Ph.D. Program Guidebook - The University of Chicago Booth School ...

Ph.D. Program Guidebook 2007-2008
30302. Implementation of Public Policy (Taub)
40105*. Culture and Identity (Glaeser)
40110*. Introduction to Max Weber (Riesebrodt)
40146. Markets and Money (Knorr Cetina)
50006*. Sem: Entrepreneurship (Taub)
50013. Sem: Economic Sociology (Salzinger)
50019*. Sem: Simmel (Levine)
50020. Sem: State and Society (Clemens)
50026. Modern Sociological Theory (Joas)
50031*. Microsociology (Smith, Levine)
50047. Sem: Institutional Analysis (Clemens)
Political Science 57200 Network Analysis (Padgett)
Note that all courses are not offered each year. In particular, those marked by an asterisk
have not been offered in at least several years, although they may be offered in the future.
As faculty often teach new courses, searching by faculty name may yield new courses that
may satisfy this requirement. Check with the area advisor.
2) Two graduate level sociological courses offered in the sociology department
(student’s choice). These courses may not overlap with any of the courses taken to
fulfill the 5 course O&M sequence for O&M as a dissertation area nor may they
overlap with any courses taken to fulfill the three-course statistics sequence for
O&M as a dissertation area.
3) Special Field Exam Each student is required to pass one special field examination;
this exam can only be taken after the student has passed the O&M general
examination. The special field examination is prepared on an individual basis in a
field of sociology in which the student wishes to develop research competence. The
special field examination is normally a one-week, take-home examination. The
individual special field committee, however, may elect to give the examination as a
48 hour take-home examination. Generally, the special field exam is completed
during the third year.
The special field is ordinarily closely related to the subject matter of the subsequent
dissertation. The examinations cover both theoretical and substantive materials and
the methods required for effective research. Preparation takes the form of special
courses and seminars, supplemented by independent study and reading. The special
field examinations are taken sometime after the first year of graduate study.
Some special fields commonly taken are community structure, demography,
human ecology, economic and work institutions, culture, educational institutions,
family and socialization, formal organization, mathematical sociology,
methodology, modernization, personality and social structure, political
organization, race and ethnic relations, small groups, social change and social
movements, social stratification, and urban sociology. Fields other than those
listed, whether they fall entirely within the competence of the department or
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