Sociology and Anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology
Professors: Linden F. Lewis (Chair), Carl Milofsky, Paul H. Noguchi, Matthew Silberman
Associate Professors: Deborah A. Abowitz, A. Tristan Riley, Marc Schloss
Assistant Professors: Elizabeth Durden, Michelle C. Johnson, Edmund Searles
The department encompasses two disciplines, sociology and anthropology, and offers separate majors in each.
Sociology
Sociology is the study of human social action. It emphasizes an appreciation of human diversity, social inequality, and the processes that govern groups, organizations, communities, cultures, and nation states. Because these areas of study are integral to a liberal arts education, the department encourages students with diverse majors to take courses at all levels.
Among other things, a major in sociology may assist those interested in graduate work. It also offers a background for careers in law, journalism, government and international affairs, teaching, social work, and public service.
Anthropology
The central reason human beings are different from other animals is an adaptational breakthrough called culture. Anthropology focuses on different cultural solutions to such questions as how to live compatibly with the surrounding environment and with each other. Its study of human diversity in its many forms contributes essential elements to a liberal arts education.
The aim of the major is to introduce students to the anthropological understanding of human society. Instruction is offered on various topical issues, on the ways of life characteristic of particular world regions, and on the ways in which anthropology is employed to solve practical problems. Students may go on to graduate work but anthropology furnishes skills and conceptual tools useful in a wide variety of life and career objectives.
Both the sociology and the anthropology majors encourage students to include original research and off-campus experiences in their program of study. We make field research and internship opportunities available in several of our courses as well as via study abroad and in other areas of the U.S. These offerings are available in both sociology and anthropology. We encourage students interested in off-campus field research to take several of these courses beginning in their second or third year at Bucknell, although seniors with no prior experience are usually admitted to field study courses.
Sociology Major (SOCI)
The sociology major is divided into four sub-areas: a general major in sociology; the concentration in legal studies; the concentration in human services; and the concentration in culture, media, and leisure studies. Sociology majors must select one of these four options or, with the assistance of a departmental sponsor, formulate a concentration of their own design.
The general major in sociology requires that students complete eight courses in the department, although students may count one anthropology course towards the major. Students taking one of the concentrations are required to complete 10 courses, two of which must be outside the department of sociology and anthropology. A student in a concentration may take no fewer than six courses in the department, with a minimum of five in sociology. No more than two 100-level courses may be counted towards the sociology major in either the general major or the concentrations. Students should register for the concentrations when declaring the major so the registrar can assist them in keeping track of their progress through the program. Students may, however, select a concentration at any time.
The general major in sociology provides students with an overview of the discipline and exposure to a variety of specialty areas in the field. The general major is intended for students who wish a broad exposure to social issues and sociological concerns, either as part of their liberal arts education or in preparation for graduate study in the field. The general major is best suited for students who wish to study more than one area of sociology in depth.
Culture, Media, and Leisure Studies, Legal Studies and Human Services by their nature transcend the boundaries of any single discipline. Concentrators are required to take core courses of the major and a sequence of courses specific to the concentration. The concentrations are offered to allow students to study a particular area of sociology in depth and to allow students to substitute specified courses in other social science disciplines for courses that they otherwise would be required to take in sociology to satisfy the major. Students in the Human Services concentration are especially likely to engage in field research.
The General Major in Sociology
The general major in sociology requires that students take eight courses, no more than two of which may be at the 100-level in the department and no more than one of which may be an anthropology course. Requirements are as follows:
- Two sociology core courses: SOCI 208 Methods of Social Research and either SOCI 211 Classical Sociological Theory, or SOCI 212 Contemporary Sociological Theory. The department strongly recommends that core courses be taken as early as possible in a student’s career in the major. Students should take at least one sociology course at the 100 or 200 level before taking SOCI 208 Methods of Social Research. SOCI 208 is not intended for first-year students or first-semester sophomores.
- Two courses in sociology at the 300 or 400 level, at least one of which is a seminar. 400-level courses are Capstone courses. Those with the SOCI designation, in addition to meeting the requirement for seminar courses at the 300 or 400 level, also fulfill the university Capstone requirement.
- Four other courses in sociology, or three courses in sociology and one in anthropology. Courses that are crosslisted as sociology and anthropology courses count as sociology courses and still allow sociology majors to take one course designated solely as an anthropology course. Students may elect to have either or both of the following courses count towards a major in sociology: GEOG 210 The Urban Condition and RUSS 253 Folklore and Ritual.
With the exception of Bucknell-sponsored programs like Bucknell en France, Bucknell in Barbados, Bucknell in London, or Bucknell in Northern Ireland, courses taken off campus normally may not substitute for one of the core course requirements or for the 300- or 400-level seminar courses. The department chair may allow an exception if provided with clear information about the character and quality of off-campus courses and if these courses adequately substitute for material that would be taught on campus. No more than two off-campus courses are ordinarily counted toward the major.
