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May 31, 2023

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Lisa Anne Zilney
Animals and Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Animals and Society
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course explores various aspects of the interrelationships of human and nonhuman animals in society today, including the ecological, environmental, cultural, economic, social, psychological, and health and medical dimensions of these interrelationships....
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Barrie Thorne
Gender, The Sociology of: Module 6
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This collection contains syllabi, course assignments, class activities, film reviews, handouts, and other written materials relevant to teaching courses in areas related to sex and gender. Syllabi from Sociology of Gender courses, at both the undergraduate and...
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Andrew J. Perrin
SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Course Goals 1. To survey the literature in the sociology of culture, with an emphasis on current approaches to culture 2. To stimulate ideas for empirical work in cultural sociology 3. To offer cultural tools for application to empirical research
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Bernice A. Pescosolido
SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COLLEGE PEDAGOGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This second course in Sociology's Preparing Future Faculty Program is designed to continue the preparation of graduate students in Sociology to teach to a variety of audiences, including students and the public, to become active members of the university community,...
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John Foran
The Method of Difference, as stated by Skocpol
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
The Teaching Comparative-Historical Methods in Sociology compilation of syllabi is intended for two audiences: those who already teach comparative and historical methods at the university level, and those who wish to introduce it into their repertoire. Only syllabi...
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Kim W. Stallwood
ANST 101 Animals and Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Animals and Society
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Animals and Society explores the ways animals are viewed by various subcultures in American society. Students explore sociological, historical, economic, philosophical, and public policy issues regarding the treatment of animals. The uses of animals in factory...
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Carol Gregory
A HUMANIST SOCIOLOGY APPROACH TO DEALING WITH DISPARITY IN THE CLASSROOM
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
Wasn’t a college professor primarily a teacher? Why was I wasting my money to attend classes in which the professor only wanted to work with students who already knew the material? How was that education? I made up my mind to confront the teacher and his graduate...
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E. Doyle McCarthy
VALUES AND MORAL CHOICES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Modern selfhood or identity is studied as a series of conflicts and dilemmas, those of public and private life, of "society" (or community) and the "individual," the conflict of rationality over emotionality (and control and release), of personal freedom ("choice")...
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Kathryn Feltey
College Teaching of Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course is designed as a preparation for your future teaching role. As Judy Howard (1996) noted, our role "is a dual one involving both the creation of knowledge through research and the dissemination of that knowledge through teaching" (p.152). The course will...
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Sara Steen
Sociology 4461 Critical Thinking: Consumerism in America
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This is a class about questioning. Together, we will take one aspect of American society—consumerism (which we will define as the acts of selling, purchasing, and consuming)—and ask questions about why consumerism has come to occupy such a central place in our...
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