SOCIOL 211AComparative and Historical Methods: Strategies of Research and Conceptualization
Sociology · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Topics include relationship of theory and fact to social sciences, logic of comparative and historical analysis, and substantive paradigms of comparative and historical analysis. Reading involves methodological examination of basic works in representative problem areas. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 211B).
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
SOCIOL 211A
- SOCIOL 211BComparative and Historical Methods: Research Techniques
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.