Concentration in Culture, Media, and Leisure Studies (CMLS)
Supervisor: Prof. Alexander Riley
The CMLS concentration is for sociology majors interested in the social production and reproduction of systems of meaning in the modern world. The concentration takes as its field of study all realms of cultural production and consumption. A specific focus is provided by mass media, popular culture, and public ritual forms (e.g., television, film, radio, popular press, the Internet and new media, video games, sport, fashion, popular music) that have assumed such critical importance in contemporary Western culture and increasingly in non-Western cultures under Western influence. Culture is studied in many forms (symbolic, ideal, material and visual), and theoretical frameworks for the study of all of those forms are promoted in the concentration. CMLS is deeply interdisciplinary and connects sociology’s basic interest in understanding modernity with the anthropological sense that cultural symbols, narratives, and values are the keys to understanding human societies.
Students in the CMLS concentration have access to much of the conventional range of occupational fields available to general majors in sociology, but they will be especially well-prepared for careers in fields of cultural production (e.g., the mass media, sport and entertainment, marketing and consumer research and consulting, tourism and leisure industries), for work in local, state, and federal arts and cultural agencies and organizations, and for advanced studies or policy and research work in the cultural and social sciences.
The CMLS concentration requires students to take 10 courses, no more than two of which can be at the 100 level and at least five of which must be SOCI designates. At least one course with the ANTH designate (or a CAPS offered by an anthropologist) must be taken.
A) The concentration has a core of five required courses:
- Theory (one course): SOC 211 Classical Sociological Theory or SOC 212 Contemporary Sociological Theory
- Methodology (two courses): SOC 208 Methods of Social Research and SOC 201 Field Research in Local Communities
- Cultural Sociology (at least two courses from the following list): SOCI 270 Popular Culture, SOCI 335 Topics in Cultural Sociology , SOCI 338 Culture and The Self , SOCI 321 Sociology of Knowledge and Science , SOCI 340 The Sociology of Religion , CAPS 428-01 Culture and Politics in the 1960s
B) Beyond these five courses, students must take at least one 300 or 400 level course from the following list which is not being applied to the cultural sociology component of the core:
ANTH 410 The Environment in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
CAPS 428-01 Culture and Politics in the 1960s
CAPS 428-02 Mating and Marrying: Families in America
CAPS 429 Disease, Bodies, and Culture
SOCI 306 Video Ethnography
SOCI 311 Globalization, Technology, and Cultural Change
SOCI 321 Sociology of Knowledge and Science
SOCI 332 Seminar in American Society
SOCI 335 Topics in Cultural Sociology
SOCI 338 Culture and The Self
SOCI 340 The Sociology of Religion
SOCI 410 Remembering the Holocaust
SOCI 434 Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Identity
SOCI 447 Seminar in Social Mobility: Rags to Riches in America
C) At least one additional course in Sociology or Anthropology must be taken from the following list:
ANTH 109 Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 228 Ritual, Myth, and Meaning
ANTH 245 Consumption and Material Culture
ANTH 247 Japanese Film as Anthropology
ANTH 253 Folklore and Ritual
ANTH 265 Food, Eating, and Culture
ANTH 270 Sexuality and Culture
ANTH 282 Performance and Culture
ANTH 283 Interpreting Culture
SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 140 American Culture and Society
SOCI 213 Race in Historical and Comparative Perspective
SOCI 243 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
SOCI 245 Remaking America: Latin American Immigration
SOCI 290 Caribbean Sociology
D) At least two courses outside the disciplines of Sociology and Anthropology are to be selected from the following list (students may petition the department chair to have one non-SOC/ANTHRO course not on this list accepted toward the requirement):
ART 211 History of Photography
ART 225 Popular Culture and Prints
ART 227 Introduction to Visual Culture
ENGL 205 Early American Mythologies
ENGL 233 Film History II
ENGL 298 Introduction to Literary Theory
ENGL 332 Film and Technology
ENGL 337 Film Theory
GEOG 220 Cultural Geography
HIST 262 History and Film
HIST 265 Intellectual Politics and Culture
HIST 266 Topics in Intellectual History
HIST 268 European Intellectual History II
MGMT 384 Consumer Behavior
MUSC 111 Popular Music in America
RELI 234 Issues of Religion and Culture
E) Finally, one course must be taken in either Sociology or Anthropology that is unrelated.
