In addition to the departmental graduate programs, the School offers graduate programs leading to the M.A. in Social Science with a concentration in Demographic and Social Analysis and to the Ph.D. in Social Science with a concentration in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences. Each program is administered by a different group of faculty.
Participating Faculty
Frank Bean: Migration and immigration, immigrants' welfare and demographic behavior
Marlon G. Boarnet: Urban economics, urban planning, urban economic development
Michael Burton: Economic anthropology, ecological anthropology, gender
Kitty C. Calavita: Sociology of law, criminology, social deviance, immigration, and inequality
Leo R. Chavez: International migration, Latin American immigrants, medical anthropology
Kenneth S. Chew: Social demography, urban sociology, family and life-course studies
Philip Cohen: Social demography, inequality, race, and work
C. David Dooley: Community psychology, epidemiology, economic change
Susan Greenhalgh: Political economy, feminism/gender, politics of reproduction, critical demography
Bernard N. Grofman: Mathematical models of collective decision making, formal democracy theory, politics of small groups
Matt L. Huffman: Organizations, work, gender inequality
Richard McCleary: Criminal justice, research methodology, statistics
Robert Newcomb: Social statistics, methodology
Gary Richardson: Economic history, immigration in historical perspective
Arthur J. Rubel: Medical anthropology, peasants studies
David A. Smith: Urban sociology, comparative sociology, political sociology
William C. Thompson: Psychology and law, criminal justice, human judgment and decision making
Judith Treas: Population studies, sociology of aging, sociology of family
Douglas L. White: Cross-cultural research, mathematical anthropology, social networks
The M.A. in Social Science with a concentration in Demographic and Social Analysis offers specialized training in the research skills to address practical problems confronting society, business, government, and the nonprofit sector. The concentration emphasizes the Pacific Rim and issues defining Southern California's population, such as immigration, changing household and family structure, racial and economic inequalities, and the impact of local and regional population growth. Informed by the interdisciplinary field of demography, the program draws on faculty and courses in the Schools of Social Sciences and Social Ecology.
Students who wish to complete the program in one year are generally admitted to the program in the fall quarter. Students must hold a B.A. or B.S., normally in a social science or related field, and should have had at least four units of undergraduate statistics or equivalent mathematics courses. Students must meet the general admission requirements for graduate studies, which include official transcripts of all college course work, Graduate Record Examination scores for tests taken within the past five years, and three letters of recommendation. Applicants from non-English speaking countries must also take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and achieve a score of 550 or higher on the paper-based test or 213 or higher on the computer-based test.
The M.A. requires 36 units of study and an oral exit examination. All students must complete 20 units of required courses which include one course in research design, one in demographic methods, one in populations, and two in statistics. In addition, students must complete 16 units of elective courses in population issues or research methods. No more than four units may be internship, independent study, directed readings, or thesis courses (to prepare for the oral examination). One or two electives may be upper-division undergraduate courses, with the remainder being graduate courses. All courses must be completed with a grade of B or better.
The M.A. in Social Science with a concentration in Demographic and Social Analysis may also be awarded to Ph.D. students who complete the necessary requirements.
