Title	Instructors	Location	Time	Description	Cross listings	Fulfills	Registration notes	Syllabus	Syllabus URL
SOCI 0004-301	The Law in our Lives			T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	We often think about the law as limited to codes and courts, but the law shapes most aspects of our daily lives, from where we live and go to school to how we build relationships and navigate public space. In this way, the law can be both a force for justice and a tool of exclusion. This seminar will explore the connection between law and [in]justice through examining how the state governs historically marginalized groups, particularly low-income Black and Brown families in the United States. The course will draw primarily on sociological literature and methods to explore theories and case studies of governance at the margins, from population-level policies to everyday institutional interactions in courts, schools, hospitals, and more. In addition to reading relevant literature, we will observe and analyze how governance unfolds “on the ground” through field visits across Philadelphia to sites such as public libraries, courthouses, local nonprofits, and City Hall. As we learn together, we will consider the implications of various modes of governance for the reproduction of social marginality—as well as the potential of the law to promote care and justice.		Cultural Diviserity in the U.S. Society Sector
SOCI 0006-301	Anxious Times: A Sociology of the Environmental Crisis	Hashim Bin Rashid		TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders in the US. Although over the last 150 years many have proclaimed to be entering an abrupt new age of anxiety, the prevalence of anxiety appears to have been increasing steadily over time. Anxiety is also treated more frequently by physicians, suggesting it is taken more seriously as an illness. This class will explore the rise of anxiety as the signature 21st century disorder. We will focus on how scientists have understood anxiety; its place relative to other psychiatric symptoms and disorders, such as depression; and what social factors have increased its prevalence. Along the way we will discuss the evolutionary dimensions of anxiety, as well as public beliefs about anxiety and its cultural significance.		Cultural Diviserity in the U.S. Society Sector
SOCI 0007-301	The Future of Work - First Year Seminar	Stephen R. Viscelli		W 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	This course draws on sociological research and other perspectives from the social sciences to conceptualize the complex and dynamic relationship between work and technology, in order to shed light on the future of work. Rather than viewing technology as an immutable force that sweeps across societies and leaves social change in its wake, we will examine how the design, implementation, and outcomes of technological change are imbricated in political, economic, and social forces. Using this perspective, we will interrogate distinctions between analytic categories that we often take for granted, such as the “old” and “new” economies, and the “local” and the “global.”		Cultural Diviserity in the U.S. Society Sector
SOCI 0011-401	Urban Culture and Public Life	David I Grazian		T 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	This first-year seminar relies on the interdisciplinary tools of cultural sociology and urban studies to examine everyday life in the contemporary American city. Our case studies will include storied U.S. cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and our own city of Philadelphia. We will draw on thought-provoking readings, in-class fieldtrips, and local observational exercises to explore both (1) entertainment and pop cultural attractions in the city (including its artistic and creative scenes, retail and dining corridors, and tourism districts); and (2) the culture of urban living more generally. The latter includes the daily neighborhood rounds of urban dwellers and visitors, the everyday uses of the city’s architecture and built environment, the symbolic meanings of urban landscapes, and how face-to-face social encounters unfold among strangers interacting on downtown sidewalks and in urban parks and plazas, coffeehouses, outdoor markets, dog runs, libraries, and other public spaces.	URBS0011401	Society Sector
SOCI 0800-401	Men & Masculinities in America	Joel Mittleman		MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Are men okay? It’s a question on many peoples’ minds these days. Men still earn more than women and dominate the leadership of our corporations and governments. And yet, by many measures, boys and men are struggling. In this course, we will dig into the data to examine the changing experiences of men in the labor market, the education system and in society more broadly. To make sense of these trends, we will explore various theoretical perspectives on the meaning of masculinity, critically examining the idea that masculinity is “in crisis.” Through close reading, spirited discussion and independent research, students will develop evidence-based perspectives on the social forces shaping masculinity and gender inequality today.	GSWS0800401	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S. Humanties & Social Science Sector
SOCI 1060-402	Race and Ethnic Relations			R 3:30 PM-4:29 PM	The course will focus on race and ethnicity in the United States. We begin with a brief history of racial categorization and immigration to the U.S. The course continues by examining a number of topics including racial and ethnic identity, interracial and interethnic friendships and marriage, racial attitudes, mass media images, residential segregation, educational stratification, and labor market outcomes. The course will include discussions of African Americans, Whites, Hispanics, Asian Americans and multiracials.	AFRC1060402, ASAM1510402, LALS1060402, URBS1060402	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
SOCI 1060-403	Race and Ethnic Relations			R 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	The course will focus on race and ethnicity in the United States. We begin with a brief history of racial categorization and immigration to the U.S. The course continues by examining a number of topics including racial and ethnic identity, interracial and interethnic friendships and marriage, racial attitudes, mass media images, residential segregation, educational stratification, and labor market outcomes. The course will include discussions of African Americans, Whites, Hispanics, Asian Americans and multiracials.	AFRC1060403, ASAM1510403, LALS1060403, URBS1060403	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
