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May 31, 2023

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Shawn Bingham
Helping Graduate Students Choose a Text for Their First Teaching Experience
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
While experienced instructors have had time to test out a variety of textbooks, graduate students may be overwhelmed with choices and looming bookstore order deadlines. They often either revert to the newest version of a text they used as students, or they survey...
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John Foran
Comparative Historical Analysis
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This graduate seminar critically considers the theoretical impact and methodological rigor of Comparative Historical Analysis (CHA) in political science and sociology. Studies in this tradition employ a variety of research approaches, address a wide array of topics,...
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Thomas Plaut
Appalachian and American Cultural Systems
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course compares the traditional and contemporary lifestyles and values of Appalachian people to those of the surrounding American culture. The impacts of industrialization, stereotyping, and socio economic and cultural change are emphasized, using the southern...
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Randall Collins
INTEGRATING SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY INTO UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
"Every course should be a theory course; and every course should be a course about its own particular substantive topic." This is my guiding principle for every undergraduate course I teach.
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Paul Jones, Jocelyn Pixley
TECHNOLOGY, WORK, CULTURE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Aims, Themes, Learning Outcomes: This course aims to introduce some of the central sociological questions which arise at the intersection of the three categories which make up its title: technology, work and culture. Sociologists have long had an interest in the...
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Judy Howard
Seminar on Philosophies and Techniques of Teaching
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course is designed as a workshop to enable you to actively participate in creating and cultivating a "teaching self". The professorial role is a dual one involving both the creation of knowledge through research and the dissemination of knowledge through...
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Frederick F. Wherry
Sociology 495-1: Culture and Consumption
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
In this course we study why we desire the things we do and how consumption affects the identities and the inequalities among persons, places, and things. What are the social origins and orientations of consumption? The roots of one’s taste for hip-hop or baroque...
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Nelda K. Pearson
Appalachian Women Soc 492
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This resource provides selected assignments, readings, and topics for a 400 level course on Women in Sociology
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Peter Seybold
INEQUALITY AND SOCIETY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
The U.S. now has the largest gap between rich and poor of any "advanced" society. How did this situation develop, and how has it changed over time? What remedy is proposed and what theories can be used to explain this level of inequality? Is the American dream in...
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Edythe Krampe
Course Paper: Classroom/Educational Setting Field Observation
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Develop two or three paragraphs where you identify (1) the independent variable (social class, ethnicity, gender, or age: regular vs. honors class {"ability" differences], special education vs. regular class, ESL vs. regular class you wish to study; (2) the three...
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