Participating Faculty
Dennis J. Aigner: Applied econometrics, statistics, operations research
Aldo Antonelli: Non-standard set theories, logical foundations of game theory and applications to distributed artificial intelligence
Jeffrey Barrett: Philosophy of science, philosophy of physics
William Batchelder: Mathematical models, measurement, and cognitive processes
Bruce Bennett: Algebraic geometry, theory of perception
John P. Boyd: Mathematical anthropology and systems theory
Myron Braunstein: Visual perception and computer applications
David Brownstone: Econometrics and industrial organization
Michael Burton: Economic anthropology; gender, family, and households; cognitive anthropology; Africa, Oceania
Charles F. Chubb: Visual perception, psychophysics
Carol Cicerone: Visual perception and the physiological bases of visual perception, with emphasis on human color vision and retinal mechanisms of sensitivity regulation
Linda Cohen: Political economy, social choice, government regulation and government policy toward research and development
Rui J. P. de Figueiredo: Mathematical foundations of neural networks, contextual feedback models for automated image understanding
Arthur S. DeVany: Theory of markets, transportation, labor economics, industrial organizations
John E. DiNardo: Labor economics, development economics, applied economics
Barbara Dosher: Memory, information processing, perception
Michael D'Zmura: Vision research, Virtual Reality Laboratory
Jean-Claude Falmagne: Mathematical psychology
Stephen Franklin: Computer-based educational technology, computer graphics, teaching of programming
Linton C. Freeman: Network models of social structure
Michelle Garfinkel: Macroeconomic and monetary theory
Amihai Glazer: Public choice, especially concerning commitment problems
Bernard N. Grofman: Mathematical models of collective decision making, formal democratic theory, sequential decision making, politics of small groups
Donald Hoffman: Artificial intelligence approaches to human and machine vision, recovery of three-dimensional structure from image motion, visual recognition of objects by their shape
Tarow Indow: Mathematical models in visual space, color space, and human memory
Geoffrey Iverson: Cognitive science and mathematical models
L. Robin Keller: Decision analysis, risk analysis, problem structuring, management science
Jaewoo Lee: Process and exchange rates, investment, economic fluctuations
R. Duncan Luce: Mathematical behavioral science
Penelope Maddy: Philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of logic
Louis Narens: Measurement, logic, and metacognition
Robert Newcomb: Statistical and research methods for the social sciences
Dale Poirier: Econometrics, both theoretical and empirical, specializing in Bayesian econometrics
A. Kimball Romney: Experimental and psychological anthropology
Stergios Skaperdas: Economic theory, political economy
Brian Skyrms: Philosophy of science, metaphysics
Kenneth A. Small: Urban economics, transportation economics, discrete-choice econometrics, energy
George Sperling: Vision, perception, information processing
Carole J. Uhlaner: Comparative political participation, formal models of political behavior
Christian Werner: Mathematical geography
Douglas White: Social networks, longitudinal social demography
Charles E. Wright: Skill acquisition and generalization, human motor behavior, visual attention, Virtual Reality Laboratory
John I. Yellott: Mathematical psychology and vision perception
The concentration in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences offers a program of interdisciplinary and mathematical approaches to the study of human behavior, providing high levels of training in current mathematical modeling and in mathematics and software use and programming. The program is administered by an interdisciplinary group of faculty. Within the concentration, an emphasis in Social Networks is available; specific requirements are detailed below.
Admission to the concentration in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences requires evidence of appreciable mathematical skill and knowledge. As an absolute minimum, a candidate should have taken one full year of calculus, including calculus of several variables, and one course in linear algebra, and should also provide evidence of additional mathematical depth. This depth can be manifested in a number of different ways including, but not restricted to, an undergraduate degree in mathematics or physical science, a high score on the mathematics portion of the GRE, or a strong undergraduate minor in mathematics. In addition, students should have some exposure to a behavioral science field. Especially useful is some experience with behavioral science modeling.
Those students interested in the emphasis in Social Networks should make this clear in their application. A student is free at any time after admission to move into or out of the emphasis in Social Networks, but will be subject to the requirements in effect at the time of original admission to the concentration in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences.
Four major classes of requirements must be fulfilled. Since a number of options are available, the student will, in consultation with an advisor, develop a plan of study.
Quantitative/Mathematical. To be completed by the end of the third year: (1) one course each in analysis beyond calculus (or discrete mathematics for the Social Networks emphasis), abstract algebra beyond linear algebra (or graph theory for the Social Networks emphasis), and logic; and (2) two quarters of mathematical statistics, with calculus as a prerequisite and covering the fundamentals of probability and random variables.
Language/Computer. All students must be sufficiently familiar with various computer programs and languages to be able to conduct serious research in their field of interest and must submit either proposed courses or some demonstration of competency as part of their plan of study. In addition, students must either (1) attain proficiency in reading social science technical publications in one foreign language with a substantial relevant technical literature or (2) demonstrate proficiency in computer programming considerably beyond that of the standard computer requirement. Because of the continually changing nature of computer languages and software, the conditions for fulfilling this additional computer expertise requirement is left to the judgment of the faculty subcommittee on computers of the Ph.D. program.
Substantive Minor. Students are expected to develop considerable expertise in some substantive field and in the application of models to it. This requires the completion of three courses at the upper-division or graduate level that do not necessarily entail extensive modeling, and three courses or seminars in which the primary thrust is mathematical modeling.
Research Papers and Colloquia. At the end of the second year, a 10-20-page paper reporting original research or a penetrating analysis of some subtopic of mathematical behavioral science (or social networks with a formal or mathematical component) is expected. An oral presentation will be given to faculty and graduate students. Two faculty members are assigned to read and evaluate the paper and talk.