Concentration in Human Services
Supervisor: Prof. Milofsky
The following are courses that may be counted to satisfy the requirements of the Concentration in Human Services in the Sociology major. Because this list is hard to maintain in an updated fashion, students are encouraged to ask the concentration adviser for permission to include new courses not yet placed on this list in one's personal list of courses counting for credit in the concentration.
Core Courses: All students are required to complete five core courses. These are:
- SOCI 208 Methods of Social Research;
- either SOCI 211 Classical Social Theory or SOCI 212 Contemporary Social Theory;
- SOCI 215 Human Service Systems;
- SOCI/ANTH 201 Field Research in Local Communities;
- at least one Capstone or 300-level course related to human services.
In addition, students must complete
- two courses in either sociology or anthropology related to human services.
- one course in sociology or anthropology not related to human services.
- two courses outside of sociology that are related to human services. Anthropology courses may be included among these two.
Students may not use a single course to fulfill requirements from two categories. However, individual courses may fulfill requirements in more than one category (so a sociology course numbered 300 may count either as the required 300-level course or as a course in sociology related to human services).
List of Courses Related to Human Services:
Capstones and 300-level Courses that count for the Human Services (updated 9/24/08): SOCI 315 Educational Policy and School Organization; SOCI 322 Sociology of Medicine; SOCI 331 Community Organizations in Northern Ireland; SOCI 402 Public Service and Nonprofit Organizations; SOCI 418 Social Services and Community: A Practicum.
Courses in Sociology and Anthropology related to Human Services (updated 9/24/08): SOCI 110 Social Problems in the 21st Century; SOCI 123 Law and Society; SOCI 130 Medicine and Society; SOCI 210 Urban Condition; SOCI 213 Race in Historical and Comparative Perspective; SOCI 234 Criminology; SOCI 239 Deviance and Identity; SOCI 243 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; SOCI 245 Remaking America: Latin American Immigration; SOCI 251 Violence and Society; SOCI 315 Educational Policy and School Organization; SOCI 322 Sociology of Medicine; SOCI 330 Sectarian Conflict in Northern Ireland; SOCI 340 Sociology of Religion; SOCI 360 Third Sector Organizations: Nonprofits in America; SOCI 402 Public Service and Nonprofit Organizations; SOCI 418 Social Services and Community: A Practicum; SOCI 433 Seminar in Law and Society; SOCI 434 Seminar in Race/Ethnicity and Gender. ANTH 200 Urban Anthropology; ANTH 251 Women and Development; ANTH 265 Food, Eating, and Culture; ANTH 270 Sexuality and Culture; ANTH 410 Environment in Cross-Cultural Perspectives.
Courses outside Sociology related to human services (last updated 9/24/08): ANTH 200 Urban Anthropology; ANTH 251 Women and Development; ANTH 265 Food, Eating, and Culture; ANTH 270 Sexuality and Culture; ANTH 273 Women Writing Culture; ANTH 410 Environment in Cross-Cultural Perspectives; CLAS 141 Ancient Cities; CLAS 237 Ethnicity, Gender, and Identity in Antiquity, ECON 103 Economic Principles and Problems; ECON 231 Resources and the Environment; ECON 236 Unemployment and Poverty; ECON 237 Health Politics and Health Policy; ECON 238 Urban Economics; ECON 256 Intermediate Microeconomics; ECON 257 Intermediate Macroeconomics; ECON 258 Intermediate Political Economy; ECON 311 Labor Economics; ECON 312 Health Economics; ECON 313 Public Finance; ECON 318 American Economic History; ECON 319 Economic History of Women in the United States; ECON 330 Law and Economics; ECON 331 Industrial Organization Economics; ECON 357 Economic Development; EDUC 101 Social Foundations of Education; EDUC 201 Educational Psychology; EDUC 290 Gender Issues in Education; EDUC 305 Cognitive Learning in Multiple Contexts; EDUC 308 Advanced Educational Foundations: Democracy and Education; EDUC 309 Supervision of Personnel; EDUC 312 Counseling Techniques; EDUC 318 Multiculturalism and Education; EDUC 319 Group Processes; EDUC 322 Psychology of the Exceptional Child; EDUC 323 Education of Young Children; EDUC 334 Later Childhood and Adolescence; EDUC 335 Child and Adolescent Development; EDUC 350 Higher Education in the United States; EDUC 370 Public School Law; EDUC 420 Ethics in Education; EDUC 484 Local