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May 31, 2023

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Ronald L. Mize
Latino Communities
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Course Description: From community sociology perspectives, an analysis of Latino community formation in U.S. urban and rural contexts. A major focus will be the predominance of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in New York, Cubans in South Florida, and Mexicans in the...
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Peter Kaufman
Critical Pedagogy in Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
In graduate school, I took a year-long practicum on teaching sociology for first- time instructors. In it, I read Freire’s, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed," while, simultaneously, reading, The Sociological Imagination," by Mills. I recalled reading, both, these texts...
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Steve Wieting (Stephen, Layana C. Navarre-Jackson
The Sociology Capstone Course Syllabus
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Capstone courses and experiences refer to "culminating experiences in which students synthesize subject-matter knowledge they have acquired, integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge, and connect theory and application in preparation for entry into a career." (Kerka...
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Denise A. Segura
SOCIOLOGY 144/CHICANO STUDIES 144: CHICANO/LATINO COMMUNITIES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Latina/o Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This course delves into the worlds of Chicano/Mexican and Latino communities in the U.S., with an emphasis on California. We examine "community" as territorial, imagined, and diverse. We begin with an overview of the meaning of community among Chicanos/Latinos...
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A.G. Dworkin
Seminar in Urban Education
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
The function of this course is to survey a variety of issues that pervade the urban public schools today. Foci include problems of desegregation and re-segregation, the linkages among educational and career aspirations and intergenerational mobility, the "crisis"...
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Charles A. Gallagher
Race and Ethnic Relations: Atlanta as a Classroom: Sociological Bus Trippin' on the 49 and 16
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Abstract:
This assignment requires you to take two bus rides, one on the 16 (Noble line) and the other on 49 (McDonough line). Each round trip bus ride will take about an hour. I will not be providing you with tokens or bus fare. The cost of this assignment is however, tax...
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Stephen A. Sweet
Who Dares to Engage in Radical Pedagogy?
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Given the tension between political ideals and institutional constraints, I suggested that self-identified radical teachers follow a "third path." This pragmatic approach involves staying as true as one can to one’s ideals, while recognizing the need to respect and...
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Marilyn Krogh
Social Theory and Social Research
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This course will help students integrate and apply various aspects of the sociology major, as well as, culminate your students' undergraduate education more broadly. In this sense, this course is the capstone of college life. In another sense, this course is also a...
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Stephen A. Sweet
Analysis Assignment: Race, Inequality and Community Contexts
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
In this exercise you will examine social inequality at the community level, looking at income distributions in the U.S. and in different places within the U.S., as well as the ways in which ethnic groups are segregated by geographic area. You will use actual data...
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Josephine MacIntosh
CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF HIV/AIDS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
As its name suggests, this course examines the role culture plays in the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It is designed to challenge your thinking around the language and assumptions that have been attached to this fatal sexually transmitted disease. We...
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