Prof. Jacob Heller, Dept. of Sociology, SUNY College at Old Westbury

Department of Sociology
SUNY College at Old Westbury

Jacob Heller, Assistant Professor & Chair (Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 2001)
Office: Academic Village, Tower C-2, Rm. C-320
E-mail: hellerj@oldwestbury.edu | Phone: (516) 876-3336 | Fax: (516) 876-3491
Spring Office Hours: M/W 1:30-2:30 pm, and by appt.

Spring 2008 courses:
SY 4520 Research Methods
SY 4540 Contemporary Theory

fall 2008 courses:
SY 4750 Medical Sociology
SY 5990 Senior Seminar

"The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is
nevertheless an intellectual vice." -- Bertrand Russell

Don Quixote by Pablo Picasso (1955)

"...our education is always and only equal to our capacity for enjoyment..." ¾Thomas Mann¹

Fall 2007 Courses
SY 4520 Research Methods
SY 2570 Statistics for Social Science

Spring 2007 Courses
SY 4520 Research Methods
SY 4280 Social Inequality
SY 5990 Senior Seminar

Fall 2006 Courses
SY 4520 Research Methods
FY 1000 Science, Relig. & Knowledge
SY 2570 Statistics for Social Science

Spring 2006 Courses
SY 5990 Senior Seminar
SY 4750 Medical Sociology
SY 4520-001 Research Methods

Fall 2005 Courses
SY 4520 Research Methods
SY 2570 Statistics for Social Sciences
FY 1000 Crime & Punishment

Spring 2005 Courses
SY 4520 Research Methods
SY 2500 Introductory Sociology
SY 2570 Statistics for Social Sciences

Fall 2004 Courses:
SY 4280 Social Inequality
SY 4520 Research Methods
FY 1000 Crime & Punishment

Spring 2004 Courses:
SY 4520 Research Methods
SY 5990 Senior Seminar
SY 3550 Social Problems

Fall 2003 Courses:
SY 2500-001 Intro Sociology
SY 4520-001 Research Methods
FY 1000-004 Crime & Punishment

Spring 2003 Courses:
   SY 5990 Senior Seminar in Sociology
   SY 4520 Research Methods in Sociology
   SY 2500 Introductory Sociology

Fall 2002 Courses:
SY 2500 Introduction to Sociology
SY 4280 Social Inequality
SY 4750 Medical Sociology

Spring 2002 Courses:
SY 4750 Medical Sociology
SY 3700 Family and Society
SY 3550 Social Problems

Fall 2001 Courses:

SY 3550 Social Problems

CR 4550 Theories of Crime

SY 4280 Social Inequality

Some resources: Sociological Abstracts, New York Public Library, Library of Congress, ASA Student Resources,
Eastern Sociological Society, Medical Schools, Law Schools, some Graduate Admissions information

Sociology Faculty

Sociology/Criminology Programs

SUNY College at Old Westbury

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." - Albert Einstein

last updated 03/31/2008¹ Thomas Mann, "Little Herr Friedman," in Thomas Mann: Stories of Three Decades, trans. by H. T. Lowe-Porter (NY: Modern Library, 1936), p. 6.