Educational Politics; ENGL 140 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies; ENGL 218 Studies in Children’s Literature; ENGL 228 Topics in Gender Studies; ENST 205 Green Utopias; ENST 207 American Environmental History; ENST 211 Environmental Pollution and Control; ENST 215 Environmental Planning; ENST 221 Hazardous Waste and Society; ENST 245 History of American Environmental Politics and Policy; ENST 250 Environmental Policy Analysis; ENST 255 Environmental Justice; ENST 260 Environmental Law; GEOG 209 Economic Geography; GEOG 210 The Urban Condition-(this course is cross listed with sociology and may be counted as sociology or non-sociology); GEOG 220 Cultural Geography; GEOG 323 Gender and Geography; GEOG 345 Food and the Environment; HIST 170 Introduction to the History of Science and Technology; HIST 171 Introduction to the History of Medicine and Public Health; HIST 223 Twentieth-century African American History: Eyes on the Prize; HIST 225 Topics in American Political and Economic History; HIST 258 Topics in Women's and Gender History; HIST 261 Twentieth-century Afro-Caribbean and African American Thought; HIST 269 Social Darwinism East and West; HIST 271 Medicine in the U.S.; HIST 272 History of Science I; HIST 273 History of Science II; HIST 279 Topics in the History of Science and Medicine; HIST 322 Seminar: American Industrialization and Political Development; HIST 351 Women's and Gender History; HIST 370 History of Science and Medicine; HUMN 320 History of Sexuality; IREL 310 Human Rights; MGMT 101 Introduction to Organization and Management; MGMT 312 Business, Government, and Society; MGMT 318 Management Theory and Practice; MGMT 319 Management Strategy and Policy; MGMT 330 Human Resources Management; MGMT 335 Seminar in Organization Studies; MGMT 336 Organizational Behavior; MGMT 339 Organizational Theory; MGMT 340 Decision Sciences; PHIL 213 Ethics; PHIL 214 Social and Political Philosophy; PHIL 218 Ecology, Nature, and the Future; PHIL 220 Philosophy of Science; PHIL 223 Philosophy of Religion; PHIL 228 Contemporary Ethical Theory; PHIL 230 Feminism and Philosophy; PHIL 233 The Philosophy of Peace and Nonviolence; PHIL 250 Nihilism, Modernism, and Uncertainty; POLS 140 American Politics; POLS 210 Political Theory; POLS 229 Women and Politics; POLS 231 Introduction to Public Policy; POLS 232 American Public Policy Analysis; POLS 234 State and Local Internship Program; POLS 254 Sex and Social Order; POLS 268 Contemporary Democratic Theory; POLS 274 Race, Nation-state and International Relations; POLS 281 Peace Studies; PSYC 100 General Psychology; PSYC 207 Developmental Psychology; PSYC 209 Social Psychology; PSYC 210 Abnormal Psychology; PSYC 228 Personality Psychology; PSYC 232 Psychology of Women; PSYC 233 Black Psychology; PSYC 234 Introduction to Sport Psychology; PSYC 301 History of Psychology; PSYCH 304 Advanced Developmental Psychology; PSYC 306 Advanced Abnormal Psychology; PSYC 307 Culture and Child Development; PSYC 316 Advanced Social Psychology; PSYC 325 Advanced Personality Theory; PSYC 373 Psychology of Race and Gender; RELI 180 Introduction to Religion in America; RELI 220 Comparative Ethics; RELI 224 Religion and Ecology; 226 Environmental Ethics; RELI 234 Issues of Religion and Culture; RELI 240 Perspectives in Religion and Science; THEA 256 Rituals, Festivals, Institutions; UNIV 228 Legal and Ethical Issues of the Press; UNIV 232 Peace and Society; UNIV 233 The Philosophy of Peace and Nonviolence; UNIV 242 Food and Society; UNIV 245 AIDS; UNIV 285 Professional Ethics; WMST 251 Women and Development.
Approval of additional courses that may be considered "related" is provided by each student's faculty adviser, by the concentration adviser, or by the department chair.
Concentration in Legal Studies
Supervisor: Prof. Silberman
The concentration in legal studies requires 10 courses, no more than two of which may be at the 100 level in any department. The following courses are required:
- Two sociology core courses: SOCI 208 Methods of Social Research and either SOCI 211 Classical Sociological Theory, or SOCI 212 Contemporary Sociological Theory. The department strongly recommends that core courses be taken as early as possible in a student’s career. Students should take at least one sociology course at the 100 or 200 level before taking SOCI 208 Methods of Social Research. SOCI 208 is not intended for first-year students or first-semester sophomores.
