Featured Graduate Courses 

Graduate Seminars

Graduate seminars in sociology are built around the in-depth study of particular research questions, methodologies, or sociological subfields. The array of seminars provides students with the opportunity to develop a broad background in sociology. Five carefully-selected seminars are offered every term. The two courses are required for the MA degree: Social Theory, which is offered in alternate Springs, and Research Methods and Design, which is offered every Fall.

Recently Offered Graduate Courses

• Healthy Aging with Dr. Will McConnell
• Political Economy of Culture with Dr. Philip Lewin 
• Globalization and Development with Dr. Carter Koppelman 
• Microsociology with Dr. Lotus Seeley 
• Self and Identity with Dr. Ann Branaman 
• Sociology of Childhood with Dr. Laura Backstrom 
• Labor and Globalization with Dr. Phillip Hough 
• Disasters with Dr. Patricia Widener

Upcoming Graduate Courses 

Fall 2023

• Class, Status, and Power with Dr. Daniel Auguste
• Research Methods and Design with Dr. Lotus Seeley
• Sociology of Gender with Dr. Yangsook Kim
• Social Movements with Dr. Patricia Widener
• Urbanization with Dr. Carter Koppelman

Spring 2024

• Contemporary Social Theory with Dr. Ann Branaman
• Politics of Risk with Dr. Matty Lichtenstein
• The Affordable Housing Crisis with Dr. Philip Lewin
• Sociology of Emotion with Dr. Lotus Seeley
• Sociology of Food with Dr. Phillip Hough