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Spring 2025 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (51143)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC1001+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51143/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2025 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (51146)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC1001+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- undergraduate sociology majors and those interested in being introduced to the fundamentals of the field of sociology
- Learning Objectives:
- to gain exposure to how sociologists think about the social world and the topics they research
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
8-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
1 or 2 short Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51146/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (51149)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (1001-021) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their "sociological imagination" in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, or life in groups. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make sociological sense of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline-- and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- You should take this class if you want to understand the world around you better! I warn you however that once you develop and put on your sociological "lenses" you'll never be able to take them off!
- Grading:
- 30% Exams (1 midterm & 1 final)
50% Short Writing Assignments (you choose which 5 out of 10 to complete, worth 10% each)
20% Class Participation (grades on discussion board posts and section attendance) - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Section Participation - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages reading per week
2 MC Exams5 Short (3-4 page) writing assignments10 Discussion Posts - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51149/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 May 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (52971)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 115 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information:
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52971/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Media and Society (65208)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online CourseTopics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65208/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (51992)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 106 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ecorneli+SOC3101+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 75% three exams (25% each)
- Exam Format:
- Three multiple choice and short answer exams, and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51992/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 February 2016
Spring 2025 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (54324)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 9 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ecorneli+SOC3101H+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54324/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 February 2016
Spring 2025 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (51993)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological, and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?notto+SOC3102+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- ​This course addresses general issues in conceptualizing and controlling criminal behavior. Course content will be particularly concerned with the processes of classification and the construction of criminal behavior relative to other idealized forms of behavior. Some important questions include: How does criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? What is the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, sexuality, and prestige etc. and the classification and controlling of some behaviors versus others?
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
(1) Review paper
(1) Term paper
(1) Group/Individual Project - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51993/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2017
Spring 2025 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (53108)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garbes+SOC3211W+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- "Race" has been an important of American history, but we try to talk about a "post-racial" society in the 21st century. This class will cover the origins of race (and racism), before diving into race in American history and the consequences this history has for contemporary race relations. We will discuss what exactly "race" is and isn't, why race and racism are central to American politics and culture, and how "race"
in the post-Civil Rights Era and the 21st century has both declined and grown in significance. - Class Format:
- Active participation and discussion are encouraged in this class environment. Students should expect in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Students interested in this course can expect to read 10-30 pages of academic work per week; in addition, we will be writing and revising paper work over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53108/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2017
Spring 2025 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (52650)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information:
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52650/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (64852)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about the dilemmas and challenges facing movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and various institutions, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long-term and short-run impact. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC3322W+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64852/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (64853)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3411W+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and minors; social science, business, public health, public administration, and related fields.
- Learning Objectives:
(1) To compare, from the perspectives of people in affected nations, the diverse assumptions, interpretations, and organizational responses to complex globalization processes.
(2) To identify significant differences and consequences of the social institutions - customs, norms, associations, laws, governments - that manage and regulate organizational behaviors from the workplace to multinational corporations.
(3) To examine organizational networks of economic, technological, cultural, and political relations that interconnect the world's societies and nation-states.- Grading:
- Writing Intensive course with short writing assignments and a longer course paper. Instructor feedback provided on partial draft of the course paper. Course grade is based on 3 assignments (20% each) and course paper (40%). A service learning component is available. An honors option and a sociology major senior paper option are also available.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures (60%), small group discussions and role-playing exercises (20%), videos (15%), and guest speakers (5%).
- Workload:
- About 30-40 pages of articles or book chapter reading per week. 20-25 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64853/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2022
Spring 2025 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (64854)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Work is central to individuals, economy, and society. This course introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. We will look at what makes a good job good, a bad job bad, and impacts of joblessness on society. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3421W+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- Work is of centrality to individuals, economy, and society. This course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. Students are expected to satisfy three course requirements: (1) read the required and recommended texts and participate in class discussions organized to exchange opinions about issues of work in America today; (2) take in-class quizzes designed to review some of lectured topics and discussed issues; and (3) develop three essays on problems of work described on this syllabus. This is a writing intensive course, and the development of the three essays has a heavy weight in the final course grade. There will not be a cumulative in-class exam. The prerequisite is Soc1001 ?Introduction to Sociology.? Instructor's permission is required if students do not have taken this course.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any sociology or non-sociology students interested in the class as part of their major requirement. Soc 1001 "Introduction to Sociology" is the prerequisite.
- Learning Objectives:
- Full version please read Class Description. Briefly, learning about American workplace, sociological perspectives of work and occupation, and kinds of jobs in the USA.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
15% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Quiz and papers, no exam.
- Class Format:
- 90% Lecture
10% In-group discussion - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64854/1253
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Spring 2025 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (64855)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3511+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary world population changes, demographic facts, and challenges arising out of those dynamic processes on a worldwide basis. Specifically, factors influencing demographic population change, such as fertility and mortality rates, migration movements and mobility, their causes and effects will be analyzed. Opportunities and challenges arising out of world population changes will be analyzed based on a number of case studies (e.g., South Africa; India; European Union). The role of social, economic and political environments in shaping and reshaping these processes of change will be considered. The course will draw on interdisciplinary literature and research from the fields of sociology, migration studies, demography, political studies, social policy, history and geography. The objectives of this course are to outline world population issues from different and interdisciplinary perspectives.
- Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to:
understand world population changes
discuss, evaluate and analyze challenges and opportunities related to population dynamics
understand the interdependence and role of social, economic and political environments and processes related to population changes
apply theory in practical research settings
- Grading:
- A-FS/N
- Exam Format:
(1) Attendance (5%)
(2) Participation (40%): Group work, discussions and presentations in small groups, preparation of discussion questions;
(3) Seminar Paper (55%) (in total 15-16 pages) consisting of:
(3a) 2-3 small papers (e.g. critique or reflection papers; content to be announced)
(3b) one final seminar paper (to be announced)
- Class Format:
- 55% Lecture
45% Discussion - Workload:
Weekly reading
15-16 Pages Seminar Paper
Participation in discussions and group presentations
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64855/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2022
Spring 2025 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (53884)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information:
- Class Description:
- Cheeseburgers, fair trade dark chocolate, organic produce, Impossible Burgers. These foods mean different things for different people. They also raise important questions about our relationship to food: Where are the ingredients grown and who picks them? Where are they sold? Who prepares these dishes? Who enjoys the final product? While relatively overlooked by sociologists until recent decades, food is a central facet of social life and offers a rich snapshot of the social relations that shape our world. This course addresses two key goals. First, we examine food as a site where meanings, culture, and social relations are shaped. While many of us find nourishment, comfort, and meaning in food, it is also central to foreign conflict and entrenched inequalities domestically. Second, we will examine the various actors, institutions, and political dynamics shaping how, what, and why we eat. By examining academic, articles, popular readings, films, podcasts, and songs, this course offers a multifaceted portrait of central concerns of food: hunger, obesity, trade agreements, community gardens, and meal replacements. The course concludes by offering an overview of alternative food systems and movements that emphasize the role of the environment in food production/consumption.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in food, culture, politics, cities, and the environment. This is also a writing-intensive course, so students interested in developing writing skills are encouraged to register.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation30% Reading responses5% Short paper15% Autoethnography assignment30% Final paper
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Online/Hybrid; lecture & discussion-based
- Workload:
- 40-90 pages of reading per week
9-12 pages of writing across the semester (reading reflections, one short essay, ethnography activity report, policy memo) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53884/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 February 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (51158)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garbes+SOC3701+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of foundational theoretical frameworks that sociologists use to explain structure, agency, change, and the social self. For each foundational theory, we will review how the theory developed, how it has been extended or amended in the contemporary context, and the ways that these theories can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior and social systems.Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Grading:
- Students will be graded via- weekly canvas posts- in class activities- two essays throughout the course of the semester.
- Exam Format:
- There will be two essays throughout the semester, no final exam
- Workload:
- 80 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51158/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (53107)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC3701+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide an overview of the major theoretical traditions in the discipline of sociology. Sociological theory is like an evolving conversation about core questions regarding the nature of society and the individual's role within it. These questions include: Are individuals rational calculators of costs and benefits, or communicators who create and inhabit symbolic universes? Is the social order shaped mostly by the economic system and how it organizes resources (e.g. capitalism), by ideas and ideologies, or by technological advances in the context of globalization? How do we understand the nature, sources, and consequences of inequalities rooted in race, gender and sexuality, and social class? As more diverse voices have joined the ongoing conversation, theory has expanded to grapple in new ways with problems of power, difference, inequality, and injustice. In this class, we will learn how sociological theory has developed over the 20th and early 21st centuries and explore how and why it is useful in understanding the world we live in today.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and others interested in developing an understanding of the social order in which we live, with a focus on complex systems and structures and how they evolve. Sociology is about "understanding lives in historical context" (C. Wright Mills). How does the contemporary social, political, economic, and cultural context shape your life, and how will it affect your choices and possibilities over the course of your life?
- Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Comprehend sociological texts and understand the nature of sociological argumentation
- Understand the history of sociological theory as it has developed over the last 150 years, and how that history shapes the nature of sociological inquiry today
- Be able to understand and apply sociological concepts and theories to better understand the contemporary social context in which you live
- Be able to apply concepts learned in the class to be a more critical consumer of mass media-based news and information about the social world
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
60% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 4 mini-exams (short answer/essay/multiple choice) - Exam Format:
- short answer and short essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 35-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53107/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2022
Spring 2025 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (64912)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is at the intersection of macro and micro sociology, linking social structures, interpersonal relationships and interactions, attitudes, values and the self-concept. Principles of social psychology are drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. This course covers a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information:
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64912/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (51153)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (3801-01) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/times. Click this link for more detailed course information:
- Class Description:
- ​Imagine this course as a civilian's guide to social research. We'll focus on the development, conduct, and dissemination of scholarship in a way that prepares you to complete a major project in sociology, but we'll also build the tools you'll need to evaluate truth claims that circulate in everyday public life and politics. Learn how to identify quality social research and put it to work. Defend it from skeptics. Think responsibly about its effects. Our assignments will help you mobilize several different types of existing research in order to answer a range of sociological questions.
- Grading:
10% Attend and participate in class discussion
10% Recall key terms and details
20% Find relevant sources of research
30% Interpret and compare different types of evidence
30% Justify and critique common research practices
- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings (available online)
20% Workshop term paper - Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2 exams
Daily in-class writing exercises
2 term papers, 5-6 pages each - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51153/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2025 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (51125)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3811+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course that emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- 75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- 10 problems applying statistical formulas to numerical data using a hand calculator
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51125/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 4090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in Digital World (64961)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- This will be an updated and UMN-specific version of this course, which is offered in one form or another at various universities. This course would have three main learning objectives. All are based on the observations that (1) we live in a world in which we are inundated with news, research findings, social media posts, and other forms of information that claim to present "facts;" (2) it can be difficult for most people - maybe especially younger people(?) - to disentangle trustworthy facts from bullshit; (3) facts and bullshit are often nearly indistinguishable in parts of our lives that really matter (e.g., medical studies, political debates, financial decisions); (4) there is great value in being able to critically evaluate information to distinguish real facts from bullshit; and (5) few people are very skilled at convincing other people that purported facts are actually bullshit. Consequently, the three courses learning objectives include: (1) Helping students be aware of situations in which "facts" might be bullshit; (2) Giving students the tools necessary to understand whether and why "facts" are, indeed, bullshit; (3) Giving students enough background to be able to explain to other people why "facts" are bullshit. If the course is successful, students would be able to sift through "facts" to distinguish valuable and trustworthy information from bullshit; understand exactly why some "facts" are bullshit; persuasively make the case to others whether and when certain "facts" can be trusted as opposed to disregarded as bullshit; and avoid producing or disseminating bullshit of their own in their professional, social, and political lives. Click this link for more detailed course information:
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64961/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (54327)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54327/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (54328)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54328/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (64856)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104H Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 72 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64856/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Spring 2025 | SOC 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime and Human Rights (64857)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on an LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class PowerPoint presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates to themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104H+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64857/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Spring 2025 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (64858)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1011V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4106+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching (and analyzing) television shows. (It is also true that much television misrepresents the nature and consequences of crime and punishment.) We will critically examine how (and to what extent) several television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the social origins and functions of crime, causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the war on drugs, mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, prisoner re-entry, and reimagining justice. Featured shows include: Breaking Bad, The Wire, and Orange is the New Black (the exact line up is subject to change). Disclosure. The shows we will watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language. As such, students who may be offended or uncomfortable with such language and themes may not wish to take this course.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will:
1. be able to think critically about law, crime, punishment, justice, politics, and media.
2. have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how criminal legal institutions work, how they reinforce or counter social inequalities, and alternative visions of justice;
3. have the ability to interpret and evaluate your own ideas and experiences related to law, crime, and justice within a broader sociological context.
- Exam Format:
- See "Grading"
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
55% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- About 4 television episodes and 60 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64858/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2022
Spring 2025 | SOC 4133 Section 001: Sociology of Gender, Sex, and Crime (64859)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Crime and criminal justice is a gendered phenomena. In this seminar course, we will examine the contribution of feminist theoretical work to the field of criminology and to our understanding of how gender prescriptives are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our conceptualizations of both. In so doing, we will critically assess the experiences of women, men and transgender persons in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and defendants. The readings are drawn from a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical works. Students should critically assess both the strengths and limitations of the research. Lecture will be accompanied by class discussion, film segments (as well as legal proceedings), and small group work.Soc 1001 or Soc 1101 recommended; Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4133+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course is comprised of both asynchronous and online synchronous class time.Crime and criminal justice are gendered phenomena. In this seminar course, we will examine the contribution of feminist theoretical work to the field of criminology and to our understanding of how gender perspectives are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our conceptualizations of both. In so doing, we will critically assess the experiences of women, men and transgender persons in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and defendants. The readings are drawn from a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical works. Students should critically assess both the strengths and limitations ofthe research.
- Class Format:
- This course is comprised of both asynchronous and online synchronous class time.Online Synchronous: Thursdays 9:00 am - 12:00 am25 mins Lecture to frame topic part 115 mins In class activity among students40 mins Discussion in large group and Q&A with instructor20 minute break25 mins Lecture to frame topic part 215 mins In class activity among students40 mins Discussion in large group and Q&A with instructorAsynchronous Class Time:90 mins Audio/Video recorded segments; Canvas Discussion Boards where students answer specificprompts on the weekly material with instructor moderation and feedback
- Workload:
- 1 PaperWeekly Reading Reflections1 Class Presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64859/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2024
Spring 2025 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (64860)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ecorneli+SOC4162+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64860/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (54676)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information:
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54676/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 4311 Section 001: Power, Justice & the Environment (65199)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4311 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon 05:00PM - 07:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to the theoretical and historical foundations of environmental racism and environmental inequality more broadly. We will examine and interrogate both the social scientific evidence concerning these phenomena and the efforts by community residents, activists, workers, and governments to combat it. We will consider the social forces that create environmental inequalities so that we may understand their causes, consequences, and the possibilities for achieving environmental justice prereq: SOC 1001 recommended
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65199/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (51304)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4966W+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This course will guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. The class will structure your work as you select your topic, write a draft, and polish your paper. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will also help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and career choices, developing resumes, and getting ready for job interviews. Presentations and discussions by students are organized in class to help them learn from each other. This is a writing intensive class with a total of six writing assignments. The class is organized into three parts.Part One (weeks 1-3) is a recap of sociological knowledge. What is sociology? What are the key elements of a sociological analysis? What are career choices for a sociology major? These three questions are focused in lectures and in-class discussions. The last lecture is a description of three options from which each student chooses for his/her senior project paper.Part Two (weeks 4-6) is focused on expectations and requirements of your major project. This project should be the capstone expression of your "sociological imagination." It should show the knowledge, skills, and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. Examples of each of the three different kinds of a major project paper are discussed in lectures.Part Three (weeks 7-14) is designed for the development and finalization of your senior project paper. Each student is required to schedule individual meetings with your chosen Instructor to discuss the issues and challenges that the students encounter during their work progress toward the completion of the senior project paper.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major in the senior year.
- Learning Objectives:
- To complete senior project paper, a requirement for graduation.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lectures20% Writing exercises50% Community engagement and major project paper
- Workload:
- Less than 20 Pages Reading Per Week, Four writing exercises (1-5 pages) and One major project paper (12-18 pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51304/1253
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Capstone Experience: Seminar (53034)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC4966W+Spring2025
- Class Description:
This seminar is designed to meet three goals. First, the course acts as a "capstone" experience for the major, giving you the opportunity to reflect back on what sociology is all about and to think ahead about how the perspectives, insights and experiences you have gained in the major can apply to your life and career beyond the University setting. Second, it provides a structured way to help you complete your thesis writing, a central requirement for majors wishing to graduate. Successful completion of the thesis shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. The course is structured to help and encourage you along the way. Throughout, we emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication and meaningful civic engagement. Finally, the course involves career planning, with significant use of CLA Career Services.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors, typically in the final year of study.
- Learning Objectives:
- Critical thinking and application of sociological lensDeveloping careful and persuasive proseEstablishing career plan goals
- Grading:
- 50 pts - Career development420 pts - Project development papers30 pts - attendance and participation
- Exam Format:
- No exams; papers are the core development goals.
- Class Format:
- 25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers
40% Service Learning - Workload:
- 20-50 Pages Reading Per Week
25-35 Pages Writing Per Term
1-3 papers (depending on track chosen; same number of pages total)
3 development memos - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53034/1253
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC4966W_Spring2023.pdf (Spring 2023)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2022
Spring 2025 | SOC 5104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (65019)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 4104H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65019/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Spring 2025 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (51845)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 6 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8001+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- The seminar is designed to give you a chance to explore the "hidden curriculum" of graduate school. This second semester will be devoted to planning and developing large writing projects. Students should have a key writing goal in mind -- often this will be the prelim, but may also be a prospectus, a grant application, or an independent research paper. To facilitate a student-centered focus, the seminar is designed to be open-ended, flexible, and interactive. Depending upon student needs, we will spend some of our class time discussing some of the key milestones students face in the program: the reading list, the preliminary exam, the prospectus, and internal and external grant applications. We also use class time for writing and peer editing.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- The course is designed for graduate students in Sociology working on writing projects. Typically, second-year or third-year students who are working on prelims -- but students at other stages are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- Most concretely, the course provides a structured environment for writing and peer engagement of writing projects. Discussion topics depend upon student needs but often involve a) department milestones including the prelim and prospectus, as well as funding applications; b) how to structure and organize large writing projects; c) paper development for conferences and journals.
- Grading:
- The only requirements are to (1) be there each week; (2) participate; and (3) be reflective. Some reading (often example prelims) occurs early the semester, but the bulk of work involves writing and peer editing.
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- 40% Discussion
60% Writing and peer editing - Workload:
- Weekly goals for writing and peer editing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51845/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 November 2017
Spring 2025 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology (64862)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5-3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Spring2025 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2025
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology and related fields; advanced undergraduates with journalism and content production experience by consent of instructors.
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Grading:
- A-F; students are graded on the work written and produced for the site as well as participation in course activities.
- Exam Format:
- None.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64862/1253
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 8211 Section 001: The Sociology of Race & Racialization (64864)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Major theoretical debates. Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to studying U.S. race relations; contemporary and historical experiences of specific racial and ethnic groups.
- Class Notes:
- 6 seats reserved for Sociology grad students until Jan. 6, 2025. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC8211+Spring2025
- Class Description:
Race in the contemporary United States is a complex, dynamic, "moving target" so to speak. In this seminar, we will explore the changing dimensions of the contemporary construct of race through a sociological framework. Topics to be discussed in the class this term include: race, globalization and Asian Americans, multiracial identity and the color line, mass incarceration and racial caste, race and beauty work, transnational adoption, race and sports, whiteness and social class, black immigrants & black identity, environmental racism, and the future of race in the U.S.
To explore these issues, we will read a book or collection of articles a week. Students will do weekly response papers on the readings (~ 2 pages), lead discussions, and complete a major term paper on a topic of their choice by the end of the term. In addition to covering the material in the readings, we will also begin each class with a 20-30 minute discussion of racial issues and controversies currently in the news (this term we'll probably end up discussing the 2016 election quite a bit). We'll then weave our discussion of these issues into our exploration of the readings for the week.
Participation from students from a variety of disciplines is welcomed! Please email me with any questions at elogan@umn.edu. The working syllabus for the class is found below.
- Grading:
- 30% Class Participation (including co-leading 1-2 discussions)30% Reflection Papers (10 out of 12 weeks)40% Final Paper (components include ideas in progress, preliminary bibliography, rough draft, and final version, ~ 20 pages)
- Exam Format:
- none
- Class Format:
- 20% Student Presentations (of Readings & Discussion Questions)10% Lecture (Brief overview of topic by Professor)
70% Discussion (of Weekly Readings and Current Racial Topics) - Workload:
- 225 Pages Reading Per Week (generally 1 book)
1 Final Paper (~ 20 pages)
10 Reading Response Papers (1-2 pages)30-40 pages of Writing Total - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64864/1253
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/elogan_SOC8211_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2015
Spring 2025 | SOC 8501 Section 001: Sociology of the Family (64863)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical and empirical works from contemporary family sociology. Content varies with instructor. Sample topics: definitions of the family, family roles, family interactions, marriage and divorce, childbearing, parenthood, and cultural variations in families.