- SOCI 123 Law and Society and SOCI 433 Seminar in Law and Society
- A minimum of one and a maximum of three law-related courses in the department of sociology and anthropology. These courses include: ANTH 227 Witchcraft and Politics; SOCI 215 Human Service Systems; SOCI 234 Criminology; SOCI 239 Deviance and Identity; or SOCI 251 Violence and Society
- One course in sociology or anthropology not related to law
- A minimum of two and a maximum of four courses outside of sociology and anthropology that are related to law. Courses include: CAPS 431 Women and the Penal System, ECON 330 Law and Economics; ENGL 460 Law and Literature; ENST 255 Environmental Justice; ENST 260 Environmental Law; IREL 255/POLS 278 International Law; IREL 300 Ethics in International Relations; IREL 310 Human Rights; MGMT 220 Business Law I; PHIL 100 The Fields and Functions of Philosophy; Law, Morality, and Society; PHIL 103 Logic; PHIL 201 Symbolic Logic; PHIL 213 Ethics; PHIL 214 Social and Political Philosophy; PHIL 228 Contemporary Ethical Theory; PHIL 246 Philosophy of Law; PHIL 311 Ethics and The Natural World; POLS 240 The American Congress; POLS 242 Civil Liberties and the Constitution;POLS 244 American Judicial Politics; POLS 256 Topics in Social and Political Ethics; POLS 260 Topics in Legal Thought; POLS 261 20th-century American Legal Thought; POLS 263 Race and Ethnicity in American Legal Thought; POLS 290 Topics in Politics: Constitutional Law; POLS 370 Analyzing Legislatures; POLS 380 Human Rights; RELI 125 Introduction to Ethics; RELI 220 Comparative Ethics; RELI 226 Environmental Ethics; RELI 227 Bioethics: Issues in Ethics, Medicine, and the Life Sciences; RELI 280 Religion and Constitutional Law; RELI 310 Topics in Religion and Law; or UNIV 228 Legal and Ethical Issues of the Press. Students may have courses not on this list counted towards the legal studies concentration with the approval of their faculty advisers, the concentration adviser, or the department chair.
The minor in sociology requires five courses in sociology. Students may count no more than two 100-level courses toward the five courses required. Courses in anthropology may not be counted towards the sociology minor unless courses are listed as satisfying both sociology and anthropology major credit. No more than one off-campus course ordinarily counts toward the minor.
Honors
The department strongly encourages qualified majors to consider working for honors in sociology. Such students should consult in their junior year with one or more members of the faculty of the department to begin defining a research topic and writing a proposal. Normally, during the senior year, an honors student will enroll in SOCI 319 and, if agreed to by the academic adviser, a second semester in SOCI 320. The honors proposal is to be approved by the department chairperson and submitted to the Honors Council by mid-October of the senior year. Further information can be obtained from the student’s academic adviser, the department chairperson, and from the Honors Council .
100. Introduction to Sociology (I and II; 3, 0)
The concepts and methods sociologists use to investigate human groups. Focuses on the study of social organization, its variety and development.
110. Social Problems in the 21st Century (I or II; 3, 0)
Focuses on the sociological approach to social problems, studying existing problems like poverty and inequality plus new or changing problems such as war and terrorism.
123. Law and Society (I or II; 3, 0)
Introduction to law and the legal system. The effects of economic, political, and other social institutions on the social organization of criminal and civil law.
130. Medicine and Society (I or II; 3, 0)
Sociological analysis applied to health and medical care. Distribution of disease and services, behavior in response to illness, medical professions, hospital organization, national policy issues.
140. American Culture and Society (II; 3, 0)
Exploration of topics including individualism, youth, culture, media, sport, health and the body, education, immigration, religion, sex, and death.
201. Field Research in Local Communities (I or II; 3, 0)
Participant observation, interviewing and other field research methods. Students will carry out exercises and projects in local communities. Crosslisted as ANTH 201.
208. Methods of Social Research (I or II; 3, 0)
An introduction to various paradigms of social research with emphasis on the logic of social inquiry, research design, and data collection. Prerequisites: two prior sociology courses and permission of the instructor.
210. Urban Condition (I; 3, 0)
Geographic and sociological inquiry into pressing urban issues of advanced industrialized societies, including inequality, housing, employment, and how cities fit into the American present and future. Crosslisted as GEOG 210.
211. Classical Sociological Theory (I or II; 3, 0)
A survey of major theorists and theoretical traditions in sociology from 1800 to approximately 1920.
212. Contemporary Sociological Theory (I or II; 3, 0)
Analysis and application of contemporary sociological theories.
213. Race in Historical and Comparative Perspective (I; 3, 0)
Explores the evolution of the concepts of race and racism from antiquity to the present. Prerequisite: any sociology or anthropology course, or permission of the instructor.
215. Human Service Systems (I; 3, 0)
Historical and contemporary development of social services in relation to changing political-economic structures and human needs. Emergence and impact of service organizations and professions. Recommended as prerequisite for SOCI 318.
234. Criminology (I or II; 3, 0)
Theories and research in criminal behavior and the societal reaction to criminality. Causes and consequences of crime, including public policy formulations.
