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May 31, 2023

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Gilda Laura Ochoa
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Through a broad survey of sociological literature, this course provides an overview of contemporary sociology. The readings, the lectures, the videos, the class discussions, the group facilitations, and the class assignments are all designed to enable and to...
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CHRISTINA PAPADIMITRIOU
DISABILITY and SOCIETY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course provides a forum for the discussion of disability, drawing from social, cross-cultural and psychological literature. Differing models of disability have been developed which view disability from sometimes conflicting perspectives and which influence both...
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Bernadette E. Dietz
Small Group Work
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Students coordinate efforts with other students to complete work as a small group. Small groups can be created with any number of students, but three to five members work together most effectively.
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James R. Hull
POPULATION PROBLEMS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Demography
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
What are the Objectives of this Course? • To develop your own personal demographic perspective on the world • To think critically, discuss, and write about course topics and use evidence-based reasoning • To demonstrate working knowledge of the history, theories, and...
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Charles Tilly
Revolutions, Social Movements, and Contentious Politics
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course should help undergraduates who already have a background in social science and/or modern history to think systematically about contentious politics – processes in which people make conflicting collective claims on each other or on third parties – as they...
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Susan M. Hilal
Paper Assignment - Introduction to Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
1. Pick a topic from any of the chapters in your Schafer book and research it using InfoTrac via the Briggs Library on-line database. The topic can be anything of interest to you and is sociological.
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MARTY WYNGAARDEN KRAUSS
DISABILITY POLICY ISSUES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Just 15 years ago, Ed Berkowitz wrote that "America has no disability policy. It maintains a set of disparate programs, many emanating from policies designed for other groups, that work at cross-purposes." This course examines the extent to which this assessment is...
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Kathy R. Rowell
Integrating Data Analysis
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Integrating data analysis into the sociological curriculum early and often is an important way to increase student success not in only in introductory sociology classes but also increases student comfort level with scientific reasoning and quantitative literacy....
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Timothy Wickham Crowley
MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
The course begins with an attempt to clearly define, both, modernization and development. Then, we move to also brief comments presenting the views of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim--we will have readings later--and some even briefer synopses of some ways in which...
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Stephen J. Scanlan
Imagination Assignment 1—"Seeing" Social Movements
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
An important component of studying social movements is seeing their activities unfold. In this regard one can explore their dynamics and outcomes, analyze their tactics, understand social movement organizations and participants, and get at the reasons for their...
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