SOC 3003 is also offered in Fall 2024
SOC 3003 is also offered in Spring 2023
Summer 2017 | SOC 3003 Section 001: Social Problems (88108)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Carlson School of Management 2-224
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Analysis of major social problems, including inequality, crime, drug abuse, pollution, and racism. Proposed solutions, evaluation of policy consequences. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC3003+Summer2017
- Class Description:
- This course is an exploration of how sociologists confront, diagnose, analyze, and theorize contemporary social problems. Some of the topics we will examine include the environment and climate change; socioeconomic inequality and globalization; crime, punishment, and drug abuse; health and medicalization; modernization and rationalization; and the rise (or return) of nationalism and authoritarianism. In our examination of these issues we will tackle some fundamental questions, namely: 1) How and why did sociologists come to see themselves as social pathologists in the first place; 2) what drives society to define these issues as "problems" and what narratives and assumptions emerge in the process; and 3) who lays claim to these problems and how do they mobilize the public to get their message heard? This class is primarily discussion-based with brief introductory lectures; course materials include journal articles, book excerpts, and films. Students will be expected to come to class prepared to participate in and lead discussions, write weekly short (2-3 page) papers, and take a final exam.
- Grading:
- 20% class participation and presentations
20% final exam
60% short papers
- Class Format:
- 30% lecture
35% discussion
35% films and other in-class activities.
- Workload:
- 50-60 pages reading per week
~12-15 pages writing per term
1 exam6 short papers
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88108/1175
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 April 2017
ClassInfo Links - Summer 2017 Sociology Classes Taught by Mark Pharris