239. Deviance and Identity (I or II; 3, 0)
Social organization and personal action; group dynamics, identity, commitment, and deviant behavior.
243. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (AI; 3, 0)
Studies the concepts and social significance of race/ethnicity and major race/ethnic groups within the United States. Emphasis on varying theoretical and methodological approaches to the sociological study of race/ethnicity.
245. Remaking America: Latin American Immigration (II; 3, 0)
The processes and impacts of Latin American immigration on the U. S. and countries of origin. Special emphasis on how the immigration experience varies by ethnicity, location, and gender.
251. Violence and Society (II; 3, 0)
The study of violent social, political, and legal institutions: domestic violence, sexual coercion, vigilantism, political conflict; the production and control of criminal violence.
269. Power, Protest, and Political Change (AI; 3, 0)
Explores the life cycle of social movements. Looks at mobilization, tactic selection, and the legacies of "passionate politics" through specific cases of social movement activity. Crosslisted as POLS 249.
270. Popular Culture (II; 3, 0)
The role of popular culture (e.g., music, television, film, and other media) in constructing individual and collective identities.
280. Twentieth-century Afro-Caribbean and African American Thought (II; 3, 0)
Study of the intellectual contributions and scholarly vision of people of African descent to sociological theory, social philosophy, and social change in the 20th century. Crosslisted as HIST 261.
290. The Sociology of Caribbean Society (AII; 3, 0)
Examines the history, politics, culture, society, ecology, and peoples of the Caribbean. It also focuses on the region’s importance, its most pressing concerns and its future in the global political economy.
306. Video Ethnography (II, 3, 2)
A practicum in using video technology to conduct observational social research. Students will create short videos in the course. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
310. The Sociology of Developing Societies (II; 3, 0)
Examines various conceptions of development and how they are implemented in selected countries. Prerequisite: any sociology or anthropology course, or permission of the instructor.
311. Globalization, Technology, and Cultural Change (I; 3, 0)
Examination of the impact of the processes of global restructuring and the technological revolution on people, culture, and society. Prerequisite: any course in sociology.
315. Educational Policy and School Organization (I; 3, 0)
Topics in the sociology of education: schools as causes of social inequality; organizational problems in school reform; and relationships between schooling and work careers. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
319 and 320. Honors Course in Sociology (I or II; R; 0, 12)
Each student selects a project to be developed individually. Prerequisite: permission of the department.
322. Sociology of Medicine (I or II; 3, 0)
A seminar in which topics of interest to students in the area of the sociology of health, medicine, and medical policy will be discussed.
325 and 326. Advanced Reading in Sociology (I or II; R; 0, 12) Half to two courses.
Readings developed around the interest of individual students. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
330. Sectarian Conflict in Northern Ireland (S; 3, 0)
Psychological and social aspects of the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland. This is the seminar course in the Bucknell in Northern Ireland program. Prerequisites: PSYC 207 or PSYC 209 or PSYC 210 or PSYC 228 and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 330.
331. Community Organizations in Northern Ireland (S; 3, 0)
Case studies of local organizations, community situations, or social movements in Northern Ireland. This is the service-learning course in the Bucknell in Northern Ireland Program. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as EDUC 331 and/or PSYC 231.
335. Topics in Cultural Sociology (I or II; 3, 0)
Substantive examination of particular topics/themes through the lens of cultural sociology. Prerequisite: SOCI 140 and or SOCI 212.
338. Culture and Self (I; 3, 0)
Exploration of cultural spheres/processes in the contemporary Western world within which selves/identities emerge and produce frameworks of meaning and self-consciousness. Prerequisite: SOCI 100 or SOCI 140 or SOCI 211 or SOCI 212.
339. Women in Crime (I or II; 3, 0)
A seminar focusing on women as both victims and perpetrators of crime. Risk of criminal victimization is not a phenomenon equally shared by men and women in American society. Focus on an analysis of trends and recent changes in patterns of victimization, types of crimes committed by women, response from criminal justice system, impact of women's groups and mass media coverage upon specific areas of public policy.
340. Sociology of Religion (II; 3, 0)
Examination of the role of religion in "world-construction," social solidarity and social change; the secularization thesis; civil religion; fundamentalisms, cults, other new religious movements.
351. Field Research (AII; R; 3, 0) Half to two courses.
Independent investigation in the field; formulation of hypotheses, construction of measuring instruments, data collection, data analysis, and test of hypotheses. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
360. Third Sector Organizations: Nonprofits in America (I or II; 3, 0)
Nonprofit organizations, also called the third sector, make up about 10% of the American economy and they are increasingly important in terms of social policy. This course discusses organizational theory, particularly as it applies to nonprofits.