Students are required to take for credit four quarters of the Mathematical Behavioral Sciences Colloquium, Social Science 211A-B-C, during their first three years. (Although not a formal requirement, students are expected to attend the Colloquium on a regular basis whenever in residence.) Students in the Social Networks emphasis are required to attend about 75 percent of these colloquia, including all that are designated as Social Networks colloquia. Social Networks students also must attend occasional colloquia, usually of local faculty and graduate students, which are separate from the general Mathematical Behavioral Sciences Colloquia.
Master of Arts Degree
The M.A. degree is awarded to UCI Ph.D. students who complete necessary requirements or to students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program (or equivalent) at another institution who are directly admitted for graduate study leading only to the master's degree at UCI. Such applicants must provide evidence that their Ph.D. program agrees to this one-year arrangement. Requirements include the submission of a petition to the Graduate Committee along with a proposed plan of study consisting of 36 units of relevant Mathematical Behavioral Science courses, normally including the core requirement in mathematical statistics, and the satisfactory completion of a comprehensive examination.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
201A Descriptive Multivariate Statistics I (4). Mathematical tools to organize and illuminate the multivariate methods. Multiple regression analysis, multi-dimensional scaling, and cluster analysis. Statistical computing via MDS(x), DMDP, and SPSS. Students must enroll in the laboratory section which meets on Wednesdays. Prerequisite: Social Science 100A-B-C or equivalent. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Same as Information and Computer Science 238A, Social Ecology 290A, and Management 290X.
201B Descriptive Multivariate Statistics II (4). Presentation of the principal methods of multivariate statistics including criteria for appropriate use and the interpretation of resulting measurements. Computer exercises are used to demonstrate concepts. Prerequisite: Social Science 201A. Same as Information and Computer Science 238B, Social Ecology 290B, and Management 290Y.
201C Sampling Techniques and Estimation Methods (4). A review of confidence interval estimates derived from simple random samples is followed by a representation of techniques for improving the precision of such estimates under the constraints of feasibility, cost, and time. Methods for dealing with bias and nonsampling errors are also considered. Outside speakers. Prerequisites: Social Science 100A-B-C or equivalent. Same as Social Ecology 290C and Management 290Z. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
201D Introduction to Biostatistics (2). An introduction to the principles and methods of biostatistics with application to the health sciences. Statistical concepts, terminology, and techniques employed in health science research to analyze data and report such analysis. Articles from health science research literature are used for illustration. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
201G Analysis of Relational Data (4). A practicum in social networks data analysis focusing on the special problems raised by data sets that embody relations. Log-linear and quadratic assignment procedures are stressed along with multidimensional scaling and other representational models. Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 222A, Social Science 241C and 256A, and Sociology 225A.
202A Graph Theory with Applications (4). Introduction to graph theory. A graph is a collection of "vertices," some pairs of which are joined by "edges." Discusses both theoretical results and applications. Graphs have many applications in social and natural sciences. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as Social Science 242F.
204D-E Von Neumann Games I, II (4-4). A substantive introduction to the mathematical theory of finite N-person von Neumann games. Games in extensive form, normal form, and characteristic form. Emphasis on developing various types of solution concepts for each of the three forms of games. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
208A-B Workshop on Dissertation Writing I, II (2-2). 208A: Introduction to library-based social science research in the electronic age. Overview of research library collections, book trade, and information dissemination. 208B: Data-based social science research introduction. Covers data collection, data preparation, and data sharing. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
209A-Z Special Topics in Mathematical Social Science (4). Current research in Mathematical Social Science. Topics vary.
211A-B-C Mathematical Behavioral Sciences Colloquium (2-2-2). Weekly reports and colloquia by faculty, students, and visitors. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. May be repeated for credit.
221 Latino National Identity and Global Reach (4). Focuses on national identity and cultural hegemony expressed through popular music as it has developed historically in Spanish-speaking countries of the Caribbean and in transnational Latino communities in urban centers in the United States.
239A, B, C Special Topics: Comparative Culture (4, 4, 4). Current research in comparative culture. Topics vary from quarter. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
SOCIAL NETWORKS
240A-B-C Colloquium in Social Networks (1.3-1.3-1.4) F, W, S. A seminar drawing on visiting scholars and local faculty designed to keep students abreast of current developments in Social Networks research. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
241A Interaction Models (4). Human groups can be considered as finite systems of individuals, some of whom interact in pairs. These pairs are used to model such phenomena as clique formation. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 222C.
