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May 31, 2023

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Amanda Rees
Humans and Other Animals 249080
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Animals and Society
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course examines the various aspects of the relationship between humans and nonhuman animals. From the historical shifts in the cultural perception of animals to the implications of our social understanding of animals helps us define who we are as a society....
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Linda M. Woolf
Genocide: A Psychosocial Perspective
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Abstract:
We live in a time of unparalleled instance of democide, genocide and ethnocide. In fact, governmental policies have resulted in over 170 million deaths during this century (1900-1987) and this figure excludes war deaths (Rummel, 1995).
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John Mohr
MEASURING MEANING STRUCTURES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The goal of this seminar is to introduce you to the use of computers in textual analysis. This involves three things. First, we will spend time talking about how to acquire textual material in such a way that it can be made computer readable. We will talk...
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Michael Burawoy, Carla B. Howery
Comparative Perspectives on the Teaching of Sociology:A Century of Transmission: ASA Centennial Session Panelists
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
A timeline regarding comparative perspectives on teaching sociiology, presented at the ASA Centennial.
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J. Michael Ryan
SOCY498D: The Sociology of Popular Culture
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Popular culture is an important aspect of our daily lives. Advertising, television, newspapers, global forces, fashion, and media representations are all examples of phenomena that have a direct bearing on our lived experiences. Rather than seeing sociology as...
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Helen M. Lewis
Appalachian Problems and Institutions
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
A study of Appalachian problems and opportunities and of how regional institutions relate to these problems and opportunities.
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Bruce A. Arrigo
TALKING THE TALK OF CRIME AND JUSTICE: TEACHING CRIMINOLOGY AS A SOCIOLOGICAL HUMANIST
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
Humanist Perspective and the Teaching of Sociology Resources Book is designed to serve as an aid for those searching for suggestions on how to implement the vision of humanist sociology. After laying out a vision for what humanist sociology is and/or ought to be in...
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Eric Grodsky
Analytic Assignment 2: School differences in achievement and school resources
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Since the release of the Coleman report in 1996, scholars and policymakers have engaged in a debate about whether or not differences between schools, and in particular difference in school financial resources, can help account for inequality in educational...
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David O. O. Friedrichs
GETTING PERSONAL:THE REFLEXIVE DIMENSION IN HUMANIST SOCIOLOGY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
How should we teach? Most of us are professionally socialized to believe that as teachers our principal responsibility is to present and convey the substance of the subject we are teaching, and to inspire in our students an active engagement with that subject. For...
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James W. Michaels
Paper Options
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Advanced Graduate
Abstract:
You are to submit a short (5 pages) paper in which you apply course material (e.g., perspectives, theories, concepts, ideas, research findings) to analyze and comment on some aspect of education.
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