370. Senior Thesis (I or II; R; 0, 9)
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
372. Analyzing the Social World (II; R; 3, 0)
A course in sociological data analysis, using the General Social Survey and other data sets, promoting student research. Prerequisite: SOCI 208 or permission of the instructor.
The following Capstone courses also count toward the sociology major and minor. Each meets the 300-level or above requirement.
402. Public Service and Nonprofit Organizations (I or II; 3, 0)
Nonprofit organizations are major settings for the delivery of social services. Government increasingly is "privatising" services. Nonprofits often involve an orientation towards public service and community action. Using case studies they conduct, students explore these issues.
409. How Holocausts Happen (AII; 3, 0)
An analysis of the social and political determinants of genocidal episodes in comparative perspective. Case studies include Nazi Germany and the killing fields of Cambodia. Prerequisites: junior or senior status and permission of the instructor.
410. Remembering the Holocaust (I; 3, 0)
This course explores the Holocaust as a sociological, historical, and political event, looking at memory and remembering and representing events more than 50 years later. Not open to students who have taken SOCI 409. Prerequisites: senior status and permission of the instructor.
418. Social Services and Community: A Practicum (I; 3, 0) One to two courses.
Exploration of the practicalities of work in social service institutions through supervised field work experiences, exposure to the range of social services and careers in social work, education, law, and medicine. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
433. Seminar in Law and Society (II; 3, 0)
Structure and process of legal institutions: police, courts, prisons, lawyers, juries, and extralegal mechanisms relevant to the legal system. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
434. Seminar in Race/Ethnicity and Gender (I or II; 3, 0)
Examines how race/ethnicity and gender structure experiences, world-views, and conceptions of self and others. How larger social institutions construct race/ethnicity and gender receive attention. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor
447. Seminar in Social Mobility: Rags to Riches in America (AI; 3, 0)
This course focuses on the myth and reality of social mobility in America during the 19th and 20th centuries. Both optimistic and pessimistic variants are considered. Special emphasis is placed on ethnic/racial differences in mobility. Prerequisites: junior or senior status and permission of the instructor.
Courses offered occasionally: 110 Social Problems, 120 American Society, 202 Social Inequality, 245 Formal Organizations, 258 Sociology of Aging, 269 Issues in the Analysis of Health Care, 316 Women and Health, 321 Sociology of Knowledge and Science, 332 Seminar in American Society
Anthropology Major (ANTH)
The anthropology major requires eight courses. A student must take ANTH 109 Cultural Anthropology; a methods course chosen from SOCI/ANTH 201 Field Research in Local Communities, ANTH 287 Anthropology in Action or SOCI 208 Methods of Social Research; ANTH 283 Anthropological Theory; ANTH 330 Advanced Seminar in Anthropology; and four electives, one of which should be an area course. After consultation with a student’s adviser, one sociology course may count toward the anthropology major. No more than two off-campus courses are ordinarily counted toward the major.
The minor in anthropology requires a minimum of five courses in anthropology, with no more than two courses at the 100 level. Students may not count any anthropology course toward a sociology minor nor can they count any sociology course toward an anthropology minor. The exception is when a course is listed in the Catalog as counting for both sociology and anthropology credit. No more than one off-campus course ordinarily counts toward the minor.
Honors
The department strongly encourages qualified majors to consider working for honors in anthropology. Such students should consult in their junior year with one or more members of the faculty of the department to begin defining a research topic and writing a proposal. Normally, during the senior year, an honors student will enroll in ANTH 319 and, if agreed to by the academic adviser, a second semester in ANTH 320. The honors proposal is to be approved by the department chairperson and submitted to the Honors Council by mid-October of the senior year. Further information can be obtained from the student’s academic adviser, the department chairperson, and from the Honors Council.
109. Cultural Anthropology (I or II; 3, 0)
Nature and scope of the field: method and theory, institutions of human beings in crosscultural perspective, case studies.
200. Urban Anthropology (I; 3, 0)
Anthropological perspective and the study of the city; problems of methodology, comparative urbanism, case studies, culture of poverty.
201. Field Research in Local Communities (I or II; 3, 0)
Participant observation, interviewing and other field research methods. Students will carry out exercises and projects in local communities. Crosslisted as SOCI 201.
227. Witchcraft and Politics (I; 3, 0)
Explores witchcraft, spirit possession, and cults of the dead as idioms of power and as vehicles for protest, resistance, and violent social change.
228. Ritual, Myth, and Meaning (II; 3, 0)
The anthropological analysis of religion and religious phenomena. Life course rituals such as birth, initiation, and death; taboo, symbolism, and the interpretation of supernatural powers.
232. Gender and Sexuality in South Asia (I or II; 3, 0)
Explores issues of gender and sexuality in South Asia, primarily India and Sri Lanka. Topics include marriage, family, life cycle, religion, and nationalism. Crosslisted as WMST 232.
