May 11, 2024

2022-2023 Catalog

2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Lower Division Courses numbered 1–99 are designed primarily for freshmen and sophomores but are open to all students for lower division credit. (Graduate students requesting to enroll in lower-division undergraduate courses will not receive unit credit nor will the course fulfill degree requirements.)

Upper Division Courses courses numbered 100–199 are open to all students who have met the necessary prerequisites as indicated in the catalog course description. Preparation should generally include completion of one lower division course in the given subject or completion of two years of college work.

GRADUATE COURSES

Courses numbered 200–299 are open to graduate students. (Undergraduate students must obtain the signature of the instructor, School Dean, and the Dean of Graduate Studies. Graduate level units will count towards the required 120 units for graduation; however students are urged to meet with their academic advisor in order to determine if graduate course units may be used to fulfill a graduation requirement.)

CROSS-LISTED/CONJOINED COURSES

Cross-listed Courses are the same course offered under different course subjects at the same level (either undergraduate or graduate) that share the same meeting time, requirements, units, etc. Conjoined Courses are the same course but one is undergraduate and one is graduate.

COREQUISITE COURSE

A corequisite course is a course that must be taken at the same time as another course.

PREREQUISITES

Prerequisites for courses should be followed carefully; the responsibility for meeting these requirements rests on the student. If you can demonstrate that your preparation is equivalent to that specified by the prerequisites, the instructor may waive these requirements for you. The instructor also may request that a student who has not completed the prerequisites be dropped from the course. If the prerequisite for a course is not satisfied, students must obtain the approval of the instructor (or school designee) of the course they wish to take.

For all undergraduate courses a “C-” or better grade is required for a course to be used as a prerequisite for another course. If a course was taken for a “P/NP” grade then a “P” grade is required.

For all graduate courses a “B” or better grade is required for a course to be used as a prerequisite for another course. If a course was taken for a “S/U” grade then a “S” grade is required.

WORLD LANGUAGES

No credit is allowed for completing a less advanced course after successful completion (C-or better) of a more advanced course in the world languages. This applies only to lower division world language courses, not upper division courses.

GRADING OPTIONS

Unless otherwise stated in the course description, each course is letter graded with a P/NP or S/U option (unless required for your major or graduate program). The policy regarding Grading Options , can be found in an alternate section of the catalog.

More information about Course Substitutions and Course Materials and Services Fees can be found in alternate areas of the catalog.

