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May 31, 2023

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Christopher Uggen
Sociology 4111 Deviant Behavior
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This syllabi outlines the course structure, requierd texts and assignments for a 400 level course on deviant behavior.
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Brenda J. Forster
GUIDELINE: ACADEMIC HONESTY: USING THE IDEAS OF OTHERS APPROPRIATELY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Abstract:
Academic credit is granted when a student has demonstrated that he or she is competent in something. This means a student has presented evidence to demonstrate first-hand knowledge of the content for which he or she is attempting to earn credit. The following...
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Fred L. Pincus
Higher Education and Social Inequality
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Going to college is usually seen as a ticket to upward mobility poor and working class students and for people of color. While this is true for some individuals, higher education also reproduces inequality for class, race and gender groups. We will examine this...
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Gina Daddario
Gender, Sport and the Media
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Socialization
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Gender, Sport and the Media is a multidisciplinary special topics course that brings together the areas of sport sociology, gender studies, and media criticism, and fulfills elective requirements in kinesiology, mass communication and women’s...
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Michael C. Stewart
Using Sport to Illustrate Race as a Social Construction
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Socialization
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Offering Sociology of Sport courses can serve as a tool to attract students who may be unfamiliar with sociology. In addition, the study of sport can serve as a method for elucidating complex theoretical or empirical processes, regardless of sociological field....
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David M. Newman
It Ain't Over Til it's Over: An Exercise for Concluding a Course
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
We are all aware of the importance of "starting off on the right foot." Probably many of us spend a fair amount of time at the beginning of a course telling our students what will happen and what they will learn. In addition, our syllabi often spell out our specific...
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Sarah Hoadley
Assignment Research Paper
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to allow you to investigate a social problem you find particularly interesting. The two previous assignments (research question/empirical resources and outline) gave you the opportunity to decide on an area of focus and some feedback...
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Stuart L. Shafer
Chinese Society: Past and Present
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
An introduction to Chinese society since 1949. The course examines Chinese society and culture and focuses on contemporary social change while tracing the historical roots of Chinese culture and social institutions. Social processes such as social movements,...
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IVANA MILOJEVIC
FROM UTOPIA TO DYSTOPIA AND BACK
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Our range of possibilities as social engineers is so great nowadays as to be mind-boggling. Accordingly, the idea of a "utopia" or "dystopia" takes on new meaning when cloning, protein "engineering," mining the moon, teraforming Mars, using stem cells, succumbing to...
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Robin D. Perrin
When Religion Becomes Deviance Introducing Religion in Deviance and Social Problems Courses
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Sociologists have maintained an interest in fringe religion at least since the well-known research by John Lofland and Rodney Stark (1965) on the early years of the Unification church in this country. Fringe religions, often referred to as new religious movements...
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