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Principles of Sociology 151—Syllabus for Spring, 2004 |
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PART I: THE DISCIPLINE OF SOCIOLOGY
Week One: January 14-16
Wednesday Course Introduction and Sociology None
as a Useful
Perspective
Friday Applying
the Sociological Sociology: Chapter
1—The
Sociological
Perspective Sociological
Perspective,
Perspective and the Sociological Theory, and Methods—
Imagination
pages
1-5
Week Two: January 19-23
Monday Thinking Sociologically and The Practical Skeptic:
Sociology
in Historical Article
# 1
Perspective Sociology: Chapter 1—pages 5-11
Sociology: Chapter 15—
Population,
Urbanization, and
the
Environment –pages 405-
410
Wednesday Sociological Theory Sociology:
Chapter 1—pages
11-14
Sociology:
Chapter 15—pages
421-426
Friday Sociological
Theory Sociology: Chapter 13—Family and
Religion—
pages 354-357 Sociology: Chapter 14—
Education and Medicine—
pages 395-397
Week Three: January 26-30
Monday
Sociological
Investigation— Sociology:
Chapter 1—pages
Principles
and Procedures 14-21
The
Practical Skeptic
Article # 3
Wednesday Research Designs Sociology:
Chapter 1—pages
22-27
The
Practical Skeptic:
Article
# 15
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Friday The Research Process Sociology: Chapter 1—pages 14-27
(review)
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 6
Week Four: February 2-6
Monday TEST 1 Review
PART II: SOCIAL CONTEXT: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, CULTURE, &
SOCIALIZATION
Wednesday Marriages and Families: Sociology: Chapter 13—pages 335-
Assumptions
and Realities 341
The Practical Skeptic: Article # 22
Friday Changes and Their
Causes Chapter 13—pages 341-346
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 23
Tipping
Points: Introduction and
Chapter 1
Week Five: February 9-13
Monday Alternatives/Problems Sociology: Chapter 13—pages 346-354
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 2
Wednesday Education and Schooling Sociology: Chapter 14—pages 369- 376
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 19
Friday Problems and Reform Sociology: Chapter 14—pages 376-
382
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 20
Tipping
Points: Chapter 2
Week Six: February 16-19
Monday Culture: Conceptualization Sociology: Chapter 2—Culture—
pages 33-41
The Practical Skeptic: Article # 8
Wednesday Studying Culture Sociology:
Chapter 2—pages 41-50
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 9
Friday Cultural Diversity and
Change Sociology: Chapter
2—pages 50-59
The
Practical Skeptic: Articles # 10
and
# 12
Tipping
Points: Chapter 3
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Week Seven: February 22-26
Monday Socialization:
Becoming Sociology: Chapter
3—Socialization:
Human—Nature/Nurture from Infancy to old age—pages—61-
67
Wednesday Developmental Theories Sociology: Chapter 3—pages 67-74
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 21
Friday Socialization and
Social Sociology:
Chapter 3—pages 74-83
Context The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 25
Week Eight: March 1-5
Monday TEST 2 Review
Readings and Notes Back to First Test
PART III: THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE SOCIETY
Wednesday Deviance:
Conceptualization Sociology: Chapter
6—Deviance—
pages
133-136
The
Practical Skeptic: Articles # 27
and
# 28
Tipping
Points: Chapter 4
Friday Issues and Explanations Sociology: Chapter 6—pages
136-146
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 26
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SPRING BREAK WEEK |
Week Nine: March 15-19
Monday Criminal
Justice Sociology:
Chapter 6—pages146-159
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 31
Wednesday Social Interaction Sociology: Chapter 4—Social Inter-
action in Everyday Life—pages 85-89
The Practical Skeptic: Article # 18
Tipping Points: Chapter 5
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Friday Society/Social
Change Sociology: Chapter 16—Social
Change,
Modern and Postmodern
Society—pages 438-445 and 462-463 (scope)
The Practical
Skeptic: Articles # 13
and # 14
Week Ten: March 22-26
Monday U.S. Society: Decline? Sociology:
Chapter
16—pages 452-
455
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 17
Tipping
Points: Chapter 6
Wednesday Social Organization The Practical Skeptic: Article
# 7
Friday Bureaucracy Tipping Points: Chapters
7-8
Week Eleven: March 29-April 2
Monday TEST 3 Review
readings and Notes
Back
to Second Test
PART IV: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
Wednesday Social Stratification: Basic Sociology:
Chapter 8—Social
Principles
and Patterns Stratification—pages 187-194
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 32
Friday Social
Stratification and Sociology: Chapter 8—pages 194-
Social
Class—Measurements, 211
Opportunities,
and Constraints The Practical
Skeptic; Article # 33
Week Twelve: April 5-7
Monday Social Mobility: Myths and Sociology:
Chapter 12—Economics
Realities and Politics—pages 303-304, and
pages
308-314
The Practical Skeptic: Article # 34
Wednesday Poverty : Demographics,
Sociology: Chapter 8—211-219
Causes,
Programs, and Sociology: Chapter 9—Global
Reform Stratification—pages 222-224
Easter Break
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Week Thirteen: April 14-16
Wednesday Sex and
Gender: Nature Sociology: Chapter 10—Gender
and
Nurture Stratification—pages 247-251
Sociology: Chapter 7—Sexuality
pages 163-170
Friday Gender
Socialization Sociology: Chapter 10—252-254
Sociology: Chapter
4—pages 99-100
The Practical Skeptic: Articles # 16
and # 38
Week Fourteen: December 1-5
Monday Gender
Stratification Sociology: Chapter 10 pages—254-
264
The
Practical Skeptic: Article # 4
Wednesday Race and Ethnicity: Sociology: Chapter 11—Race and
Patterns
of Interaction Ethnicity—pages—271-282
Friday Prejudice
and Discrimination Sociology: Chapter 11—pages 283-
297
Week Fifteen: December 7-11
Monday Prejudice
and Discrimination The Practical
Skeptic: Article # 37
Wednesday Sociological Perspective: The Practical Skeptic: Article # 11
A
Look Back
Friday Review for Final
The Final Exam is Scheduled for: SOCI 151-01
Wednesday, May 5th at 8:00 AM
SOCI
151-02 Wednesday, May 5th at 12:30
PM
Notes:
Syllabus
Principles of
Sociology
151