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Quantitative and Systems Biology
	QSB 256: Ecological Dynamics Units: 4 Survey of theoretical ecology, involving a tour through population dynamics, stochastic processes, and ecological networks. Both analytical and numerical (computational) approaches will be used to build and examine dynamic models, as well as to assess the role of theoretical vs. empirical approaches to understand the ecological processes. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: ES 256 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 257: Evolutionary Dynamics Units: 3 Provides a survey of evolutionary theory, discussing population genetics, game theory, comparative genomics and coevolution. Emphasis is placed on conceptualizing individual projects in the context of broader evolutionary theory. A significant portion of the course will be focused on developing, analyzing and interpreting individually chosen research topics in evolutionary theory. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 3 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 261: Human Physiology Units: 3 Understanding the mechanisms underlying function of major human organs. Emphasis includes neural transmission and action potential, cardiovascular, renal and gastrointestinal physiology, metabolism, and endocrinology. Laboratory experiments demonstrating and reinforcing topics covered in lecture with an emphasis on scientific method. Discussion section critically reads and evaluates papers in physiology and provide an opportunity for the students to practice presenting scientific data to an audience. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Conjoined with: BIO 161 Discussion and Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	QSB 270: Academic Writing in Graduate Studies Units: 3 Designed to increase the writing proficiency of graduate students, with a focus on strategies for reading critically, organizing and developing thoughts, choosing appropriate vocabulary, and generating and revising writing in a given scientific field. Topics address scientific disciplines. Projects may include writing abstracts, research reports, literature reviews, posters, and grant proposals. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: CHEM 270, MATH 270, PHYS 270 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Chemistry and Biochemistry (Graduate) - CBC Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Graduate) - CCB Physics (Graduate) - PHYI Quantitative & Systems Biology (Graduate) - QSB Applied Mathematics (Graduate) - AMAT Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 271: Advanced Neurobiology: Brain Dysfunction and Neurodegenerative Diseases Units: 3 In-depth cellular, molecular and genetic based mechanisms of brain dysfunctions by drug abuse, altered neuronal activities, and neurodegenerative diseases. Fundamental neurobiology of the central nervous system, pharmacology/toxicology, biochemistry, anatomy and genetics of the brain will be covered. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 274: Stable Isotopes in Ecosystems Units: 4 Students will learn about stable isotope systems including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur and strontium. They will learn chemistry, physics, biology, and ecology of isotope compositions and fractionations. A lab component will teach sample preparation techniques. Students will measure samples and analyze data. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: ES 274 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 275: Epigenetics & Gene Expression Units: 3 Differential expression of genes from the same genetic blueprint is often caused by epigenetic mechanisms. This course will cover in depth understanding of such epigenetic mechanisms of gene expression in development, normal life processes, disorders and diseases. The course will also cover contemporary quantitative approaches adopted to understand these processes. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 278: Gene Expression Analysis Units: 3 Enables students in cell and molecular biology to gain working knowledge to different approaches and techniques for bulk and single-cell gene expression analysis, understanding and designing pipelines for analysis of expression data, and understanding and applying statistical approaches and visualization of processed data. The course will rely on primary literature and online coding tutorials, and will culminate in a hands-on experience analyzing relevant real-life raw dataset. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 281: Molecular Dynamics and Biomolecular Simulation Units: 4 Uses lectures and laboratory exercises to teach the practice of biomolecular modeling. Topics include classical molecular dynamics, molecular mechanics and visualization. The laboratories involve simulations of systems including water, DNA and proteins. The course includes two projects for the students to apply molecular simulation to their graduate research. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Conjoined with: BIO 181 Discussion and Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 282: Bioinformatics Units: 5 Graduate level introduction to tools, algorithms, statistics, and databases used in bioinformatics, emphasizing an open-source, command-line toolbox approach. Topics covered as in BIO 182, plus critical assessment of bioinformatics literature, introduction to Perl, and an independent research project. Mandatory computer laboratory, for which prior programming experience is helpful but not assumed. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion and Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 283: Population Genetics Units: 3 The various factors that affect gene flow and frequency within a population. Theories of selection, neutrality, drift, hitchhiking, recombination, mutation, isolation, in-breeding, and selfish genetic elements are taught along with statistical tests and experimental methods for detecting these forces. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Conjoined with: BIO 183 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 284: Biomolecular Modeling and Simulations Units: 4 Computational modeling techniques and simulation approaches for students from biological disciplines. Topics include sequence based structure prediction and structure refinement methods, conventional and enhanced molecular dynamics simulations techniques, multi-scale representations of molecules in biomolecular simulations, machine learning advances in biomolecular modelling and simulations. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 285: Biostatistics Units: 4 For graduate students in QSB desiring to learn more about statistical inference and methods for the analyses of biological datasets. Covers probability, linear and logistic regression, multivariate models, parametric and non-parametric models, bootstrap, hypothesis testing and causal inference. Students will also read papers and reproduce some of the main statistical analyses for homework. For the final project students will choose a dataset of their choice to analyze. Otherwise the instructor will pick one for them. Students will write reports and give a final presentation of their data analysis Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Quantitative & Systems Biology (Graduate) - QSB Instructor Permission Required: No Prior knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, and programming highly recommended View course scheduling information
