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May 31, 2023

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Sara Schoonmaker
Childhood and Youth
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
In this course, we examine childhood, preadolescence and youth as distinct phases of social life constructed by young people and adults in the context of structural inequalities of age, race, class, gender, and sexuality. We critique the myth of childhood innocence...
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C. Margaret Hall
Advanced Seminar: Sociological Practice
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sociological Practice
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This advanced research seminar is built on my course, Social Intelligence in Everyday Life. Both courses are applied sociology courses, and the concept of social intelligence will be used to guide some of the class readings and discussions in Sociological Practice....
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Elizabeth Borland
WOMEN IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
In this class we will explore how socially constructed differences between men and women, viewed through the "lenses of gender," are key organizing principles in modern societies. We will use sociological theories about gender to explore women’s power and status...
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Sarah Jane Brubaker
SOCY 402: Sociological Theory
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This course is designed to introduce you to the major traditions of sociological theory, from the classic works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the contemporary sociological perspectives that have dominated theoretical discourse in the postwar...
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Richard A. Settersten
A CRITICAL EXAMININATION OF AGE AND COHORT AND AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Select at least 2 articles that use chronological age as a central independent variable. 1 article should use a set of age brackets; the other article should use age as a continuous variable. Your assignment is to discuss and critique the treatment of age – both...
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Jan Marie Fritz
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sociological Practice
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This survey course introduces graduate students to the research process, while focusing on selected qualitative and mixed-method research approaches, as well as, grant writing. Attendance at all sessions and active participation in the course is required. Students...
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Michelle Petrie
DRUGS & SOCIETY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Alcohol and Drugs
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Who uses drugs? Why do people use drugs? What are the effects of drug use for individuals and society? Why are some drugs legal while others are illegal? What can be done to treat and prevent drug use? Are some methods of treatment and prevention more successful...
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Mary Zimmerman
WOMEN AND HEALTH CARE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course offers a sociological and historical perspective on women’s health and health care, focusing predominantly on the United States but with some attention to international and global issues. Students will receive an overview of the health status and major...
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Sarah Jane Brubaker
Paper Assignment #5 – The Body
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Some of the main ideas of the theories we have discussed that focus on the body emphasize the ways in which the body is socially constructed through various mechanisms of regulation, restraint, control, imagery, ideology, and practice. This paper provides an...
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Lisa Markowitz
Food and the Body Politic
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course takes a holistic anthropological approach to the study of food. We will explore food and food-ways as products of soil, culture, and politics. The study of food offers a window into micro-level social relations- family life, gender roles, and workplaces...
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