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SY 630-INDIVIDUAL WORK. 1 to 5 credits
 Designed to permit graduate students to do work in subjects not available in
currently offered courses.
SY 634-SEMINAR IN FAMILY THEORIES. 4 credits
 Developing conceptualizations in investigation of family relationships. Problems
and prospects of theoretical frameworks for the analysis of the family.
SY 635-SEMINAR IN FAMILY RESEARCH. 4 credits
 Major empirical approaches to the investigation of family relationships.
SY 643-SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS. 4 credits
 Advanced studies in the literature of methodology. Statistical, sociometric, and
experimental methods.
SY 648-SURVEY RESEARCH. 4 credits
 Identical with PCL 615. Prerequisite: STA 320.
SY 651-SEMINAR IN METROPOLITAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: 12 credits in social sciences. Nature and scope of metropolitan
growth. Theories of urban growth and change; characteristics of metropolitan resi-
dential areas; contemporary problems in urban planning.
SY 652-SEMINAR IN URBAN ECOLOGY. 4 credits
 Urban sociology, with emphasis on urban ecology. Major theories in urban
 ecology in light of recent findings. Techniques utilized in urban ecology.
 SY 653-SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE URBANIZATION. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: SY 350 or consent of instructor. Major trends of urbanization in
 the world. Causes and consequences. Relation between urbanization and industriali-
 zation.
 SY 658-SEMINAR: SOCIOLOGY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT. 4 credits
 Processes of development. Change and stability in the rural setting. Changing
 patterns of social differentiation and stratification and in the structure and functions
 of other rural social institutions.
 SY 664-SEMINAR IN SPANISH-AMERICAN SOCIETIES. 4 credits
 Peoples and cultures of Spanish American countries.
 SY 665-SEMINAR IN BRAZILIAN SOCIETY. 4 credits
 Peoples and institutions of Brazilian life today.
 SY 672-SEMINAR IN POPULATION. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: SY 471. Readings, seminar reports, and supervised research. Research
 techniques and population trends in the United States.
 SY 673-SEMINAR IN LATIN AMERICAN POPULATION. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: SY 471. Readings, seminar reports, and supervised research in
 Latin American demography. The interrelationship between demographic and other
 social phenomena.
 SY 674-SEMINAR IN FERTILITY, MORTALITY, AND MIGRATION. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: SY 572. Determinants of fertility and mortality with emphasis on
 Latin American data. Trends, rates, and consequences of migration. The demo-
 graphic transition in Europe. Impact of family planning programs.
 SY 680-SEMINAR IN SOCIAL INTERACTION AND COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR.
 4 credits
 Prerequisite: SY 580. Research literature on social interaction, interaction
 models, roles, and self-conceptions. Analysis of collective phenomena such as
 crowd behavior, disasters, and mass behavior. May be repeated with change of
 content up to a maximum of 8 credits.