	QSB 288: First Year Rotation Track Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 First year rotation track research to be taken with multiple QSB faculty. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Quantitative & Systems Biology (Graduate) - QSB Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 289: Research Forums in Quantitative and Systems Biology Units: 3 Research forums involve cooperative discussions about literature and research led by at least two faculty preferably from different disciplines, giving graduate students practice in engaging in scientific communication, scholarship, interdisciplinary research exchange and identification of open research problems. In a typical week, about one half of contact hours would consist of faculty presentation of key literature around a certain scientific concept or technique, and one half of student presentations of additional literature applying that concept or technique, coverage and integration of diverse scientific literature, and group discussion. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 290: Current Topics in Quantitative and Systems Biology Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 3 Principles and applications of systems and synthetic biology to the investigation and engineering of biological systems of all kinds, from macromolecules to ecosystems. Integrated coverage of core concepts and techniques with current literature and connections to current research in QSB at UC Merced. Group and individual assessments include oral presentation and discussion of literature, interdisciplinary synthesis through written reviews and a final white paper research proposal applying systems and synthetic biology to individual research interests. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus QSB 291: Research Forums in Quantitative and Systems Biology Units: 1 Seminar series covering current topics in quantitative and system biology presented by visiting speakers chosen by QSB faculty and students with occasional presentations by UC Merced faculty and student members of QSB. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus QSB 292: Quantitative and Systems Biology Group Meeting Units: 1 Meetings to describe current progress and research plans lead by individual QSBGG faculty. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Crosslisted with: BEST 292 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 293: Quantitative and Systems Biology Journal Club Units: 1 Student-led presentation, analysis, and discussion of reading assignments from the scientific literature. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Crosslisted with: BEST 293, BIOE 293 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus QSB 294: Responsible Conduct of Research Units: 1 Covers responsibilities and expectations for researchers as well as advice for success in graduate school and science careers, required for NIH-funded graduate students. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: MBSE 294 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus QSB 295: Graduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Supervised research. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	Syllabus QSB 296: Writing and Speaking Science Units: 3 To introduce incoming and continuing graduate students to the art of grantsmanship and effective scientific communication. Will also emphasize manuscript preparation and critique, and oral presentation skill development. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 297: Systems Biology: From Molecules to Metabolic Networks Units: 3 A rigorous introduction to the theories, tools, and applications of systems biology. The course is organized around the biological flow of information known as the central dogma of biology. In essence we translate DNA into RNA and extend this information into metabolic and cellular networks. The course introduces experimental and high throughput approaches for generating large datasets, theory, algorithms, and computational approaches for their analysis. Data for analysis will come from ongoing systems biology projects taking place in the Instructor’s lab (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, fluxomics) as well as those of collaborators at UC Merced and other nearby institutions (metagenomics, phosphoproteomics, chenomics). The course may take advantage of presentations by guest lecturers with expertise in one of the many aspects of systems biology, or one of the sciences upon which it crucially depends. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	QSB 298: Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Group project under faculty supervision. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	QSB 299: Directed Independent Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Independent project under faculty supervision. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	QSB 399: University Teaching Units: 2 Centered on a student’s classroom experiences as a Teaching Assistant in an undergraduate course. Provides a faculty-mentored opportunity to implement theories and methods learned in the course Teaching and Learning in the Sciences (QSB 201 or MATH 201) in the classroom. Involves refinement of teaching beliefs and values, knowledge, and practices by collecting evidence of teaching through classroom observations, surveys, and interviews. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Discussion and Laboratory included Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No It is recommended that course participants have taken a Teaching and Learning in the Sciences course (i.e, QSB 201 or MATH 201) and hold at least a 25%-time appointment as a Teaching Assistant. View course scheduling information
Social Sciences
	SOC 283: Intersectionality Units: 4 Examines the concept, theory, methodology and practice of intersectionality. The objective is to critically examine the paradigm of intersectionality and to provide you with the skills and knowledge to critically engage with the paradigm and evaluate and construct an argument or research project based on an intersectional approach. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
Sociology
