UCLA Graduate Catalog 1980-81 - Registrar - UCLA

The Ph.D. in sociology usually leads to a career in
research and/or teaching. Although most
sociologists are employed by universities, there are
increasing career opportunities in government and
other non-university research centers.
The Department of Sociology is situated on the
second floor of Haines Hall and is located close to
the other social sciences and the Institute for
American Cultures. Other facilities of interest to
Sociology graduate students are the Graduate
Research Library, the Survey Research Center,
which is a division of the Institute for Social Science
Research (ISSR), the small group laboratories of the
Graduate School of Management, and the Center
for Computer-Based Behavioral Studies. The
Department has its own on-line data processing
equipment and an APL terminal as well as access to
the data processing facilities of the Campus Computing
Network of the University. The Department
also has the resource of its own audiovisual
laboratory and statistical facilities.
Graduate Courses
201A-201B. Proseminar in Sociology . Prerequisite:
graduate status . A comprehensive survey of basic
concepts and theories in the major fields of
sociology. Designed primarily for graduate students
in the first year of residence.
Mr. Alexander, Mr. Lopez
210A-210B. Intermediate Quantitative Methods I-
IL Prerequisite: course 18 or equivalent. An intermediate
level treatment of fundamentals of statistical
theory and procedures: probability theory, basic
distributions (normal , binomial , t, chi-square, F,
etc.), their interrelations, and statistical procedures
based on them ; analysis of contingency tables;
multiple and partial correlation and regression;
analysis of variance and experimental designs; the
general linear model; systems of equations. Additional
special topics that can include: use of computers;
loglinear models; factor analysis, discriminant
function analysis ; scaling and measurement;
sampling design ; nonparametric techniques and
measures; matrix algebra if used in coverage of
listed topics . The course is offered on an In Progress
basis, which requires students to complete the full
two-quarter sequence, at the end of which time a
grade is given for each quarter.
Mr. Bonacich, Mr. McFarland, Mr. TenHouten
210C. Intermediate Quantitative Methods III. Prerequisite:
2106 . Not required for the M.A. or Ph.D.
degrees in sociology. This course will cover additional
and more advanced multivariate techniques
of particular value to sociologists . Mr. Bonacich
211A-2118 . Comparative and Historical Methods.
Prerequisites: course 211A- consent of the instructor
. Course 211B-successful completion of
course 211 A. A. Strategies of Research and Conceptualization.
Topics include relationship of theory
and fact to the social sciences, the logic of comparative
and historical analysis , and substantive
paradigms of comparative and historical analysis.
Reading involves methodological examination of
basic works in representative problem areas. B.
Research Techniques. Topics include the problems
of evidence, quantitative and qualitative data. Techniques
of data analysis including use of manuscript
census, content analysis, collective biography, and
secondary analysis will be discussed. The course is
offered on an In Progress Grading basis, which
requires students to complete the full two-quarter
sequence, at the end of which time a grade is given
for each quarter. Mr. Lo, Mr. Prager, Mr. Roy
212A-212B. Marxist Methodology . Prerequisite:
course 112 or consent of instructor . Practice in the
dialectical method of attaining scientific knowledge
about society as a process and mode of production.
A critical examination of methodological issues and
techniques, and practical field researches.
Mr. Horton
213A-213B . Techniques of Demographic and
Ecological Analysis. Prerequisite: course 210A or
equivalent. Procedures and techniques for the collection,
evaluation, and analysis of demographic
and ecological data; models of population and
ecological structure and change; applications to the
study of social structure and social change.
Mr. Sabagh
214A -214B. The Measurement of Sociological
Variables. Prerequisite: courses 210A-210B and
consent of the instructor. Theory and technique of
measurement in sociology and social psychology;
construction, application and evaluation of
measurement techniques, especially the forms of
scaling. This course is offered on an In Progress
basis, which requires students to complete the full
two-quarter sequence, at the end of which time a
grade is given for all quarters of work.
Mr. TenHouten
215A-215B. Experimental Sociology.99 Prerequisite:
course 210A or equivalent and consent of
the instructor. A course designed to provide students
with the basic fundamentals of the experimental
method, particularly as it is used in social
psychology. This course is offered on an In Progress
basis, which requires students to complete the full
two-quarter sequence, at the end of which time a
grade is given for all quarters of work.
Mr. Grusky, Mr. Rabow, Mr. Shure
216A-216B. Survey Research Methods . Course in
methodology and techniques: formulation of
research problem; study design; hypotheses; sampling;
measurement; questionnaire and schedule
construction; interviewing and data collection;
processing and tabulation; analysis and interpretation;
presentation of findings; cross-national, replicative,
panel and other complex survey designs.