241B Network Theories of Social Structure (4). Explores communicative, social, political, economic, and other flows of behavior using foundational network concepts and measures such as centrality, group, role, pattern, and system. Defines social structure, processes that generate structures, and behavioral consequences of structural rather than individual dispositional properties. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 222B.
241C Analysis of Relational Data (4). A practicum in social networks data analysis focusing on the special problems raised by data sets that embody relations. Log-linear and quadratic assignment procedures are stressed along with multidimensional scaling and other representational models. Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 222A, Social Science 201G and 256A, and Sociology 225A.
242A Mathematical Tools for Network Analysis (4). A broad introduction to selected topics in algebra and discrete combinatorics with special emphasis on semigroups and graph theory. Acquaints students with the mathematical tools used in social networks analysis. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
242B Algebraic Theories in the Social Sciences (4). Various applications of abstract algebra to the social sciences. Examples drawn from pattern recognition (group theory), formal languages and social relations (semigroups and lattices), and the problems of inducing structure from data. Requires some mathematical maturity, but no specific knowledge. Prerequisites: Mathematics 2A-B-C or equivalent; graduate standing or consent of instructor.
242F Graph Theory with Applications (4). Introduction to graph theory. A graph is a collection of "vertices," some pairs of which are joined by "edges." Discusses both theoretical results and applications. Graphs have many applications in social and natural science. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as Social Science 202A.
249A Special Topics in Social Networks (4) F, W, S. Current research in Social Networks. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RELATIONS
PROSEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA
250A Proseminar in Social Relations I (4) F. Introduces first-year graduate students to current research of Social Relations faculty and related issues. Required for first-year graduate students in Social Relations. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
250B Proseminar in Social Relations II (4) S. Concentrates on project definition, literature review, and proposal writing for student projects. Required for first-year graduate students in Social Relations. Prerequisites: Social Science 250A; graduate standing or consent of instructor.
250C Proseminar in Social Relations III (4) F. Concentrates on field research, data gathering, and analysis for student projects. Research ethics and human subjects procedures are also covered. Required for second-year Social Relations graduate students. Prerequisites: Social Science 250B; graduate standing.
250D Proseminar in Social Relations IV (4) W. Data analysis and report preparation for student projects. Required for second-year Social Relations graduate students. Prerequisites: Social Science 250C; graduate standing.
250R-S-T Current Research in Social Relations (1.3-1.3-1.4) F, W, S. Research seminar in which a number of Social Relations faculty members present and discuss their current research. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
250X-Y-Z Social Relations Dissertation Seminar I, II, III (4-4-4) F, W, S. Research design, problem conceptualization, and advanced data analysis in the area of social relations. Emphasis on methods of analysis in ethnography, cross-cultural research, and quasi-experimental research. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 228A-B-C.
COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF CULTURE
251A Anthropology and History (4). An examination of the complex, long-standing relationship between anthropology and history. Themes include: history, culture, and colonialism; history and the power to represent; nostalgia and the uses of the past in struggles over "national history." Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 230A.
252D Cognitive Anthropology (4). Cognitive Anthropology studies how people classify, reason, and make decisions in a cultural context. Explores how cultural knowledge is organized, how members of society come to collective understandings of the world, and what variation reveals about how individuals learn. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 231A.
252F Cultural Studies and Ethnography (4). Examines, from the standpoint of anthropology, areas of recent innovation in "cultural studies," including studies of popular culture, media, consumption, and subcultures. Selected theoretical approaches in these areas are brought into a dialogue with anthropological and ethnographic approaches and methods. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 243A.
252G Structuralism and Post-Structuralism (4). Traces recent theoretical discussions and arguments over the philosophical and historical "subject" from structuralist decenterings toward the characteristically "post-structuralist" contemporary concern with the historical and political constitution of subjectivities and subject positions. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 247A.
CULTURE AND HEALTH PRACTICES
252O Health and Social Relations (4). Comparative approach to health, illness, and curing from a social science perspective. Readings report on health issues in different societies which range from contemporary United States to modern tribespeople from lowland Venezuela. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 232A.
FAMILY AND GENDER
253A Family and Life History (4). Interdisciplinary and comparative work in family and life history. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 221A.
