SOCIOL 239BSocial Stratification, Mobility, and Inequality
Sociology · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to literature on social stratification, mobility, and inequality in U.S. and abroad, with focus on concepts, data, methods, and facts about occupational and class structure; intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic status; effects of family, school, and labor market on socioeconomic achievement, careers, and inequality; earnings, income, and wealth distribution; poverty; social mobility; socioeconomic factors and marriage; gender and ethnic stratification; and health disparities.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisites: courses 210A, 210B, 239A.
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confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
SOCIOL 239B
- SOCIOL 210AIntermediate Statistical Methods I
- SOCIOL 210BIntermediate Statistical Methods II
- SOCIOL 239ASocial Stratification, Mobility, and Inequality
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 5 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.