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May 31, 2023

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George Lewis
Memorable Meal Assignment
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
"It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger from...
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James Mahoney
Assignment #6: Problems and Solutions in Social Science Analysis
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Read the articles by Abbott, Griffin, Isaac and Griffin, and Haydu. Then answer at least three of questions listed below.
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Helene M. Lawson
Environmental Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Animals and Society
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Environmental Sociology examines social discourse on environmental issues. The narrative of this discourse conveys the natural connections between people, animals, minerals, land, water, and plants. It also introduces social constructs: pollution, over-consumption,...
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Susan L. Wortmann
THEMATIC LEARNING PORTFOLIO: FINAL PROJECT AND PRESENTATION
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This thematic learning portfolio is an instructor-guided semester-long project centered on a particular student-selected topic that allows students to experience the process of deeper exploration and intellectual maturation around issues of inequality. I piloted...
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Ann Swidler
Sociology of Culture
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The Sociology of Culture Teaching Guide provides a useful collection of materials not only for young scholars developing their first courses, but also for more established professors updating their courses. The variety of syllabi, exercises, research assignments, and...
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Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jean H. Shin
SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This is the capstone course in Sociology's Preparing Future Faculty Program. With the focus in the first course on the "nuts and bolts" of teaching in conjunction with an initial experience in an independent class, and the focus in the second class on the research...
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William G. Roy
Oral History Exercise
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Find a transcribed oral history interview. The YRL has hundreds from the UCLA Oral History Program. A complete listing is available in the Catalog of the Oral History Program is available in the reference desk in Special Collections downstairs in the YRL. You may...
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Kim W. Stallwood
ANST 102 Racism, Sexism, and Speciesism: Justice in a More Than Human
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Animals and Society
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Racism, Sexism, and Speciesism explores the history, ideologies, philosophies, and ethical issues of animal advocacy as part of, and as compared to, other social movements. Animal issues are examined in relation to global issues such as world trade, world hunger,...
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Laura L. Finley
GROUP TESTING: AN OXYMORON?
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
A primary tenet of a humanistic approach to sociology is that individuals do not learn in isolation. Indeed, as Marx explained, we are social animals. Humanist sociologists have long recognized that we will only create a more just world when we experience connections...
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Steven J. Tepper
CULTURE WARS: THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF AMERICA’S "HOT BUTTON" ISSUES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
In recent years, many scholars, political analysts, and pundits have proclaimed that America is being torn asunder by a culture war. These voices worry that the American ideal – E Pluribus Unum, Out of Many, One – is becoming untenable in large part because we are...
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