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology grad students until Jan. 6, 2025. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8501+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64863/1253
Spring 2025 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (52098)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Soc grad
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC8801+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- This is a graduate-level survey course covering some of the most commonly used research methods in sociology and related disciplines. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and evidence, and how various methods contribute to the development or testing of social theories by gathering and analyzing various forms of evidence. We will also pay attention to the (often implicit) underlying epistemological assumptions or commitments embedded in various methodological approaches. The course seeks to equip students with the ability to evaluate empirical social scientific work based on a range of methodological traditions, but is not focused on detailed training in any individual method. The course will challenge students to refine their own ideas about how to link their areas of interest with concrete plans for empirical research.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52098/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2023
Spring 2025 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (51413)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC8811+Spring2025
- Class Description:
Many of the questions that we wish to answer in the social sciences address outcomes that are limited and fixed in their answer choices. For example, do Americans agree that Atheists share a common vision of American society? How did the Great Recession affect employment inequalities across racial groups? Who do happy people compare themselves to? Which social class does the child of a blue-collar worker end up in? How frequently do adolescents use marijuana? Questions such as these cannot be appropriately answered using linear regression models, requiring more advanced techniques which will be covered extensively in Soc8811.
This course will focus on applied statistics and primarily deal with regression models in which the dependent variable is categorical: binary, nominal, ordinal, count, etc. As a catalyst for the course, we will consider flexible methods developed for introducing nonlinearities into the linear regression framework. Specific models to be addressed include: logit, probit, generalized ordered logit, multinomial logit, Poisson, negative binomial, zero inflated, fractional response, LOWESS, kernel weighted local polynomial, and mixture models.
Throughout the course, we will address common statistical issues that require special consideration when applied to nonlinear regression models, including: the calculation of predictions, interpretation of coefficients, interaction, and mediation. We will also become familiarized with techniques developed for applied research: model fit, selection, and robustness, joint hypothesis testing, weighting, clustering, and poststratification for complex survey design, and missing data.
Soc8811 covers statistical methods for analyzing social data and is designed for graduate students in the social sciences. Students are assumed to have a background equivalent to Soc5811 and thus have familiarity with linear regression models. The course will be taught in Stata, but students will have the opportunity to instead use R if they prefer.- Learning Objectives:
1. Produce, interpret, and report results from complex statistical models
2. Understand how to apply data analysis to substantive research questions, and effectively present results to a general interest academic audience
3. Develop strategies and competency to conduct future studies of advanced techniques in quantitative methods
4. Build a robust, reproducible workflow to move from raw data to numerical and visual information placed in a final paper.
- Grading:
- Grading is based on 11 statistical computing assignments
- Class Format:
- In person, lectures, statistical computing lab.
- Workload:
- 11 Statistical Computing AssignmentsReadings include textbook and lecture notes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51413/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2022
Spring 2025 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, and Mobility: Population Modeling (64865)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC8890+Spring2025
- Class Description:
Populations are made up of people whose lives are changing all the time: growing up; moving around; having kids; gaining and losing jobs and spouses; entering and leaving schools and prisons; getting sick; and dying.
This course covers population modeling techniques from the demographic tradition, organized around these kinds of life changes. These techniques excel at describing social and epidemiological changes occurring along multiple time scales simultaneously; identifying the inequalities lurking beneath population averages; relating multiple dimensions of population structure; and figuring out what population a research question is really about.
The course assumes no prior knowledge of demography and will cover a range of applications from across the social and health sciences.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students from any discipline that uses mathematical modeling of human population outcomes, especially those related to social stratification, health, inequality, and families. No prior mathematical background is assumed.Email professor for current syllabus or to ask other questions.
- Grading:
- 50% problem sets, 50% research mini-proposals
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Reading, mini-lectures, discussions, in-class and out-of-class data exercises
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64865/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Spring 2025 | SOC 8890 Section 002: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- The Workflow of Reproducible Statistics (64885)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- First Half of Term01/21/2025 - 03/17/2025Thu 04:00PM - 05:30PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC8890+Spring2025
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64885/1253
Fall 2024 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (17057)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?notto+SOC1001+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to the sociological imagination: the ability to see connections between individual lives and larger social forces such as capitalism, colonialism, and globalization. What makes us who we are? What forces sustain the historical continuities in human society - such as how we work, who we marry, who and how we punish? Students will learn about historical and contemporary sociological perspectives on labor, culture, inequality, deviance, gender, racialization, the market, and the state. We will explore how various sociological theories have analyzed social, political, and economic structures and the forces that drive and/or hinder change.
- Grading:
- 55% Exams20% Discussion Section Assignments15% Written Assignment10% In-Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- 20% Discussion Sections Assignments18.3% Exam 118.3% Exam 218.3% Exam 315% Sociological Memoir10% Participation
- Class Format:
- 50% Discussion40% Lecture10% Small Group Activity
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week10 Discussion Section Assignments3 Exams1 Written Assignment
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17057/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (17064)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?joh07820+SOC1001+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This class will serve as a survey and introduction of the various means through which social pressures and influences structure who we are, what we can and want to accomplish, and why certain individuals and groups face more difficulty and challenges in social life than others. Topics will include identity formation, the logic of small group structure and routine, as well as racial, gendered, class, sexual orientation-related, and other forms of social inequality. Students will be challenged to integrate course materials and lessons into their own individual circumstances, coming to terms with how their new knowledge about social structures and inequalities will allow them to engage more ethically with their surroundings, relationships, and careers.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This is an introductory class to the discipline, so any and all students with a personal or compelling career interest to study the patterns behind social routines and inequalities are encouraged to take the course.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn how to read and interpret sociological texts, summarize and apply the insights of the text within in-class settings and discussion, and integrate these insights into their own personal circumstances and goals.
- Grading:
- Students will be evaluated on the following criteria:1. Discussion section attendance and participation2. "Annotated Bibliography" summaries and reflections on course readings (these substitute for typical exams or quizzes)3. Two course papers where students apply course readings to reflect upon how they might live more ethically within contexts of their choice moving forward.
- Exam Format:
- There are no typical exams in the class, but students will be required to submit short summaries and reflections on the majority of course readings at the end of each course unit.
- Class Format:
- The class includes two main leaning modes:1. A lecture portion in which the instructor will elaborate on the themes of the readings, with students periodically engaging in discussion activities.
2. A discussion section portion in which students will work with teaching assistants to practice applications of materials and workshop course assignments. - Workload:
- Students should expect to dedicate 3-5 hours of time outside of class hours to the course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17064/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (17068)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (45 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (1001-30) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC1001+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- Sociology offers a unique lens through which we can examine the world around us. In this course you will develop a perspective that will allow you to analyze the social world in a way that reveals the hidden and/or overlooked social forces that shape our lives. This approach, the sociological imagination, will enable you to explore how social forces influence the ways we view and navigate our social world. We will discuss how sociologists use theory and research to better understand important social issues such as inequalities of race, class, gender, sexualities and how social order and social change are possible. We will discuss how society affects individuals and in turn how individuals can affect society.
- Exam Format:
- Exams may consist of multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- Online
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17068/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (19069)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This asynchronous introductory course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Drawing from an interdisciplinary social science perspective, we examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment with a particular focus on how forms of social control institutionalize, legitimize and perpetuate inequality. The course is comprised of two units. First, we will critically analyze central theoretical traditions in criminology with an emphasis on theories currently shaping research in the field. The second unit will include an examination of contemporary case studies in several substantive areas. Thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth; and alternatives to policing and police reform.
- Grading:
- 35% Paper35% Written Assignments20% Class Presentation10% Class Participation
- Class Format:
- This course is completely asynchronous.Asynchronous Instructional Time and Activities:15 mins Audio recorded lecture reviewing last class material and answering any unansweredquestions from previous class posted on Canvas.40 mins Recorded lecture to frame topic 140 mins Recorded lecture to frame topic 225 mins Audio and/or video and/or textual material pertaining to topic 1 and 230 mins Discussion among students on Canvas answering specific prompts on topics 1 and 2with me moderating the discussion and giving feedback
- Workload:
- 1 PaperReading Reflections1 Class Presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19069/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 3003 Section 001: Social Problems (32285)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, we will engage in a sociological examination of major social problems facing the contemporary US and abroad. We explore the origins and causes of different social problems, seek to understand how they impact individuals, groups, and the society as a whole, and evaluate solutions. We ask how an issue becomes defined as a "social problem," discuss the social construction of reality and deviance, and consider the primary frameworks under which societies have organized their responses to different social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- 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/32285/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 April 2017
Fall 2024 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of the American Housing Crisis (32989)
- Instructor(s)
- Nicholas Graetz
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online CourseTopics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankWalter F. Mondale Hall 40
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- The goal of the course is to equip students to better understand the contemporary American housing crisis - its causes, its entanglements with other issues, and policies surrounding housing - from a critical social science perspective, anchored in sociology. Students will be introduced to the current landscape of housing inequality by reviewing reports covering the latest data. We will then dive into the history of commodified land and property markets in the US. We will move through the 1930s to present, covering important historical inflection points as well as how housing has shaped American inequality in wealth and health. We will conclude with an exploration of where we are headed in the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the looming climate crisis, including how housing is being centered in contemporary social movements. Students will engage with books, academic articles, journalism, podcasts, and video documentaries throughout the course. Evaluation will largely be based on participation, weekly reflection assignments, and a final written project of the student's choosing (I will provide several template options).
- Class Description:
- This course guides students through developing a critical sociological understanding of housing, including key concepts, historical perspectives, social policies, and the latest empirical data. We will engage with academic work, but we will also engage with essays, policy reports, podcasts, and more from community organizers, journalists, and think tanks working across the housing space - including examples of how the larger housing issues we discuss manifest locally here in Minneapolis. Students will develop a frame work for considering different meanings of housing - as home, shelter, commodity, investment, community, and how these meanings diverge and intersect across common narratives of housing and the goals of different social policies.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly Reflections30% Interactive Sessions30% Final Project
- Class Format:
- Class will meet twice a week. Most meetings will include lecture and videos, but several meetings throughout the semester will be interactive sessions (engaging with an interactive resource during class, participating in discussions, and very brief written reflections submitted during class time.
- Workload:
- 2 Hours Readings / Podcasts / Videos per weekWeekly Short Written Reflections1 Final Project
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32989/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (17842)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (30 of 115 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schwe782+SOC3101+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 75% three exams (25% each)
- Exam Format:
- Three multiple choice and short answer exams, and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17842/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (17843)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological, and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC3102+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control. We will focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime. This course covers diverse types of crime, including: street and white-collar crime, gender-based violence, and violations of international law. In addition, we will examine the punishment of crime, including policing, prosecution, sentencing and mass incarceration. There will be a particular focus on how crime and forms of social control impact social inequality and divisions around race, class, ethnicity, gender, and sexual identity.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week 2 Exams1 Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17843/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Fall 2024 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (18493)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Fall2024
- Class Description:
In this class we will explore the dynamics of race and racism in the 21st century U.S.
We inquire into how race works in the U.S. TODAY, as compared to how it seemed to "work" decades ago -- looking at both points of rupture and continuity.
We'll cover issues such as race and policing, racial identity, race and schooling, race and settler colonialism, race and media, and race and electoral politics. We'll look at how race functions to stratify the society as a whole, and also examine issues salient to the lived experiences of specific racialized social groups.
This term we'll talk about all of this using a mixture of academic writing, documentary films, and video clips. We'll incorporate frequent references to current political and social events, popular culture, and the print and online media.
- Grading:
- 60% Writing Assignments (6 short writing assignments worth 10% each)
- 15% Analyses of "Race Out in the World" (2 assignments, worth 7.5% each)
- 25% Participation (attendance and engagement in discussion)
- 2.5% Extra Credit Assignment (max possible percentage points 2.5)
- Exam Format:
- no exam
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture10% Film/ Video40% Discussion
- Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week6 short writing assignments (answering conceptual questions)2 analyses of race "Out in the World" (analysis of race in the world of research, world of news, and/ or world of visual fiction)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18493/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2023
Fall 2024 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (32286)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (39 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3246+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This class is about the past, present, and future of why people die. Why did infectious diseases rapidly seem to disappear--and will they come back? How have historical changes in social organization and interaction with the natural environment changed when and how we die, and what do medical advances, climate change, and persistent inequalities imply for what we might die of in the future?We will:* Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease* Analyze how that transformation occurred differently in different parts of the world, and why it matters* Consider to what extent mortality can--or can't--be further eradicated.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on three written essays, regular reading responses, and regular (approximately weekly) reading quizzes.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- Substantial reading; regular quizzes based on readings (lowest two dropped); three essays
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32286/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2021
Fall 2024 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (19242)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue 05:00PM - 07:30PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-147
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 34 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?agui0110+SOC3251W+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- Understanding the social significance of race, class, and gender is pivotal to understanding society itself. These social constructions organize our everyday lives and, their implications - both independently and in relation to each other - are far-reaching for everyone. As constructions, these dynamic social categories require constant maintenance. This course will explore the roles and functions of these categories, how we maintain them, and their larger social implications.As a writing-intensive course, the assignments and exams for this course are intended to develop and strengthen your ability to clearly and concisely articulate an original argument with convincing supporting evidence.Potential topics of discussion include:1. Critical Race Theory and the Culture Wars2. Marxism in the 21st century3. And more!
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in developing a critical eye in regard to issues around race, class, and gender in the United States as well as students interested in social theory.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will also learn how to write argumentative papers and how to navigate conversations about a variety of sociological topics.
- Grading:
- 60% Writing Assignments
25% Final paper
15% Class participation/ other evaluations - Exam Format:
- Final paper
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Other - Workload:
- Students should expect to complete around 40 pages of readings a week. In addition to the readings, students will have a few writing assignments over the course of the semester, and will be expected to participate in class discussions.
30-45 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Final Paper3 Writing Assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19242/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (32287)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Political sociology is concerned with the social bases of power and the social consequences of the organization of power, especially how power operates in relationship to various forms of inequality and different institutions. We will explore political socialization, electoral politics and voting, social movements, the media and framing, and politics of inequality, poverty, and welfare. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?koksa002+SOC3301W+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course familiarizes students with political sociology, a subfield of sociology that focuses on the interaction between the state and society. We will explore how political sociologists analyze the concept of "power" across its political, economic, and cultural dimensions, and examine how power shapes social inequalities based on race, class, gender, and nationality. Throughout the semester, we will cover a range of topics including the forces driving social and political change, the mediating roles of political institutions such as parties and elections, and the influence of civil society and social movements in challenging existing relations of power. We will also explore the multifaceted aspects of political culture, both on collective and individual levels, and unpack a spectrum of political ideologies, from nationalism to populism, using a sociological lens. In addition to introducing students to key scholarly debates surrounding political institutions, the course will cover the dynamics of political change, such as democratization and democratic backsliding, and analyze how identities based on class, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality influence political attitudes. We will engage with theoretical literature on these topics, supplemented by their practical illustrations drawn from case studies in specific national contexts. While we will have a primary focus on U.S. politics and society, we will maintain a global outlook by incorporating research from other countries and exploring how historical and cultural factors shape global struggles for democracy and political rights.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Open to all Sociology majors and minors, the course welcomes all students with introductory backgrounds in social sciences, humanities, and related fields, who are interested in critically examining their political beliefs and attitudes, as well as those of others, and developing a comparative understanding of the underlying social forces shaping contemporary politics in the U.S. and beyond.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the course, students will learn about some of the key concepts and debates in political sociology, acquire a solid foundation in different perspectives on the operation of political power across various political institutions in modern societies, and develop a creative toolkit for interpreting and analyzing socio-political phenomena using sociological theory and data.This is a writing-intensive course, aiming to advance the students' ability to write clearly and persuasively. Writing assignments will comprise a significant portion of the coursework and contribute substantially to the final grade. The students will be required to complete an individual writing project, which will be divided and assigned throughout the semester to allow for feedback and revision.
- Grading:
- Attendance and participation: 20 pointsWeekly reading responses and writing assignments: 25 pointsWriting project (multiple drafts): 55 points
- Class Format:
- Class time will be divided between short introductory lectures, group discussions, and individual free-writing sessions. Regular attendance and active participation are required. Students will be expected to complete the assigned readings for each session prior to the class and participate thoughtfully and respectfully in discussions.
- Workload:
- Students will need to complete an average of 40-50 pages of reading and write approximately 1 page per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32287/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 3452 Section 001: Education and Society (32288)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3452+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- We have all been through an ‘education system', and our lives have been shaped in multiple and complex ways by this experience. Education is still one of the most complex topics in our society and discussions around its past failures, its present challenges and its future potential remains polarizing. This course is an introduction to the sociology of education. We will examine some of classical and contemporary theoretical and policy debates on education. We will explore the role of education as it relates to various axis of social stratification (race, class, gender, sexuality etc). We will also examine how the educational system interact with other significant institutions in our society (politics, economy, family etc). While the majority of the course will focus on the US educational system, we will touch on other regions of the globe to give us a comparative perspective and an opportunity to critically engage with our own educational practices and policies.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Open to all.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand better the goals (explicit and implicit) of public education.
· ·Learn about power dynamics (class, race, gender, citizenship, etc.) might be at play in whose voices prevail in the education sector.
· Understand how education (quality, level, credentials)
impact life chances (incomes over lifetime, health and wellness, etc.) of individuals and groups - Grading:
- Written Assignments: 80%Participation: 20%
- Class Format:
- Lecture/Student-Led presentations/Videos
- Workload:
- 40-60 pages reading requirement
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32288/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (20861)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (14 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Family has long been a significant experience in human societies; much of what we understand ourselves to be, arises in family life. But family also varies widely in composition across time and place. We will learn how sociologists study and understand families theoretically, as social institutions, as well as sites and sources of social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mill8570+SOC3501+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- Whether we like it or not, we are all part of families. Families play a role in shaping who we become, providing us with resources, traditions, and responsibilities. Families are also shaped by society, as they interact with institutions, contend with what is considered "normal," and are the subject of popular and political debate. This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to theorizing, studying, and understanding families. We will cover a range of topics, including defining and researching families, the history of families, romantic and sexual relationships, marriage and divorce, parenting and the socialization of children, families and work, and the future of families. Throughout the course, we will focus on the diversity of family forms, how inequality shapes family life, and how families are defined by change.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is appropriate for sociology majors or minors, and any student interested in understanding more about how their own experiences with family intersect with the social patterns, social problems, and social institutions that shape family life more broadly. Although it is recommended that students take SOC 1001, Introduction to Sociology, prior to this course it is not required.
- Learning Objectives:
- After this course students will be able to: 1. Think critically about families and related issues, including policy questions;2. have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how families work, the challengesthey face, and family-related trends over time;3. have awareness of how families are implicated in systems and processes of socialinequality, and be able to think creatively about how inequalities might be ameliorated;4. have the ability to interpret and evaluate their own ideas and experiences related tofamily within a broader sociological context
- Grading:
- Scaffolded 5-7 page paper (30%), Reading Annotations (10%), Attendance (10%), In-class writing assignments and quizzes (20%), Exams (30%)
- Exam Format:
- Mixture of both out-of class writing assignments and in-class writing and exams
- Class Format:
- This course meets in person once week and students are expected to attend class regularly.
- Workload:
- This is a 3-credit course, meaning that students are expected to invest roughly 9 hours per week in the course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20861/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 3681 Section 001: Gender and the Family in the Islamic World (32289)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3681 Section 001RELS 3716 Section 001GWSS 3681 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. Expanding the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East, by also centralizing on the experiences of Muslim women and families outside of this geographical area highlights the complex and diverse everyday experiences of Muslim women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminisms debates. prereq: At least soph; 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3681+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. It aims to expand the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East to highlight the complex and diverse everyday experiences of women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical Western representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminism debates.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Open to all.
- Learning Objectives:
- Expand our understand of Muslim women's lives and experiences.
Dismantle stereotypical representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular.
Better understand the role of gender and family power relations
Expand our knowledge base of both contemporary and historical relations of Muslim women with global debates about nation, gender, and politics.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Discussion20% Lecture
20% Film/Video - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exams
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32289/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (19073)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankWalter F. Mondale Hall 40
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors. Click this link for more additional details: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cueto006+SOC3701+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19073/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2024 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (17072)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankWalter F. Mondale Hall 40
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17072/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2024 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (20560)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (31 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus and details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20560/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2024 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (17070)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting days/times. \
- Class Description:
- ​Imagine this course as a civilian's guide to social research. We'll focus on the development, conduct, and dissemination of scholarship in a way that prepares you to complete a major project in sociology, but we'll also build the tools you'll need to evaluate truth claims that circulate in everyday public life and politics. Learn how to identify quality social research and put it to work. Defend it from skeptics. Think responsibly about its effects. Our assignments will help you mobilize several different types of existing research in order to answer a range of sociological questions.
