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May 31, 2023

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Marv Krohn
ALCOHOL & DRUG USE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Alcohol and Drugs
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
The course covers selected topics on alcohol and drug use. It is not intended to cover the full range of relevant topics. Rather, the issues covered represent areas that are of particular interest to me that I have sufficient background in to enable me to lead the...
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Eve Shapiro
GENDER AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Abstract:
This course will focus on the intersection of gender and social movements. We will examine how attention to gender processes enhances how sociologists study, make sense of, and theorize social movements. By examining both contemporary struggles for social justice...
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George Steinmetz
SOC 505: Theory and Practice of Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Sociology 505 is the first semester of a year-long course surveying social theory as a quasi-independent form of activity. During this first semester, we trace the lineaments and genealogies of major theoretical approaches in sociology, social theory, and related...
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Karl Ulrich Mayer
Life Course Research – Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Approaches
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course has been designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the current state of life course research. How do societies structure human lives? What are universal features of age differentiation and what are historically emergent patterns of life...
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John Foran
Writing Assignment: Designing a Research Proposal
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This final assignment asks you to come up with a research topic in comparative and/or historical sociology, and write a proposal or design for the research of five, well-crafted, double-spaced typed pages on it (plus a separate bibliographical page).
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Darrell D. Irwin
Drugs & Crime
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Alcohol and Drugs
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
In addressing alcohol and drug use, students should educate themselves on a variety of issues. Drug use and crime perpetuate one another, but their relationship is influenced by a wide range of psychological, pharmacological, social, and economic factors. Yet, all...
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Kristin Blakely
GROUP DEBATE PRESENTATIONS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
On five specified days, two groups of students will each present one side to a contemporary gendered debate relating to that week’s theme. Each group will consist of 3 or 4 students. The debates are as follows: #1: Should men and women have equal parental rights?...
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Dustin Kidd
Development of Sociological Thought
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This course examines social theory. A social theory is an idea or set of ideas about society. It may come out of the social sciences, it may come from political practices, it may come from personal experience, or it may come out of the arts. Our goal is to read...
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Elizabeth Barham
Rat for Dinner?
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Would you, could you, should you eat a rat (yes, a RAT)? Courtesy of Dr. Gilbert Gillespie Dept. of Rural Sociology Cornell University
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Thomas E. Janoski
Comparative and Historical Methodology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Comparative and historical methods are a hybrid of qualitative and quantitative methods. They, often, look at the development of societies over longer periods of time and often compare different cultures or countries. As such, these methods are an amalgam of...
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