253B Feminist Theorizing in Social Sciences (4). Analyzes current theoretical debates in feminist research, primarily in the social sciences. What is a useful definition of feminism? How can we integrate gender, class, and race? Do we need special research methods to explore feminist questions? Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 211A.
253E Age, Generations, and the Life Course (4). Age is a central organizing principle of individual lives, social institutions, and human populations. Considers how age is socially defined and how developmental transitions between ages (i.e., growing up and growing older) are accomplished. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 261A.
253F Populations (4). Introduces the interrelationships between population and social organization. Considers measurement and explanation of historical and contemporary trends in birth rates, death rates, migration, and marriage and divorce. Case material is drawn primarily from the U.S. and other industrialized nations. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 262A and Environmental Analysis and Design E222.
253G Women and Development (4). Explores questions about the dynamics of gender in processes of economic change, and the related problem of the production of knowledge about "women" and "development," with particular attention to Third World feminist critiques. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 241A.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
253H Gender, Family, and Community (4). Analyzes theory and research on family and community relations from the perspective of gender. Feminist theories of family power relations, caring in family and community settings, women and men as caregivers in the family and workplace, grass-roots organizing for family and community issues. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 232A.
253I Political Sociology (4). Begins with an examination of the three major orientations to the State (Pluralist, Elitist, and Class). Next considers current topics in political sociology including the Welfare State, the New Deal, political behavior, social movements, participation, and democracy. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 241A.
253J Social Movements (4). A survey of the field of Social Movements, oriented around critical themes in the major theoretical traditions and contemporary exemplars. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 240A.
253N Classical Social Theory (4). Examines the development of classical sociological theory through the writings of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and George Herbert Mead. Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 210A.
253O Social Structures (4). Alternative theoretical approaches and research strategies for examining topics such as stratification, modernization, and socialization. Reading include Marx, Weber, Dahrendorf, Sahlinns, and Lenski. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 273A.
253P Gender, Politics, and the State (4). Explores complex historical, cultural, and social processes by which the state and politics are gendered. Topics include: feminist and post-colonialist theories of the state; development of the welfare state; and the diversity of women's political activism. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 242A.
253Q Nations, States, and Gender (4). Explores the ways in which nations, nationalism, states, and citizenship are gendered relations and processes. Questions include: How do women construct themselves as political subjects, and how are constructions of citizenship and discourses of rights gendered? Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 246C.
253R Contemporary Social Theory (4). Familiarizes students with twentieth-century developments in social thought that have influenced sociological research, suggesting "what is living and what is dead" in the "classics" and offering an overview of the main outlines of recent sociological theorizing. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 210B.
253S Family and Households (4). Families and households as a fundamental unit of social organization. Concepts and controversies. U.S. demographic trends and global changes in marriage, divorce, fertility, living arrangements. Housework and paid work. Gender and generational inequalities. How families reproduce stratification systems. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 260A.
253T Sex Research Practicum (4). Human sexual behavior as social behavior to be studied empirically. Focuses on sexual attitudes and behavior, with particular reference to topics such as early sexual experiences, gender, sexual disease transmission, social movements. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 263A.
253U Work and Industrial Relations (4). Explores the nature, causes, and results of workplace conflict in American society. Considers topics such as "American Exceptionalism," sex segregation in the workplace, strikes and the role of unions in American society. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 272A.
253V Race and Ethnicity (4). An examination of central questions and issues in the field of race and ethnicity through a critical analysis and discussion of the principal theoretical perspectives and paradigms that have framed much of the scholarship in the area. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 230A.
THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE
254A Transnational Migration (4). The immigrant experience will be examined in order to explore how specific theoretical issues are examined empirically. These issues include ethnic enclave formation, gendered differences in migration and settlement, class differences, the migration of indigenous groups, identity formation, and issues of representation. Same as Anthropology 235A.
254B Development and Social Change (4). Examines both classical and contemporary macrosociological theories of modernization and development. Competing perspectives are discussed and evaluated in light of their ability to explain concrete problems of underdevelopment such as economic stagnation, social inequality, political instability, and overpopulation. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 250A.
254C Anthropology of Power Relations (4). Examines contemporary anthropological research on power relations in societies and cultures experiencing change as a result of increasing incorporation into a world capitalist system. Topics include: ethnicity, gender, migration, hegemony, and resistance. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 237A.
254D Social Inequality: Anthropological Perspectives (4). Comparative social inequality over the range of issues to which anthropologists have contributed. Topics include: egalitarian societies, local effects of international political economy, ethnicity, gender, caste, and inequality in peasant and urban industrial populations. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 238A.
