Sociology and Anthropology

The Academic Program

Overview of the Curriculum

1. ANTH 001

   Foundations: Culture, Power, and Meaning
   1
2. SOCI 001

   Foundations: Self, Culture, and Society
   1
3. At least one designated SOAN department methods course

   Not resolved to a course
4. A 2-credit senior research project SOAN 098, SOAN 096 & 097 or senior honors thesis SOAN 180F & 180S

   Not resolved to a course
5. SOAN 098

   Senior Research Project Master Class

   As published: “Senior Research Project Masters Class”
   0
6. SOAN 096

   Senior Research Project

   As published: “& 097(course) or 180F & 180S (Honors)”
   1

First course recommendations

Course Major

Major Concentrations

Medical Anthropology

Political Sociology

Urban Studies

Course Minor

Honors Major

1. Thesis preparation: The thesis will be sent (the last day of April in your senior year) to and read by an external examiner, who will also administer an oral exam. These will be the bases for the examiner’s evaluation of the thesis.

   Not resolved to a course
2. Two 2-credit (non-thesis) preparations: evaluations will be in the form of written assignments or examinations given by the external examiners and completed by honors students at the end of the senior year. External examiners will also administer oral examinations.

   Not resolved to a course

Honors Preparation with Attachments

1. the syllabus for the course.

   Not resolved to a course
2. the syllabus for the attachment

   Not resolved to a course
3. written materials as requested by the instructor. The syllabus for the class and for the attachment, plus the written materials, if any will be forwarded to the external examiner. The external examiner will be asked to prepare a written examination based on the material as a unified whole. An oral examination will follow.

   Not resolved to a course

Honors and Off-Campus Study

Honors Minor

1. For thesis preparations: the thesis will be sent (the last day of April in your senior year) to and read by an external examiner, who will also administer an oral exam. These will be the bases for the examiner’s evaluation of the thesis.

   Not resolved to a course
2. For non-thesis preparations: evaluations will be in the form of written assignments or examinations given by the external examiners and completed by honors students at the end of the senior year. External examiners will also administer oral examinations.

   Not resolved to a course

Special Major

1. Must complete the required core courses. See overview of the curriculum above.

   Not resolved to a course
2. Four credits from outside of the department must be included as part of the special major.

   Not resolved to a course
3. In putting together the special major, it is advisable that the student only designate ten courses as part of the major. That way there will be no problems with the 20-course rule.

   Not resolved to a course

Honors Special Major

1. Thesis preparation: Thesis will be sent (the last day of April in your senior year) to and read by an external examiner, who will also administer an oral exam. These will be the bases for the examiner’s evaluation of the thesis.

   Not resolved to a course
2. Three 2-credit (non-thesis) preparations: evaluations will be in the form of written examinations based on the syllabi given by the external examiners and completed by honors students at the end of the senior year. External examiners will also administer oral examinations.

   Not resolved to a course

Senior Research Project / Culminating Exercise

Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Credit

Transfer Credit

Off-Campus Study

Research and Experiential Learning Opportunities

Summer Opportunities

Teacher Certification

Anthropology Courses

1. ANTH 001

   Foundations: Culture, Power, and Meaning
   1
2. ANTH 002D

   First-Year Seminar: Culture and Gender
   1
3. ANTH 003G

   First-Year Seminar: Development and its Discontents
   1
4. ANTH 009C

   Cultures of the Middle East (W)
   1
5. ANTH 012C

   Anthropology of Childhood and the Family
   1
6. ANTH 020J

   Dance and Diaspora
   1
7. ANTH 023C

   Anthropological Perspectives on Conservation
   1
8. ANTH 023E

   Ethnographic Research Methods (M)
   1
9. ANTH 027C

   Ethnographies of Contemporary Latin America
   1
10. ANTH 032D

    Mass Media and Anthropology
    1
11. ANTH 033B

    Environmental Anthropology
    1
12. ANTH 037E

    Carceral States in Central America
    1
13. ANTH 039B

    Globalization and Culture (W)
    1
14. ANTH 039C

    Food and Culture
    1
15. ANTH 042D

    Political Anthropology
    1
16. ANTH 043E

    Culture, Health, Illness
    1
17. ANTH 044

    Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change (W)
    1
18. ANTH 049B

    Comparative Perspectives on the Body
    1
19. ANTH 049BA. Attachment: Comparative Perspective on the Body

    Not resolved to a course
20. ANTH 051

    Contemporary Israel/Palestine
    1
21. ANTH 053B

    Anthropology of Public Health
    1
22. ANTH 072C

    Memory, History, Nation
    1
23. ANTH 072D

    Visual Anthropology (M)
    1
24. ANTH 079B

    Dancing Desire in Bollywood Films
    1
25. ANTH 095

    Independent Study

Anthropology Seminars

1. ANTH 103

   Humanitarianism: Anthropological Approaches
   2
2. ANTH 112

   Cities, Spaces, and Power
   2
3. ANTH 114

   Global Health and Conflict
   2
4. ANTH 122

   Urban Ethnographies (M)
   2
5. ANTH 123

   Culture, Power, Islam
   2
6. ANTH 133

   Anthropology of Biomedicine
   2

Sociology Courses

1. SOCI 001

   Foundations: Self, Culture, and Society
   1
2. SOCI 005C

   FYS: Blackness in the Crosshairs: Living (and dying) in an Anti-Black World
   1
3. SOCI 006C