- Grading:
10% Attend and participate in class discussion
10% Recall key terms and details
20% Find relevant sources of research
30% Interpret and compare different types of evidence
30% Justify and critique common research practices
- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings (available online)
20% Workshop term paper - Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2 exams
Daily in-class writing exercises
2 term papers, 5-6 pages each - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17070/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2024 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (17029)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (38 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mesposit+SOC3811+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- In this course, you will be introduced to descriptive and inferential statistical tools commonly used in sociological research. Topics include data visualization, summary statistics, probability distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and linear regression. Students will learn and use statistical software to complete assignments. The overarching goal of the course is to provide you with the foundation to understand and critique data-driven arguments about the social world. Additionally, the skills developed in this course will prepare you to engage with even more sophisticated statistical material down the line.
- Grading:
- Attendance (5%); Homework (45%); Midterm Data Analysis Project (25%); Final Analysis Project (25%)
- Exam Format:
- (1) Descriptive Data Analysis Midterm. The midterm assignment will provide students with an opportunity to synthesize the descriptive statistical tools covered in class up until that point. The midterm project will ask students to preform an independent, descriptive data analysis on a data set provided by the instructor. Some course time will be allotted for students to work on their midterm projects. The midterm project will be delivered in the form of a short research report (5-7 pages).(2) Inferential Data Analysis Final. The final project will allow students to practice the inferential statistical skills acquired in class. This project will ask students to preform an independent analysis of a data set provided by the instructor that makes use of inferential statistical tools, thinking, and procedures. Like the midterm, some course time will be provided for students to work on their final projects. The final will be delivered in the form of a research report (5-7 pages).
- Class Format:
- Class will meet twice a week for lecture and once for lab.
- Workload:
- Weekly homework will be assigned throughout the semester to allow students to apply the concepts discussed in lecture. Students will also complete a midterm and final project that will allow them to synthesize the statistical skills they acquire over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17029/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2023
Fall 2024 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (18940)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001SOC 5101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?SOC4101V+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18940/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2023
Fall 2024 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (18361)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001SOC 5101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?SOC4101W+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18361/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2023
Fall 2024 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment (32290)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The purpose of this class is to develop a working understanding of the sociology of punishment. To that end, the course focuses on three interrelated questions: How do various social factors (the economy, culture, crime, media, race relations, etc.) shape the development of criminal punishment? Why does punishment differ across time and place? How do penal laws, practices, and institutions affect individuals, groups, and communities? The course combines lectures and small and large group discussions. prereq: 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ecorneli+SOC4105+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- How do social forces shape the development of criminal punishment? In this course, we will study how different sociological traditions have answered this question. Traditions may include Marxism, functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and post-structuralist and post-colonial theories. We will study how these traditions have analyzed the connections between punishment and the economy, politics, imperialism, culture, crime, media, gender, and racialization. We will examine these traditions' strengths and weaknesses and how they complement each other. We will read classical and contemporary texts and use them to analyze contemporary topics, such as mass incarceration, the war on drugs, surveillance, policing, white-collar crime, and crimmigration.
- Grading:
- 1. Two short memos (30%)2. Mid-term (30%)3. Final exam (30%)4. Class participation (10%)
- Exam Format:
- 1. Two short memos: short written reflections about course readings submitted via Canvas;2. Mid-term: in-class written exam with short answer and essay questions;3. Final exam: in-class written exam with short answer and essay questions;4. Class participation: a brief memo with a few sentences on the readings to facilitate in-class discussion (to be brought to every class or posted on Canvas).
- Class Format:
- Lecture, discussion, small group activities, film and videos, mock exams.
- Workload:
- 1. About 50 pages per week;2. Two short memos;3. Two in-class written exams;4. Preparation for class and participation.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32290/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Sociology of Deviance (33892)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course considers why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how norms, values, and rules are made and enforced. We will discuss basic concepts that cut across deviance theories and research, including social control, subcultures and deviant careers. We will explore theories of and societal reaction to deviant behavior. We will also discuss methodology and how the "social facts" of deviance are determined and disseminated. Finally, we will examine case studies addressing crime, organizational and occupational deviance, substance use, sexuality, body image, and more. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33892/1249
Fall 2024 | SOC 4113 Section 001: Sociology of Violence: Bedrooms, Backyards, and Bars (32291)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course looks at violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas, bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. Students will wrestle with definitions of violence and the circumstances in which behavior is or isn't categorized as violent. A major theme will be how violence operates as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Subtopics intersecting violence include cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment. Soc Majors and Minors must register A/F. Pre-req of Soc 1001, Soc 1101, 3101 or 3102 is recommended.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC4113+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- In this course, we will examine violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas - bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. You will interrogate definitions and theoretical perspectives of violence. Our principal concern is with violence as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Intersecting subtopics include: cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student interested sociological perspectives on violence.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Critically discuss perspectives on violence
- 2. Differentiate types of violence
- 3. Critically discuss social motives associated with violent behaviors and events
- Grading:
A 100 - 94
A- 93 - 90
B+ 89 - 87
B 86 - 83
B- 82 - 80
C+ 79 - 77
C 76 - 73
C- 72 - 70
D+ 69 - 67
D 66 - 63
D- 62 - 60
F 59 - 0
- Exam Format:
- There will be a series of short answer essays.
- Class Format:
- Lectures
- Workload:
- The course will meet twice a week. Articles will be provided via the course Canvas page. Much of the practical content will be digital.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32291/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Fall 2024 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (20815)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ecorneli+SOC4161+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- What do criminal justice agencies say about crime, punishment, and justice? What do these agencies do in practice? And why don't these two things usually align? In this course, we will study American criminal law from a social science interdisciplinary perspective. The course has two main goals: 1) we will examine the differences between how lawyers and social scientists think about the criminal justice system; 2) we will study the differences between law on the books (e.g., statutes and court cases) and law in action (how the law operates in different settings, e.g., courtrooms, Congress, prisons) and the social forces that contribute to these differences. To accomplish these two goals, we will analyze legal rules, court precedents and law review articles using anthropology, political science, history, philosophy, and sociology. We will examine a specific topic each week, contrasting a legal document to a social science text. Topics may include legal definitions of criminal behavior, policing, prosecution, trial, sentencing, corrections, and prisons.
- Grading:
- 1. Two short memos (30%)2. Mid-term (30%)3. Final exam (30%)4. Class participation (10%)
- Exam Format:
- 1. Two short memos: short written reflections about course readings submitted via Canvas;2. Mid-term: in-class written exam with short answer and essay questions;3. Final exam: in-class written exam with short answer and essay questions;4. Class participation: brief memo with a few sentences on the readings to facilitate in-class discussion (to be brought to every class or posted on Canvas).
- Class Format:
- Lecture, discussion, small group activities, film and videos, mock exams.
- Workload:
- 1. About 50 pages per week;2. Two short memos;3. Two in-class written exams;4. Preparation for class and participation.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20815/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Justice Emphasis -- A Planet in Crisis: Crimes Against the Environment (33976)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (1 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- For decades, the criminal justice system has focused overwhelmingly on street crime. Police, bureaucratic agencies, and scholars alike have encouraged the investment of millions of dollars into strategies that attempt to predict and prevent street crime such as theft or drug offenses, often unsuccessfully. Meanwhile, environmental harms - produced by the powerful, which create millions of victims - go overlooked, both in the academy and in the courthouse. This is despite the fact that climate change, mass extinction, and widespread toxic pollution are some of the most pressing and existential challenges facing humanity in the coming century. Here, green criminology attempts to fill in the gaps left by traditional criminology by asking: how, and why, did our planet come to be in crisis? In SOC4190: Crimes Against the Environment, students will discuss a wide range of topics pertaining to environmental crimes, environmental harms, and environmental victimization. This includes several weeks spent reading, discussing, and thinking about "green" crimes such as climate change and climate denialism, state-corporate crime and the BP oil spill, and harm to animals through wildlife crime and animal agriculture, to name a few. By the end of this class, each student should be able to meet the following content-based learning goals: 1) Define green criminology and understand why the study of green crime has been largely neglected; 2) Understand the many facets and dimensions of green harm and crime; 3) Describe the nature and extent of environmental offending and victimization, including the way this victimization is shaped by environmental injustice; 4) Understand the causes and consequences of green crime beyond the individual; and 5) Explain how criminal justice systems and regulatory agencies have historically responded and presently respond to green crime and victimization.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33976/1249
Fall 2024 | SOC 4309 Section 001: Religion in American Public Life: Culture, Politics, & Communities (32292)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4309H Section 001RELS 4309 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How diversity/vitality of American religion shape public life. How religious groups engage in political action, foster understandings of democracy/styles of civic participation. Volunteering/service activities. Race, poverty, the family, sexuality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC4309+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- Many people think of religion as a private matter, having to do with what people believe about god or the afterlife. But in the United States, religion has a strong public presence. That presence is changing, as Americans become less religious (especially in younger generations) and as minority religious groups become more visible.The purpose of this course is to help you understand contemporary American religion, in all its diversity and inter-generational differences. How does religion foster volunteering and civic engagement? How does it shape political partisanship and voting? What issues draw religious people into social movements, why do they care about those issues, and why do our battles over law and social policy take shape the way they do? Religious discourses foster particular understandings of gender, race, citizenship and democracy and religious groups train people in particular styles of civic and political engagement. This is why religion in the United States has such a large -- and contested -- public impact.This course is open to majors and non-majors and fulfills the LibEd requirement for Civic Life and Ethics. The course also helps students build the Core Career Competencies of Analytical and Critical Thinking and Engaging Diversity.
- Learning Objectives:
- Civic Life and Ethics LibEd learning objectives: Civic life is comprised of voluntary, face-to-face arenas of activity that are not controlled by the state, arenas were citizens debate ethics, broadly conceived, and where ideas of the good society are formed, debated, shared, and contested. The civic arena is diverse, with many types of secular and religious organizations. Through its role in civic life, religion is an important and visible arena for the construction of ethical discourse and understandings of the public (and the private) good. This course will help you develop a critical understanding of the ethical claims made by spokespersons for religious organizations, viewpoints, and movements, and assess the role that such claims have in shaping public discourse, legal outcomes, and policy outcomes. In a supportive environment, students will be prompted to consider their own religious and ethical beliefs in light of the range of such views in contemporary American society. Weekly student-led discussions will help you to use the insights of scholarly works to become more critical and educated readers of mass-media-based news about religion in our society. The course emphasizes the diversity and variety of religious and political traditions in the United States, and that religious arenas are only one of many locations for the development of ethical discourse in American life. Career Competencies in Analytical and Critical Thinking and Engaging Diversity: In this course, students will learn how to recognize multiple points of view as valid and evaluate issues from multiple perspectives, and account for their own biases. They will learn to recognize when media or popular discussions of religion in public life do not provide complete information for making an informed assessment, and where to go for more complete information. Students will understand how to appreciate multiple worldviews (including diverse religious and secular viewpoints) and understand how culture and power interact to shape public religious expression -- and responses to that expression.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
50% Other assignments, including 2 in-class presentations (one on a class reading, one on a media account of religion in public life -- for each, students will also turn in a short summary and discussion questions). - Exam Format:
- short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
5-7 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s): Two presentations will be made to your small group (1st on a class reading, 2nd on a media/news account on course-related themes -- for each you will turn in a 1-page summary and discussion questions).HONORS STUDENTS: will do additional work determined in consultation with the professor the first week of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32292/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 4309H Section 001: Honors: Religion in American Public Life - Culture, Politics, & Communities (32293)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4309 Section 001RELS 4309 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How diversity/vitality of American religion shape public life. How religious groups engage in political action, foster understandings of democracy/styles of civic participation. Volunteering/service activities. Race, poverty, family, sexuality. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC4309H+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- Many people think of religion as a private matter, having to do with what people believe about god or the afterlife. But in the United States, religion has a strong public presence. That presence is changing, as Americans become less religious (especially in younger generations) and as minority religious groups become more visible.The purpose of this course is to help you understand contemporary American religion, in all its diversity and inter-generational differences. How does religion foster volunteering and civic engagement? How does it shape political partisanship and voting? What issues draw religious people into social movements, why do they care about those issues, and why do our battles over law and social policy take shape the way they do? Religious discourses foster particular understandings of gender, race, citizenship and democracy and religious groups train people in particular styles of civic and political engagement. This is why religion in the United States has such a large -- and contested -- public impact.This course is open to majors and non-majors and fulfills the LibEd requirement for Civic Life and Ethics. The course also helps students build the Core Career Competencies of Analytical and Critical Thinking and Engaging Diversity.
- Learning Objectives:
- Civic Life and Ethics LibEd learning objectives: Civic life is comprised of voluntary, face-to-face arenas of activity that are not controlled by the state, arenas were citizens debate ethics, broadly conceived, and where ideas of the good society are formed, debated, shared, and contested. The civic arena is diverse, with many types of secular and religious organizations. Through its role in civic life, religion is an important and visible arena for the construction of ethical discourse and understandings of the public (and the private) good. This course will help you develop a critical understanding of the ethical claims made by spokespersons for religious organizations, viewpoints, and movements, and assess the role that such claims have in shaping public discourse, legal outcomes, and policy outcomes. In a supportive environment, students will be prompted to consider their own religious and ethical beliefs in light of the range of such views in contemporary American society. Weekly student-led discussions will help you to use the insights of scholarly works to become more critical and educated readers of mass-media-based news about religion in our society. The course emphasizes the diversity and variety of religious and political traditions in the United States, and that religious arenas are only one of many locations for the development of ethical discourse in American life. Career Competencies in Analytical and Critical Thinking and Engaging Diversity: In this course, students will learn how to recognize multiple points of view as valid and evaluate issues from multiple perspectives, and account for their own biases. They will learn to recognize when media or popular discussions of religion in public life do not provide complete information for making an informed assessment, and where to go for more complete information. Students will understand how to appreciate multiple worldviews (including diverse religious and secular viewpoints) and understand how culture and power interact to shape public religious expression -- and responses to that expression.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
50% Other assignments, including 2 in-class presentations (one on a class reading, one on a media account of religion in public life -- for each, students will also turn in a short summary and discussion questions). - Exam Format:
- short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
5-7 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s): Two presentations will be made to your small group (1st on a class reading, 2nd on a media/news account on course-related themes -- for each you will turn in a 1-page summary and discussion questions).HONORS STUDENTS: will do additional work determined in consultation with the professor the first week of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32293/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 4451 Section 001: Sport, Culture & Society (32298)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport? how it is socially organized, who participates in what and why, what role (or roles) sport plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful and paradoxical institutions in the modern world. The course is intended for a wide range of undergraduates, though some familiarity with basic social scientific thinking and techniques will be helpful. prereq: SOC 1001 recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC4451+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport - how it is socially organized, what role (or roles) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful, paradoxical, and poorly understood institutions in the modern world. The first unit of the course provides a theoretical framework and broad historical context for making social sense of these paradoxes and of the phenomenon of sport itself. The second unit then explores what it is like to "play" various sports, the determinants of participation and success, and the general impacts of such involvement. The second half of the course involves two main units. The first is the culture and political economy of elite-entertainment sport; the second involves issues of protest, politics, and social change in and through sport, focused on issues of race, racism, and racial justice. Together, these units are intended to capture the basic structure, function, and broad social significance of a cultural form that is too often naively celebrated, trivialized, or simply dismissed by both scholarly and public audiences alike. Readings will include two books (Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger and Soccer in Mind by Andrew Guest) as well as a collection of articles and book chapters.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- sociology majors are encouraged but the course readings, lectures, and discussions should be accessible to all college students
- Grading:
- --2 Midterm Exams: 40% (20 % each)
--quizzes and class participation: 20%--2 short essays: 20% (10 % each)
--final course project on topic of choice: 20% - Exam Format:
- 2 in-class midterms; terms and definitions, MC, and one or two short essays
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- --around 50-75 pages of reading per week (generally 2-3 articles or book chapters)
--12 pages of writing for the term (2 short essays, 1 slightly longer final paper)
--2 midterm examinations
--occasional quizes and group activities - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32298/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (17241)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (35 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4966W+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- The purpose of this course is to assist students in fulfilling CLA's senior project requirement, the 'capstone' of the undergraduate career, by creating the learning environment to write a final research paper. Enrollment is limited to student majors in Sociology. The class provides a structure and guided format for completing the senior project. Students select a topic, formulate a research question, read on the topic, conduct preliminary research or use already experienced research, analyze your material and locate within existing debates, and write up the materials as a final analytic paper. Students can choose to focus their project on a new topic, or materials from a previous class, or from an already experienced study abroad, service learning, or employment opportunity. Each week we will discuss specific aspects of the research-and-writing process, so that the final paper will be thought through and written, step by step, throughout the semester. Course work requires intensive engagement in the design of a project and active class discussion of the issues students face in the process.
- Grading:
- 75% final paper
25% weekly short assignments and class participation - Class Format:
- Class discussion, small group activities, writing exercises, and in-class presentations
- Workload:
- Weekly readings that are mostly related to your own research project; short writing assignments due throughout the semester as building blocks to your final paper; and the final paper, which will be approximately 15 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17241/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2021
Fall 2024 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (17262)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 915
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC4977V+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- The Senior Honors project sequence is designed to help students in the process of researching and writing the Honors Thesis in sociology. The first semester is a seminar-format course dedicated to a set of interrelated goals: (1) thinking through the relationship between our personal biographies and our intellectual interests; (2) identifying and sharpening research topics and questions; (3) finding the relevant social scientific research, mastering it, and locating our interests in relation to it; (4) producing an initial research proposal; (5) considering and addressing the ethics of research concerning human subjects; and (6) finalizing a plan of research which will guide our research as we work toward the final paper. In the Spring semester, students are working primarily with their thesis supervisor under directed studies credits as they engage in in the process of collecting and analyzing data, drafting and polishing written work into a full thesis paper, and presenting the work.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Honors students in Sociology entering their senior year, or (with departmental permission) other Sociology majors who wish to engage in substantial original research projects.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students in this class will learn to: a) formulate sociological research questions; b) identify appropriate methods and find relevant literatures; c) build a research proposal in conversation with existing work.
- Grading:
- 80% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 40% Discussion
40% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Reports
2 Presentations Other Workload: Much of the work for the course is done on your own, to further the projects you will outline. Coursework is designed to help you on that path. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17262/1249
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC4977V_Fall2024.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (17035)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- jr or sr or grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, students will learn core statistical and computations principles that will allow them to perform quantitative analyses using social data. The course is designed for social science students at the beginning of their graduate school careers. However, advanced undergraduates can take the course, which will involve a few modifications to the assignment schedule. Sociology 5811 will review basic probability, and then move on to univariate inference, the linear regression model, and introductory lessons of causal inference. In doing so, students will explore statistical concepts and methods that provide the foundation sociologists use to most commonly collect and analyze numerical evidence. Sociology 5811 will also provide the foundation for data management and statistical inference using Stata, a statistical computing environment that is popular in the social sciences. prereq: Undergraduate students are expected to have familiarity with the materials taught in the equivalent of 3811. Students who are unsure of the course requirements should contact the instructor. Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs. 5811 will not count for credits towards the Soc PhD program requirements.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC5811+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- In this course, students will learn core statistical and computations principles that will allow them to perform quantitative analyses using social data. The course is designed for social science students at the beginning of their graduate school careers. However, advanced undergraduates can take the course, which will involve a few modifications to the assignment schedule.Sociology 5811 will review basic probability, and then move on to univariate inference, the linear regression model, and introductory lessons of causal inference. In doing so, students will explore statistical concepts and methods that provide the foundation sociologists use to most commonly collect and analyze numerical evidence. Sociology 5811 will also provide the foundation for data management and statistical inference using Stata, a statistical computing environment that is popular in the social sciences. This course focuses on the practical application and substantive understanding of the linear regression models, rather than a full expounding of the mathematical details and statistical theory underlying these models. We will work closely with real data throughout the semester, which will also introduce students to the process of data management.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Understand the basic logic of statistical modeling.2. Construct an appropriate model to appropriately address a research question.3. Estimate and interpret linear regression models in Stata.4. Write clean, reproducible, legible code in Stata.5. Communicate results from multiple regression analyses for a broad audience.6. Become familiar with visualizing multivariate relationships and presenting regression output in professional tables.
- Grading:
- 100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17035/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 May 2023
Fall 2024 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (17917)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 7 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students through 05/02/24. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8001+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and exploration of professional careers in this field.
We will discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students get started in thinking about becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities.
We will share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concern. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences in the program. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year graduate students in Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about different types of sociological careers and share experiences that facilitate adaptation to the life of a graduate student.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors or panels of sociologists representing different institutional contexts (e.g. R1 university faculty, faculty at a small liberal arts college, sociologists in research organizations, those who work in government agencies, etc.).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17917/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2024 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology (32299)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5-3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 915
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students through 05/02/24. Click these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2024 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2024
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology and related fields; advanced undergraduates with journalism and content production experience by consent of instructors.
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Grading:
- A-F; students are graded on the work written and produced for the site as well as participation in course activities.
- Exam Format:
- None.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32299/1249
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Fall 2024 | SOC 8412 Section 001: Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (32300)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to theoretical/methodological foundations of social network analysis. Concepts/principles, measurements, computer techniques. Applications to friendships, communities, workteams, intra-/inter-organizational relations, international systems. Focuses on network visualizations.
