Pamela Oliver |
Professor Pamela OliverDepartment of Sociology |
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SOCIOLOGY AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY NEW GRADUATE STUDENT GUIDE TO COURSES OFFERED FALL 2003
The "typical" entering grad should take 700 (a 1 credit proseminar involving class attendance only & no outside reading), 773 (intermediate theory), a statistics course (360, 361, or 362 depending on background), and some course in an area of interest to you. If you have prior graduate training or are otherwise atypical, consult with the graduate advisor. Graduate students MAY NOT take courses numbered 100-299. You will need to make special arrangements if you want to take elementary language courses numbered below 300.
If a class is closed: courses open to undergraduates may be closed, as continuing students registered some time ago. Many faculty are willing to add a few graduate students. Consult with the graduate advisor and the instructor if you wish to take a closed course.
NOTE: For more detailed descriptions of some courses, see separate course description page
Link to the Official Fall Timetable for Sociology showing times & rooms
| Courses numbered 300-699 are grouped by subject area, not by difficulty level and are open to both grads and undergrads. Specific courses vary in their appropriateness for sociology grads. See notes |
| # | Title | Instructor | Comments | |
| 327 | Cap, Soc, Democ-Am | Goldberg | Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy in America since 1890. Primarily for undergrads, ok for grads with no background, consult instructor. Longer Description | cgoldber@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 357 | Meth-Sociological Inquiry | Piliavin | Only if deficiency; take Piliavin's sections; section 001 is most appropriate for grads, as it is the honor's section | jpiliavi@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 360 | Stats for Sociologists I | Schaeffer, Quillian, Guillot | Only if you have not had elementary statistics | schaeffe@ssc.wisc.edu quillian@ssc.wisc.edu mguillot@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 361 | Stats for Sociologists II | Logan | The course to take if you have already had elementary statistics | logan@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 362 | Stats for Sociologists III | Halaby | Consult with Prof. Halaby regarding correct placement | halaby@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 365 | Computing-Sociologcl Resrch | TBA | Helpful for grad assistantships - doing statistical analysis with computers. | x |
| 380 | Honors Population | Merli | Not for grads | x |
| 441 | Criminology | Bruce | Not generally for grads; contact instructor | mbruce@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 475 | Classical theory | x | Not for grads, take 773 | x |
| 476 | Contemporary Soc Theory | Ermakoff | New grads welcome | ermakoff@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 496 | Topics lec 1 | Schutt | This section is for undergrads. (Lecture 4) | x |
| 530 | Intro Social Psychology | DeLamater | Not for grads, take 730 | x |
| 531 | Sociology of Medicine | Swallen | Mostly for undergrads, OK for grads with no background, see previous syllabus at www.ssc.wisc.edu/~kswallen/home.htm | kswallen@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 535 | Lang & Social Interaction | Maynard | Good for grads, consult instructor | maynard@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 615 | Sociology of Religion | Gorski | OK for grads, consult instructor | pgorski@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 616 | Sociology of Culture | Lichterman | Primarily for undergrads, consult instructor | lichterm@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 617 | Community Development | Green | OK for grads, ok for people with no background | gpgreen@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| 620 | Comparative Racial Inequality | Loveman | OK for grads, consult instructor | |
| 621 | Class, State & Ideol: IntroMarx | Wright | Good for grads, consult instructor | wright@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 624 | Political Sociology | Ermakoff | Good for grads, consult instructor | ermakoff@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 628 | Compar IR-Devel Countries | Zeitlin | Consult instructor | jzeitlin@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| 630 | Soc:Devlp Societies/3rd Wld | Bunker | Good for students going into development or environmental sociology, no background required. Consult instructor. | Bunker@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 632 | Sociology of Organizations | Handel | Good for grads, consult instructor | mhandel@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 637 | Sociology of Science | Fujimura | OK for grads, Consult instructor. | fujimura@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 648 | Sociology of Education | Olneck | Good for new grads without background in the area | olneck@education.wisc.edu |
| 651 | Foundatn of Economic Sociology | Montgomery | Good for grads. Longer description. Course web page | jmontgom@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 663 | Population and Society | Guillot | New demography grads should take this course in the fall & 674 (dem tech) in the spring; consult instructor or advisor if you may have already had this material. | palloni@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 676 | App Demogrphy-Amer Demgrphy | Voss | How demography is applied to policy in the public and private sectors of the economy. OK for grads who don't have background in the area | voss@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 677 | Urbanism and Urbanization | Wilson | OK for grads. | Wilson@ssc.wisc.edu |
| COURSES NUMBERED ABOVE 700 ARE RESTRICTED TO GRADS. 700-800 level is usually ok for new grads unless noted. 900 level seminars vary in background required, see notes and check with instructor | ||||
| 700 | Proseminar | Maynard | Required for all entering graduate students. Weekly faculty presentations; no additional work. | Maynard@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 773 | Intermediate Soc Theory | Camic | Required course. Best to take it your first semester. | Camic@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 804 | Interdis W European Studies | x | cross-listed course not taught by sociology | x |
| 875 | Special Topics | Bland, Bell |
Special Topics: Agroecosystem Evaluation. Interdisciplinary, team-taught course on evaluating and resolving social and environmental conflicts in agroecosystems. Longer description Course website |
michaelbell@wisc.edu or wlbland@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| 901 | Seminar, Topics | Fujimura | Science, Technology & Medicine in Society. Co-taught with Mitman. Suitable for new grads. Consult instructor. | fujimura@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 915 | Seminar:Sociological Theory | Emirbayer | Pierre Bourdieu Consult instructor | emirbaye@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 920 | Smr: Oranizations Theory | Freeland | Governance of the American Firm. Consult instructor. | |
| 924 | Seminar Political Sociology | Oliver | Social Movements Theory and Research. Consult Instructor. Course web page | oliver@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 929 | Class Anal & Historical Change | Wright | Envisioning Real Utopias. Consult instructor. | Wright@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 942 | Smr-Energy, Envir & Develop | Bunker | Consult instructor | Bunker@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 945 | Seminar - Rural Sociology | Kloppenburg | Consult Instructor | jrkloppe@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| 948 | Smr: Environ & Resource Soc | Buttel | Consult instructor | fhbuttel@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| 952 | Math&Stat Applications-Soc | Logan | Limited-Dep & Categorical Vars . An advanced statistics seminar, requires 362 or equivalent as a prerequisite. Consult instructor. | logan@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 960 | Curr Meth Iss-Social Psych | Maynard | Ethnomethodology | maynard@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 977 | Seminar-Human Ecology | Voss | Spatial Data Analysis. Consult Instructor. | voss@ssc.wisc.edu |
| 982 | Smr: Latin American Area | Interdisciplinary area studies seminar; consult instructors. | ||
Training
Seminars
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New grads are always welcome in training seminars. The format of a training seminar involves a presentation by a student or professor, followed by informal discussion about the presentation. There is usually no outside work except, sometimes, reading the paper to be presented in advance of the presentation. You may attend training seminar sessions without being registered for them. If you will be attending one regularly, you may register for it for 1 credit (for which you will get a S "satisfactory" grade which is not factored into your GPA). No entering student should register for 2 or 3 credits for such a seminar. Demography trainees are required to register for 997. |
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Questions or Comments? Email Oliver -at- ssc -dot- wisc -dot- edu. Last updated December 25, 2004 © University of Wisconsin.