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May 31, 2023

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Elizabeth A. Osborn
SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Children and Youth
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The primary objective of this course is to introduce you to the sociological concepts, methods, and theoretical perspectives for understanding the relationship between children and their environment. Understanding this environment requires us to examine not only...
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Mindy L. Fried, Ceasar McDowell
Gender and Race, Work and Public Policy
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
While the majority of women work for pay, they also remain the primary caregivers for their young children and their elderly parents. Women continue to earn, on average, less than men, and occupational segregation persists, in which women predominate in select...
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Rebecca Jean Emigh
Contemporary Sociological Theory
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This is a general overview of selected schools of sociological theory in the 20th century. We focus on Neo- and Postmarxism, Interpretive Sociology, and Postmodernism.
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Aaron M. Pallas
Short Paper Assignments
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This resource includes prompts for two short papers involving the following key concepts: individualizationof life course, sociological, imagination and the life course, transition to adulthood, linked lives
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Vincent de Gaulejac
CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOSOCIOLOGY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sociological Practice
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Clinical sociology is part of an attempt, which continues since the birth of the social sciences, to build a bridge between sociology and psychology. The relationship between these two disciplines is at once complementary, contradictory, and antagonistic (E. Morin)....
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Celia Lo
DRUGS IN SOCIETY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Alcohol and Drugs
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This course is a survey, from a sociological perspective, of drug abuse, of the relationship between drugs and crime, and of various treatment strategies. You will be introduced to the sociological theories that are relevant to the study of drug use. A catalogue of...
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Eve Shapiro
CONTEMPORARY U.S. WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
There are three central goals for this course: 1. to develop an understanding of women’s diverse and significant activism across social movements and eras, 2. to understand the history and evolution of women’s liberation movements since the 1960's, and 3. for each of...
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Pamela Aronson
Paper Assignment: Classical Theory and the 2004 Election
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
The 2004 election provides an excellent opportunity to examine how social theory explains (or fails to explain) contemporary public affairs. For your paper assignment, you will need to draw on the readings, lectures and class discussions of Karl Marx, Max Weber and...
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Elizabeth Barham
The Sociology of Food and Nutrition
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This class explores individual food choices and larger social forces. Topics include: world hunger, food and the environment; food choices and culture, class and personal identity; the effects of social stigmas, advertising trends, and government regulation on body...
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John Foran
Comparative and Historical Methods in Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to one set of ways of doing sociology -- that is comparatively and historically. I will argue that all good sociology is, in some sense, historical and comparative. I will attempt to demystify what is so off-putting...
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