- Class Notes:
- Click these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8412+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This seminar introduces social network analysis to graduate students, emphasizing its theoretical, substantive, and methodological foundations. Our collective goal is to acquire a sufficient grasp of the contemporary network literatures to pursue independent advanced study, and ultimately, to contribute original research results to our disciplines. Specifically, we'll identify key network concepts and principles; examine data collection, measurement, and computer analysis techniques; and investigate applications in sociology, organization studies, political science, public administration, and related disciplines. Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. Based on the summer survey of registered students' substantive interests, we'll concentrate on social capital, communication, personal networks, learning and innovation diffusion, intra- and interorganizational relations, social movements and collective action, political networks, international systems, and small world and Internet dynamics. About an hour of each class will be spent on network methodologies. The principles that students learn in this course will enable them to study advanced topics of their own choosing. Wasserman & Faust's encyclopedic Social Network Analysis provides our primary text, with required and background articles and chapters selected from the research literatures of several disciplines. Students will learn how to perform basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using the UCINET computer package. We'll also explore network visualizations using spatial plotting programs.
- Learning Objectives:
- This seminar introduces social network analysis to graduate students, emphasizing its theoretical, substantive, and methodological foundations. Our collective goal is to acquire a sufficient grasp of the contemporary network literatures to pursue independent advanced study, and ultimately, to contribute original research results to our disciplines. Specifically, we'll identify key network concepts and principles; examine data collection, measurement, and computer analysis techniques; and investigate applications in sociology, organization studies, political science, public health, mass communication, public administration, economics, and other disciplines.
Network analysis spans all levels of analysis from egocentric ties, to small team sociograms, interorganizational relations, and trade and military alliances among nations. Based on the summer survey of registered students' substantive interests, we'll concentrate on network theories, communication, kinship & friendship, social capital, diffusion of innovations, Internet, Big Data & small worlds, health & support networks, markets & networks, intraorganizational networks, interorganizational relations, social movements & collective action, policy networks, and international relations. Articles and book chapters are assigned on these topics from the research literatures of many disciplines.
- Grading:
- Leading a class discussion (10%), preparing a discussion guide (10%), four best of five computer assignments (40%), course paper (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
20% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper
5 Computer assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32300/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2022
Fall 2024 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (17264)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (1 of 14 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Notes:
- 7 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students through 08/25/24. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8701+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the central traditions, figures and concepts in sociological theory. It is intended primarily for first-year graduate students in Sociology, but it covers work that is widely read and referenced in the social sciences generally. This course covers the work of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Mead, Goffman, Bourdieu, and several other traditions and figures.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for first year graduate students in Sociology. A few seats are open to other students upon request.
- Grading:
- 30% Attendance and participation40% Memos and class discussions30% Final paper
- Exam Format:
- None.
- Class Format:
- Orienting lecture from instructor, but mostly seminar format with student leadership.
- Workload:
- Substantial reading. Reading may be longer and (at times) more difficult than you are used to. Please see attached syllabus to gauge average week's reading.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17264/1249
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2024.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2022.pdf (Fall 2022)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 8721 Section 001: Social Psychology: Micro-Sociological Approaches to Inequalities and Identities (32301)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is basic to an understanding of contemporary social life. This subfield of sociology focuses on social phenomena at the micro-level. Small group dynamics, social interactions, and individual experiences are importantly structured by the macro-structural context, e.g., by socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexuality, and other dimensions of social inequality. At the same time, these and other micro-sociological processes reflect individual-level identities, perceptions, motivations and cognitions. This seminar examines a wide range of social psychological phenomena linked to inequality (e.g., the effects of class, minority status, and gender on disparities in identity, self-concept, and health; the development of status hierarchies in small group interaction; intergroup relations, prejudice, and discrimination). We begin with a consideration of "personal structure," emphasizing the cultural and structural variability of self-conceptions and identities, cognitive processes, and motivation, as well as the biosocial bases of action. These may be considered individual-level "building blocks" of social psychological theories (along with emotions, attitudes, values, and ideologies). We then address prominent theoretical perspectives in social psychology that illuminate the linkages between micro-social contexts of inequality and identity, including symbolic interactionism, exchange theory, structural social psychology ("social structure and personality") and the social psychology of the life course. Social psychological theory and research are foundational to many specialty fields in sociology, including the sociology of the family, education, health, deviance, work, social mobility, social movements, emotions, and the sociology of childhood, youth, and aging. Social psychology is also central to prominent theoretical debates in sociology surrounding the relationship between social structure and agency; individual-level identities, perceptions, moti
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students through 05/02/24. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC8721+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32301/1249
Fall 2024 | SOC 8735 Section 001: Sociology of Culture (32302)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/importance of culture as dimension of social life. Structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, practice theory. Cultural creation/reception. Identities as cultural formations. Culture/social inequality. Culture and race. Cultural construction of social problems. Culture and globalization.
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students through 05/02/24. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC8735+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course provides an overview of cultural sociology. We will begin with central readings in theory and method to give students a background in the motivating questions and debates in the subfield. We will consider why the field has moved away from a focus on culture as ideas and ideals and toward a conception of culture as practice and institution, and we will engage with current debates about how best to conceptualize culture (as a deep or elaborated code or as a repertoire of action?), and related questions about culture's role in shaping cognition. We will also read empirical work that focuses on the relationship between culture and symbolic boundaries, and the role of embodiment and emotion in cultural analysis.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology graduate students interested in working with cultural approaches (broadly defined). Students in other disciplines interested in theories of what culture is and how it "works" in the social world.
- Learning Objectives:
- At the end of the course, students will:- Understand the sociology of culture -- it's major questions and topics, themes, and forms of argumentation- Understand how to apply concepts and theories from cultural sociology to frame their own research projects or to perform analyses of their own data- Have improved capacity to think conceptually and critically engage with ongoing debates in the sociological literature- Have developed competency in outlining and critically assessing authors' (complex, abstract, academic) arguments and developing their own critical assessment
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 80% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-90 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32302/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 8851 Section 001: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: In-Depth Interviewing (32303)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Interviewers have opened up other worlds to the sociological imagination and taught us much about the way people think, feel, and make sense of the world as well as of their own identities. We will conduct interviews; transcribe, code, and analyze interview data; and write up interview- based research. We will also consider a range of epistemological, practical, and ethical issues related to interviewing as a research method, reading materials drawn from a broad range of substantive sociological subfields as well as from geography. This course is best suited to graduate students who have an interview-based project in mind and want to acquire the skills for carrying out their research, and students who are considering using interviews in their dissertation research and want to try their hand at interviewing before making a decision. Because this is a hands-on, fieldwork-based course, no auditors are permitted.
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students through 05/02/24. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC8851+Fall2024
- Class Description:
This course is designed to introduce the research method of in-depth interviewing. In-depth interviews provide a method for examining the way people think, feel and make sense of the world as well as their own identities and experiences. Throughout this course, we will explore issues related to designing and carrying out an in-depth interviewing study: from developing a research question to analyzing data and writing up findings. We will consider and engage with these issues through readings, discussion, and written assignments. We will also consider a range of epistemological, practical, and ethical issues related to interviewing as a research method. This course is best suited to graduate students who have an interview-based project in mind and want to acquire the skills for carrying out their research, and students who are considering using interviews in their dissertation research.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32303/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2024
Fall 2024 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Applied Causal Inference (32670)
- Instructor(s)
- Nicholas Graetz
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students through 05/02/24.
- Class Description:
- This course takes a holistic approach to quantitative causal inference and is designed for population scientists - demographers, sociologists, epidemiologists, psychologists, economists - interested in developing a broad understanding of causal inference concepts and methods. The course is comprised of two units. First, we will discuss the theory and assumptions behind common causal estimands, including empirical examples. Second, we will review conventional and modern causal methods for estimation. This course offers opportunities for students with advanced training in coding and statistics to do a deeper dive on certain methods, but is also designed such that students with no coding experience and an introductory graduate course in statistics will be able to achieve all learning goals. This course may be appropriate for advanced undergraduates.
- Grading:
- 10% Problem Sets25% Discussion25% Presentation40% Final Paper
- Class Format:
- Class will meet once a week. Meetings will include roughly half lecture and half discussion.
- Workload:
- 1-2 Hours Readings per week1 Leading Discussion1 Class Presentation1 Final Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32670/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 1001 Section 301: Introduction to Sociology (82225)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/13/2024 - 08/16/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This class is completely online in an Asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/time. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?han00208+SOC1001+Summer2024
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination": a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course, we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course, you will be asked to consider how society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students who want to familiarize themselves with fundamental concepts and theories in sociology, and are interested in applying a sociological perspective to critically view society and their own lives; Students from diverse academic backgrounds are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- (1) Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of key sociological concepts, terminology, theories, approaches, and perspectives.(2) Students will be able to apply sociological analysis to contemporary society and their own lives.(3) Students will improve their ability to think critically and to articulate their ideas in written and verbal formats.
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on multiple forms of assignments: 1. weekly reading responses&discussions; 2. written assignments; 3. exams; 4 a final project
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer questions, and essay questions
- Class Format:
- Fully online
- Workload:
- UMN defines one undergraduate credit as equivalent to 42-45 hours of learning effort distributed across a semester (including all classroom and outside activities). Since this is a 4-credit course, students should expect to spend approximately 180 hours of effort over the 16-week summer term.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82225/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 1001 Section 302: Introduction to Sociology (82248)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/13/2024 - 08/16/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (32 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This class is completely online in an Asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/time. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?wrig0990+SOC1001+Summer2024
- Class Description:
Hello Beautiful People! My name is Mi'Chael (Me-Kell) and I am your Soc 1001 Instructor. I look forward to teaching and learning with you! I strive to make this an environment where you can excel intellectually as well as engage and interact with the material and your classmates. See you all in the Summer!
What is sociology? How does it impact society? How does social life, social interactions, and social institutions impact you and the people around you daily? Sociology studies the way that forces beyond our control and outside of the realm of our nature shape what we feel and perceive. Situations and behaviors that seem like personal choices are often shown to be clearly affected by our interactions and upbringings. The course material has been chosen to help you develop your sociological imagination and we will explore diverse sociological theories, political and economic structures, and forces that drive social change.
This course will give you a synopsis to the academic tradition of sociology. This introduction course is just that, an introduction, thus requires no prerequisites. I invite you to question the ways we explain social events and societal norms. I ask that you come ready to learn, engage in your sociological imagination, think critically about aspects of social life you think you are familiar with, as well as be open to deep examination of social inequalities.
You will leave this course with the beginning tools that will guide you in the understanding of complexities within our society as well as learning about behavioral differences at the individual and collective level. You will have the analytical, empirical, and epistemological tool kit to help you think critically about the social world we live in.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in learning about the fundamental concepts and theories in Sociology.
- Grading:
- Discussion Participation (300pts)Activities (100pts)Exams (300pts)Final Paper (300pts)Total Points: 1000 points
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choices questions, short answers, and definitions of terms
- Workload:
UMN defines one undergraduate credit as equivalent to 42-45 hours of learning effort distributed across a semester (including all classroom and outside activities). Since this is a 4-credit course, students should expect to spend approximately 180s hours of effort over the 16-week summer term.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82248/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (87182)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/13/2024 - 08/16/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- This class is completely online in an Asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/time. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Summer2024
- Class Description:
- This asynchronous introductory course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Drawing from an interdisciplinary social science perspective, we examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment with a particular focus on how forms of social control institutionalize, legitimize and perpetuate inequality. The course is comprised of two units. First, we will critically analyze central theoretical traditions in criminology with an emphasis on theories currently shaping research in the field. The second unit will include an examination of contemporary case studies in several substantive areas. Thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth; and alternatives to policing and police reform.
- Grading:
- 35% Paper35% Written Assignments20% Class Presentation10% Class Participation
- Class Format:
- This course is completely asynchronous.Asynchronous Instructional Time and Activities:15 mins Audio recorded lecture reviewing last class material and answering any unansweredquestions from previous class posted on Canvas.40 mins Recorded lecture to frame topic 140 mins Recorded lecture to frame topic 225 mins Audio and/or video and/or textual material pertaining to topic 1 and 230 mins Discussion among students on Canvas answering specific prompts on topics 1 and 2with me moderating the discussion and giving feedback
- Workload:
- 1 PaperReading Reflections1 Class Presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87182/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Profit, Pleasure, Protest: Soc of Digital World (87094)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online CourseTopics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/03/2024 - 07/26/2024Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly Synchronously online at the scheduled day and times. The other weekly Lecture will be shared Asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?kumar238+SOC3090+Summer2024
- Class Description:
- Digital technologies saturate and structure society. From Amazon to TikTok, digital technology has changed how we understand and experience profit, pleasure, and protest. This course will help students think sociologically about how digital technologies shape and get shaped by our economy, culture, and politics. In the last decade, Big Tech has risen to the top of the global economy, amassing economic and political power that not only shapes policy but also influences elections. What are the origins of ‘big tech'? How do they make profits and exercise power? And why do they dominate the global economy? Artificial intelligence technology is used to build products like Chat GPT that write for us, chatbots that answer customers' queries, and robots that wait tables. Automation induced fears of job loss go hand in hand with the creation of new jobs. How does digital technology reorganize labor? How do workers respond to technological changes? Attending to profit and power does not distract from how digital technologies are also a source of pleasure. Whether it is dating apps or social media affirmation, playing video games or losing oneself in a Reddit rabbit hole, how do digital technologies allow us access to pleasure? How do our understandings of pleasure shape how we experience and relate to digital technologies? Finally, digital technologies are both targets of and tools for protest. On the one hand, Amazon warehouse workers and Google employees have organized against poor working conditions and racist algorithms. On the other, social movements from the Arab Spring to the George Floyd Uprising use digital media to organize and document their struggles. While public discourse focuses on technology as either utopic or dystopic, this course will offer students the tools to historicize, critically analyze, and assess the relationship between technology and society.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone curious about the relationship between technology, society, culture, politics, and economy is welcome! SOC 1001 is recommended but not necessary.
- Grading:
- A-F or audit.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams for this class.
- Class Format:
- This class is completely online, with one synchronous class meeting and one asynchronous class each week. Over eight weeks, the class will meet weekly synchronously at the scheduled day and time. This class meeting will include a lecture and discussion based activities.The second weekly class will be take place asynchronously. The asynchronous class meeting will include a lecture, class material to be accessed at students' convenience, and participation in a moderated discussion on Canvas.In total, students can expect 5 contact hours each week.
- Workload:
- Approximately 30-50 pages of reading per week. Readings will be academic and popular writing. Engaging with a variety of media sources (e.g., film, texts, art, music, memes, reels, zines etc.).Participation in discussions in class and online.Mandatory office hours once a semester.Assessment may include weekly reflections, creative projects, short papers, and/or presentations, and will be sprinkled evenly through the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87094/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 February 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (87166)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/03/2024 - 08/09/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological, and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This class is completely online in an Asynchronous format. There is no scheduled days / times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC3102+Summer2024
- Class Description:
This 10-week summer course builds upon SOC 1101, examining the police, courts, corrections, and reentry processes as outcomes and producers of social inequality. Our focus will be upon laws, policies, and practices that shape patterned social processes more broadly, so while the criminal justice system is the chief concern, we will analyze the intersection of crime control and institutions (macro), organizations (meso), and interactions (micro).
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students who performed well in SOC 1101 and who are interested in a deeper understanding of patterns of crime control and subsequent outcomes.
- Learning Objectives:
Students will:
· understand how crime control shapes and is shaped by categorical inequalities
· understand the role of court culture in shaping legal outcomes
· understand the role of jails in shaping patterns of inequality
understand problems, policies, and practices of reentry- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point being one percentage point of the final grade, making it easy for students to calculate their standing at any point during the semester.There are five essays (20pts/ea)--none of which can be longer than two pages double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12pt font.Each essay prompt asks students to critically engage a topic covered during the previous weeks. The essays are meant to be concise, well supported with course content and other peer-reviewed research.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams for this course.
- Class Format:
- This class will meet asynchronously.
- Workload:
- Consistent with the University of Minnesota's Office of Classroom Management for a 10-week, 3-credit course, students 225 minutes of instructional time per week. That time will include asynchronous video lectures, weekly video responses, and module summaries. Additionally, students can expect to spend 450 minutes per week independently reading, thinking, writing, studying, and working on assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87166/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (81971)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/03/2024 - 07/26/2024Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly Synchronously online at the scheduled day and times. The other weekly Lecture will be shared Asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?srema004+SOC3251W+Summer2024
- Class Description:
In this course, we examine the core concepts of race, class, gender, and sexuality (RCGS) as axes of inequality, identity, and experience. Our goal is to understand some of the many and intersecting ways these concepts shape American society and influence each of our own lives and the lives of those around us. The opening weeks of the class are devoted to a detailed examination of each of our core concepts. As sociologists, we operate from the premise that the aspects of RCGS that are the most important and interesting are not rooted in biology or nature, but in society and social interactions. In our study of the ways that RCGS are "socially constructed," we ask what meanings and hierarchies have been attached to each concept by society, and how they shape resource allocation, identity, and experience. In the second half of the course, we move to an analysis of the significance of RCGS in different institutional and interpersonal contexts. These include the labor force, the family, schools, the criminal justice system, and the dynamics of language. We close the class by asking how the U.S. will be shaped by RCGS as we continue through the 21st century, and by evaluating solutions to the problem of social inequality - how social change is possible.- Who Should Take This Class?:
Any student interested in sociological perspectives on race, class, gender, and other forms of identity and inequality, in the US and in other global contexts.- Learning Objectives:
1. To gain an in-depth understanding of the structure of and linkages among systems of social stratification and inequality in American society;
2. To understand the ways that race, class, and gender are socially constructed categories that are maintained and transformed over time through human collective action;
3. To enhance your understanding of the ways that race, class and gender work together to reproduce power and privilege in various domains of contemporary life;
4. To develop a better understanding of the multiple and intersecting ways that these forces shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions;
5. To explore the importance of race, class, and gender in social institutions and in individual experiences, interactions, and identities;
6. To improve your ability to articulate your ideas and arguments in writing and through class discussions.
- Grading:
12% Attendance and Participation
24% Weekly Discussion Posts
24% Weekly Application Questions
40% Scaffolded Final Paper (including proposal, outline, rough draft, peer review, and final draft)
2% Extra Credit
- Exam Format:
There are no exams for this course.- Class Format:
Virtual synchronous lecture, small group activities, and discussion over Zoom (Wednesdays, 5-8:30pm)
Virtual asynchronous lecture videos, other multimedia content, Canvas discussion board posts (about 2.5 hours a week)
- Workload:
Complete required readings and other multimedia material each week (approximate weekly reading load TBA).
Attend and participate in weekly synchronous lectures and discussions over Zoom (Wednesdays, 5-8:30pm).
Write short weekly Canvas discussion posts (lowest grade will be dropped).
Answer short weekly Application Questions, submitted via Canvas (lowest grade will be dropped).
Complete a scaffolded final research paper (6-8 pages), including a proposal, outline, rough draft, peer review, and final draft, submitted via Canvas.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81971/1245
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/srema004_AAS3251W_Summer2024.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (82228)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/13/2024 - 08/16/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This class is completely online in an Asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/time. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?delpx011+SOC3701+Summer2024
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Grading:
- 40% 6 Reading reflections40% Weekly discussion posts20% Final paper
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture50% Discussion
- Workload:
- 6 Reading reflections due every other weekWeekly discussion posts and one response to another student's discussion post8-10 page Final paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82228/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (87181)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/03/2024 - 08/09/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is at the intersection of macro and micro sociology, linking social structures, interpersonal relationships and interactions, attitudes, values and the self-concept. Principles of social psychology are drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. This course covers a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This class is completely online in an Asynchronous format. There is no scheduled days / times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC3721+Summer2024
- Class Description:
- This course provides a broad overview of general social psychological principles, including identities, groups, emotions, and processes of social interaction. Our focus will be on the interactional processes that shape how people understand themselves and others and how those processes build larger patterns of social behavior at the organizational and institutional levels.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student who has met the prerequisites and is interested in identities, emotions, and social behavior.
- Learning Objectives:
Students will:
··understand social exchange as a research program
- Grading:
A 100 - 94
A- 93 - 90
B+ 89 - 87
B 86 - 83
B- 82 - 80
C+ 79 - 77
C 76 - 73
C- 72 - 70
D+ 69 - 67
D 66 - 63
D- 62 - 60
F 59 - 0- Exam Format:
- There are no exams for this course.
- Class Format:
- This class meets asynchronously.
- Workload:
- Consistent with the University of Minnesota's Office of Classroom Management for a 10-week, 3-credit course, students 225 minutes of instructional time per week. That time will include asynchronous video lectures, weekly video responses, and module summaries. Additionally, students can expect to spend 450 minutes per week independently reading, thinking, writing, studying, and working on assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87181/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (86908)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/03/2024 - 08/09/2024Tue 02:30PM - 04:20PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled days and times. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dicke420+SOC3811+Summer2024
- Class Description:
- SOC 3811 - Basic Social Statistics introduces students to a variety of basic statistical concepts and their applications within sociology. This course covers a variety of topics such as descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and the foundations of regression. In addition to covering the mathematical foundations of introductory statistical techniques, this course will teach students how to perform basic analyses using statistical software. Finally, this course will introduce students to how statistics are used in the field of sociology by incorporating in-class examples from the sociological literature and having students work with social science data in the labs.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is open to both sociology and non-sociology majors. There are no formal prerequisites for this course, but students are expected to have a solid understanding of intermediate algebra.
