The Sociology program provides training in sociology that is informed by a global perspective. Whether a sociological question addresses individual-level processes, ideas, or organizations, there are often global influences and implications connected to that phenomenon. Students pursuing an advanced degree in sociology will have opportunities to focus on global sociology and to learn how sociological methods and theories can be applied to the study of global social, cultural, political, and economic processes.

Below is a list of the undergraduate Sociology classes, with descriptions, I attended while enrolled at Stony Brook University:

• Ethnic and Race Relations
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The comparative experience of ethnic and other minority groups withing the United States, including formation, migration, and conflict; prejudice, discrimination, and minority self-hatred.

• Sociology of Sexuality
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An exploration of the social and cultural implications of sexuality and sexulization in American and world cultures.

• Sociology of Youth
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Adolescent socialization; age structures and intergenerational conflict; peer groups and youth subcultures. .

• Research Methods in Sociology
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Methods of collecting and analyzing empirical data to test sociological hypotheses. Emphasis is on multivariate analysis of tabular and statistical data.

• Gender and Work
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Gender differences in work force participation and occupational attainment, with an emphasis on the United States. Covers such topics as historical changes in work force participation; economic, legal, and social factors affecting employment; career options; and pay equity. Readings and lectures focus on the historical and contemporary experience of American men and women, including differences by ethnicity and class.

• Sociology of Gender
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The roles of women and men in American society; changing relations between the sexes; women’s liberation and related movements..

• Historical Development of Sociological Theory
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Main currents in the development of modern sociology, with an emphasis on Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, among other leading theorists.

• Sociology of Human Reproduction
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A study of the links between biological reproduction and the socioeconomic and cultural processes that affect and are affected by it. The history of the transition from high levels of fertility and mortality to low levels of both; different kinship, gender, and family systems around the world and their links to human reproduction; the value of children in different social contexts; and the social implications of new reproductive technologies.

• Statistical Methods in Sociology
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An introduction to the use and interpretation of statistical methods in social research; descriptive and inferential statistics.