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GRS SO 847: Seminar: Global Sociology
(Meets with GRS IR 748.) Examines different sociological perspectives on global social dynamics and processes. -
GRS SO 852: Contemporary Debates in Sexualities Research
Engages debates about sexual identities, practices, and communities, conceptualizing sexuality as both a social construct and an institution. Students consider how sexualities operate across social contexts, their effects on systems of inequalities, and their intersections with race, class, and gender. -
GRS SO 859: Deviance and Social Control
This seminar explores sociological explanations for why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how rules and sanctions are created and enforced. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Social Inquiry II, Research and Information Literacy. -
GRS SO 860: Seminar in Economic Sociology
Introduction to core theoretical perspectives and debates in contemporary economic sociology (structural/network, cultural, institutional/political and performativity) with a special attention paid to morality of markets, commensuration and construction of value, money, credit and finance and inequality. -
GRS SO 890: Seminar: Global Health: Politics, Institutions, and Ideology
What is global health? Who are the main actors in global health debates? This seminar explores the politics of global health, providing students with sociological tools, concepts, and knowledge to help make sense of conflict in contemporary global health debates. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Writing-Intensive Course, Research and Information Literacy. -
GRS SO 947: Dr Field Conc
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GRS SO 951: Professionalization Workshop
Provides an introduction to the professional culture norms and workings of the graduate program, familiarization with faculty's ongoing research and publications, and an overview of departmental, college, and area-wide resources
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