Most RC courses are open to LS&A students and may be used to meet distribution requirements.

220/Soc. 220. Political Economy. (4). (SS).
This course uses the approach of a critical social science, exemplified by political economy, to analyze major institutional sectors of modern society such as the state, education, and bureaucracy. The analysis is applied to questions of inequality, to relations between advanced industrial societies and the Third World, and to patterns of response to these developments including successful and unsuccessful revolutions of the modern era.

230. Alternative Approaches to Economic Development. (4). (SS).
This course focuses on the economics of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, on the changes that their past involvement in the global economy have brought and the possibilities for the future. Aimed at freshmen and sophomores, the course juxtaposes different theories against different case studies, the discipline of history against economics, and the possibilities for future changes against the experience of the past.

241. Democratization in Brazil, Russia, and South Africa: Three Case Studies. (4). (SS).
Comparative examination of democratization processes of the 1980's and '90's in historical, political, economic context using three case studies: Brazil, S. Africa, Russia. Course introduces perspectives of various social science disciplines.

265. Problems of Socialization and Resocialization in Contemporary Society. (4). (Excl).
Considers healthy human growth, identity development, issues of personal and social alienation and problems of resocialization in bureaucratic institutional settings.

290. Social Science Basic Seminar. (4). (Excl).
This seminar is designed for students (especially sophomores) who are seriously considering a social science concentration in the Residential College. It is taught by various members of the RC Soc Sci staff. The content varies, but the basic format remains the same. The seminar is a prerequisite to concentration.

295. Quantitative Approaches to Social Science Questions. High school algebra. (4). (MSA). (QR/2).
An introduction to quantitative methods as tools for formulating and answering social science questions. Imparts skills in defining research questions, evaluating published studies and carrying out quantitative analyses of real world data. Students carry out an original research project, from data collection through data analysis to presentation of results.

301. Social Science Theory I: From Social Contract to Oedipus Complex. At least one 200-level social science course. (3). (SS).
This course examines closely theories about society, political economy, religion, and knowledge developed in Europe from the late 18th to the 20th centuries. Readings include texts by Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Engels, Mill, Darwin, Weber, Durkheim and Freud; their implications for the representation, analysis, and transformation of societies are considered.

302. Contemporary Social and Cultural Theory. Social Science 301 or equivalent (as determined by the instructor). (4). (Excl).
This course develops students' skills in social and cultural analysis by exploring several major developments in sociocultural theory since the 1920s. Primary emphasis is given to recent developments such as poststructuralism, theories of practice, cultural marxism, feminism and postmodernism, but these are also contextualized by examination of earlier developments such as existentialism, structuralism and inter-war marxism.

305. Society and the Environment. Background in social sciences and environmental studies helpful. (4). (SS).
We investigate society and behavior by exploring humankind's relationship with the biophysical environment. We attempt to accomplish two related objectives: 1) a better understanding of how society functions and of how humans behave by looking at our interactions with nature, natural resources, and the larger biophysical environment; and 2) a better understanding of our present environmental situation by investigating the forces that shape our society.

306. Environmental History and Third World Development. (3). (SS).
Survey of selected major ecosystems of the non-Western world under stress from human use, including consumption and exploitation patterns and policy strategies. Emphasis on historical evolution under colonial regimes and global economic trends.

310/Geography 310. Food, Population, and Energy. Sophomore standing. (4). (Excl).
This course examines the basic dilemma these three major issues present which is that the many benefits which scientific knowledge and technological progress have helped bring about are increasingly counter-balanced by the manifold social and ecological problems related to them.

320. Exploring Alternatives to Capitalism. RC Soc. Sci. 220 or Econ. 407. (4). (SS).
Reviews briefly critiques of capitalism and examines in detail various concepts of socialism advanced by critics of capitalism, both from a theoretical perspective and in light of the experience of actually existing real-world varieties of socialism.

350. The Making of the State. Sophomore standing. (4). (Excl).
The state, its formation, and its effect on social and personal life is discussed. The first part of the course provides historical and anthropological background and discusses pre-modern states. The second part covers the emergence of the modern state in Europe, connecting it to the development of capitalism as a world system and to the transformation of family life.

357. A History of Crime and Punishment in the U.S. (4). (Excl).
The changing patterns of crime and punishment in American history are described and analyzed. Its principle concern is to establish the long-term relationship between changing patterns of criminal activity and the changing structures of policing and punishment, and to link both themes to the larger transformations of American society since the colonial period.

360. Social Science Junior Seminar. Upperclass standing. (4). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
The subject matter varies from term to term depending on the interests and expertise of the faculty involved.

388. Transitions to Capitalism. A 200-level Social Science course. (4). (SS).
This course examines one of the most basic transformations in economic and social history by a close comparison of two cases, England from the late 17th century through the early phases of the industrial revolution, and southern Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

385. Democracy in the Workplace. Introductory sociology or social science course. (4). (Excl).
This course investigates the theory and practice of changing work organizations. It covers specific experiments in workplace organization throughout the world and analyzes their historical and economic contexts and their internal structures.

460. Social Science Senior Seminar. Senior standing. (4). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
Examines approaches to the social sciences and significant social trends in the late twentieth century from an interdisciplinary perspective. Subject matter varies from term to term depending on the interests of the faculty and students involved.

471. Culture as Environment: Worldviews and Cultural Agendas. Junior standing. (4). (Excl).
This course provides an opportunity to learn intensively about a particular Native American group in the context of the long and continuing struggles of Native communities in the Americas to survive during the onslaught of European and Euroamerican conquest and settlement. The course investigates various groups' origin stories, spiritual world views, resource ecology, land struggles and cultural agendas.