SOCI 2280-001	Sociology of Education	Joel Mittleman		CANCELED	In the popular imagination, America’s education system has long been understood as the foundation for the American dream: the promise that any child, regardless of their background, can achieve success through talent and hard work. In practice, however, America’s schools have always fallen short of this ideal. Seventy years after Brown vs. Board, America’s schools remain sharply divided by race and class. Why? This course examines America’s unequal school system from a distinctively sociological perspective. Through close reading, spirited discussion and individualized research, we will analyze how American education both reflects and reinforces inequalities along the intersecting lines of race, class and gender. We explore how educational opportunity is critically shaped by broader social institutions, such neighborhoods, families, and the criminal legal system. Finally, we will imagine alternatives, drawing on social science research to propose ways of making American education more just, equitable and effective.		Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
SOCI 2907-401	Race, Rights and Rebellion	Keisha-Khan Perry		R 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	This course provides an in-depth examination of theories of race and different kinds of social struggles for freedom around the globe. We will critically engage the latest scholarship from a variety of scholars and social movement actors. From anti-slavery revolts to struggles for independence to anti-apartheid movements, this course will emphasize how racialized peoples have employed notions of rights and societal resources grounded in cultural differences. Though much of the readings will highlight the experiences of African descendant peoples in Africa and its diaspora, the course will also explore the intersections of Black struggles with social movements organized by indigenous peoples in the Americas. Students will also have the unique experience of accessing readings primarily written by primarily Black scholars, some of whom have participated as key actors in the social movements they describe. Key concepts include power, resistance, subaltern, hegemony, identity politics, consciousness, and intellectual activism. The course will be organized around the following objectives: 1. To explore a range of contemporary theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to the study of social movements; 2. To focus on the relationship between race, gender, class, culture, and politics in the African diaspora; 3. To study the historical development of organized struggles, social protests, uprisings, revolutions, insurgencies, and rebellions; 4. To examine the political agency of African descendant peoples in the global struggle for liberation and citizenship.	AFRC3515401, ANTH2515401, LALS3515401
SOCI 2940-401	Homelessness & Urban Inequality	Dennis P. Culhane		F 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	This first-year seminar examines the homelessness problem from a variety of scientific and policy perspectives. Contemporary homelessness differs significantly from related conditions of destitute poverty during other eras of our nation's history. Advocates, researchers and policymakers have all played key roles in defining the current problem, measuring its prevalence, and designing interventions to reduce it. The first section of this course examines the definitional and measurement issues, and how they affect our understanding of the scale and composition of the problem. Explanations for homelessness have also been varied, and the second part of the course focuses on examining the merits of some of those explanations, and in particular, the role of the affordable housing crisis. The third section of the course focuses on the dynamics of homelessness, combining evidence from ethnographic studies of how people become homeless and experience homelessness, with quantitative research on the patterns of entry and exit from the condition. The final section of the course turns to the approaches taken by policymakers and advocates to address the problem, and considers the efficacy and quandaries associated with various policy strategies. The course concludes by contemplating the future of homelessness research and public policy.	AFRC0010401, URBS0010401	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S. Society Sector
SOCI 6770-401	International Migration	Tahseen Shams		MW 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	A comprehensive review of theories and research on international migration. The course introduces the basic precepts of neoclassical economics, the new economics of labor migration, segmented labor market theory, world systems theory, social capital theory and the theory of cumulative causation. Readings examine patterns and processes of global migration during the classic age from 1800ï¿?1914 as well as during the postwar period from 1945 to the present. The course also covers a history and evaluation of immigration policies around the world, and devotes signification attention to theoretical and empirical perspectives on immigrant adaptation. Within this larger topic, we will also discuss internal migration and urbanization; the relationship between gender and migration; the spatial distribution of immigrants within the United States, immigrant communities, and ethnic enclaves; and the undocumented population in the United States.	LALS6770401
SOCI 9950-049	Dissertation	Pilar Gonalons-Pons Wendy Roth			Designated course code for dissertation status.
SOCI 9970-001	Independent Readings and Research: Research Seminar	Emilio Alberto Parrado			For advanced students who work with individual instructors upon permission. Intended to go beyond existing graduate courses in the study of specific problems or theories or to provide work opportunities in areas not covered by existing courses. One-term course offered either term.