- Learning Objectives:
- During this course, students will:1. Develop a foundational understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics2. Understand the strengths and limitations of statistics as a means of answering questions about the social world3. Use software to conduct basic statistical analyses4. Interpret statistical analyses and effectively communicate quantitative information to others5. Apply critical thinking when interacting with data, analyses, and figures both within and beyond the field of sociology
- Grading:
- Final grades will be determined based on the following:5 lab assignments (6% each/30% total)2 Exams (20% each/40% total)15 problem sets (2% each/30% total)
- Class Format:
- This online course meets over the 10-week summer term. It consists of both synchronous and asynchronous content. The synchronous component consists of:Lectures on Tuesdays from 2:30-4:20Labs on Wednesdays from 1:30-3:15
- Workload:
- The University expects that both students and instructors spend a designated amount of time on a given course each week. This 4-credit course is being taught over 10 weeks, which means that students are expected to spend approximately fifteen hours on class activities each week. Five of these hours are "instructional time" and will consist of attending the synchronous lecture, the synchronous lab, watching pre-recorded videos, and visiting my office hours. The other ten hours are "independent student work time," which will consist of watching tutorial videos, completing problem sets, working on lab assignments, and studying for exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/86908/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 February 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 4133 Section 001: Sociology of Gender, Sex, and Crime (87183)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/03/2024 - 08/09/2024Thu 09:00AM - 12:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Crime and criminal justice is a gendered phenomena. In this seminar course, we will examine the contribution of feminist theoretical work to the field of criminology and to our understanding of how gender prescriptives are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our conceptualizations of both. In so doing, we will critically assess the experiences of women, men and transgender persons in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and defendants. The readings are drawn from a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical works. Students should critically assess both the strengths and limitations of the research. Lecture will be accompanied by class discussion, film segments (as well as legal proceedings), and small group work.Soc 1001 or Soc 1101 recommended; Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly Synchronously online at the scheduled day and times. The other weekly Lecture will be shared Asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4133+Summer2024
- Class Description:
- This course is comprised of both asynchronous and online synchronous class time.Crime and criminal justice are gendered phenomena. In this seminar course, we will examine the contribution of feminist theoretical work to the field of criminology and to our understanding of how gender perspectives are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our conceptualizations of both. In so doing, we will critically assess the experiences of women, men and transgender persons in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and defendants. The readings are drawn from a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical works. Students should critically assess both the strengths and limitations ofthe research.
- Class Format:
- This course is comprised of both asynchronous and online synchronous class time.Online Synchronous: Thursdays 9:00 am - 12:00 am25 mins Lecture to frame topic part 115 mins In class activity among students40 mins Discussion in large group and Q&A with instructor20 minute break25 mins Lecture to frame topic part 215 mins In class activity among students40 mins Discussion in large group and Q&A with instructorAsynchronous Class Time:90 mins Audio/Video recorded segments; Canvas Discussion Boards where students answer specificprompts on the weekly material with instructor moderation and feedback
- Workload:
- 1 PaperWeekly Reading Reflections1 Class Presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87183/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2024
Summer 2024 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Justice Emphasis -- Genocide, Justice, & Memory in Rwanda (86907)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- May Session05/13/2024 - 05/17/2024Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 09:00AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3005/19/2024 - 05/31/2024UMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Preceded by decades of colonization, a genocide unfolded in Rwanda in 1994. During this, 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed within the span of 100 days. This course will first explore the case of Rwanda within a broader theoretical context, discovering the analytical and definitional challenges of classifying an episode of mass violence as genocide. We will also explore the conditions under which the genocide occurred, examining theories about its root causes and the factors that led to the mass mobilization of civilians into killing militias. And finally, we will examine how the crime of genocide has shaped justice, reconciliation, and memory in Rwanda. 5/13 - 5/17: 9 - 11:00 am TC West Bank Campus in-person 5/19-5/31: in Rwanda
- Class Description:
Preceded by decades of colonization, a genocide unfolded in Rwanda in 1994. During which, 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed within the span of 100 days. This course will first explore the case of Rwanda within a broader theoretical context, discovering the analytical and definitional challenges of classifying an episode of mass violence as genocide. We will also explore the conditions under which the genocide occurred, examining theories about its root causes and the factors that led to the mass mobilization of civilians into killing militias. And finally, we will examine how the crime of genocide has shaped justice, reconciliation, and memory in Rwanda.
The first week of this course will take place at the University of Minnesota. We will develop a theoretical and empirical understanding of the causes, course, and consequences of the Rwandan Genocide. This knowledge will prepare us for two weeks in Rwanda. During our time in Rwanda, we will visit sites of memory, allowing us to understand how Rwandans tell their own difficult history. We will also meet with survivors and those who participated in the genocide. These personalized conversations will help us to understand how and why the genocide unfolded in Rwanda, how Rwandans make sense of what happened, and how they practice reconciliation.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is open to all majors and levels.
- Learning Objectives:
This course will explore broad themes of genocide, justice, and memory, using the case of Rwanda to explore related theories. Not only will you develop an in-depth knowledge of the Rwandan Genocide and the nation's path to reconstruction, but you will also develop a sociologically grounded understanding of genocide and collective memory.
By the end of the course, you should be able to address the following questions:
- What is the crime of genocide, and how does it differ from other forms of mass violence?
- How does power operate in naming episodes of violence as "genocide" while others are more "legitimate" forms of war?
- How are victims and perpetrators constructed? What are victim hierarchies?
- How did genocide unfold in Rwanda? Why did some civilians participate?
- What are effective strategies for pursuing justice and reconciliation after genocide?
- What is collective memory? How does it relate to history and identity?
- Why and how are certain parts of history silenced? Is this necessary for peace?- Grading:
- A-F
- Exam Format:
- No Final Exam
- Class Format:
- The first week of this course will take place at the UMN-Twin Cities Monday- Friday from 9am to 11am. The remainder of the course (May 19 - May 31) will be taught in Rwanda largely through experiential learning.
- Workload:
- The majority of course readings and assignments will occur during the first week.
Participation (40%): This is an experiential learning course, and thus, your active participation is integral to the success of the course. You must come to class prepared to discuss the readings, actively listen, and participate in group activities. In Rwanda, you must come to all scheduled activities on time and be ready to ask thoughtful questions and respond to your colleagues.
Group Discussion Leader (10%): You will be asked to present the main findings and ideas from one of the readings. You will then pose one or two discussion questions to the class and facilitate a discussion.
In-Country Reflections (20%): In Rwanda, you will produce two reflections, one on each unit. These handwritten papers will provide a space to reflect on the questions and thoughts that emerged during field visits. Ideally, you will tie these back to course materials and concepts. These reflections will provide important opportunities for you to keep track of the things that may surprise or be puzzling to you, and these reflections will aid in writing your final essay.
Reading Quiz (20%): You will be given a reading quiz at the end of the first week to evaluate your understanding of the course material.
Final Essay (10%): At the conclusion of the course, you will submit a 1500-word final essay. In this essay, you will analyze your experience in Rwanda using course theories and concepts. This essay should critically engage with one of the course objective's questions.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/86907/1245
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/labra032_SOC4190_Summer2024.docx
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 February 2024
Spring 2024 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (51409)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (175 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC1001+Spring2024
- Class Description:
What sets sociology apart from the other social sciences is its diversity of perspectives and areas of inquiry. Any aspect of human activity can be studied sociologically--from individual cognition, to small group dynamics, to institutions and nation states, to vast, globe-spanning systems and structures. What matters most to the sociologist is less a specific area or specialty and more the ability to see the social in the world around us. The goal of this introductory course is to help students find their sociological perspective and understand how human agency both shapes and is shaped by social structures. We will discuss a broad range of topics, including: 1) theory and methods, both classical and contemporary; 2) culture, socialization, and social solidarity; 3) power, conflict, and the intersection of social statuses such as race, class, and gender; and 4) global dynamics, public sociology, and the potential for social change. By the time they complete this course students will ideally be able to apply their sociological imagination to both current events and their everyday lives.
- Grading:
- 10% attendance and participation20% short papers and activities50% weekly quizzes20% final exam
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions
- Class Format:
- In-person lecture and discussion sections
- Workload:
- - approximately 40 pages of reading per week- attendance and participation in lecture and discussion sessions- 2-3 short papers/activities- weekly short quizzes, submitted via Canvas- final exam, including essay question, submitted via Canvas
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51409/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (51412)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (196 of 210 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC1001+Spring2024
- Class Description:
What sets sociology apart from the other social sciences is its diversity of perspectives and areas of inquiry. Any aspect of human activity can be studied sociologically--from individual cognition, to small group dynamics, to institutions and nation states, to vast, globe-spanning systems and structures. What matters most to the sociologist is less a specific area or specialty and more the ability to see the social in the world around us. The goal of this introductory course is to help students find their sociological perspective and understand how human agency both shapes and is shaped by social structures. We will discuss a broad range of topics, including: 1) theory and methods, both classical and contemporary; 2) culture, socialization, and social solidarity; 3) power, conflict, and the intersection of social statuses such as race, class, and gender; and 4) global dynamics, public sociology, and the potential for social change. By the time they complete this course students will ideally be able to apply their sociological imagination to both current events and their everyday lives.
- Grading:
- 10% attendance and participation20% short papers and activities50% weekly quizzes20% final exam
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions
- Class Format:
- In-person lecture and discussion sections
- Workload:
- - approximately 40 pages of reading per week- attendance and participation in lecture and discussion sessions- 2-3 short papers/activities- weekly short quizzes, submitted via Canvas- final exam, including essay question, submitted via Canvas
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51412/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (51415)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (177 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (1001-021) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their "sociological imagination" in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, or life in groups. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make sociological sense of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline-- and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- You should take this class if you want to understand the world around you better! I warn you however that once you develop and put on your sociological "lenses" you'll never be able to take them off!
- Grading:
- 30% Exams (1 midterm & 1 final)
50% Short Writing Assignments (you choose which 5 out of 10 to complete, worth 10% each)
20% Class Participation (grades on discussion board posts and section attendance) - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Section Participation - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages reading per week
2 MC Exams5 Short (3-4 page) writing assignments10 Discussion Posts - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51415/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 May 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (53368)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (67 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Drawing from an interdisciplinary social science perspective, we examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment with a particular focus on how forms of social control institutionalize, legitimize and perpetuate inequality. The course is comprised of two units. First, we will critically analyze central theoretical traditions in criminology with an emphasis on theories currently shaping research in the field. The second unit will include an examination of contemporary case studies in several substantive areas. Thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth; and alternatives to policing and police reform.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53368/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2021
Spring 2024 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Media & Society (67113)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (31 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garbes+SOC3090+Spring2024
- Class Description:
This course provides an introduction to media production, media content, and media reception in the U.S. context, and the role of U.S. media production/consumption in shaping representations in society.
- Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives
· Advanced media literacy: a deep understanding on how to interpret messages from news and entertainment sources, evaluating the validity of their claims, the assumptions that underlie the claims made.
· Identify how the media and social media are constantly involved in a conversation about representations.
· Understand how racism, capitalism, and gender roles intersect in the social construction of stereotypes.
· Think critically about how media shapes our worldviews.
· Explore the major intellectual concerns and political debates that shape sociological approaches to the media.
· Develop a complex way of thinking, writing, and speaking about:
a. the role of media in society
b. how race and racism in the media intersect with other systems of oppression (misogyny, sexism, islamophobia, classism, etc.)
c. how representations are influenced by processes of media production and consumption- Grading:
- This is a discussion heavy topics course which will be graded based off of several assignments through the course of the semester, rather than an exam or final essay.These graded assignments include:- keeping a media diary- engaging in Canvas posts weekly- doing in class exercises- visiting the Weisman Art Museum to demonstrate an understanding of how representation is formed and disrupted
- Exam Format:
- No exam
- Workload:
- 60 pages of reading and one hour of watching/listening to media content per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67113/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (52302)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (86 of 108 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101+Spring2024
- Class Description:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives on the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and the death penalty. We will also explore ongoing efforts to reimagine criminal justice and produce racial justice. Honors students read an extra book and write a memo about it.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will:
1. be able to think critically about law and criminal justice, and
2. have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how criminal legal institutions work, how they reinforce or counter social inequalities, and alternative visions of justice;
3. have the ability to interpret and evaluate your own ideas and experiences related to law, crime, and justice within a broader sociological context.- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
35% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes5% Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
50% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52302/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (54988)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101H+Spring2024
- Class Description:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives on the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and the death penalty. We will also explore ongoing efforts to reimagine criminal justice and produce racial justice. Honors students read an extra book and write a memo about it.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will:
1. be able to think critically about law and criminal justice, and
2. have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how criminal legal institutions work, how they reinforce or counter social inequalities, and alternative visions of justice;
3. have the ability to interpret and evaluate your own ideas and experiences related to law, crime, and justice within a broader sociological context.- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
35% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes5% Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
50% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54988/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (52303)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC3102+Spring2024
- Class Description:
This course concerns the social and legal origins of crime control. Students will critically examine criminal justice systems from three interrelated themes: status, criminalization, and social control. Specifically, students will respond to the following questions: What role does social status play in our criminal justice system? Who and what gets criminalized and how does this relate to status? How are social controls stratified across the U.S., and how do they relate to status?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students who performed well in SOC 1101 and who are interested in a deeper understanding of patterns of crime control and subsequent outcomes.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) critically examine policing, court, and penal practices that lead to patterned outcomes by race, class, and gender; (2) locate current criminal justice trends and practices within a larger historical perspective
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point being one percentage point of the final grade, making it easy for students to calculate their standing at any point during the semester.There are five essays (20pts/ea)--none of which can be longer than two pages double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12pt font.Each essay prompt asks students to critically engage a topic covered during the previous weeks. The essays are meant to be concise, well supported with course content and other peer-reviewed research.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams for this course.
- Class Format:
- Class meetings are part lecture and part discussion of course material.The lectures will marry abstract theories and concepts with practical applications to show how social theory works in real life.Periodically, we meet specifically to discuss a practical matter--usually a contemporary one--that is occurring in our criminal justice system.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 90 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52303/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2021
Spring 2024 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (67072)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (38 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Why does inequality exist? How does it work? These are the essential questions examined in this class. Topics range from welfare and poverty to the role of race and gender in getting ahead. We will pay particular attention to social inequities - why some people live longer and happier lives while others are burdened by worry, poverty, and ill health. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3201+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course examines the basic concepts and theories sociologists use to describe and explain social stratification and inequality. The textbook for the class is Social Stratification and Inequality. Lectures will focus on the contents of selected chapters that all students are required to read. There are twelve short, in-class quizzes (50% of final grade), and each of which has five simple questions about the contents of the chapter lectured in the week prior to the quiz. Ten best of the quizzes are recorded, or students may miss any two quizzes. For a term-paper study project (50% of the final grade), each student is required to conduct interviews of two families about their relative standings in the American stratification system. For this term project, students are requested to submit (1) a study outline of 1-2 pages (5% of final grade), which describes the plan of the study about which families to be studied, how to conduct the interviews/observations, and what to be focused in these interviews/observations; and (2) the written term paper (10 pages, 40% of final grade), which reports and analyzes the results of interviews/observations. NO final exam.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major or undergraduate student needing a sociology/social science course to fulfill the degree requirement.
- Learning Objectives:
- To obtain a sociological understanding of stratification and inequalities in the United States in a global perspective.
- Grading:
- 05%, Class attendance.50%, Best ten out of the 12 quizzes.05%, Study outline of 2 double-space pages.40%, Term paper of 10 double-space pages.
- Exam Format:
- No exam. But each quiz is one page of 5 T/F, multiple-choice, and short-answer questions.
- Class Format:
- 95% Lecture
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
2 Pages for a study outline - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67072/1243
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Spring2024.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 3207 Section 001: Global Islamophobia (54989)
- Instructor(s)
- Nada Mohamed (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3407 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon 05:30PM - 08:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (10 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Throughout the world, anti-Muslim activists and politicians have been increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam. And, international organizations have reported human rights violations against Muslims worldwide. Recently, in the United States, there have been calls to ban Muslims, as well as register American Muslims. In France, Muslim women are prohibited to wear a headscarf in high school. And in Myanmar, a genocide against Muslim minorities is currently underway. While anti-Islamic discourses have a long history in many societies worldwide (including Muslim-majority countries), the course seeks to explore the global rise of these discourses since September 11, 2001. The course examines the cultural, political, and historical origins of Islamophobic discourses that cast Muslims as "violent," "hateful," and "uncivilized." Class sessions will include some lecture but will be largely discussion based. Assignments will ask students to think and write critically about course concepts, debate and participate in simulation exercises, and reflect on personal thoughts and feelings about course content.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC3207+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- Throughout the world, anti-Muslim activists and politicians have been been increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam. And, international organizations have reported human rights violations against Muslims worldwide. Recently, in the United States, there have been calls to ban Muslims, as well as register American Muslims. In France, Muslim women are prohibited to wear a headscarf in high school​.​​And in Myanmar, a genocide against Muslim minorities is currently underway. While anti-Islamic discourses have a long history in many societies worldwide​ (including Muslim-majority countries)​, the courseseeks to explore the global rise of these discourses since September 11, 2001. The course examines the cultural, political, and historical origins of Islamophobic discourses that cast Muslims as "violent," "hateful," and "uncivilized."​​The course exploresMuslim minorities in Western societies​​​​as a case study of how a minority group comes into formation and becomes adversely targeted.​Thecourse examines how discrimination is not a simple straight-forward act, but occurs alongside​imagesof a despicable and threatening "other​" in our midst.​One goal of the course is to understand the pernicious yet complex ways in which discrimination is justified and normalized in society. Students will write a human rights strategy memo contemplating ways to limit or eliminate discrimination and - at the end of the course - students will participate in a simulation of the United Nations Security Council.
- Learning Objectives:
- Identify (and define) Islamophobia.Analyze the multiple human rights challenges resulting from Islamophobia.Devise strategies to address the challenge of Islamophobia.
- Grading:
- 30% Participation (includes attendance, individual in-class discussion of readings, and general participation)20% Debate (Simulation) (4-7 minute speech)20% Strategy Memo (class discussion of memo ideas, the sharing of comments, and grading based on honor).30% Simulation of the United Nations Security Council
*This grading scheme is not final, as the instructor intends to consult with students in the beginning of the course. - Exam Format:
- There are NO exams in this course.
- Class Format:
- The course is discussion-based. It includes lectures, activities, and in-class discussion.
There are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas. - Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading per Week (excluding the last two weeks, considering the simulation and the final week wrap-up)1 Debate1 Strategy Memo1 United Nations Security Council Simulation1 Commentary based on a guest lecture1 Reflections Essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54989/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 January 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (53520)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (33 of 36 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?joh07820+SOC3211W+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- In mainstream American culture, race and racism both have a taken-for-granted nature. Race is a "natural" category a person belongs to as bestowed by their parents. Racism is deliberate bigotry or discrimination against certain racial groups perpetuated due to ignorance, selfishness, or other moral depravities.
Sociologists, however, conceptualize both race and racism differently. They understand race and racism to be social processes, things that must continually be accomplished and enforced by social agents who often are neither especially ignorant nor popularly considered to be morally compromised. Investigating how race and racism are accomplished, and how such processes are deeply embedded into the mundane features of American life, will be the goal of this class.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
Any students able to register for the class with an interest in understanding how race and racism function sociologically are welcome in the class
- Learning Objectives:
Students will work on the following skills:
1.) Learn how to read and analyze academic texts
2.) Learn how to collaborate and learn in non-lecture educational settings
3.) Learn how to take ownership of scholarly ideas and apply them to personal contexts of interest
4.) Learn how to develop and refine an original topic of the student's choosing in an academic paper.
- Grading:
- Students' grades will be based on a mixture of short answer/essay-based quizzes, participation and attendance in class sessions, and a series of assignments concerning the planning, drafting, and submission of a final term paper.
- Exam Format:
- There will be 2-3 quizzes in the course, each taken with some access to notes. The final exam will be a term paper.
- Class Format:
Class will be a mix of lecture and class discussion, with at least 50 percent of class time featuring class discussion.
- Workload:
Students should expect to dedicate 3-4 hours a week outside of class time doing academic readings and preparing class assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53520/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3221 Section 001: Sociology of Gender (65284)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (48 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Gender is something so fundamental to our lives, to our identities, and how we interact with others that we often take it for granted. However, understandings of gender vary across time and place, and even within cultures, making it clear that our understandings of gender are not universal or timeless. In this class, we will examine how gender intersects with race and sexuality, as well as how it impacts areas of our lives such as child socialization, family structure, the media, intimate relationships, and the workplace prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3221+Spring2024
- Class Description:
This course examines gender through an interdisciplinary perspective. We will explore how we all ‘do gender' and how this performance varies across time and space. The course draws from literature on the United States as well as from transnational perspectives to critically study the gendered patterns produced by institutions in our society. These patterns reveal how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, nation, class, religion and sexuality in complex ways. We will also engage with academic literature examining how gender shapes our lives throughout the life course including child socialization, family structure, the media, intimate relationships, and the workplace.
- Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate a good understanding of feminist sociological theories on gender in society.
Recognize and compare local and global perspectives on gender constructions through sociological theories.
