Graduate Seminars
Graduate seminars in sociology are built around the in-depth study of particular research questions, methodologies, or sociological subfields. The array of seminars provides students with the opportunity to develop a broad background in sociology within a distinctively "critical" approach to the field.
Four or five carefully-selected seminars are offered every term. The seminars listed in the FAU catalogue are only a small subset of those offered. Many seminars are "special topics" seminars (SYA 6934) that reflect current faculty scholarship and new directions in the discipline. Recent "special topics" seminars have included:
- Sociology of Aging
- Women of Color in the US
- Labor and Globalization
- Political Economy of Culture
- Sociology of Education
- Global Environmental Perspectives
- Global Perspectives on Gender
- Immigration
- Research Methods & Design
- Feminization of Poverty
- Comparative-Historical Research
- Sociology of Development
- Economic Sociology
- Race in Global Context
- Critical Social Psychology
- Sociology of the Family
Frequently-offered seminars are:
SYA 6117 - Seminar in Critical Perspectives in Social Theory
SYA 6216 - Seminar in Contemporary Social Theory
SYA 6305 - Seminar in Advanced Research Methods
SYA 6315 - Seminar in Advanced Qualitative Methods
SYD 6426 - Seminar in Urbanization
SYD 6705 - Seminar in Race and Ethnic Relations
SYD 6809 - Seminar in Gender Issues
SYO 6205 - Seminar in the Sociology of Religion
SYO 6335 - Seminar: State, Economy, and Society
SYO 6535 - Seminar In Class, Status, and Power
SYP 6035 - Seminar in Microsociology
SYP 6505 - Seminar in Social Control and Deviance