	SOC 001: Introduction to Sociology Units: 4 The study of groups, culture, collective behavior, classes and caste, community and ecology, role, status, and personality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 009: Community Mobilization and Politics Units: 4 Examination of political and social mobilization at the local level, including strategies for organization and advocacy. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: POLI 009 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 010: Statistics for Sociology Units: 4 An introduction to the logic and use of statistical techniques in sociological research. By the end of the course, students will have the tools to appreciate and evaluate social research, and a foundation for conducting statistical social research themselves. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Lower Division: Quantitative Reasoning Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Sociology (Undergraduate) - SOC Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 015: Sociological Research Methods Units: 4 Provides students with a basic understanding of how to conduct social science research. Topics will include the logic of research design, issues of conceptualization and measurement, the range of data collection methods available to social scientists, and what social scientists do with data once they have collected it. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Ethics Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Sophomore Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 020: Social Problems Units: 4 Examines the perceptions, theories, arguments, and proposed solutions to the most vexing social issues. Explanations of these problems can be grouped into micro, meso, and macro levels of analysis. In addition, for the last 100 years researchers have examined the overlap between different social problems. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 030: Social Inequality Units: 4 An examination of the main classical and modern explanations of the causes of social, economic and political inequality. Issues include: power; processes that create/maintain inequality, the central axes of inequality in society (race/class/gender); consequences of inequality for individuals and groups; how policy can mitigate or exacerbate inequality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 035: Introduction to Political Sociology Units: 4 The most pressing issues of our time are addressed via the political system. This course considers the many processes that influence the political system and political outcomes. By drawing on the insights of sociology, we will better understand these processes and how the political system works. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 038: Sociology of Race and Racism Units: 4 Reading and discussion of materials that provide insight into how race and racism define our lives. The theoretical focus is on systemic and structural racism, racial categorization, ethnic identification, nativism, and intersecting oppressions. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 060: Introduction to Sociology of Gender Units: 4 Provides an introduction to the study of gender through a sociological lens. Examines gender as a feature of individual identity as well as various social structures and institutions. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 070: Introduction to Crime and Deviance Units: 4 Examines the process of criminal justice in the US and address major theories of crime and deviance. In addition: how individuals and social groups are processed through the criminal court system; historical changes in correctional philosophy and organizational structure; inmate socialization, and social environment changes in U.S. prisons. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 090X: Freshman Seminar Units: 1 Examination of a topic in sociology. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 092: Internship in Sociology Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to sociology in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of sociology. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of sociology. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	SOC 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	SOC 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	SOC 099: Lower Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	SOC 100: Sociological Theory Units: 4 Sociological theory explores many big questions that people have pondered for centuries, including inequality and why it is tolerated, social change and how it occurs, and social order and how it is maintained. This course provides an introduction to sociological theory, examining both classic and contemporary schools of sociological thought. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and any other SOC course Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 107: Law and Society Units: 4 Familiarizes students with the interrelated fields of criminology, law and society studies, and criminal justice studies. Organized around three well-established interdisciplinary literatures: criminology, sociolegal studies, and criminal justice studies. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Ethics Upper Division: Crossroads Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 108: Advanced Topics in Criminology Units: 4 Uses sociological concepts and theories to analyze the nature, extent, and causes of crime beyond an introductory level, based upon systemic scientific analysis of data. Exploration of criminal trends and analysis of crime as well as the dynamics of law, social control, treatment processes, and victimology will be evaluated. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 3 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 or SOC 070 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 110: Social Movements, Protest and Collective Action Units: 4 Introduces the social scientific study of social protest (meaning all forms of non-routine, or contentious politics) and collective action. Examines organized collective efforts to promote or resist change in society that rely, in some part, on non-institutionalized forms of political action. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Global Awareness Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (SOC 001 or SOC 009 or POLI 009) and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 111: Environmental Sociology Units: 4 Provides an overview of major issues in the field of environmental sociology. Students will learn to critically evaluate the dominant paradigms explaining environmental crisis. Draws from a number of prominent environmental issues and case studies. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Global Awareness Badge: Sustainability Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 115: Political Sociology Units: 4 Examines sociological analysis of types of political organization and action and their relations to elements of social life. Topics include: Social movements, voting, interest group politics, protest behavior, revolutions, human rights, global political diffusion, and other elements of the interaction between the political structure and everyday life. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 116: Inequality & Public Policy Units: 4 Explores economic inequality in America. From Occupy Wall Street to the Bernie Sanders movement, there has been rising anger against big banks and Wall Street financiers over economic inequality in America. But is finance really to blame? Political sociology and economic sociology is used to ask how the growing power of finance relates to longstanding inequalities across racial, gender, and class in the U.S. Potential public policy solutions to these inequalities are explored. