SOC 564 SEMINAR IN SOCIAL ECOLOGY. Spatial distribution of populations and institutions: processes such as concentration, dispersal, succession, and dominance as they affect the ecological organization of cities, metropolitan areas, and regions. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of Graduate Advisor and instructor.

SOC 565 SEMINAR IN RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES. In-depth examination and critique of important monographs and journal literature dealing with the social life of American minority peoples. Designed to promote mature scholarship in the study of literature drawing from it principal influences, ideologies, structural forces and changes characteristic of the social life of comparative minority groups. Students will be responsible for identifying sociological propositions reflected in the discerned patterns of interaction occurring in selected institutions in contemporary American society. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of Graduate Advisor and instructor.

SOC 567 SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. This course includes the advanced study of logic, principles, and procedures involving techniques of design, data collection and organization, analyses and interpretation for qualitative and quantitative sociological research. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of graduate advisor and instructor.

SOC 571 SPECIAL ISSUES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION. A sociological examination of selected issues and concerns related to the institution of education. Individual projects are developed using current publications. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Sociology or Education.

SOC 575 GRADUATE READINGS IN SOCIOLOGY. Independent study of subjects not covered in the regular graduate curricula, including independent study of particular value to students needing to pursue a special subject related to thesis. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of Graduate Advisor and instructor.

SOC 576 COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE. Advanced study of the structure and processes of change as expressed in local problem-solving action. Attention is given to an understanding of the organization of local social life through which individuals are meaningfully related to the larger society. The specific objective is to emphasize the transition to nonterritorial communities and the attendant issues regarding the effectiveness of intermediate control and decision-making structures in meeting needs and providing services. This includes a concern for problems related to the emergence of structures (groups and institutions) cutting across town, city, metropolis, or state boundaries. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of Graduate Advisor and instructor.

SOC 578 SEMINAR IN ANTHROPOLOGY. Advanced seminar in anthropology which may be repeated for three hours of credit as topics change. Specific topics may not be repeated. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

SOC 583 SOCIAL STATISTICS. This course focuses upon various statistical techniques used to analyze survey data including descriptive and inferential statistics, cross tabulation, ANOVA, correlation and regression. Lectures, assigned readings and projects are used to describe and illustrate the logic, interpretation, and assumptions of each statistical model. Emphasis is upon intuitive understanding of the techniques and their assumptions as well as on applications. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and completion of three hours of undergraduate statistics.

SOC 585 SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY. This course is designed to include a review of the development of sociological theory and the process of theory construction. Special consideration is placed upon a comparative understanding of contemporary theoretical frameworks used in explaining human relationships including structural-functionalism, systems theory, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and ethomethodology. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of graduate advisor and instructor.

SOC 589 SEMINAR IN SOCIAL RELATIONS. A graduate seminar dealing with the individual, society, and culture, and the relations among them, with particular emphasis on social change and the society of the future. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of Graduate Advisor and instructor.

SOC 660 SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY. This seminar is designed to provide an examination and study of substantive areas and/or sociologically significant issues not covered in other departmental offerings. Particular attention is on current literature presented in the context of papers and discussion. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

SOC 698 THESIS PRACTICUM. Students are encouraged to initiate planning and formulation of approved problem in conjunction with course work in Methods and Theory.

SOC 699 THESIS. The completion and accepted defense of Thesis. The student must be registered in SOC 699 the semester in which the master's degree is to be completed.