   First-Year Seminar:The Working Class and the Politics of Whiteness (W)
   1
4. SOCI 006D

   First Year Seminar: Social Class and the College Experience
   1
5. SOCI 007B

   Becoming American: Race and Nation in the US
   1
6. SOCI 014B

   Marriage and Family
   1
7. SOCI 016B

   Research Methods in Social Science (M)
   1
8. SOCI 020C

   Global Colorism
   1
9. SOCI 020D

   Race in Latin America and the Caribbean
   1
10. SOCI 024B

    Introduction to Social Statistics (M)
    1
11. SOCI 025B

    Transforming Intractable Conflict
    1
12. SOCI 025C

    Globalization and Global Inequality
    1
13. SOCI 026B

    Class Matters: Politics, Privilege and Poverty in the US
    1
14. SOCI 026D

    Sociology of Gender
    1
15. SOCI 028

    Black Liberation 2020
    1
16. SOCI 030C

    The Black Atlantic: Diasporic Perspectives and Resistance
    1
17. SOCI 034B

    Gender, Race, and Family: Experiences of Asian Americans
    1
18. SOCI 034E

    Gender, Family, and Work in East Asia
    1
19. SOCI 035B

    Anti-Capitalism, Revolution and Resistance in the “Third World”
    1
20. SOCI 035C

    Social Movements and Nonviolent Power
    1
21. SOCI 035D

    Capitalism and Migration
    1
22. SOCI 035E

    Immigration, Race, and the Law
    1
23. SOCI 045C

    Sociology of Capitalism
    1
24. SOCI 046B

    Social Science Survey Design, Analysis, and Visualization (M)
    1
25. SOCI 046C

    Research in Queer & Trans Communities (M)
    1
26. SOCI 048G

    Between the “Is” and the “Ought” Black Social and Political Thought
    1
27. SOCI 048I

    Race and Place: A Philadelphia Story
    1
28. SOCI 048K

    Political Sociology: The Mafia and the State
    1
29. SOCI 048L

    Urban Crime and Punishment
    1
30. SOCI 056B

    Inequality, US Democracy, and Bourdieu
    1
31. SOCI 056C

    The Sociology of the 2028 US Elections
    1
32. SOCI 056D

    Race, Class and Political Power: The Sociology of Elections
    1
33. SOCI 058B

    Black Feminisms
    1
34. SOCI 058C

    Manufacturing Scarcity: The Housing Crisis in American Cities and the People’s Fight for A Home
    1
35. SOCI 062B

    Sociology of Education
    1
36. SOCI 071B

    Research Seminar: Global Nonviolent Action Database(M)(W)
    1
37. SOCI 088

    (Re)Visiting the Black South
    1
38. SOCI 095

    Independent Study/Directed Reading

Sociology Seminars

1. SOCI 109

   Inequality, US Democracy, and Bourdieu
   2
2. SOCI 121

   Race, Unfreedom, and Statelessness
   2
3. SOCI 125

   Race, Class, and The Political Economy of Racial Capitalism
   2
4. SOCI 135

   Social Movements and Nonviolent Power
   2
5. SOCI 138

   Du Bois and the 21st Century Color Line
   2
6. SOCI 145

   Marxism and Radical Political Economy
   2
7. SOCI 148

   Topics in Political Sociology: Power, Governance and the State
   2

Sociology/Anthropology Courses

1. SOAN 007C

   Distinguishing Difference: Music, Memory, and Jamaican Marronage
   1
2. SOAN 012C

   Tech, Money, Power: Critical Perspectives on Computing and Capitalism
   1
3. SOAN 017C

   Design Justice:Towards Design and Computation for the Public Good
   1
4. SOAN 020B

   Urban Education

   Not resolved to a course
5. SOAN 020D

   Music and Dance Cultures of the World (W)
   1
6. SOAN 021L

   Anthropological Linguistics
   1
7. SOAN 026

   The Sociolinguistics of Creole Languages.
   1
8. SOAN 040B

   Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture and Society
   1
9. SOAN 040M

   Race, Nation, Empire and Education
   1
10. SOAN 041

    Sociolinguistics II
    1
11. SOAN 096

    Senior Research Project
    1
12. SOAN 097

    Senior Research Project (W)
    1
13. SOAN 098

    Senior Research Project Master Class
    0
14. SOAN 100

    Ethnomusicology Seminar
    1
15. SOAN 180F

    Honors Thesis
    1
16. SOAN 180S

    Honors Thesis (W)
    1