Students participate in survey research project.
This course is offered on an In Progress basis,
which requires students to complete the full twoquarter
sequence, at the end of which time a grade
is given for all quarters of work.
Mr. Levine, Mr. Treiman
217A- 217B . Ethnographic Field Work. Prerequisite:
consent of the instructor. Theories and
techniques of ethnographic field work. This course
will consider the kinds of problems amenable to
ethnographic approaches, methods and techniques
for doing field work, and ethnical problems
involved in such research. This course is offered on
an In Progress basis, which requires students to
complete the full two-quarter sequence, at the end
of which time a grade is given for all quarters of
work. Mr. Emerson, Mr. Pollner
218A-218B. Ethnomethodological Methods. Prerequisite
: consent of the instructor . Examination of
techniques used in ethnomethodological research,
practice in the critical evaluation of research, and
directed experience in the conduct of an extended
investigation employing ethnomethodological procedures.
This course is offered on an In Progress
basis, which requires students to complete the full
two-quarter sequence, at the end of which time a
grade is given for all quarters of work.
219. Theory
Mr. Garfinkel
of Sociological Inquiry . Prerequisite:
course 210A and consent of the instructor. A general
review of procedures followed by social scientists
in attempts to achieve valid theoretical
knowledge. Focuses on inductive inference and
theory testing: control and randomization, experimental
and nonexperimental research designs,
association and causality, models, measurement
theory, sampling theory. Mr. TenHouten
SOCIOLOGY / 291
220. Role Theory . Prerequisite: graduate status and
consent of the instructor. A review of;theories and
research dealing with social roles, with special
emphasis on roles in social interaction and in formation
of the social self. Mr. Turner
221. Social Ecology. Prerequisites: graduate status
and course 1S or equivalent, course 126 or equivalent,
or consent of instructor. An examination of the
various approaches to both micro and macro
ecology, including classical and neoclassical
ecology, social area analysis, sociocultrual ecology,
city-size distributions, effects of population density
on animals and humans, proxemics, territoriality,
and the effects of the physical environment on
humans. Mr. Bailey
224A-224B. Problems in Social Psychology. Prerequisite:
course 210A and consent of instructor.
The basic course of graduate students intending to
specialize in social psychology. The first quarter
examines systematically major theoretical contributions
to the field. The second quarter introduces the
student to current work being done in the Department
in several subfields. Mr. Grusky
225A- 225B . Demographic Perspectives on the
Relationship of Family and Economic Systems.
Prerequisite: course 210A-210B or consent of the
instructor. An examination of the interrelationship
of family and economic systems in societies at
different levels of economic development, focusing
particularly on the U.S. experience. Central to the
course is: (1) an analysis of how demographic factors
affect economic and family systems; (2) how
these systems, and changes in them, affect
demographic variables; and (3) how this two-way
process influences the relationship of family and
economic systems over time. The first quarter will
be primarily devoted tk lectures and readings. The
second quarter carries students into individual
research projects involving a term paper and class
room reports of results. Ms. Oppenheimer
226. Leadership and Comparative Social Structure.
A comparative analysis of leadership in different
social structures with particular attention to the
development, maintenance, and disintegration of
leadership corps and cadres. Mr. Surace
227. The Sociology of Knowledge . Prerequisite:
graduate status or consent of the instructor. A
survey of theories and research concerning social
determinants of systems of knowledge and the role
of intellectual and artistic elites in Western
societies. Mr. Horton
230. Theories of Deviance . An examination of
various sociological approaches to the study of
deviant behavior with emphasis on anomie theory
as the major orientation today. Special attention
given to the problems of defining deviance and the
articulation of sociological and psychological levels
of explanation.
Mr. Emerson, Mr. Rabow, Mr. Surace
234. Sociology of Community Organization. Prerequisite:
graduate status and consent of the instructor.
A survey of recent and classical research
and literature dealing with predominantly political
institutions, the problem of order, and the
organization of communal life in the village and the
metropolis. The Staff
235. Social Structure and Social Movements. Prerequisite:
graduate status or consent of the instructor.
A survey of some social science theories
bearing on the analysis of large scale social movements
and upheavals. The causes, course and consequences
of selected social movements, insurrections
and revolutions will be examined.
Mr. Surace
236. Social Change in the Middle East. An analysis
of the sources, extent, and types of social change in