Topic 1: Gender Stratification. May be counted toward the gender and social organizations specializations.

Topic 2: Gender Differentiation. May be counted toward the gender specialization.

Topic 3: Gender and Family. Review of basic theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence concerning gender and family relationships. Considers how and why family relationships differ for men and women as well as the gendered consequences of relationships for men's and women's well-being. Includes discussion of marital status, marital transitions, marital quality, same sex intimate relationships, cohabiting relationships, and parent/child relationships. May be counted toward either the gender specialization or the family specialization.

Topic 4: Gender and Health. May be counted toward the gender and health specializations.

Topic 5: Gender and Development. May be counted toward the gender and development specializations.

Topic 6: Gender and Work. Examines theoretical and empirical issues regarding gender inequality in the labor market. Includes discussion of changes in female labor force participation, gender segregation in the workplace, gender gaps in earnings and promotions, as well as gender differences in career processes. May be counted toward either the gender specialization or the work, occupations, and organizations specialization.

Topic 7: Feminist Theory. Examines social categories such as the state, citizenship, nationalism, and globalization from a feminist perspective. May be counted toward either the gender specialization or the theory specialization. Sociology 394K (Topic: Feminist Theory) and 395G (Topic 7) may not both be counted.

Topic 8: Readings in Gender and Sexuality. Presents an overview of sociological theories of sexuality and provides a forum for discussion of recently published works in the sociology of gender and sexuality. May be counted toward the gender specialization.

Topic 9: Gender and Society. Examines the social construction of gender inequality, paying special attention to how divisions by race, class, and sexuality contribute to and occasionally undercut men's power and privilege over women. Emphasis is also placed on moments of resistance and change in gender arrangements. May be counted toward the gender specialization.

Topic 10: Sociology of Sexual Violence. Examines the different social forces and dynamics responsible for a variety of expressions of sexual violence existing in contemporary society. Designed to examine these processes promoting social violence from feminist-informed sociological perspectives; explore and analyze the historical, economic, and socio-cultural contexts responsible for these processes; study the issues and concerns with regard (but not limited) to gender, race and ethnicity, class, sexuality, and political activism associated with sexual violence research in the social sciences; and discuss and critique published sexual violence research based on qualitative methodologies across disciplines. May be counted toward the gender specialization.

Topic 11: Qualitative Methods and Sexuality Research. Examines major qualitative approaches to the study of sexuality from a sociological perspective; issues and concerns with regard to gender, race and ethnicity, class, same-gender sexualities, and activism associated with sexuality research in the social sciences; and published sexuality research based on qualitative methodologies. May be counted toward either the gender specialization or the statistics and methods requirement.

Topic 12: Women and the Changing World of Work. Explores the nature and causes of gender stratification in industrial societies. Examines theoretical and empirical issues regarding gender inequality in the labor market. Includes changes in female labor force participation, gender segregation in the workplace, gender gaps in earnings and promotions, and gender differences in career processes. Addresses how social institutions that vary from one country to another shape men's and women's economic opportunities and the degree of gender inequality in the society. May be counted toward the gender specialization and the work, occupations and organizations specialization in the sociology department. Only one of the following may be counted: Public Affairs 388K (Topic: Women and the Changing World of Work), Social Work 395K (Topic: Women and the Changing World of Work), Sociology 395G (Topic: Women and the Changing World of Work), 395G (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 393 (Topic: Women and the Changing World of Work).