254E Economic Anthropology (4). Classic and contemporary theory in economic anthropology. Case studies from Latin America (primarily Mexico and the Andes), Africa, and the Pacific. Substantive topics include non-market exchange, markets and marketplaces, households, gender, management of common property (fisheries, pastoral lands, forests), labor, development, and change. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 240A.
254F The Politics of Ethnography (4). Explores the way that ethnographies are linked to wider contexts within which they are produced. Through examination of recent critiques of ethnographic writing, and a series of cases, shows how ethnography is bound up with the politics of representation. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 242A.
254G The Anthropology of Commodities (4). Explores anthropological perspectives on commodities and commodity exchange. Begins with anthropological accounts of exchange in precapitalist societies, and moves on to explore: commodification and capitalism; consumer society and the semiotics of consumption; and the implications of contemporary transnational commodity flows. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 244A.
254H Seminar in Political Anthropology (4). Explores anthropological approaches to politics. Covers a range of issues and topics including: theories of culture, power, and hegemony; approaches to colonial and post-colonial relations of global inequality; and ethnographic approaches to the modern state. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 245A.
254I Studies in the National Order of Things (4). Examines how "the nation" has come to appear as an inevitable unit of the contemporary political and cultural order and how it shapes orders of knowledge. Themes: nation and gender; nationalism and colonialism; culture and citizenship; violence and racism. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 246A.
254J Global Urbanization (4). Examines the spread of cities worldwide in the twentieth century. What are the political and economic causes of this process? What are the social-cultural, political, economic effects? How is contemporary urbanization linked to global restructuring of other kinds? Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 252 and Urban and Regional Planning U273.
254K Gender and Globalization (4). Teases out gender implications of transformations in global culture and political economy. By examining processes such as globalization of production and investment, spread of religious fundamentalisms, and extension of mass media throughout the world, maps out terrain for future ethnographic and theoretical work. Same as Anthropology 234B.
254L Approaches to Globalization (4). Historical and contemporary approaches to the world economy, emphasizing anthropological questions of culture, power, identity, inequality. Examines "neo-imperialism," "late capitalism," accumulation, global markets, urban space, the state, business and policy globalization discourse, "local" responses to and instantiations of the "global." Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 248A.
254M Law, Colonialism, and Nationalism (4). Origins and spread of law in colonial and nationalist contexts: law's role in constituting and policing difference. Recent theoretical approaches; property in things and people; human and indigenous rights; "customary" law; legal foundations of nationalism; resistance to/through law; globalization. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 246B.
254N Citizenship, Democracy, and Violence (4). Building on the discussion of works which formulate broader hypotheses about the relationship of culture and the control of violence, explores the dynamics of violence under democratic regimes in case studies either in Europe or in the Americas. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 248B.
METHODS AND STATISTICS
255A Research Design (4). Data collection, organization, and analysis in ethnographic or quasi-experimental settings, including interviewing, participant-observation, behavior observation, and questionnaires. Research design issues include sampling, longitudinal research, and comparative research. Emphasis on the integration of qualitative and quantitative data. Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 223A and Sociology 220A.
255C Grant and Proposal Writing (4). Focuses on production, critique, and revision of student research proposals. A practical seminar designed to improve student proposals, help students through the application processes, and increase students' chances of obtaining support for their research. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 225A.
255D Activist and Applied Research Methods (4). Surveys ways of linking academic social science research with social change. Feminist, activist, participatory, applied, and mass-media-oriented research projects are analyzed and evaluated in terms of scientific standards and effectiveness in bringing about social change. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 223A.
255E Contemporary Ethnography (4). Designed to explore the theoretical underpinnings, methodological dilemmas, and contemporary debates in ethnographic investigation. The goal is to provide a broad introduction to the theory and practice of ethnography and gain ethnographic research design and analysis of field data. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 223B.
255M-N Graduate Statistics I, II (4-4). Statistics with emphasis on applications in sociology and anthropology. Examines exploratory uses of statistical tools in these fields as well as univariate, bivariate, and multivariate applications in the context of the general linear model. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 221A-B and Anthropology 210A-B.
OTHER METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
256A Analysis of Relational Data (4). A practicum in social networks data analysis focusing on the special problems raised by data sets that embody relations. Log-linear and quadratic assignment procedures are stressed along with multidimensional scaling and other representational models. Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 222A, Social Science 201G and 241C, and Sociology 225A.
