Spring 2010 Course Offerings
INTRODUCTORY COURSES
SO100 Principles in Sociology (TuTh 9:30-11 or MWF 10-11)
Start thinking like a sociologist with the ever-amazing lecturers, Prof. Jeff Coulter (Tuesdays and Thursdays) or Prof. Susan Holsapple (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays).
SO201 Sociological Methods (TuTh, 2-3:30)
Prof. Sigrun Olafsdottir takes you into the world of sociological research.
SO 203 Sociological Theories (TuTh, 11-12:30 or TuTh, 2-3:30)
Prof. Stephen Kalberg (11-12:30) or Prof. Jeff Coulter (2-3:30) can be your guide to the great thinkers who have tried to figure out how society works.
SO 205 The American Family (MWF 11-12)
So families aren’t just random genetic collisions? Prof. Melissa Barnett, visiting lecturer, explains it all!
SO 207 Race & Ethnic Relations (MWF 2-3)
In an increasingly diverse world, this is a hot topic. Prof. Ashley Mears provides new ways to think about it.
SO 215 Sociology of Health Care (TuTh 11-12:30)
Think doctors and hospitals are always and everywhere the same? Prof. Sigrun Olafsdottir will challenge you to expand your horizons.
SO 225 Law and Society (MWF 11-12)
Professor Peter Yeager leads you through Law & Order: Boston University Unit.
SO 240 Sexuality and Social Life (TuTh 12:30-2) – Lecturer Holly Donovan.
Need we say more?
SO 242 Globalization and World Poverty (TuTh 12:30-2)
This ever-popular survey, led by Prof. Susan Eckstein, will refocus your worldview.
SO 244 Urban Sociology (MWF 2-3)
Skyscrapers, sprawl, and society: Lecturer Megan O’Leary takes you on a tour of Boston and other great cities.
SO 277 Technology and Society (TuTh 12:30-2)
What has technology done? What can it do? What can (or should) be done about it? Prof.
Laurel Smith-Doerr will broaden your perspective on this fundamental element of society.
ADVANCED COURSES
SO 302 Social Networks (TuTh 9:30-11)
Prof. Laurel Smith-Doerr explores the power of social networks in settings such as the economy, the family, technology, crime, and popular culture.
SO 303 Substantive Themes in Sociological Theory (MWF 2-3)
Conflict, change, authority, and order; what have classic thinkers said about these topics, and how have modern thinkers responded? Prof. David Swartz draws the connections.
SO 318 Sociology of Childhood and Youth (TuTh 9:30-11)
Prof. Kibria explores how social institutions influence children’s lives and how the idea of “childhood” itself is created socially.
SO 328 Contemporary South Asian Societies (MWF 2-3)
What do modernity and identity mean in South Asian societies today? Prof. Kibria
introduces you to the contemporary South Asian landscape.
SO 420 Seminar: Women and Social Change in the Developing World (Tu 3:30-6:30)
Prof. Eckstein opens up new windows on the experiences of women in the Global South.
SO 436 Seminar: Stratification and Social Change (W 1-4pm)
Explore the dynamics of class and change with Prof. Holsapple.
SO 440 Seminar: Political Sociology (Th 2-5)
How does sociology explain the state? Prof. Stephen Kalberg explores questions of civic and political life, elites and power, and community activism.
SO 448 Seminar: Culture, Markets & Inequality (M 9-12)
Prof. Ashley Mears asks “Are you what you buy?” How are the markets for fashion and popular culture shaped by gender, ethnicity, and social class?
SO 462 Seminar: Great Theorists (W 9-12)
Prof. John Stone examines the central theorists of sociology and how their works complement and conflict with each other.
SO 521 Seminar: Epidemiology (Tu 9:30-12:30)
How do human dynamics of community, race, class, or gender affect biological health? Prof.
Pat Rieker studies the challenge of disease and the effect of health care, policy, and research.
SO 543 Modernity Seminar (M 4-7)
Prof. Greenfeld offers an opportunity to explore what “living in a modern world” means. What
cultural, philosophical, and political realities have come together to create this time in the history of the West?
SO 559 Seminar: Deviance and Social Control (M 1-4)
What does “normal” mean? Prof. Peter Yeager focuses on the institutions that respond to deviant behavior and their implications for social policy.
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