Social Inequality Ph.D. Concentration

 

  • Expectations and Courses
  • Participating Faculty
  • Other Courses
Expectations:

Students in this concentration are expected to master the concepts and theories relating to inequality in human society. Inequality can be manifested as age, ethnic and racial, gender, rural/urban, social class as well as international differences.

Required Courses:
  • 534 Race, Class and Gender Inequality (survey of theory and research)
  • 529 Seminar in Social Inequality (topical seminars)
    • 529A Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
    • 529B Social Class and Stratification
    • 529C Sociology of Gende
Recommended Courses in Sociology:
  • 525D Symbolic Interactionism
  • 536A Urban Sociology
  • 540 Comparative Social Change
  • 551A Sociology of Work
  • 582 Theories of Social Deviance

Recommended Courses in Other Departments:
There are many interesting and relevant courses offered across the university that can help strengthen your expertise in the area. Below is a list of some of these courses. Please consult an inequality area faculty for recommendations on current non-departmental course offerings that may fit your needs.

African American Studies

  • Independent studies for graduate credit (no regular graduate courses offered)

American Indian Studies

  • Independent studies for graduate credit (no regular graduate courses offered)

Anthropology

  • ANTH 511 Cultural Change and Applied Anthropology
  • ANTH 518 Global Culture, Consumption and Modernity
  • ANTH 526 Peoples and Cultures of East and Southeast Asia

Higher Education

  • HGED 570H Student Diversity

History

Political Science

  • POLS 552 Comparative Foreign Policy
  • POLS 505 Proseminar in Comparative Politics

U.S. Latino/a Studies

  • Independent studies for graduate credit (no regular graduate courses offered)

Women’s Studies

  • WS 510 Contemporary Feminist Theories
  • WS 620 Advanced Seminar in Feminist Research Methods
  • WS 535 Women and Development
WS 550 Topics in Women's Studies