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 118: Hate Crime Units: 4 Examines the causes and consequences of hate crimes, as well as the social contexts within which they occur. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (SOC 001 or SOC 070) and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 120: Sociology of Culture Units: 4 Explores central themes and issues in the sociology of culture, such as the relationship between the cultural forms studied by humanists to the social structures studied by sociologists and political scientists. The sociology of culture is both an approach to, and a subject within sociology. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 121: Latina/o/x Sociology Units: 4 Provides concepts and ideas with which to analyze the contemporary and historical experiences of Latinos. While often thought of and treated as one single racial or ethnic group, Latinos have much internal diversity and a range of lived experiences. Draws primarily from sociological texts to make sense of the history of Latino groups; the evolving discipline of U.S. Latino Studies; core tenets such as migration, exclusion and belonging; and how race, class, gender and legal status shape the U.S. Latino experience. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 130: Social Stratification Units: 4 Examines classical and modern explanations of the causes of social, economic and political inequality. Issues include: the central axes of inequality in society (race/class/gender); power; processes that create/maintain inequality; and, the consequences of inequality for individuals and groups. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 131: Urban Inequality Units: 4 Examines a small selection of the work on urban poverty in the United States in a seminar setting. Examines in depth theories behind the evolution of the urban poor, as well as the impact of poverty upon individuals. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 132: Sociology of Education Units: 4 Focuses on how social forces (such as politics, economics, demographics and institutional context) create variation in school practices, and how variation in school practices affects individual student achievement and behavior. Students will also become familiar with presenting, interpreting, and discussing public education data. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Badge: Diversity and Identity Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 133: Higher Education in the US Units: 4 Focuses on higher education (that is, degree-granting postsecondary education) in the United States, both external forces and contexts (e.g., history, political and social movements, demographic changes, federal and state policy priorities and changes) and institutional settings (e.g., people, cultures, structures, policies). Organized according to three broad questions: (1) How did higher education develop in the United States and why?, (2) How do institutions of higher education work – or do they?, and (3) How does college affect undergraduate students? Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 134: Sports and Society Units: 4 Examines the dynamics sports play in society, focusing on issues of race, gender and nationality. Sports are often dismissed as unimportant to society’s working. However, some of society’s most important moments, racial integration (Jackie Robinson), gender equality (Title IX), and recognition of new nations (Olympics) have been through sports. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 135: Sociology of Work Units: 4 Students will consider how work structures social life, how work and social inequality are related, how work shapes and is shaped by our social identities, and how work has changed and will likely continue to change in the coming decades. The class focuses on work in the 20th-21st century US. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Badge: Diversity and Identity Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 136: Globalization Units: 4 Surveys major global social trends over the last few centuries. Specifically, examines the rise of bureaucracy, industrial capitalism, and national social movements/revolutions to assist us in comprehending current social trends such as the network society, neo-liberal economic restructuring, international social movements, and global conflict. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Global Awareness Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 140: Organizational Behavior Units: 4 Examines the evolution of the modern organization, focusing on approaches to strategy and organizational environments. Students read social scientific analyses and case studies to trace the history of bureaucratic organizations, and study social science perspectives that emphasize the variation of current organizational forms. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 145: Sociology of Health Units: 4 Introduction to some key sociological theories and empirical research on health and illness. Course topics will include the relationship between social structures and the production and distribution of disease; how health and illness are defined and socially constructed; and the link between disease and inequality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Global Awareness Badge: Ethics Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 146: Social Determinants of Health Units: 4 Provides an introduction to the social determinants of health: the social advantages and disadvantages that people experience – based on their social position and social circumstances – that influence their health and well-being. Provides an introduction to and appreciation of theoretical perspectives and empirical research on social determinants of health, including: roles that various social determinants (e.g., race, socioeconomic status, gender, sexuality) play in shaping health outcomes; multiple pathways (e.g., access to resources, stress, environmental exposures) that structure social inequalities in health; conceptual and methodological challenges involved in conducting research on social determinants of health; impact of specific policies and interventions on population health outcomes. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Ethics Badge: Scientific Method Upper Division: Crossroads Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 150: Self and Society Units: 4 Focuses on the major theoretical perspectives, and their assumptions and problems, in interpersonal processes and social psychology from a sociological point of view. Examines techniques of investigation and methodological issues as well as focus on the dominant perspectives. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Upper Division: Crossroads Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 155: Sociology of the Family Units: 4 Examines the family in a larger social context. The course will explore sociological perspectives on the family, investigate the diversity that families have in society, and explore inequality both within the family and between families. