Individual 

283 Gender and Society

287 Sexuality and Society 

288 Introduction to Latin American Societies

297E Sociology of Higher Education

291-297 Special Topics
Different seminars are offered under this general topic each semester. Please see the Sociology Department during preregistration week for the most up-to-date information on these courses.

301 Writing in Sociology

302 Foundations of Sociological Theory

313 Survey Design and Analysis 

314 Field Research Methods

316 Environment and Society

321 Sociology of Religion 

322 Sociology of Education 

323 Sociology of Law

325 Political Sociology

326 Asian Americans in Media and Popular Culture 

328 Introduction to Social Work

329 Social Movements

330 Asian American and Inequalities

331 Food and Labor

334 Sociology of International Crises and Disasters

335 Radical Movements

341 Social Welfare

342 Deviance and Social Order

343 Hate Crime

344 Gender and Crime

345 Juvenile Delinquency

346 Communities and Crime

347 Corporate Crime

349 Race, Class, and Crime

350 Policing and Surveillance

351 Social Networks and Analysis

352 Media, Technology, and Society

353 Sociology of Medicine

356 Social Forces, Health, and the Lifecourse

357 The Wire and Urban Inequality

360 Urban Sociology

361 Demography of Minority Groups

364 Sociology of Mental Health

381 Racism at Work

382 Sociology of Childhood

384 Sociology of Love

385 Gender and Family

386 Complex Organizations

388 Gender and Globalization

389 Sexuality by the Numbers

391-397 Special Topics
Different seminars are offered under this general topic each semester. Please see the Sociology Department during preregistration week for the most up-to-date information on these courses.

420 Getting a Job: Social Forces Behind Modern Economy

424 Sex Work in a Global Perspective

461 Seminar on Race and Racism

497D Next Steps: Preparing for Life After UMASS, 1cr (does not count toward the major)