Understand how gender intersects and is closely linked with various power hierarchies in society such as race, class, sexuality.
- Grading:
- 19%-Attendance, participation, presentations.60%-Two exams over the course of the semester.21%-.7 brief written reflections on the weekly readings
- Exam Format:
- Two exams over the course of the semester. These exams will include short answer as well as essay-type questions.
- Class Format:
- Lectures, videos, group discussions and student-led presentations
- Workload:
- about 50-60 pages of reading per weekTwo books required (you are welcome to buy used editions of these books which are easily available from online vendors. Any of the editions of these works will be acceptable.Both books are available electronically from our library
- De Beauvoir, Simone. . Knopf, 2010.
- Collins, Patricia Hill. Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment. Routledge, 2002.
- https://primo.lib.umn.edu/permalink/01UMN_INST/1mqhnoa/alma9975784193901701
- De Beauvoir, Simone. . Knopf, 2010.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65284/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (53006)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (28 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3251W+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing! Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your OWN life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of OTHERS. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the Social Construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings, such as the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and collective approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
60% Formal Papers (3, worth 20% each)
15% Informal Papers (3, worth 5% each)
25% Class Participation (attendance + engagement)
- Exam Format:
- none
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- ~40 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Papers (8-10 pages each)3 Reflection Papers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53006/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3446 Section 001: Comparing Healthcare Systems (65291)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examination of national health systems from an international comparative perspective, emphasizing social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical dimensions of healthcare policies and programs to deliver services and their impacts on the health of population groups. The comparative approach will enable students to acquire a better understanding of the problems and potential for reforming and improving US healthcare delivery. Pre-req: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3446+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- Examination of national health systems from an international comparative perspective, emphasizing social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical dimensions of healthcare policies and programs to deliver services and their impacts on the health of population groups. The comparative approach will enable students to acquire a better understanding of the problems and potential for reforming and improving US healthcare delivery.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students in liberal arts, health sciences, business, and related fields who are interested in learning about careers in healthcare, research on interorganizational systems, or public policy making.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course enables student to develop skills in understanding different sides of controversial issues, to improve their critical reasoning abilities, and to acquire ethical standards for participating in society as thoughtful, well informed, and engaged citizens. Students who successfully complete the course will be able to read, interpret, and understand information and analyses of international healthcare systems. Students will ponder ethical issues of privacy, efficiency, and equity in healthcare systems. They will enhance their abilities to communicate effectively by developing analyses and arguments both orally and in writing. Not least, the course lays a foundation for life-long learning about healthcare and searching for productive strategies to use in their personal and professional lives. The numerous objectives of this course are highly relevant for subsequent careers in a variety of healthcare fields, including management, administration, finance, planning, and policy making. Key learning objectives include:
- Analyze the historical development, organization, financing, and delivery of public and private health services in comparative international healthcare systems.
- Identify key components in theories explaining healthcare organizations, professions, and delivery systems of diverse nations.
- Understand differences in national responses to the 2020-21 global covid-19 pandemic.
- Demonstrate understanding of the impacts of social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical factors on international healthcare systems.
- Critically analyze healthcare system programs and organizations by using international case studies in shorter writing assignments.
- Produce a broader analysis comparing international healthcare systems in a longer course
- Grading:
Three shorter writing assignments (20% each), one course paper (40%).
- Exam Format:
- This course has no examinations!
- Class Format:
- Classes meet twice a week for 75 minutes are conducted in lecture, discussion, small group activity, and video format. Class meetings consist of four types of activities: (1) an overview of the main aspects of a topic, in formal presentations by the instructor and occasional guest speakers; (2) open discussions among all participants of key issues, applications to empirical research, and potential directions for future developments; and (3) small group exercises such as debates and role-playing activities; and (4) short video clips on healthcare practices and policies.
- Workload:
30-50 Power Point slides, two articles to read each week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65291/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities & Social Change (55037)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (42 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The core themes of this class will provide an essential toolkit for approaching broad questions about social justice, culture, work, housing and service provision on multiple levels and across the globe. This course will have units on economic development, inequality, the interaction between design and human action, inclusive and exclusive cultural formations, crime and cultures of fear, social control and surveillance. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC3451W+Spring2024
- Class Description:
Who you are is in many ways where you are. Our friendships and romantic lives, our work opportunities and political engagement, and our sense of self and relationship to society are inextricably connected to the type of community in which we live. In this course we will attend to the sociology of place, focusing specifically on cities and communities. We will examine how cities relate to many core fields of sociology: inequality, race and ethnicity, self and identity, deviance and social control, work and occupations, immigration, globalization, and social networks, for example. We will consider differences between communities, such as the rural-urban divide, and we will consider differences within cities, including segregation, neighborhood effects, and the history of urbanization. We will engage with foundational sociological theories of urbanization and contemporary empirical studies. By the end of this course, you will have developed a critical understanding of the role that cities and communities play in maintaining social order and enabling social change.
You will understand and differentiate main theories of urban sociology:
·Evaluate claims made about cities, and interpret society through the concept of place
·Design effective arguments targeted to different audiences
·Appraise peer drafts and provide constructive, positive feedback
·Revise paper drafts in response to feedback
- Class Format:
- A mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-70 pages reading per week. Because this is a writing intensive course, a substantial portion of the final grade will be based on writing. You will receive substantial feedback on writing assignments and be expected to revise your written work in response.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55037/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (54399)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (59 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cueto006+SOC3613W+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- Cheeseburgers, fair trade dark chocolate, organic produce, Impossible Burgers. These foods mean different things for different people. They also raise important questions about our relationship to food: Where are the ingredients grown and who picks them? Where are they sold? Who prepares these dishes? Who enjoys the final product? While relatively overlooked by sociologists until recent decades, food is a central facet of social life and offers a rich snapshot of the social relations that shape our world. This course addresses two key goals. First, we examine food as a site where meanings, culture, and social relations are shaped. While many of us find nourishment, comfort, and meaning in food, it is also central to foreign conflict and entrenched inequalities domestically. Second, we will examine the various actors, institutions, and political dynamics shaping how, what, and why we eat. By examining academic, articles, popular readings, films, podcasts, and songs, this course offers a multifaceted portrait of central concerns of food: hunger, obesity, trade agreements, community gardens, and meal replacements. The course concludes by offering an overview of alternative food systems and movements that emphasize the role of the environment in food production/consumption.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in food, culture, politics, cities, and the environment. This is also a writing-intensive course, so students interested in developing writing skills are encouraged to register.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation30% Reading responses5% Short paper15% Autoethnography assignment30% Final paper
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Online/Hybrid; lecture & discussion-based
- Workload:
- 40-90 pages of reading per week
9-12 pages of writing across the semester (reading reflections, one short essay, ethnography activity report, policy memo) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54399/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 February 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (51427)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors until 12/20/23. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?caffr017+SOC3701+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Du Bois to contemporary perspectives such as feminism, CRT, and indigenous perspectives. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of social relations. Some of the topics and questions explored will include: Capitalism, neoliberalism, race, and gender; What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in using theoretical concepts to understand society and the construction of social reality.
- Learning Objectives:
- In addition to engaging with main theorists and perspectives in the social sciences, students are encouraged to interrogate their own assumptions and to think creatively and critically about contemporary society.
- Grading:
- Class participation: 10%Quizzes: 30%Test: 30%Class presentation: 30%
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes and exam: multiple choice and short answer. Final class presentation.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51427/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (53519)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (71 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garbes+SOC3701+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of foundational theoretical frameworks that sociologists use to explain structure, agency, change, and the social self. For each foundational theory, we will review how the theory developed, how it has been extended or amended in the contemporary context, and the ways that these theories can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior and social systems.Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Grading:
- Students will be graded via- weekly canvas posts- in class activities- two essays throughout the course of the semester.
- Exam Format:
- There will be two essays throughout the semester, no final exam
- Workload:
- 80 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53519/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (55075)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55075/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2024 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (51421)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (150 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (3801-01) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and other social scientists hoping to understand how sociological research is created and what questions we might ask of each study to better understand it's strengths and weaknesses.
- Grading:
- 10% Worksheets and other assignments based on lectures15% Worksheets and other assignments based on podcasts30% Unit quizzes30% Two brief papers analyzing the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (as described in the readings)
15% Worksheets based on readings - Exam Format:
- The unit quizzes are multiple choice and short answer. There are no exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures are asynchronous and available on Canvas, or you can come to the classroom and hear them live. Classroom time also includes guest speakers.Podcasts are from Give Methods a Chance -- listen to podcast, read accompanying book, answer accompanying questions, contribute to discussions.Class is divided into nine units and each unit has a short quiz.Deeper understanding and analysis are required to analyze the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (papers are about the assigned journal article reading material only)
Worksheets based on the assigned journal articles, assessing basic understanding, in preparation for the papers. - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week20-40 minutes of podcast listening per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
5-10 brief quizzes
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readingsStudents have options for how to earn points. There are more points available than are necessary for an "A". The only required assignments are the two papers. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51421/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (51391)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (120 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3811+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course that emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- 75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- 10 problems applying statistical formulas to numerical data using a hand calculator
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51391/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Social Statistics (65304)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 260
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major.
- Learning Objectives:
- See full description under Class Description. Briefly, this is a requirement for a sociology major. You will learn basic quantitative analytic skills useful for senior thesis and a future research job.
- Grading:
- 10% Class attendance50% Problem solving assignments40% Midterm exam !05% End of course extra credit
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10 pages per week reading (textbook and lecture notes)10 out of 12 assignments and weekly problem solving labs2 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65304/1243
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 September 2020
Spring 2024 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (54996)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54996/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (54997)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (58 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54997/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4113 Section 001: Sociology of Violence: Bedrooms, Backyards, and Bars (55008)
- Instructor(s)
- John Purnell (TA)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course looks at violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas, bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. Students will wrestle with definitions of violence and the circumstances in which behavior is or isn't categorized as violent. A major theme will be how violence operates as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Subtopics intersecting violence include cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment. Soc Majors and Minors must register A/F. Pre-req of Soc 1001, Soc 1101, 3101 or 3102 is recommended.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC4113+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- In this course, we will examine violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas - bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. You will interrogate definitions and theoretical perspectives of violence. Our principal concern is with violence as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Intersecting subtopics include: cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student interested sociological perspectives on violence.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Critically discuss perspectives on violence
- 2. Differentiate types of violence
- 3. Critically discuss social motives associated with violent behaviors and events
- Grading:
A 100 - 94
A- 93 - 90
B+ 89 - 87
B 86 - 83
B- 82 - 80
C+ 79 - 77
C 76 - 73
C- 72 - 70
D+ 69 - 67
D 66 - 63
D- 62 - 60
F 59 - 0
- Exam Format:
- There will be a series of short answer essays.
- Class Format:
- Lectures
- Workload:
- The course will meet twice a week. Articles will be provided via the course Canvas page. Much of the practical content will be digital.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55008/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 4125 Section 001: Policing America (65325)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we focus on using a social science lens to understand policing dynamics and how policing shapes social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which race, class, and gender inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. Throughout the course, we will draw on contemporary media stories, podcast, documentaries, and guest visitors to connect scholarship with the world around us. prereq: 3101 or 3102 recommended or instr consent, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lipsc072+SOC4125+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and historic calls to #DefundThePolice, it is clear that U.S. policing is in a moment of crisis. This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we will focus on using a social science lens to understand what policing is and how it influences social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which race and class inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. The course material will cover different aspects of policing each week, including the historical origins of the police; race, class, and gender inequities; and contemporary efforts to reform, transform, and abolish the police. We will also spend time looking at schools, police, and school discipline. Throughout the course, we will draw on contemporary media stories, podcasts, documentaries, and guest visitors to connect scholarship with the world around us.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Grading:
- 1. Reflection Memos (20% x 3 = 60%)2. Final Project and Presentation (20%)3. Particiption (20%)
- Class Format:
- In person lecture, large and small group discussions.
- Workload:
- 50-100 pages reading per week (+ videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65325/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4135 Section 001: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (65327)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Meets With:
- SOC 4135H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (44 of 53 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course deals with diverse types of white-collar crime (high status, occupational, organizational crimes), their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will read some of the outstanding literature on these issues and explore well-known cases in depth. There will be lectures and discussion in the classroom. We will explore what white-collar crime teaches us about the nature and explanation of crime and about the nature of criminal justice and other government social control. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent]; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4135+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course deals with different types of white-collar crime (sometimes referred to as "crimes of the powerful") and their control. We will learn from outstanding literature, videos, and guest speakers and explore cases in depth. The course is divided into two parts. Part I. distinguishes different types of white-collar crime (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, conflict of interest, and corruption). We also learn about differences between upper class, occupational, and organizational crimes in private and government sectors. We explore their causation and the damage they cause. We compare white-collar crime with street crime. Do we need special theories to explain white-collar crime? We also take a look at parallels between corporate crime and the involvement of white-collar workers in state organized crimes such as genocide. Part II. deals with the perception, legislation, and control of white-collar crime. How does the public view white-collar crime? What are the chances that legislatures will take steps against white-collar offending? Under what conditions are they likely to criminalize behavior of powerful and prestigious actors? We then follow the criminal justice process, based on a collection of articles and on concrete cases. We look at police and prosecution, the role of defense attorneys, the sentencing decisions of judges, and the way defendants experience the response of the criminal justice system. We finally learn about innovative and alternative strategies and responses to white-collar crime. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with a special interest in issues of crime and responses to crime, also in the political processes that result in the definition of actions as crimes (or not). This applies to all sociology students, especially--but not only--those with an LCD specialization.
- Learning Objectives:
- Appreciate the role of "organizations as weapons in crime." Appreciate the role of power in processes that result in the definition of actions as crime. Understand the regulatory state and the role criminal law (and related control mechanisms) plays in its context.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exams
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations --------
In addition, for honors credit, a 10-page paper of high quality - Exam Format:
- Combination of multiple choice and short-answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Midterm plus one final exam
2 Paper(s) ---- plus honors credit paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65327/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4135H Section 001: Honors: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (65328)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4135 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (1 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course deals with diverse types of white-collar crime (high status, occupational, organizational crimes), their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will read some of the outstanding literature on these issues and explore well-known cases in depth. There will be lectures and discussion in the classroom. We will explore what white-collar crime teaches us about the nature and explanation of crime and about the nature of criminal justice and other government social control. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: Honors, [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent]
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4135H+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course deals with different types of white-collar crime (sometimes referred to as "crimes of the powerful") and their control. We will learn from outstanding literature, videos, and guest speakers and explore cases in depth. The course is divided into two parts. Part I. distinguishes different types of white-collar crime (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, conflict of interest, and corruption). We also learn about differences between upper class, occupational, and organizational crimes in private and government sectors. We explore their causation and the damage they cause. We compare white-collar crime with street crime. Do we need special theories to explain white-collar crime? We also take a look at parallels between corporate crime and the involvement of white-collar workers in state organized crimes such as genocide. Part II. deals with the perception, legislation, and control of white-collar crime. How does the public view white-collar crime? What are the chances that legislatures will take steps against white-collar offending? Under what conditions are they likely to criminalize behavior of powerful and prestigious actors? We then follow the criminal justice process, based on a collection of articles and on concrete cases. We look at police and prosecution, the role of defense attorneys, the sentencing decisions of judges, and the way defendants experience the response of the criminal justice system. We finally learn about innovative and alternative strategies and responses to white-collar crime. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with a special interest in issues of crime and responses to crime, also in the political processes that result in the definition of actions as crimes (or not). This applies to all sociology students, especially--but not only--those with an LCD specialization.
- Learning Objectives:
- Appreciate the role of "organizations as weapons in crime." Appreciate the role of power in processes that result in the definition of actions as crime. Understand the regulatory state and the role criminal law (and related control mechanisms) plays in its context.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exams
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations --------
In addition, for honors credit, a 10-page paper of high quality - Exam Format:
- Combination of multiple choice and short-answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Midterm plus one final exam
2 Paper(s) ---- plus honors credit paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65328/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4147 Section 001: Sociology of Mental Health & Illness (65426)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (76 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to give you an overview of the ways a sociological perspective informs our understanding of mental health and illness. While sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and others all deal with issues of mental illness, they often approach the topic in very different ways. In general, a sociological perspective tends to focus on aspects of the social environment that we often ignore, neglect, or take for granted. It calls attention to how society or groups are organized, who benefits or is hurt by the way things are organized, and what beliefs shape our behaviors. In viewing mental illness, sociologists have primarily challenged dominant views of mental illness, examined how social relationships play a role in mental illness, questioned the goals and implications of mental health policy and researched how mental health services are organized and provided. prereq: Soc 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mill8570+SOC4147+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to give you an overview of the ways a sociological perspective informs our understanding of mental health and illness. While sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and others all deal with issues of mental illness, they often approach the topic in very different ways. In general, a sociological perspective tends to focus on aspects of the social environment that we often ignore, neglect, or take for granted. It calls attention to how society or groups are organized, who benefits or is hurt by the way things are organized, and what beliefs shape our behaviors. In viewing mental illness, sociologists have primarily challenged dominant views of mental illness, examined how social relationships play a role in mental illness, questioned the goals and implications of mental health policy and researched how mental health services are organized and provided.
- Learning Objectives:
- • To understand the sociological imagination and learn how to use this concept to analyzevarious social issues.• To understand the interplay of biological, medical, and social factors in defining and treating mental illness.• To understand the interaction between structure and agency in shaping individual andgroup experiences of mental health and illness.• To understand how social inequality and social power influence experiences of mental health and illness.• To gain an overview of many different issues involved in mental health and illness and the way it is defined and treated in society.
• To develop and improve the presentation of ideas through reading and writing skills. - Grading:
- A-F or Audit
- Exam Format:
- 2 exams, 2 short papers, 1 final paper, bi-weekly reading annotations, weekly in-class assignments.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30-75 pages of reading a week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65426/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (65330)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (55 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mesposit+SOC4246+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- Improving the health of the U.S. population and reducing disparities therein are national priorities. To reach these goals, social scientists have sought to identify the various factors that influence a person's health status, beyond medical-care quality and access. This course explores this broad area of study, termed the "social determinants of health" -- placing special emphasis on how the uneven distribution of health risks and privileges contribute to the production of health disparities in the United States today.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the course, students will be able to:1. Articulate sociology's unique contributions to health research.2. Explain how multiple social determinants of health (e.g., socioeconomic resources; neighborhoods; state violence) come to have real, material implications for individuals' well-being.3. Summarize how the unequal distribution of social determinants help to explain persistent, racial and class health inequities in the U.S.4. Conceptualize potential social interventions for reducing population health disparities.
5. Effectively summarize and communicate complex sociological ideas about health for a broad and diverse audience. - Grading:
- (1) Participation and Attendance: 15%(2) Weekly Reading Responses: 25%(3) Discussion Facilitation: 25%(4) Final Writing Assignment: 25%
- Exam Format:
- The final will be a written assignment, to be completed at home. More details will be provided upon the start of class.
- Class Format:
- Our course will meet twice each week. The class will be taught through lectures and an active learning approach, centered around dynamic in-class discussions. Your participation -- i.e., reading the materials before class and active engagement during discussions -- is essential for both the success of the course on the whole and your own individual learning
- Workload:
- 75-125 pages of reading each week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65330/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4321 Section 001: Globalize This! Understanding Globalization through Sociology (67063)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4221 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- From the city streets of Bangalore to the high plateaus of La Paz to the trading floors of New York City, people from around the world are becoming increasingly interdependent, creating new and revitalizing old forms of power and opportunity, exploitation and politics, social organizing and social justice. This course offers an overview of the processes that are forcing and encouraging people's lives to intertwine economically, politically, and culturally. SOC majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format at the posted day/time. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4321+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- From the factories of Shenzhen to the high plateaus of La Paz to the trading floors of New York City, people from around the world are becoming increasingly interdependent -- in part because they work for the same global corporations or because they join hands in support of similar calls for social change. This course offers an overview of the processes forcing and encouraging people's lives to intertwine economically, politically, and culturally. We will explore the idea that this latest era of globalization is marked by dramatic transformations in the ways we work, do politics, play, and communicate. We will learn about the fast-moving world of Wall Street and the gig/platform economy as well as new approaches to reversing climate change and social inequalities. We will discuss creative projects for social and ecological change coming from communities in places like Senegal, the U.S., Mexico, Spain, and India. Throughout, this course will use texts, films, lecture, discussion, and student research and debate to help us become fluent in diverse world-views, ideas, and projects that bring people together to organize for social change despite authoritarian politics, social divisions, and geographic borders. Please note this is an online synchronous course offering.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on short papers, small research projects, presentations and discussion, and regular attendance
- Exam Format:
- no exams
- Class Format:
- This is an online synchronous course, so we will take advantage of breakout rooms and alternative pedagogical approaches to enhance the online experience.30% Lecture70% participation, discussion, small group work
- Workload:
- ~50-60 Pages Reading Per Week
~15 Pages Writing in total: two one-page assignments, two three-page papers, one seven-page paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67063/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (51585)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (51 of 51 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC4966W+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience, which will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your Sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper.
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions most closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) Service Learning Report: This option will involve writing a sociological report based on community service learning with a local community organization of your choice. This paper will be based on a minimum of 20 hours of community service work completed during the course of the semester. The Community Service Learning Center will help you find a place, or if you're already volunteering they will help you formalize this so you can write on it.