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Diversity and Identity Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 160: Gender and Society Units: 4 Relies on sociological theories and evidence to understand the role gender plays in structuring social lives at both individual and institutional levels. Topics may include: sociological/feminist theories of gender, gender socialization/parenting, gender identity, and intersections of gender with race/class/sexuality. The course will also consider how various organizations and institutions–such as work, family, education, the law, media, and/or politics–are gendered. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Global Awareness Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 161: Sociology of Sexuality Units: 4 Focuses on the social construction of sexuality and on sexual behavior and demographic trends. We will also study the intersection of sexuality and social institutions, as well as the politics of sexuality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and (SOC 015 or COGS 105 or PH 112 or PSY 015) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 170: Qualitative Research Methods Units: 4 Examines in-depth the techniques of qualitative social science research. Topics may include participant observation, interviews, and/or focus groups. Explores research design issues, including developing research questions, selecting methods, and the ethics of research. Students will collect and analyze qualitative data on topics of interest. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Ethics Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 015 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 175: Topics in Advanced Sociological Research Methods Units: 4 Provides advanced training in the process of sociological research. During the semester students will develop the skills and background knowledge needed to plan and organize sound research projects of their own, and critique others’ research. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Ethics Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 015 with B or better and SOC 010 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 180: Advanced Issues in Race and Ethnicity Units: 4 Examines in depth the main classical and modern explanations of the issues surrounding Race and Ethnicity. Issues include: Power; processes that create/maintain inequality, biological vs social constructions of race, race and ethnicity in the age of conquest, race and ethnicity in modern society. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Global Awareness Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 181: Chicanos in U.S. Society Units: 4 Aims to achieve a multi-disciplinary understanding of the processes and experiences currently facing the Chicana/o population in the United States. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 182: Current Topics in Immigration Units: 4 Immigration continues transforming the US, Europe, Middle Eastern states and developing nations. How do we understand these transformations and their impact? The class has 3 parts: migration, integration, and belonging. We will examine the causes, consequences and repercussions of one of the most important topics of the 21st century. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 183: Intersectionality Units: 4 Examines the concept, theory, method and practice of intersectionality. The following will be considered and addressed: how scholars have intersectionality as a concept, theory, method and practice of social change; what intersectionality has to offer to other theoretical approaches; and the ongoing debates regarding intersectionality and the study of social inequality and justice. The objective of this course is to critically examine and understand the paradigm of intersectionality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: CRES 183 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 or CRES 001 or SOC 038 or SOC 060 or SOC 030 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 185: Topics in Sociology Units: 4 Intensive treatment of a special topic or problem in sociology. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 3 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 191: Sociology Senior Capstone Units: 4 Serves as a culminating experience for graduating seniors who are majoring in sociology. Build on the skills students have developed in their prior classes by applying sociological knowledge to a specific, contemporary research topic. Assignments are designed to help students develop additional skills, knowledge, and competencies to engage in contemporary issues using a critical framework. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Diversity and Identity Upper Division: Culminating Experience Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 001 and SOC 010 and SOC 015 Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: SOC 100 Open only to following major/minor(s): Sociology (Undergraduate) - SOC Open only to the following class level(s): Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 192: Internship in Sociology Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to sociology in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of sociology. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of sociology. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	SOC 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	SOC 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	SOC 199: Upper Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	SOC 200: Sociological Theory Units: 4 Provides an introduction to central topics in sociological theory. Students will study original theoretical works by classical theorists like Marx, Weber, Simmel and Durkheim, the founders of sociology. We will also explore contemporary branches that are built upon the classical foundation, as well as contemporary work that breaks with prior traditions. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 201: Sociology Professionalization Seminar Units: 2 The course’s main goal is to help students understand the professional worlds of sociology. The course content will have three primary components: an introduction to academic sociology, an introduction to non-academic sociology, and advice on the successful completion of graduate school in sociology. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Sociology (Graduate) - SOCI Public Health (Graduate) - PHE Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 205: Graduate Writing and Publishing Seminar Units: 4 Students will set clear goals for the completion of a publishable academic article, learn how to manage time, form the habit of writing every day, and develop the skills needed to write a publishable academic article. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 210: Graduate Statistics I: Linear Regression Analysis Units: 4 Introduction to statistics. Addresses the basics involved in manipulating and analyzing data, focusing on ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis. Discuss the assumptions behind the method, as well as interpretation of findings. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 211: Graduate Statistics 2: Categorical Regression Analysis Units: 4 The second in a two course sequence in applied statistics. Covers categorical data analysis: regression models in which the dependent variable is categorical: binary, nominal, ordinal, and count. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: SOC 210 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 212: Advanced Topics in Quantitative Sociology Units: 4 Introduces students to the analysis of multilevel data. Models that will be covered include random-intercept, random-slopes, and growth curve. The focus will be on models with continuous outcomes, but some time will be spent on models with categorical or limited dependent variables. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 215: Graduate Research Methods Units: 4 Designed to provide an overview of the major research methodologies and techniques used in the social sciences. By the end of the course, students will have the knowledge and skills they need to design research projects and critically read about and evaluate the research of others. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 216: Qualitative Methods Units: 4 Engages students with approaches to qualitative research. Course readings will focus on participant observation and semi-structured interviewing, and highlight the centrality of theory and reflexivity. Students will submit a research proposal, apply for Institutional Review Board approval, and conduct research under the guidance of the instructor. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 219: Environmental Sociology Units: 4 Introduces graduate students to environmental sociology. Covers key theories, major topics, and current debates within environmental sociology. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 220: Political Sociology Units: 4 Key questions and themes for this seminar include the comparative and historical diversity of political economies; the nature and measurement of mass opinion; and linkages between voters, political parties and social movements, and policy outputs. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 221: Social Movements Units: 4 Examines major theories, conceptual issues and empirical research on social movements. Topics will include macro-level theories of movement emergence (e.g. political opportunities), as well as theories of individual participation, cultural dynamics of movements, and globalization. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 222: The Sociology of Public Policy Units: 4 Takes a broad view of social policy as structures of the welfare state that shape and are shaped by social inequalities. Social policy can either mitigate or widen inequalities involving class, gender, race, ethnicity, and immigration status. Analyzes alternative theories for explaining the distinctive features of U.S. social policy that variously emphasize the historical importance of class mobilization, war, state structures, ideas and values, immigration, race, and gender. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 232: Graduate Sociology of Education Units: 4 This seminar will introduce students to sociological theories and empirical research on schools and society. We will focus on how social forces (such as politics, economics, etc.) create variation in school practices, and how variation in school practices affects individual student achievement, behavior, and life course outcomes. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 233: Race and Education Units: 4 Focuses on sociological research in the area of race and education. Examines inequalities in educational opportunities and outcomes at various levels of education among several groups: Latinos, African Americans, and Asian Americans. Interrogates competing explanations for ethnic-racial educational “achievement” gaps. The material explores the intersections of class, gender, immigrant status and race. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 240: Sociology of Organizations Units: 4 Covers the core methods, theories and research on the sociology of organizations, including Weberian classical theory, rational, natural, and open systems models, network theories, neo-institutionalism, world polity, and work and organizations. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 245: Sociology of Health Units: 4 An introductory, yet comprehensive survey of the sociology of health for graduate students. Covers three large areas: (1) theories, arguments, and methods of the sociology of health and medicine; (2) patients and physicians issues; (3) the social distribution of health. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 260: Sociology of Gender Units: 4 Examines major theories and research on the sociology of gender, including the social construction of gender, how individuals develop gender identities, intersections of gender and sexuality and race, as well as how social institutions and organizations structure and are structured by gender. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 261: Sexualities Units: 4 Surveys the sociology of sexuality from its beginnings in quantitative research through social constructionism and feminism. Examines Michel Foucault’s rethinking and look at queer theory. The construction of heteronormativity, making of homosexualities, sexual commodification and globalization are addressed. Reassesses understandings of relationships among bodies, genders, and sexualities. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 280: Race and Ethnicity Units: 4 Readings in history, sociology, anthropology, and ethnic studies about the formation of the idea of race and the reproduction of racial hierarchies at the individual and institutional levels. We will focus on themes such as mass incarceration, color-blind racism, racial inequality in the education system, racial differences in wealth and income, and how race, class, gender and sexuality work together to define social boundaries in our society. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 282: Immigration Units: 4 Examines principal theoretical perspectives and empirical research on contemporary immigration flows, how individuals and families are affected by immigration, as well as immigration policy and its implications. Studies immigration through the lenses of globalization and human rights. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 284: Latinx Sociology Units: 4 Provides concepts and ideas with which to analyze the diverse contemporary and historical experiences of Latinxs. Interrogates the social forces (such as politics, culture, economics, demographics and institutional context) that create variation in the Latinx experience in the U.S. The purpose is to help us think critically about the role Latinxs play in U.S. society and their diverse experiences. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	SOC 290: Special Topics in Sociology Units: 4 The content of this course will vary, depending on the interests of the faculty member and the needs of the graduate program. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information

