SYA 6018 Classical Social Theories 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Sociological theory from its inception in the early 19th century to about 1930. The ideas of Comte, Spencer, Marx, Weber, Simmel, Durkheim, Pareto, Mead, and others.
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SYA 6126 Contemporary Sociological Theory 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
The study of modern sociological theories, roughly 1930 to the present.
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SYA 6315 Qualitative Research Methods 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Fieldwork, observation, participant observation, and other qualitative data-collection and analysis techniques.
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SYA 6407 Quantitative Research Methods 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Applying selected quantitative methods to sociological research problems. Extensive practice applying the methods.
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SYA 6905 Individual Work 1-9 Credits, Max 15 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Work on subjects not available in currently offered courses.
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SYA 6910 Supervised Research 1-5 Credits, Max 5 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Supervised Research
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SYA 6942 Applied Social Research Project 1-15 Credits, Max 15 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Supervised individual or team applied research project.
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SYA 6971 Research for Master's Thesis 1-15 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for Master's Thesis
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SYA 7933 Special Study in Sociology 3 Credits, Max 9 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Special Study in Sociology
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SYA 7979 Advanced Research 1-12 Credits, Max 24 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for students who have been admitted to candidacy.
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SYA 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation 1-15 Credits, Max 24 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for Doctoral Dissertation
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SYD 6517 Seminar in Environment and Society 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Survey of sociological topics important for interdisciplinary environmental science.
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SYD 6518 Core Issues in Environmental and Resource Sociology 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Addressing the origins and current status of Environmental and Resource Sociology (ERS), central theoretical debates among ER sociologists, and focal topics of concern to ER sociologists, with emphasis on ERS topics current among ER sociologists at the University of Florida.
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SYD 6520 Environmental Governance 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
A social scientific examination of governance policies, rules, and practices that shape environmental outcomes and regulate human-environment relations.
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SYD 6706 Sociology of Race and Racism in the U.S. 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Overview of racial-ethnic oppression, stratification, and conflict in the U.S.
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SYD 6807 Sociology of Gender 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Theoretical and empirical literature about social construction of gender. Overview of key literature.
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SYO 6407 Health Disparities 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Health needs of vulnerable populations in the United States of America.
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SYO 6535 Social Inequality 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
The unequal distribution among individuals and groups of wealth, power, and prestige. The effect of class systems on society. The effect of class membership on individuals. Social mobility.
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SYP 6735 Sociology of Aging and the Life Course 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Social and personal conditions of post-retirement years. Family and housing patterns, income, leisure, health, group processes, and evaluation of institutional care of the aged.