UCSD Department of Sociology



			Sociology is the systematic study of societies: their composition, organization, culture, and development. The Department of Sociology at UCSD is unique in that most of its faculty work in three fields: comparative-historical sociology, the sociology of culture, and the sociology of science, technology, and medicine. In addition, the department offers basic training in social theory, and quantitative and qualitative methodologies. A further distinguishing feature of this department is that a large proportion of its members are engaged in the study of foreign countries: their institutions, culture, interactions with other nations, development, and change. UCSD sociologists do research not only on the United States, but also on societies in Africa, Latin America, East Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . Please note that the Department will have modified office hours during finals week in consideration of the U.S. Open. Please plan accordingly. Monday, June 9th through Friday, June 13th 8am - 2:30pm (open during lunch hour) The Department of Sociology celebrates its 40th Birthday this year with a celebration and alumni reunion! Please join us on Saturday, May 10th as we mark this significant milestone in our Department's history. Celebrate with friends and colleagues from the past. Click here for more information. Save the date for the upcoming 4th Annual Culture Conference, Friday, May 9, 2008. The 2008 conference will again feature a rich and and vibrant diversity of scholarship in cultural sociology. Craig Calhoun (President of SSRC and University Professor at NYU) and Ann Swidler (Professor at UC Berkeley) will be this year's keynote speakers, while Ann Hironaka (UC Irvine), Peter Levin (Barnard College), and David Pellow (UC San Diego) will participate in a panel discussion. Click here to go to the conference web site for up to date information and more details. Congratulations to Professor Steve Epstein again who has just received the Chancellors’ Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Research. This is the highest honor for research that our campus can bestow. This award not only brings honor to Steve but raises the stature of our department as a whole. Please join the department in offering him warmest congratulations. University of California, San Diego Department of Sociology 401 Social Science Building 9500 Gilman Drive - 0533 La Jolla, CA 92093-0533 Tel 858.534.4627 Fax 858.534.4753 Main Office Hours, 401 SSB: Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 12:00pm; 1:00pm - 4:30pm Closed for lunch Noon - 1pm Welcome \| People \| Undergraduate Program Graduate Program \| Administration \| Current Events Related Links \| Alumni \| Social Sciences \| UCSD \| Contact Copyright © 2000