PCSS-UC Berkeley Faculty: Syllabi of Michael Hout

SYLLABI

Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence (Fall, 2004)
GOALS OF THE COURSE
Part I: Sociological Perspectives on Evidence, Observation, and Resarch
The goal of this section is to present the features that all sociological methods share. First, they are “social” in the sense that members of society bring their interests and experiences to the study of society. Sociological research is “scientific” because sociologists gather evidence in a systematic way in order to test and develop theory. Berkeley’s sociology department is famous for practicing “public sociology."
Sociology 130: Social Stratification and Inequality (Spring, 2005)
GOALS OF THE COURSE
1) Introduce the theories and concepts and that social scientists use to describe and analyze social inequality.
2) Apply those theories and concepts to contemporary social problems linked to inequality.
Sociology 271B: Social Statistics, Part I (Fall, 2011)
GOALS OF THE COURSE
Sociology 271B is a first course in statistics designed for sociology graduate students. It is most appropriate for social science grad students who have little or no acquaintance with statistics or quantitative methods. It might also be useful for students who are looking to refresh an introduction to basic statistics they took awhile ago.
1) Explore the statistical concepts and methods that sociologists most commonly use to gather and analyze quantitative evidence.
2) Use Stata to put those skills into practice.
3) Apply the skills to a problem set of some interest, to gain facility and confidence in the use of these methods.
Sociology 271C: Social Statistics, Part II (Spring, 2012)
GOALS OF THE COURSE
Soc. 271c is a second course in the applied statistics of regression models and related methods, designed for sociology graduate students. It is most appropriate for students who have some acquaintance with the application of statistics to observational data who are looking for an intermediate course in regression and other techniques in common usage.
1. Explore in depth the statistical concepts and methods that sociologists most commonly use to analyze quantitative evidence.
2. Use Stata to put those concepts and methods into practice.
3. Write a quantitative research paper on a substantive problem of some interest, perhaps even a first draft of an MA paper.