256K Participatory and Feminist Research (4). Methods of participatory research developed by feminists, Paulo Freire, and others. Non-hierarchical, focused on everyday experience, and action-oriented. Students do preliminary projects with community members; may focus on family and gender, racism and ethnicity, oppression in the workplace, or others. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 224A.
256L Analysis of Quantitative Field Data (4). The uses of quantitative data by field anthropologists and sociologists, including found data (e.g., government censuses and archives), and data from interviews, field censuses, surveys, and systematic elicitation. Hands-on work with existing data. Very elementary statistics and basic computer literacy assumed. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Anthropology 220A.
256M Comparative and Historical Sociological Methods (4). Topics include the logic of comparative and historical analysis techniques and the examination of exemplar works in representative problem areas. Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Same as Sociology 222A.
SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOCIAL RELATIONS
259A Special Topics in Social Relations (1 to 4). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
MULTICULTURAL / INTERNATIONAL
270A Proseminar in Expressive Forms (4). A survey of the literature pertaining to the cultural and social analyses of expressive forms, with an emphasis upon general theoretical issues. Required of all Comparative Culture graduate students. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
271A-B-C Colloquium: Dominant American Culture (4-4-4). A three-quarter survey of the literature and interpretations of American institutions and lifeways--demography, population, and settlement patterns; family, education, and enculturation processes; law, politics, economics, and religion, science and technology; mass media and the popular arts. Required of all Comparative Culture graduate students. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
272A Origin and Evolution of Marxist Social Thought (4). Focuses on the genesis and evolution of Marxist social thought. The "systemic" method of Marx and Engles to questions of economic production and reproduction is compared and contrasted with modern world-system grand visions, feminist-theoretic approaches, and postmodern critiques. Prerequisites: undergraduate course in political theory or equivalent: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
273A Proseminar in Social Inquiry (4). A survey of the philosophy and conceptual and methodological tools of the social sciences, with emphasis on the problems of interdisciplinary research. Required of all first-year Comparative Culture doctoral students. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
274A-B Colloquium: African-American Culture I, II (4-4). A two-quarter sequence which explores issues in African-American history and cultures, chiefly through the reading and discussion of major works dealing with those issues. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
274C-D Colloquium: Asian-American Culture I, II (4-4). Examines the experiences of Asians in the United States, primarily the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Asian Indians, Filipinos, and Vietnamese. Examines diversity among the various Asian groups within each ethnic group, and contrasts the Asian-American experience with other nonwhite minorities. Required of all Comparative Culture graduate students. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
274E-F Colloquium: Hispanic-American Culture I, II (4-4). The history and cultural background of contemporary Americans of Latin-American descent. Introduces students to major works in history, social sciences, and the arts that are essential for understanding this aspect of the U.S. socio-historical development. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
274G-H Colloquium: Native American Culture I, II (4-4). Historical and social science research literature on Native American cultures--predominantly Indian but also Aleut and Eskimo. Migration, historical position within the political economy; major legislation that pertains to Native Americans, race relations, demography, population movements, family, politics, religion, ceremonialism. Required of all Comparative Culture graduate students. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
275A-B-C Methods of Social Inquiry I, II, III (4-4-4). 275A: Focuses on qualitative methods including comparative historical research, participation observation, and interviewing techniques. 275B: Concentrates on survey research techniques, including cross-cultural survey, sampling questionnaire construction and coding, and analysis of data. 275C: Application of mathematical models to the analysis of the data. Required of all Comparative Culture graduate students emphasizing social inquiry. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
276A-B-C Seminar in Expressive Forms of American Culture I, II, III (4-4-4). Interpretations of expressive forms produced by U.S. cultural groups, together with significant examples of those expressive forms. Includes literature, visual arts, folklife and popular culture, myth and ritual. 276A: Focuses on expressive forms of dominant American culture. 276B-C: Deals with African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native American cultures. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
SPECIAL COURSES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
290 Dissertation Research (4 to 12) F, W, S. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
291 Directed Reading Examination Preparation (4) F, W, S
298 Self-Directed Study (1 to 12) Summer. May not be applied toward residency requirements or toward total units required for a degree. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
299 Independent Study (4) F, W, S. May be repeated for credit.
399 University Teaching (4-4-4) F, W, S. Limited to Teaching Assistants.
