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May 31, 2023

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Kathleen Grove
STUDENT PROJECT Sociology B113 Sociology of the AIDS Epidemic -
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This is an optional assignment for students who would like to be involved in activities as diverse as providing direct assistance in HIV prevention efforts (e.g. safe sex campaigns), organizing for HIV/AIDS charities (e.g. fund raisers), providing informal support at...
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Barbara C. Karcher
Religion and Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Religion
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The course explores religion as a social and cultural phenomenon. The goal for students is to develop an unbiased, analytical, sociological approach to religion. Being a believer or an unbeliever is irrelevant to the sociological study of religion. The insider’s...
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John R. Weeks
Population and the Environment
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Demography
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The purpose of this course is to understand the causes and consequences of population growth at the global, national, regional, and local levels, focusing especially on the spatial interrelationships among and between population size, growth, and distribution and the...
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Carrie Yang Costello
PAPER ASSIGNMENTS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
The goal of the 1st paper is for you to think about the social construction of sexuality, a topic covered in class. Your assignment is to think of some sexual "fact," phenomenon, or practice which many people consider "natural," and to demonstrate that it is in...
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Lynn Harper Ritchey
Deviance – White Collar Crime
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Abstract:
Deviance – White Collar Crime, class assignment.
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Rose Weitz
A GROUP TECHNIQUE FOR TESTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIV/AIDS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Considerable evidence suggests that students who engage in collaborative learning--participating in inquiry and discussion in small groups of peers--learn more than students who work in isolation (Rau and Heyl 1990; Sharan 1990; Slavin 1990.) As a strong believer in...
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Susan Goodrich Lehmann, Norah P. Schultz
Constructing a National Sample of Cities (Advanced Level)
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Abstract:
Below are the additional parameters that can be used to make this Exercise 2.2 more complex. If you are unfamiliar with the concepts of mean, medium, and mode, you may wish to read the beginning of Exercise 3.1 before beginning this exercise.
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Marion R. Hughes
Exercise 3: Mortality
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Demography
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
The goals of the third assignment are to describe and to explain trends and sex differences in mortality for the country you have selected.
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Dion Dennis
ESSAY EXAM
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Essay exam questions on the film Boys Dont Cry.
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Matthew Oware
Contemporary Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Abstract:
Course Description Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior. Specifically, we will develop and use the tools that sociologists employ to understand our everyday lives, as well as the lives of others different than ourselves. We will...
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