Located in Los Angeles, the city that the world watches to detect the shape of the future, UCLA is generally considered one of the world's preeminent sociology departments.

We have the world's leading group of scholars studying international migration and its legacies, as well as arguably the strongest program in the study of ethnicity and nationalism, domestically and internationally. We have an outstanding demography and stratification program, as attested among other ways by the exceptional placements of students in recent years. We have long had one of the strongest programs in comparative historical sociology. For more than three decades, UCLA has been the world's leading center for ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. We have one of the strongest faculty and graduate training programs in ethnography. And we have both quantitative and qualitative strength in the study of gender and in the study of culture.

These areas of distinctive strength only begin to capture the depth and diversity of the department. The interests of our faculty span the entire disciplinary gamut...

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Events
  1. Indonesia's Church Controversy
    Gustav Brown
    05/30/2013 - 05:00 pm / Haines 279
    Presented by the Comparative Social Analysis Seminar (Sociology 237)
  2. TBA
    Japonica Brosn-Saracino
    05/31/2013 / Haines 215
    Ethnography Working Group and Gender Working Group

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Announcements
  1. SOCIOLOGY PRIZE FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
    $500 prize for Sociology majors (graduating seniors) for best research paper or critical essay submitted in a Sociology course in this academic year (including 199 courses), and the previous Spring quarter (Spring, Fall 2012 and Winter 2013). Students are nominated by Sociology faculty and TAs (one nominee each, seniors only).
  2. NEWSLETTER | WINTER-SPRING 2013
    Available To Read Or Download Now!

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