Teaching

The sociology department offers courses on sociological theory, economic, urban, historical and macro-sociology, the political economy of finance and housing, introductory statistics and text mining in R, Marxist and gender theories. Here is a selection of courses offered over the recent years:

• Sociology of Consumption
• Poverty and Welfare
• Introduction to statistics and text mining using R
• Race and Class in the US
• The People’s Home? Urban housing and housing policy in US-European comparison
• Introduction to sociological theories
• Reimagining and Reframing the Social World: (Queer)feminist Sociological Theories and Practices
• The life and death of American cities? Understanding urban America now and then
• Economic sociology and political economy: an introduction into the classics

 

Bachelor (North American Studies)

 

Semester	Orientation Module	Specialization Module
		A    Social Structures	B   Social Processes
W21	Undergraduate Course	Advanced Seminar A
		Advanced Seminar A
S22	Seminar		Advanced Seminar B
			Advanced Seminar B
W22	Undergraduate Course	Advanced Seminar A
		Advanced Seminar A

 

 

Master (North American Studies)

Semester	Module A Sociological Theories of North America	Module B Social Systems, Institutions and Orders - Purpose and Function	Module C Examining the Social Process - Problem, Conflict, Crisis
W21	Seminar		Seminar
	Graduate Course		Graduate Course
S22		Seminar
		Graduate Course
W22	Seminar		Seminar
	Graduate Course		Graduate Course

 

 

Graduate School of North American Studies

Semester	Graduate Seminar	Research Colloquium
W21
S22	Current topics and research fields in North American Studies
W22

 

 

Master (European Societies)

Semester	Lecture	Seminar
W21	Theories of Integration	Graduate Course
S22
W22	Theories of Integration	Graduate Course

 

 

 

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Contact:

sociology@jfki.fu-berlin.de