Or alternatively, instead of writing a report based upon the service experience, the final product will involve working on, and writing about, an actual research on an area of great interest to you and your future plans (profession you hope to enter, discipline you hope to pursue in graduate school etc). This paper will be combined with your personal statement and a resume that forms the core of your job search portfolio of self-presentation.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Visiting Speakers
50% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51585/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Capstone Experience: Seminar (53435)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (51 of 51 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4966W+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course will guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. The class will structure your work as you select your topic, write a draft, and polish your paper. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will also help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and career choices, developing resumes, and getting ready for job interviews. Presentations and discussions by students are organized in class to help them learn from each other. This is a writing intensive class with a total of six writing assignments. The class is organized into three parts.Part One (weeks 1-3) is a recap of sociological knowledge. What is sociology? What are the key elements of a sociological analysis? What are career choices for a sociology major? These three questions are focused in lectures and in-class discussions. The last lecture is a description of three options from which each student chooses for his/her senior project paper.Part Two (weeks 4-6) is focused on expectations and requirements of your major project. This project should be the capstone expression of your "sociological imagination." It should show the knowledge, skills, and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. Examples of each of the three different kinds of a major project paper are discussed in lectures.Part Three (weeks 7-14) is designed for the development and finalization of your senior project paper. Each student is required to schedule individual meetings with your chosen Instructor to discuss the issues and challenges that the students encounter during their work progress toward the completion of the senior project paper.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major in the senior year.
- Learning Objectives:
- To complete senior project paper, a requirement for graduation.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lectures20% Writing exercises50% Community engagement and major project paper
- Workload:
- Less than 20 Pages Reading Per Week, Four writing exercises (1-5 pages) and One major project paper (12-18 pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53435/1243
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2024.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Honors Capstone Experience: Proseminar II (51587)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Pol 4977V, honors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Wed 01:30PM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 609
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (16 of 16 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociologys approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. The ultimate recommendation for level of latin honors is made by the committee at the time of the thesis defense. In addition to the Honors thesis requirements, the recommendation for summa-level honors is reserved for the papers that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented; - Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a panel presentation at the spring Sociological Research Institute (SRI). The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major & department consent
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for SOC majors, Jr. or Sr. Honors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC4978V+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociology's approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. Summa-level theses are those that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented; - Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a Sociology Department sponsored panel presentation in the Spring. The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major & department consent
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51587/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 December 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (52147)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 9 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 9 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8001+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course should help graduate students in their transition from the first part of graduate studies to the second and much more independent part, driven by your own work. Supplementing the work you will be doing with your advisors (and eventually committee members), this course will provide additional assistance with the production of reading lists and prelims. This structure is flexible, however, and we will adjust based on the needs of the group. We do not have papers, readings or formal graded assignments. The main goal of the course is to provide a structure for what you need to get done, and to encourage peer-review and discussion of work in progress. In addition to practical matters of working toward prelim papers, topics may include: library search strategies; teaching; planning for the prospectus; grant proposals; journal submissions; and IRB applications.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Third year graduate students in Sociology (possibly 2nd year, especially if entered the program with an MA in hand).
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn and exchange ideas about strategies of moving toward prelim writing, possibly prospectus work and beyond.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors, e.g., a librarian, faculty, more advanced students in the ABD stage (or recent graduates, looking back).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52147/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (53168)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 225
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 6 seats reserved for Sociology grad students until Jan. 2, 2024. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8011+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course is aimed at graduate students preparing to become teachers at the college level. We begin by working to understand the social/political context of teaching, including topics such as ethics, multiculturalism, and academic freedom. Students also learn practical teaching skills to be used when lecturing or leading discussions. Active learning strategies are emphasized as effective tools for engaging a wide variety of adult learners. A major part of the course is the independent development of a course syllabus and related lesson plans and exercises.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology graduate students
- Learning Objectives:
- Develop a sociological understanding of university classrooms Plan a course to teach in the future, including syllabus, assignments, rubrics, and teaching philosophyLearn student-centered teaching methods and backward course design for effective day to day life in the classroomCommunicate some aspect of this learning to the broader UM sociology community at SRI
- Grading:
- To earn an "A" in this course, you must have no more than one unexcused absence; actively partipate during our class sessions, including co-facilitating the discussion twice; turn in all assignments fully complete and on-time; provide thoughtful reviewer comments on your partner's work on time and every time; and your work must show effort and growth. Poor performance on any of these will cause your grade to be lower. You are at risk of failing this course if you have three unexcused absences or do not turn in a major assignment. I will not give an Incomplete except when required by university policy.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on in-class discussion of readings, collaborative preparation of materials such as a teaching statement and syllabus, as well as engagement with guest speakers from around the university.
- Workload:
- Over the semester, you will hone your CV, create a teaching statement, develop a syllabus for a future class, and write the guidelines and grading rubric for a major assignment for that class. Multiple drafts of each of these will be due at various times during the semester. You will also provide written feedback to other students on their drafts. We also work as a class to create an interesting and meaningful session at the department's SRI conference.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53168/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (65332)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 915
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Spring2024 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2024
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65332/1243
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Spring 2024 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Sociology of Punishment (65336)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems.
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC8190+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This seminar is an intensive exploration of the Sociology of Punishment, which David Garland (1990: 10) defines as "that body of thought which explores the relations between punishment and society, its purpose being to understand legal punishment as a social phenomenon and thus trace its role in social life." The course focuses on the following questions, which are at the heart of the Sociology of Punishment: What are the purposes of criminal punishment? What determines the scope and character of criminal punishment? What is the relationship between criminal punishment and culture? What is the relationship between contemporary criminal punishment and social inequality and divisions? Why has imprisonment become the predominant mode of punishment in the United States and other industrial democracies? How do imprisonment and other forms of institutionalization affect prisoners and ex-prisoners? We will have fun.
- Grading:
- Class discussions, reading memos, final paper.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
70% Discussion
10% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65336/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 8731 Section 001: Sociology of Knowledge (65350)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Knowledge and related terms (ideology, stereotype, prejudice, belief, truth). Variation of knowledge across social groups/categories (e.g., gender, race, class, generation, nationality); institutions (e.g., politics, law, science); and societies across time and space. Power, rituals, institution, networks, and knowledge. Genealogy of theories.
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8731+Spring2024
- Class Description:
Content: Knowledge will be explored from diverse sociological perspectives. We will consider the relationship between knowledge and related terms such as ideology, stereotype, prejudice, belief, and truth; different ways of thinking about knowledge with a focus on comparisons between groups, categories (e.g., gender, race, class, generation, nationality), institutions (family, politics, law, science), and societies across time and space; the relationship between power and knowledge; the role of rituals for knowledge; knowledge about the past (collective memory); and the genealogy of theories of knowledge. In addition to a core of common readings, each student will adopt a specific area of knowledge or topic (e.g., terrorism, war, race, gender roles, technology, crime, punishment, law, welfare, family, management, democracy), examine the form and content knowledge about this issue takes in different social contexts, and consider how different sociological theories help us make sense of these patterns.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- The sociology of knowledge is not just another sociological specialization. Instead, it offers a perspective through which we can engage productively with a great variety of substantive themes sociologists study. The course is thus suited for a broad cross-section of sociology graduate students at all levels, but also for students in other disciplines such as History, Political Science, Anthropology, or Geography who are interested in the ways in which knowledge about the world is generated. Besides these typical disciplines, students from programs as diverse as Management, Engineering, Education, and Forestry have taken this course in the past.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand sociological theories of knowledge and how they can shed new light on a great variety of phenomena we study across thematic specializations.
- Grading:
- 1. Each student is expected to write one brief (2 to 3-page) paper at the outset, in which you present an empirical pattern/trend/theme of special interest to you (10 percent of total grade).
- 2. Students will be asked at the beginning of sessions to write down some core insights you gained from the readings for the day, and how they help shed light on your topic of interest. The instructor will collect these papers. They will not be graded individually, but they will help assess the level and intensity of your participation in the course (the total of your submissions, together with your in-class participation, will count toward 30 percent of your final grade).
- 3. Each student is expected to write a review of an entire book (from which we may have read one chapter in class) in the style of book reviews in the American Journal of Sociology or Contemporary Sociology (15 percent).
- 4. Students are expected to write an approximately 15-page seminar paper (double spaced, 12-pitch). The form this paper takes may vary depending on your particular interests. It should be determined during office hours by the end of the fifth week of the semester (45 percent).
- 5. Finally, active participation by each student and full attendance are required for all who wish to receive an "A" grade in this seminar.
- Exam Format:
- N/A
- Class Format:
Organization of class: We will read and discuss literature along the lines of different theoretical ideas or substantive topics. Our sessions are, for the most part, organized along a number of schools of thought that favor different concepts and ways of thinking about knowledge. In most weeks, each school will be represented by one exemplary book plus, for some sessions, a chapter from the instructor's recent book Knowing about Genocide. Yet each student will begin with a topic of his or her choice, ideally related to a dissertation theme or to some other theme in which you have a profound interest (examples may be a group's knowledge about, e.g., opportunities and ideals in America [American Dream], other racial groups, management strategies, the state of (post-) modernity; the state of education and students, sexuality and human reproduction, crime and punishment, past evils [e.g., slavery, genocide, Holocaust] or past regimes [e.g., Communism in Eastern Europe; the Cultural Revolution in the PRC], the government and how it works). You may be interested in one of these areas of knowledge (or others) as held by "people in the street" or by professional groups or by social scientists or by other categories of actors in which you have a specific interest. Maybe you have a book, a paper or some other source that shows empirical patterns or trends in the area of knowledge you are interested in. Any such pattern may serve as a baseline. As we go through the course you may then explore how the different theoretical approaches "work" if you were to apply them to your theme.
Each session will be divided into two parts. In the first part we will discuss the assigned readings. In the second part we will consider how the ideas entailed in these readings can help us make sense of the topics/empirical patterns you have chosen.- Workload:
- Fifty to one hundred pages of reading per week; some 20-25 pages of writing in the course of the semester; plus regular short write-ups at the beginning of sessions.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65350/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- New Innovations in Transnational Social Theory (65352)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC8790+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course introduces new transnational theorizing - possibly from the Philippines, Kenya, India, the U.S., indigenous lands -- that decolonize western epistemologies to help explain intersectional concerns of sovereignty, social justice, racial capitalism, the Anthropocene, and more. Readings and discussion will also offer a variety of analytics of hope and transformation. We will be reading new ethnographies from around the world as well as some classic social theories, reading closely to understand how such research is accomplished and how their analytic frameworks are constructed and conveyed. This is a labor intensive seminar based on high levels of participation, discussion, reading, and weekly writing. In 2024, this seminar will join with Karen Ho's Anthropology 8002 theory seminar and will be co-taught.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Best suited for PhD students who want to do close readings and deep discussion of excellent examples of theoretical/empirical work to help prepare for their own dissertation research and writing.
- Exam Format:
- no exams
- Class Format:
- Each week we will read a sizeable portion of a book, we will have weekly discussion leaders who will summarize the work, and everyone will post a page of commentary to spur and advance discussion.
- Workload:
- 150 or more pages of reading per week, a one-page commentary posted each week, and a final paper that reflects original thinking on the course materials but contoured to the specific needs of each student depending upon where they are in their graduate education.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65352/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 November 2023
Spring 2024 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (52414)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Soc grad
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8801+Spring2024 Instructor(s)
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course covering some of the most commonly used research methods in sociology and related disciplines. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and evidence, and how various methods contribute to the development or testing of social theories by gathering and analyzing various forms of evidence. We will also pay attention to the (often implicit) underlying epistemological assumptions or commitments embedded in various methodological approaches. The course seeks to equip students with the ability to evaluate empirical social scientific work based on a range of methodological traditions, but is not focused on detailed training in any individual method. Such training is best obtained through advanced methods courses and/or through active involvement in research projects under the guidance of experienced investigators or mentors/advisors. The course will challenge students to refine their own ideas about how to link their areas of interest with concrete plans for empirical research.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in Sociology and related disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- To learn the basics of how research is conducted using different sociological methods. To develop awareness of the knowledge claims and standards of evidence that underpin various methodological approaches. To develop the ability to critically evaluate scholarship that uses various methods. To gain experience in translating general research interests and ideas about research design and evidence into a proposal for a research project that carefully and thoughtfully links research questions, theoretical framing, choice of method(s), and specific plans for data collection and analysis.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
30% Written Homework
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 80% Discussion
5% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper
1 Presentation
6 Homework Assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52414/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 October 2022
Spring 2024 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (51697)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC8811+Spring2024
- Class Description:
Many of the questions that we wish to answer in the social sciences address outcomes that are limited and fixed in their answer choices. For example, do Americans agree that Atheists share a common vision of American society? How did the Great Recession affect employment inequalities across racial groups? Who do happy people compare themselves to? Which social class does the child of a blue-collar worker end up in? How frequently do adolescents use marijuana? Questions such as these cannot be appropriately answered using linear regression models, requiring more advanced techniques which will be covered extensively in Soc8811.
This course will focus on applied statistics and primarily deal with regression models in which the dependent variable is categorical: binary, nominal, ordinal, count, etc. As a catalyst for the course, we will consider flexible methods developed for introducing nonlinearities into the linear regression framework. Specific models to be addressed include: logit, probit, generalized ordered logit, multinomial logit, Poisson, negative binomial, zero inflated, fractional response, LOWESS, kernel weighted local polynomial, and mixture models.
Throughout the course, we will address common statistical issues that require special consideration when applied to nonlinear regression models, including: the calculation of predictions, interpretation of coefficients, interaction, and mediation. We will also become familiarized with techniques developed for applied research: model fit, selection, and robustness, joint hypothesis testing, weighting, clustering, and poststratification for complex survey design, and missing data.
Soc8811 covers statistical methods for analyzing social data and is designed for graduate students in the social sciences. Students are assumed to have a background equivalent to Soc5811 and thus have familiarity with linear regression models. The course will be taught in Stata, but students will have the opportunity to instead use R if they prefer.- Learning Objectives:
1. Produce, interpret, and report results from complex statistical models
2. Understand how to apply data analysis to substantive research questions, and effectively present results to a general interest academic audience
3. Develop strategies and competency to conduct future studies of advanced techniques in quantitative methods
4. Build a robust, reproducible workflow to move from raw data to numerical and visual information placed in a final paper.
- Grading:
- Grading is based on 11 statistical computing assignments
- Class Format:
- In person, lectures, statistical computing lab.
- Workload:
- 11 Statistical Computing AssignmentsReadings include textbook and lecture notes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51697/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2022
Fall 2023 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (17344)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (237 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC1001+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Workload:
- 30-60 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17344/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Fall 2023 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (17351)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (239 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC1001+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- undergraduate sociology majors and those interested in being introduced to the fundamentals of the field of sociology
- Learning Objectives:
- to gain exposure to how sociologists think about the social world and the topics they research
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
8-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
1 or 2 short Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17351/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (17355)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (177 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (1001-30) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There is no scheduled day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their "sociological imagination" in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, or life in groups. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make sociological sense of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline-- and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- You should take this class if you want to understand the world around you better! A warning however- once you develop and put on your sociological "lenses" you'll never be able to take them off! :)
- Grading:
- 30% Exams (1 midterm & 1 final)
50% Short Writing Assignments
20% Class Participation (discussion and attendance) - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
15% Discussion in Lecture
20% Section Participation - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages reading per week
2 MC Exams5 Short (3-4 page) writing assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17355/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 May 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (19516)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (139 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC1101+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings in the sociological study of crime control. Students will investigate the relationship between the sociopolitical landscape and the construction and execution of state power. The course is organized thematically: (1) general principles and ideas, (2) policing, courts, and corrections, and (3) reentry. Key readings for each section will be provided.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year students interested in understanding the relationships between law, crime, and punishment in the United States.
- Learning Objectives:
- (1) Understand and articulate what social control is and how it matters for understanding crime and punishment; (2) critically interrogate perspectives on policing, courts, and corrections.
- Grading:
- Grading will be out of 100 points, so students will be able to calculate their individual scores. Assignments generally include short-answer essays (no more than two pages long) and concept-driven quizzes.
- Exam Format:
- There will not be any exams.
- Class Format:
- Generally, the course is designed to teach you and not test you. Lectures are teaching-focused. The readings are used to provide a foundation about the themes discussed in the class.
- Workload:
- There will be weekly readings but none too onerous.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19516/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2021
Fall 2023 | SOC 3005 Section 001: Social Science Fiction (32448)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (44 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course applies theories, concepts, and principles from social science disciplines such as sociology, political science, and anthropology, to social science fiction novels, stories, and films, to understand how soc-sci-fi contributes to knowledge about current societal conditions. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3005+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course applies theories, concepts, and principles from social science disciplines - anthropology, economics, organization studies, political science, psychology, sociology -
to social science fiction novels, stories, and films, to understand how soc-sci-fi contributes to knowledge about current social problems. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone curious about what social science fiction can tell us about today's social problems.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding social science theories and concepts by working through their implications in unfamiliar contexts of social science fiction.
Acquiring the ability to imagine alternatives to current social problems in order to work toward those alternatives.
Analyzing the prospects for the evolution or devolution of contemporary cultures and societies by using soc-sci-fi imagination
Demonstrating knowledge of how social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical factors may impact human relations in hypothetical cultures and societies.
Critically analyzing soc-sci-fi with social science principles in shorter writing assignments.
Producing a broader analysis of soc-sci-fi with social science principles in a longer course paper - Grading:
- Three shorter writing assignments, each 20% of the course grade. One longer course paper, 40% of the course grade.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
Classes use a variety of teaching and learning methods - readings, film clips, lectures, small and large group discussions and debates, role-playing activities, shorter- and longer-form writing assignments - to understand how the social sciences and social science fiction can work together to create a better understanding of human societies.
- Workload:
- This course is very demanding of students'
outside-of-class time. It involves a substantial amount of reading and writing. University of Minnesota undergraduates are expected to spend 2 hours in out-of-class preparation for each in-class hour, a total of 5 hours per week. You should begin reading the novels at least two weeks before the in-class discussions are scheduled. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32448/1239
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3005_Spring2022.pdf (Spring 2022)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 May 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (18180)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (103 of 109 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class,and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.Honors students are expected to complete additional honors assignments and contribute more deeply to class discussion.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
- Grading:
- 20% Quizzes + Participation
40% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
- In person lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages reading per week (+ videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18180/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (20547)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (6 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101H+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class,and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.Honors students are expected to complete additional honors assignments and contribute more deeply to class discussion.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
- Grading:
- 20% Quizzes + Participation
40% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
- In person lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages reading per week (+ videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20547/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (18181)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC3102+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control. We will focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime. This course covers diverse types of crime, including: street and white-collar crime, gender-based violence, and violations of international law. In addition, we will examine the punishment of crime, including policing, prosecution, sentencing and mass incarceration. There will be a particular focus on how crime and forms of social control impact social inequality and divisions around race, class, ethnicity, gender, and sexual identity.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week 2 Exams1 Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18181/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (18893)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (28 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Fall2023
- Class Description:
In this class we will explore the dynamics of race and racism in the 21st century U.S.
We inquire into how race works in the U.S. TODAY, as compared to how it seemed to "work" decades ago -- looking at both points of rupture and continuity.
We'll cover issues such as race and policing, racial identity, race and schooling, race and settler colonialism, race and media, and race and electoral politics. We'll look at how race functions to stratify the society as a whole, and also examine issues salient to the lived experiences of specific racialized social groups.
This term we'll talk about all of this using a mixture of academic writing, documentary films, and video clips. We'll incorporate frequent references to current political and social events, popular culture, and the print and online media.
- Grading:
- 60% Writing Assignments (6 short writing assignments worth 10% each)
- 15% Analyses of "Race Out in the World" (2 assignments, worth 7.5% each)
- 25% Participation (attendance and engagement in discussion)
- 2.5% Extra Credit Assignment (max possible percentage points 2.5)
- Exam Format:
- no exam
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture10% Film/ Video40% Discussion
- Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week6 short writing assignments (answering conceptual questions)2 analyses of race "Out in the World" (analysis of race in the world of research, world of news, and/ or world of visual fiction)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18893/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3241 Section 001: Sociology of Women's Health: Experiences from Around the World (32450)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (58 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Health care is a fundamental right, but access to it is not shared evenly by all. This course considers women's and men's health needs, and how health systems assign priority to those needs. The course also covers how differences in health policy, national medical systems, levels of wealth, and cultural contexts around the world affect women's health and treatment and their experiences of wellness and illness. Women are taking an active role in shaping healthy societies. The final portion of this course looks at the goals and successes of women's movements in the health sphere. Throughout the course, there will be an emphasis on how sociological approaches to health differ from medical or epidemiological approaches, the advantages of the sociological approaches, and the respective advantages and disadvantages of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to studying women's health. Pre-req: Soc majors and minors must register A-F; Soc 1001 recommended.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC3241+Fall2023
- Class Description:
This course takes a sociological and global approach to gender and health. We begin with critiques of the woman/man dichotomy and discuss a more inclusive sociological approach. We consider how gender expectations vary around the world and over time, and the implications for health. We specifically focus on gender expectation and health related to: dating, sex, and contraceptive use; access to abortion; advertising/body image; education; employment. We review global initiatives for improving health, and ideas to reach those goals. Throughout the course, we focus on the relative advantages of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to studying gender and health. Students are introduced to, and learn to interpret, global health data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology, Global Studies, and Political Science majors. Students getting a Public Health or Population Studies minor. Students interested in learning how to work with global health data.
