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May 31, 2023

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Jennifer Keys
Simulating the Crisis hotline to teach about Domestic Violence
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Overview: In this small group exercise, students are asked to imagine that they are answering a crisis hotline. Students assess each vignette by identifying the types of abuse taking place and the level of danger. They evaluate the resources available and discuss...
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Tricia M. Davis
SOCI 250: SOCIAL STATISTICS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Quantitative Methodology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Statistics are tools that social scientists utilize in order to study everything from social movements and prison populations, to rates of unwed adolescent pregnancies. Statistics helps us answer research questions. What you will be learning this semester are some...
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Harland Prechel
Organizational Theory/Complex Organizations
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Organizations, Formal and Complex
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course examines the primary theories of complex organizations. These theoretical perspectives focus on bureaucracy, scientific management, human relations, decision-making, power, control, change and the relationship between organizations and their...
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Betsy Lucal
THEORY APPLICATIONS - Introduction to Sociological Theory Socy 348
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
The objective of these papers is for you to show me that you have learned two things: (1) Something about theory and (2) Something about how that theory can be applied to your topic.
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Nancy A. Greenwood
Societal and Institutional Responses to Spouse Abuse
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Lecture
Class Level(s):
College 300
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Timothy Patrick Moran
VERSIFYING YOUR READING LIST: USING POETRY TO TEACH INEQUALITY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
Timothy Patrick Moran is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His inequality class is taught as an upper-level elective and usually enrolls between 40-60 undergraduates of various social science majors. In addition...
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David Brady
Organizations and Management
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Organizations, Formal and Complex
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Welcome to S155: Organizations and Management! Sociologists have long documented that social life involves interacting with and being a member in a host of organizations – churches, workplaces, universities, governments and communities. Throughout the semester, we...
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Patricia Madoo Lengermann, Jill Niebrugge-Brantley
THE RISE OF CRITICAL SOCIAL THOUGHT
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to an important tradition in the history of ideas, the rise of critical social thought. Critical social thought is that system of thinking and ideas which allows individuals to study the social world as a human product...
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C. A. Caronna
Project 2: McDonaldization at Towson University
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Organizations, Formal and Complex
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
For this project, you will use Ritzer’s model of McDonaldization to assess to what degree Towson University is a McDonaldized organization. For each part of Ritzer’s model (efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control), use a scale from 0 to 100 to rate TU...
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Lonnie Golden
Family Life in Economic Context
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Course Objectives: We all experience, at some point in our lives, being part of both a family and an economy. The purpose of this course is for students to gain a deeper understanding of the connections between the family life and economic forces. The focus will be...
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