SOC X95L SOC 395L Topics in Seminars in Race and Ethnicity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Sociological theories and findings concerning various aspects of race and ethnicity. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Comparative Perspectives in Race and Ethnicity. May be counted toward the race and ethnicity specialization.
Topic 2: Blacks in the United States. May be counted toward the race and ethnic relations specialization.
Topic 3: Mexican Americans. May be counted toward the race and ethnic relations specialization.
Topic 4: Health of Minority Groups.
Topic 5: Current Topics in Racial and Ethnic Relations.
Topic 6: Special Topics in Racial and Ethnic Relations.
Topic 7: Asian Americans. May be counted toward the race and ethnic relations specialization.
Topic 8: Race, Media, and Culture. May be counted toward the race and ethnicity specialization.
Topic 9: Race and the Body. Explores theories and research methodologies in the sociological study of the body, with a focus on race, racism, gender, and sexualities. May be counted toward either the race and ethnicity specialization or the theory specialization.
Topic 10: Critical Theories of Race and Racism. Introduction to global perspectives on race, ethnicity, and racism. Examines the historical relationship between the emergence of ideas about race and Western modernity: importance of slavery and European colonialism in producing modern understandings of race and racial difference; contemporary racial formation in the period after the anticolonial struggles of the mid-twentieth century. May be counted toward the race and ethnicity specialization or the theory specialization. Sociology 394K (Topic: Critical Theories on Race and Racism) and 395L (Topic 10) may not both be counted.