2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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Assistant Professor Helen Marrow, Immigration, race and
ethnic relations, social inequalities and social policies, health,
qualitative research methods
SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS:
Assistant Professor Freeden Oeur, Education
Sociology is the systematic study of social institutions,
social interactions, and social and cultural
identities. Sociology studies how social structures
shape human behaviors, social categories, and social
meanings. Sociology also studies how behavior
(agency) constructs social structure. Institutions
include family, religion, media and culture, health
and medicine, education, work and labor markets,
the military, business and nonprofit organizations,
science and technology, the environment, and the
arts. Areas of study include social inequalities such
as race, ethnicity, class, and gender; media, society
and culture; and immigration, transnationalism, and
globalization. Sociology students learn how to
critically examine and analyze social structure and
culture; how social and cultural constructs such as
gender, race, and class influence people’s lives;
and how people change society by forming social
movements and using the media.
UNDERGRADUATE concentrATION
REQUIREMENTS
Major in Sociology
All Sociology majors, including those who elect to
do one of the three clusters (see below), must complete
ten Sociology courses, at least six of which
must be listed or cross-listed by the Tufts University
Department of Sociology. Of the 10 Sociology
courses, 4 must be the following core courses, at
least 2 of which must be taken in the Tufts
University Department of Sociology:
1: Introduction to Sociology
101: Quantitative Research Methods
102: Qualitative Research Methods
103: Survey of Social Theory
Of the 10 required Sociology courses, one must be
numbered 180 or above. Sociology 193, 197, 198
and 199 do not count for this requirement. Five of
the 10 required courses are unrestricted electives,
except for students who choose to complete a
cluster.
Majoring in Sociology Using a Cluster Option
Students can major in Sociology by choosing their
electives to complete one of the following Cluster
Options:
1. Media, Culture, and Society
2. Social Inequalities and Social Change
3. Globalization, Transnationalism, and
Immigration
For more information on the Cluster Option,
please visit http://ase.tufts.edu/sociology/programs
Courses.asp.
UNDERGRADUATE MINOR ProgrAM
Minor in Sociology
The minor requires the completion of six courses;
none may be taken pass-fail. One required introductory
course numbered 1 through 50; one
required methods course: Sociology 101 or 102; one
theory course: Sociology 103; and three elective
courses. Details are available from the department.
Students should declare their minor by junior year.
Students in the Class of 2013 and later must follow
these requirements. Others can choose between this
set of requirements and those in place at the time
of their matriculation at Tufts.
For more detailed information, please visit the
website http://ase.tufts.edu/sociology.
Spanish
(FOR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, SEE roMANCE
LANGUAGES.)
Urban and Environmental
Policy and Planning
Professor Weiping Wu, Chair; Comparative urban
development, urban economic policy, China
Professor Julian Agyeman, Sustainability policy and
planning, environmental and food justice, intercultural cities
Professor Rachel G. Bratt, Housing and community
development
Professor Robert M. Hollister, International university civic
engagement
Professor James Jennings, Urban and neighborhood
politics, social welfare, community development
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