235. Modern Africa (I; 3, 0)
Introduction to complexity, richness, and vitality of contemporary African cultures. Interdisciplinary perspectives on issues including economy, politics, family and community, art, literature, religion. Crosslisted as IREL 235.
244. South Asian Culture and Society (I or II; 3, 0)
An introduction to the anthropology of South Asia, especially India and Sri Lanka. Religion (Buddhism, Hinduism), social organization, politics, nationalism, gender and ethnic conflict.
245. Consumption and Material Culture (I; 3, 0)
Anthropological studies of consumption of material goods in their cultural contexts, American and Japanese studies from fast food to shopping habits. Crosslisted as EAST 245.
246. Japanese Culture and Society (I; 3, 0)
Anthropological perspective and contemporary Japan; cultural origins, variations within Japanese culture; aspects of social organization, culture, and personality. Crosslisted as EAST 246.
247. Japanese Film as Anthropology (I or II; 3, 0)
The use of Japanese film as a key to understanding both the intricacies of Japanese culture and society and the perspective of anthropology. Crosslisted as EAST 247.
249. Inside the Japanese Corporation (I or II; 3, 0)
Ethnographic approaches to the study of the Japanese corporation. A critical examination of industrial familialism, the lifetime employment system, and the work ethic. Crosslisted as EAST 249.
251. Women and Development (I or II; 3, 0)
This course examines the relationship between women and development, and an ideological economic, political, and social enterprise. Crosslisted as WMST 251.
252. Peoples and Cultures of the Andean World (II; 3, 0)
The cultural and social groups inhabiting the South American west coast in historical context; implications for anthropological and social issues concerning Third World societies.
253. Folklore and Ritual (II; 3, 0)
Survey of major approaches to folklore; sociological and psychological functions of folklore. Life cycle rituals and agrarian cycles. Slavic examples. Crosslisted as RUSS 253.
256. Native Americans, Past and Present (AI; 3, 0)
Origins, prehistoric development, historic contact, resistance and suppression of Native North Americans, and their current struggle as sovereign nations inside the United States and Canada.
260. Anthropological Perspectives on Human-Environment Relations (II; 3, 0)
Using anthropological methods and theories as a guide, this course considers the form and content of human interactions with the environment in various regions of the world.
265. Food, Eating, and Culture (I or II; 3, 0)
Social significance of food and eating. Taboos and rituals, food and identities, eating and political hierarchy, food and gender, global culture. Materialist and symbolic interpretations.
270. Sexuality and Culture (II; 3, 0)
Explores diverse cultural constructions of sexual identity, power, transformation, and taboo, and examines gender as a primary principle of social and cosmic organization.
271. Dance and Culture (I or II; 3, 0)
An exploration of dance as a cultural practice. Topics include: the body and movement; gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; colonialism and nationalism; aesthetics; ritual and healing; globalization; representation. Crosslisted as WMST 271.
273. Women Writing Culture (II; 3, 0)
This course explores the genre of ethnography as it has been used to examine women’s lives and issues of gender around the world. Crosslisted as WMST 273.
282. Performance and Culture (I or II; 3, 0)
Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of culture and performance: dance, music, theatre, and ritual. Explores issues of embodiment, identity, gender, ethnicity, colonialism, nationalism, and globalization.
283. Interpreting Culture (I or II; 3, 0)
Explores into the major theoretical trends - both historical and contemporary - in cultural anthropology; conceptualizations of culture, society, and humankind; history and current status of the concept of culture.
319 and 320. Honors Course in Anthropology (I and II)
Each student selects a project to be developed individually. Prerequisite: permission of the department.
325 and 326. Advanced Reading in Anthropology (I or II; R; 0, 12) Half to two courses.
Readings developed around the interest of individual students. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
329. Religions in Africa: Spirits, Saints, and Sufis (I or II; 3, 0)
Explores the diversity of religious beliefs and practices in Africa. Religious change, syncretism, and ritual debates. Prerequisite: any anthropology course or permission of the instructor.
330. Advanced Seminar in Anthropology (I or II; 3, 0)
Focuses on selected topics of ethnographic and theoretical interest, varying from year to year. Prerequisite: ANTH 283 or permission of the instructor.
351. Field Research (AII; R; 3, 0) Half to two courses.
Independent investigation in the field; formulation of hypotheses, construction of measuring instruments, data collection, data analysis, and test of hypotheses.
410. The Environment in Cross-Cultural Perspectives (I or II; 3, 0)
Explores how particular environments come to have particular meanings – cultural and sociological, economic and political, local and global, private and public. Prerequisite: senior status.
