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May 31, 2023

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Marianne Cutler
Introduction to Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Abstract:
For this paper, I would like you to select a feature story from a newspaper or magazine (e.g., Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Reports, Mother Jones, Ms., The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, etc.) on a topic that sociologists might study. The...
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TANIS DOE
EXAMINING DISABILITY STUDIES WITH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LENS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to: - Identify and describe the major perspectives on disability and give examples of policies based on these perspectives within the United States. - Describe how the medical model, the social...
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Barbara Trepagnier
Mapping Sociological Concepts
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
A geographical map is a picture of a portion of the earth’s surface that depicts relationships among important points. Similarly, a concept map is a picture of a part of a discipline’s body of work that depicts relationships among important theories and concepts....
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David B. BILLS
DEMOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Demography
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
We will spend a lot of time reading and discussing demographic research, with the goals of understanding why the researchers chose the methods and data that they did, how these methods work, and how we can replicate them. We will read several expository articles on...
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Angela G. Mertig
Qualitative Research Paper
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
You are to conduct field observation and/or qualitative interviews of social movement actors in order to explore what motivates movement participants to act—from their point of view.
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Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock
Glossary of Immigration Terms
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Abstract:
Objective: To clearly explain basic and useful terms commonly found in discussions of immigration. The "vocabulary of immigration" derives from words contributed by social science, bureaucratic immigration agencies, and past and present immigrants’ own lived...
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SANDI KAWECKA NENGA
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND POLICIES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
You may have heard someone describe sociology as the study of society. While this may be true, I generally make it a practice to ban use of the word "society" in my classroom. I find that students use the word society when they are really thinking of a far more...
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Robert L. Frost
Introduction to Information Studies
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This course will provide the foundational knowledge necessary to begin to address the key issues associated with the Information Revolution. Issues will range from the theoretical (what is information and how do humans construct it?), to the cultural (is life on teh...
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Scott Sernau
International Inequalities and Global Issues
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Worldwide contrasts between rich and poor, overfed and hungry, high tech and no tech are striking and disturbing. What are the reasons for this inequality? Are global standards of living improving or worsening? Are inequalities growing? What are the elements of...
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Phillip Bonacich
Network Methods
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Social network analysis is both an approach and a method for the analysis of social structure. The social network approach has been used on a variety of topics, from the position of the Medici family in Florence in the Middle Ages to the spread of AIDS, from the...
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