Lectures
Once a week there will be a lecture presented by an advanced graduate student instructor from the Department of Sociology. Topics vary year to year, but often encompass subjects such as the American family, social stratification, crime and deviance in society, or social movements and civic participation.
Current Lectures
Archived lectures and discussion sections
ALC Sociology Topics 2007
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |
| Lecture Topic | ALC 1 The American Dream ALC 2 Social Stratification in the US |
ALC 1 Crime and Incarceration ALC 2 Crime and Guns |
ALC 1 Immigration in America ALC 2 Immigration in America |
| Lecturer | Curtiss Cobb | Alicia Simmons | Paul Yunsik Chang |
| Section Topic | ALC-Monopoly | Crash | Dating Game |
ALC Sociology Topics 2006
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |
| Lecture Topic | ALC 1 Social Stratification in the US ALC 2 Social Stratification in the US |
ALC 1 Immigration in America ALC 2 Immigration in America |
Taking Culture to the Masses: American Pop Culture in the New Millennium |
| Lecturer | SongHua Hu / Tahu Hera Kukutai | SongHua Hu | Tahu Hera Kukutai |
| Section Topic | ALC-Monopoly | Mayoral Elections | Selling an Asian Product to America |
ALC Sociology Topics 2005
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |
| Lecture Topic | Is America Truly the Land of Opportunity: Social Stratification in the US | From Melting Pot to Multiculturalism: Tracing the Emerging Asian American Identity | Taking Culture to the Masses: American Pop Culture in the New Millennium |
| Lecturer | SongHua Hu | Paul Yunsik Chang | Tahu Hera Kukutai |
| Section Topic | ALC monopoly | The Dating Game | Selling a product to Americans |
ALC Sociology Topics 2004
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |
| Lecture Topic | Social Stratification | American Immigration | US Political Participation |
| Lecturer | Victor Thompson / Colin Beck | Victor Thompson | Colin Beck |
| Section Topic | ALC monopoly | Immigration Officers | Protest Signs |
ALC Sociology Topics 2003
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |
| Lecture Topic | Social Stratification | Media in America | US Civic Participation |
| Lecturer | Victor Thompson / Colin Beck | Victor Thompson | Colin Beck |
| Section Topic | ALC monopoly | Image Manipulation | Protest Signs |