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QSB 256: Ecological Dynamics

QSB 257: Evolutionary Dynamics

QSB 261: Human Physiology

QSB 270: Academic Writing in Graduate Studies

QSB 271: Advanced Neurobiology: Brain Dysfunction and Neurodegenerative Diseases

QSB 274: Stable Isotopes in Ecosystems

QSB 275: Epigenetics & Gene Expression

QSB 278: Gene Expression Analysis

QSB 281: Molecular Dynamics and Biomolecular Simulation

QSB 282: Bioinformatics

QSB 283: Population Genetics

QSB 284: Biomolecular Modeling and Simulations

QSB 285: Biostatistics

QSB 288: First Year Rotation Track Research

QSB 289: Research Forums in Quantitative and Systems Biology

QSB 290: Current Topics in Quantitative and Systems Biology

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QSB 292: Quantitative and Systems Biology Group Meeting

QSB 293: Quantitative and Systems Biology Journal Club

QSB 294: Responsible Conduct of Research

QSB 295: Graduate Research

QSB 296: Writing and Speaking Science

QSB 297: Systems Biology: From Molecules to Metabolic Networks

QSB 298: Directed Group Study

QSB 299: Directed Independent Study

QSB 399: University Teaching

SOC 283: Intersectionality

SOC 001: Introduction to Sociology

SOC 009: Community Mobilization and Politics

SOC 010: Statistics for Sociology

SOC 015: Sociological Research Methods

SOC 020: Social Problems

SOC 030: Social Inequality

SOC 035: Introduction to Political Sociology

SOC 038: Sociology of Race and Racism

SOC 060: Introduction to Sociology of Gender

SOC 070: Introduction to Crime and Deviance

SOC 090X: Freshman Seminar

SOC 092: Internship in Sociology

SOC 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research

SOC 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study

SOC 099: Lower Division Individual Study

SOC 100: Sociological Theory

SOC 107: Law and Society

SOC 108: Advanced Topics in Criminology

SOC 110: Social Movements, Protest and Collective Action

SOC 111: Environmental Sociology

SOC 115: Political Sociology

SOC 116: Inequality & Public Policy

SOC 118: Hate Crime

SOC 120: Sociology of Culture

SOC 121: Latina/o/x Sociology

SOC 130: Social Stratification

SOC 131: Urban Inequality

SOC 132: Sociology of Education

SOC 133: Higher Education in the US

SOC 134: Sports and Society

SOC 135: Sociology of Work

SOC 136: Globalization

SOC 140: Organizational Behavior

SOC 145: Sociology of Health

SOC 146: Social Determinants of Health

SOC 150: Self and Society

SOC 155: Sociology of the Family

SOC 160: Gender and Society

SOC 161: Sociology of Sexuality

SOC 170: Qualitative Research Methods

SOC 175: Topics in Advanced Sociological Research Methods