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May 31, 2023

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Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock
Glossary of Immigration Terms
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Abstract:
Objective: To clearly explain basic and useful terms commonly found in discussions of immigration. The "vocabulary of immigration" derives from words contributed by social science, bureaucratic immigration agencies, and past and present immigrants’ own lived...
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SANDI KAWECKA NENGA
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND POLICIES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
You may have heard someone describe sociology as the study of society. While this may be true, I generally make it a practice to ban use of the word "society" in my classroom. I find that students use the word society when they are really thinking of a far more...
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Robert L. Frost
Introduction to Information Studies
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This course will provide the foundational knowledge necessary to begin to address the key issues associated with the Information Revolution. Issues will range from the theoretical (what is information and how do humans construct it?), to the cultural (is life on teh...
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Scott Sernau
International Inequalities and Global Issues
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Worldwide contrasts between rich and poor, overfed and hungry, high tech and no tech are striking and disturbing. What are the reasons for this inequality? Are global standards of living improving or worsening? Are inequalities growing? What are the elements of...
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Phillip Bonacich
Network Methods
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Social network analysis is both an approach and a method for the analysis of social structure. The social network approach has been used on a variety of topics, from the position of the Medici family in Florence in the Middle Ages to the spread of AIDS, from the...
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Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock
Controversies About the Impact of Immigration: Narrower Negative Generalization: "Immigrants take jobs away from Americans in certain sectors of the economy."
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Abstract:
Some observers speak about specific occupations, industries, or economic sectors in which they believe large numbers of jobs have been "taken over" by immigrants. They claim that these are jobs that some American residents would be willing to perform, but employers...
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TOM GERSCHICK
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY THROUGH SOCIAL INEQUALITY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Attached you will find two possible exercises on which to write. Exercise B counts as a critical thinking exercise. Please be specific in your answers and make sure that you address every question. Your goal is to demonstrate to us that you understand the material...
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Daniel Kleinman
Sociological Perspectives on Science & Technology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course is intended as an advanced level survey of the sociology of science and technology (or more broadly science and technology studies). Most of the course will focus on recent debates and literatures, but we will begin by reading some of the earliest...
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Basil Kardaras
A Selected Biliography on Women and Development: Africa and the Middle East to 1999
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
This is one of Thirty three selected bibliographies spanning over one hundred pages are presented focusing on scholarship on the Sociology of Development and Women in Development organized by social, political, and economic themes, by global regions (Africa, Asia,...
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Katherine Faust
Analysis of Social Network Data, Possible "Show and Tell" Projects
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Each person is expected to give brief social network analysis "show and tell" presentations on four occasions during the quarter. These will take place during the first part of class and may be in any reasonable format. The list below gives some things you might do...
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