- Learning Objectives:
-- Develop a sociological understanding of sex, gender, and health
-- Become familiar with an inclusive sociology of sex and gender that moves beyond the "gender binary"
-- Consider how policies, resources, and culture influence the priority given to women's health
-- Learn the relative advantages of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to studying health
-- Become acquainted with important resources to study health globally
- Grading:
- This may change a bit:Reflections (2), 10%
Online reading quizzes (6, drop lowest score), 30%
Mixed-method country report, 30%
Peer reviews (2) 10%
Group presentation of country reports 10%
Participation/Attendance/In-class Assignments 10%
- Exam Format:
- Short answer, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions with one longer essay question.
- Class Format:
- In-person class; most days are a combination of lecture and discussion. Some days are focused on completing course assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32450/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (19696)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (34 of 34 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC3251W+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Our goal in this course is to understand both the causes and consequences of inequality in American society. We will explore the social construction of race, class, and gender, and how their definitions and boundaries vary across time and across space. We will assess how these constructs are "real in their consequences," and have a profound impact on individual experiences, identities, and relationships. We will analyze how various axes of social inequality are reproduced at the interpersonal, institutional, and systemic level. Finally, we will examine how race, class, gender, sexuality, (dis)ability, and any number of other social statuses interact and intersect in shaping our unique standpoint. This is a writing intensive course, and students will be evaluated primarily on their ability to discuss the course material and communicate core concepts in relation to their experiences and current events. Students will contribute to weekly online discussions, submit in-depth reading journals/discussion posts, and complete one 8-10 page formal essay.
- Grading:
- General participation in online and offline discussion - 15%5 discussion posts - 50%1 8-10 page essay (including proposal, rough draft, peer revision, and final draft) - 35%
- Workload:
- - approximately 40 pages of reading per week- weekly participation in online and offline discussion- 5 500-word discussion posts- 1 2000-2500-word formal essay (including proposal, rough draft, peer revision, and final draft)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19696/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 June 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3412 Section 001: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (21123)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (70 of 74 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks.' prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3412+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, organizations, and nations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. We investigate network analysis as a distinctive perspective from which to view, understand, and act in an increasingly interdependent world. This course gives student skills to see different sides of controversial issues, develop their critical reasoning abilities, and form ethical standards to participate in society as thoughtful, well-informed, and engaged citizens. Students will be learn how to read, interpret, and create social network diagrams, and to understand how these maps reveal detailed connections among social actors. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using a computer package. Computer programming skill is NOT a prerequisite. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. This course meets the University of Minnesota's Technology and Society Theme requirement.
- Grading:
- Course grade is determined by highest scores on 4 of 5 social network data analysis assignments (60%) and a course paper not to exceed 3,000 words (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture & discussions on Tuesdays, data analysis laboratory on Thursdays.
- Workload:
- One article + one chapter from a textbook on social network data analysis per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21123/1239
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3412H_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Fall 2023 | SOC 3412H Section 001: Honors: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (21124)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (6 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3412H+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, organizations, and nations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. We investigate network analysis as a distinctive perspective from which to view, understand, and act in an increasingly interdependent world. This course gives student skills to see different sides of controversial issues, develop their critical reasoning abilities, and form ethical standards to participate in society as thoughtful, well-informed, and engaged citizens. Students will be learn how to read, interpret, and create social network diagrams, and to understand how these maps reveal detailed connections among social actors. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using a computer package. Computer programming skill is NOT a prerequisite. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. This course meets the Universities Technology and Society CLE Theme requirement.
- Grading:
- Course grade is determined by highest scores on 4 of 5 social network data analysis assignments (60%) and a course paper not to exceed 3,000 words (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture & discussions on Tuesdays, data analysis laboratory on Thursdays.
- Workload:
- One article + one chapter from a textbook on social network data analysis per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21124/1239
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3412H_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Fall 2023 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (20548)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (45 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Work is central to individuals, economy, and society. This course introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. We will look at what makes a good job good, a bad job bad, and impacts of joblessness on society. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3421W+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Work is of centrality to individuals, economy, and society. This course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. Students are expected to satisfy three course requirements: (1) read the required and recommended texts and participate in class discussions organized to exchange opinions about issues of work in America today; (2) take in-class quizzes designed to review some of lectured topics and discussed issues; and (3) develop three essays on problems of work described on this syllabus. This is a writing intensive course, and the development of the three essays has a heavy weight in the final course grade. There will not be a cumulative in-class exam. The prerequisite is Soc1001 ?Introduction to Sociology.? Instructor's permission is required if students do not have taken this course.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any sociology or non-sociology students interested in the class as part of their major requirement. Soc 1001 "Introduction to Sociology" is the prerequisite.
- Learning Objectives:
- Full version please read Class Description. Briefly, learning about American workplace, sociological perspectives of work and occupation, and kinds of jobs in the USA.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
15% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Quiz and papers, no exam.
- Class Format:
- 90% Lecture
10% In-group discussion - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20548/1239
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2023.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Fall 2023 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (32676)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (77 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Family has long been a significant experience in human societies; much of what we understand ourselves to be, arises in family life. But family also varies widely in composition across time and place. We will learn how sociologists study and understand families theoretically, as social institutions, as well as sites and sources of social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mill8570+SOC3501+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Whether we like it or not, we are all part of families. Families play a role in shaping who we become, providing us with resources, traditions, and responsibilities. Families are also shaped by society, as they interact with institutions, contend with what is considered "normal," and are the subject of popular and political debate. This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to theorizing, studying, and understanding families. We will cover a range of topics, including defining and researching families, the history of families, romantic and sexual relationships, marriage and divorce, parenting and the socialization of children, families and work, and the future of families. Throughout the course, we will focus on the diversity of family forms, how inequality shapes family life, and how families are defined by change.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is appropriate for sociology majors or minors, and any student interested in understanding more about how their own experiences with family intersect with the social patterns, social problems, and social institutions that shape family life more broadly. Although it is recommended that students take SOC 1001, Introduction to Sociology, prior to this course it is not required.
- Learning Objectives:
- After this course students will be able to: 1. Think critically about families and related issues, including policy questions;2. have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how families work, the challengesthey face, and family-related trends over time;3. have awareness of how families are implicated in systems and processes of socialinequality, and be able to think creatively about how inequalities might be ameliorated;4. have the ability to interpret and evaluate their own ideas and experiences related tofamily within a broader sociological context
- Grading:
- Scaffolded writing assignment (40%), Mid-term and Final Exams (15%) each, In-class Participation (10%), Weekly in-class assessments (20%)
- Exam Format:
- Mixture of both out-of class writing assignments and in-class writing and exams
- Class Format:
- This course meets in person twice a week and students are expected to attend class regularly.
- Workload:
- This is a 3-credit course, meaning that students are expected to invest roughly 9 hours per week in the course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32676/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3505 Section 001: Migrations: People in Motion (32458)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3705 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (30 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Students in this course will tackle debates related to migration from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and will compare and connect diverse migration trends around the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America). Students will critically engage with various paradigms on the geopolitical, racial, and gender power dynamics that anchor migration processes and outcomes. Why would the movement of individuals from some parts of the world (often from the least developed regions to the highly developed Western nations) create such strong and highly charged debates? How are cross border social and economic relations of individuals and households maintained and perpetuated? What are particular governments doing to either encourage or hinder these movements? How are current migrations different from earlier eras? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore the above questions through academic and policy published literature. prereq: Soph, jr, or sr
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3505+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- How is transnationalism or cross border social and economic relations maintained and perpetuated? How are these relations affecting identity? How is current transnationalism different from earlier migration? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore these questions through theoretical and case study based literature on the subject. The first part of the course provides a historical overview on migration over the last two centuries. The second section centralizes identity in terms of transnational or dispersed communities. The aim of this section is to introduce the complex web of culture, agency and structure in play when dealing with migration. The third section presents case studies on the social and economic relations of transnational communities. The nature of family connections across borders and the economic ties of those who migrated with their families in the home country is discussed. The role of gender in these relations is also explored. The final section of the course deals with the role of the nation-state in transnational migration.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Written Homework
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 65 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32458/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2013
Fall 2023 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (19520)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (57 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors until 4/28/23. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garbes+SOC3701+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of foundational theoretical frameworks that sociologists use to explain structure, agency, change, and the social self. For each foundational theory, we will review how the theory developed, how it has been extended or amended in the contemporary context, and the ways that these theories can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior and social systems.Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19520/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (17362)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (78 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors until 4/28/23. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC3701+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30-75 pages reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17362/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Fall 2023 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (21594)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (35 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus and details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21594/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2023 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (34337)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (17 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is at the intersection of macro and micro sociology, linking social structures, interpersonal relationships and interactions, attitudes, values and the self-concept. Principles of social psychology are drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. This course covers a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC3721+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course is a survey of contemporary social psychological theories. We will evaluate these theories against practical behavior. Social psychology covers the motives for social behavior including emotions, identities, exchange, and power dynamics.
- Learning Objectives:
- Gain a deeper understanding of how social situations shape emotions and behavior
- Gain a deeper understanding of the nature and function of identities.
- Gain a deeper understanding of the motives for social behavior.
- Grading:
A 100 - 94
A- 93 - 90
B+ 89 - 87
B 86 - 83
B- 82 - 80
C+ 79 - 77
C 76 - 73
C- 72 - 70
D+ 69 - 67
D 66 - 63
D- 62 - 60
F 59 - 0- Exam Format:
- There will be a series of short answer essays.
- Class Format:
- Lectures
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34337/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Fall 2023 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (17360)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (180 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting days/times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and other social scientists hoping to understand how sociological research is created and what questions we might ask of each study to better understand it's strengths and weaknesses.
- Grading:
- 10% Worksheets and other assignments based on lectures15% Worksheets and other assignments based on podcasts30% Unit quizzes30% Two brief papers analyzing the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (as described in the readings)
15% Worksheets based on readings - Exam Format:
- The unit quizzes are multiple choice and short answer. There are no exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures are asynchronous and available on Canvas.Podcasts are from Give Methods a Chance -- listen to podcast, read accompanying book, answer accompanying questions, contribute to discussions.Class is divided into nine units and each unit has a short quiz.Deeper understanding and analysis are required to analyze the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (papers are about the assigned journal article reading material only)
Worksheets based on the assigned journal articles, assessing basic understanding, in preparation for the papers. - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week20-40 minutes of podcast listening per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
5-10 brief quizzes
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readingsStudents have options for how to earn points. There are more points available than are necessary for an "A". The only required assignments are the two papers. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17360/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Fall 2023 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (17316)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (165 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mesposit+SOC3811+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- In this course, you will be introduced to descriptive and inferential statistical tools commonly used in sociological research. Topics include data visualization, summary statistics, probability distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and linear regression. Students will learn and use statistical software to complete assignments. The overarching goal of the course is to provide you with the foundation to understand and critique data-driven arguments about the social world. Additionally, the skills developed in this course will prepare you to engage with even more sophisticated statistical material down the line.
- Grading:
- Attendance (5%); Homework (45%); Midterm Data Analysis Project (25%); Final Analysis Project (25%)
- Exam Format:
- (1) Descriptive Data Analysis Midterm. The midterm assignment will provide students with an opportunity to synthesize the descriptive statistical tools covered in class up until that point. The midterm project will ask students to preform an independent, descriptive data analysis on a data set provided by the instructor. Some course time will be allotted for students to work on their midterm projects. The midterm project will be delivered in the form of a short research report (5-7 pages).(2) Inferential Data Analysis Final. The final project will allow students to practice the inferential statistical skills acquired in class. This project will ask students to preform an independent analysis of a data set provided by the instructor that makes use of inferential statistical tools, thinking, and procedures. Like the midterm, some course time will be provided for students to work on their final projects. The final will be delivered in the form of a research report (5-7 pages).
- Class Format:
- Class will meet twice a week for lecture and once for lab.
- Workload:
- Weekly homework will be assigned throughout the semester to allow students to apply the concepts discussed in lecture. Students will also complete a midterm and final project that will allow them to synthesize the statistical skills they acquire over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17316/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (19372)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001SOC 5101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4101V+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students whose research plans relate engage the law in some way.
- Learning Objectives:
You will come to recognize common assumptions about law, and how these allow law to maintain its legitimacy and power.
You will be introduced to technical language and the operation of law in Minnesota, the U.S. and the world; and understand the dramatic differences in how lawyers and sociologists talk about law.
In consultation with the professor, you will work on a writing project that advances your progress through your graduate program.
- Grading:
- This changes a bit, depending on the semester, e.g., how many graduate students enroll. The specifics will be spelled out in the first week of class.Graduate students will complete the online reading quizzes and reflections, along with the rest of the class.They will NOT take the midterm or final exams.They will help select the readings and guide the discussion for one "outside class" session--see course description above.A substantial portion of the grade will be a writing project, such as a literature review in preparation for a Prelim Exam.Graduate students may be asked to lead or co-lead a class period and/or mentor undergraduates on group presentations; they will NOT be part of the group presentations.Participation will be up to 10% of the grade.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes are short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple-choice questions. Graduate students will not take exams.
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19372/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (18739)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001SOC 5101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (44 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4101W+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students whose research plans relate engage the law in some way.
- Learning Objectives:
You will come to recognize common assumptions about law, and how these allow law to maintain its legitimacy and power.
You will be introduced to technical language and the operation of law in Minnesota, the U.S. and the world; and understand the dramatic differences in how lawyers and sociologists talk about law.
In consultation with the professor, you will work on a writing project that advances your progress through your graduate program.
- Grading:
- This changes a bit, depending on the semester, e.g., how many graduate students enroll. The specifics will be spelled out in the first week of class.Graduate students will complete the online reading quizzes and reflections, along with the rest of the class.They will NOT take the midterm or final exams.They will help select the readings and guide the discussion for one "outside class" session--see course description above.A substantial portion of the grade will be a writing project, such as a literature review in preparation for a Prelim Exam.Graduate students may be asked to lead or co-lead a class period and/or mentor undergraduates on group presentations; they will NOT be part of the group presentations.Participation will be up to 10% of the grade.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes are short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple-choice questions. Graduate students will not take exams.
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18739/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (32472)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (38 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States (including American particularities in international comparison), their social, political, economic, cultural, and institutional conditions, and how these patterns relate to broader sociological themes. We will examine a cross-section of most outstanding recent and some (by now) classical criminological and sociological books and a few articles that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?clar0514+SOC4102+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This seminar examines involvement in crime and violence. First, it surveys classical and contemporary perspectives in criminological theory. We will examine the assumptions, logical structure, and etiological dimensions of various perspectives that seek to explain crime. We will further consider various empirical tests of these different approaches to understanding offending. Second, it examines research on the nature of offending in society. This involves issues of specialization, escalation and desistance, predictability of offending, stability and change in involvement in crime over the life course, and other general issues of offending within- and across people. This course might be useful to someone specializing in law, crime, and deviance or someone anticipating doing research on issues of crime and criminal justice.
- Grading:
- 40% exams; 40% papers; 10% Class Participation; 10% class discussion
- Exam Format:
- 8 Short essay on-line
- Class Format:
- Meet Thursday's 5-8:30
- Workload:
- Read 2 chapters and article, essay exam, paper and online class discussion
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32472/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 May 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Sociology of Deviance (32478)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (49 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course considers why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how norms, values, and rules are made and enforced. We will discuss basic concepts that cut across deviance theories and research, including social control, subcultures and deviant careers. We will explore theories of and societal reaction to deviant behavior. We will also discuss methodology and how the "social facts" of deviance are determined and disseminated. Finally, we will examine case studies addressing crime, organizational and occupational deviance, substance use, sexuality, body image, and more. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dalco001+SOC4111+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course looks at how attributes or behavior are defined as deviant, the social consequences of deviant labels, and the construction and imposition of norms, values, and rules. We take up both the "social construction" of deviant categories and the "social facts" of deviance. Students will learn This course will be divided into three parts. In Part I we will cover basic concepts in deviance theories and research including social control, subcultures and deviant careers. In Part II, we will discuss a range of sociological theoretical explanations of deviant behavior and societal reaction. In Part III, we will apply what we've learned to a range of case studies in substantive areas of types of deviance including crime, protest, substance use, sexuality, and more.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Undergraduate students interested in learning more about their social worlds.
- Learning Objectives:
- To understand how deviance is defined and produced.To gain a working knowledge of the key sociological theories of deviance.To apply these ideas critically to selected case studies.To critique and evaluate institutional responses to deviance and control.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, and essay
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion based
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32478/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 July 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 4133 Section 001: Sociology of Gender, Sex, and Crime (32480)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Crime and criminal justice is a gendered phenomena. In this seminar course, we will examine the contribution of feminist theoretical work to the field of criminology and to our understanding of how gender prescriptives are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our conceptualizations of both. In so doing, we will critically assess the experiences of women, men and transgender persons in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and defendants. The readings are drawn from a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical works. Students should critically assess both the strengths and limitations of the research. Lecture will be accompanied by class discussion, film segments (as well as legal proceedings), and small group work. Soc 1001 or Soc 1101 recommended; Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4133+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Crime and criminal justice is a gendered phenomena. In this seminar course, we will examine the contribution of feminist theoretical work to the field of criminology and to our understanding of how gender prescriptives are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our conceptualizations of both. In so doing, we will critically assess the experiences of women, men and transgender persons in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and defendants. The readings are drawn from a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical works. Students should critically assess both the strengths and limitations of the research. Lecture will be accompanied by class discussion, film segments (as well as legal proceedings), and small group work.
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
1 PaperWeekly Reading Reflections1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32480/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2021
Fall 2023 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (32484)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (56 of 56 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a Synchronous format at the posted day/times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Fall2023
- Class Description:
All parts of our class aim to help you develop your own "criminal law imagination" (CLI) By this I refer to your ideal blaming and punishing regime. We spend our Wednesday afternoons together interrogating a wide range of topics to help you develop your your CLI: Here are some:
1. What's criminal law and what's it good for?
2. Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are?
3. What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics include defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age)
4. Partners in Crime: What should happen when teamwork hurts innocent people?
6. Uncompleted crimes: What should happen when people try to hurt other people but they fail?
5. What's the role of criminal law in unwanted sex?
6. What should happen to government officials sworn to serve and protect us and our constitutional rights, when they abuse their power?
7. How much protection should the Constitution provide to non citizens?
8. Cyberwar: How do we fight wars with malware on the internet instead of traditional weapons of war?
A final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal law in our interactive journey through the topics in the list. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing your CLI.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from any major and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice, and social order.
- Grading:
90% Weekly written quizzes that cover reading and discussion
10% Participation measured by having your cameras, taking ZOOM polls, and participation in our ZOOM discussion
- Exam Format:
10% analysis of the week's assigned cases due on CANVAS by 230 on Wednesday
30% short answer quizzes on each week's assigned reading
50% reaction essay to what we discussed during ZOOMing, and discussions with others after ZOOMing discussion, due by midnight every Thursday on the day following ZOOMing
10% Cameras on and participation in ZOOMing
- Class Format:
15% Lecture
85% Music to make you feel good while you wait for ZOOMing to start, video and audio clips, ZOOM polls, and discussion
10 minute break about 345
- Workload:
- About 35 pages of reading every week. Hey! There are no research papers, reports, or other writing requirements. This is so you have time to read thoroughly and know well the content of the assigned pages.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32484/1239
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2021
Fall 2023 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Justice Emphasis -- Crime & Punishment in Literature (33200)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4190+Fall2023 This course uses literature (fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction, and memoir) to explore sociological concepts and theories related to crime, punishment, and justice. Students will read literature and scholarly articles, and analyze how the literary texts demonstrate, challenge, and/or extend sociological perspectives on critical criminal-legal issues.
- Class Description:
This course uses literature (fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction, and memoir) to explore sociological concepts and theories related to crime, punishment, and justice. Students will read literature and scholarly articles, and analyze how the literary texts demonstrate, challenge, and/or extend sociological perspectives on critical criminal justice issues.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33200/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (20551)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (78 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4246+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- What do you do when you get sick? Where do you go? Who provides your medical care? In this course we will discuss why the answers to these basic questions are actually quite complex. This course is designed to introduce students to medical sociology and will examine issues surrounding health, illness and healing from a sociological perspective. Throughout the course we will cover numerous topics including: the social construction of health and illness, healthcare providers, the healthcare system - including contemporary debates regarding healthcare reform - and the social determinants of health inequalities.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20551/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Fall 2023 | SOC 4461 Section 001: Sociology of Ethnic and Racial Conflict (32487)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4461 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue 05:30PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- "I can't breathe." The last words of George Floyd. Words that traumatized a nation, and the world. While the death of George Floyd galvanized peoples worldwide to speak out against discrimination and inequality, well before his death studies suggested that ethnic and racial discrimination and conflict re-occur on an ongoing basis. From the events of the Holocaust - to the genocide against the Rohingya in Myanmar - to the torture of Uighurs in China - to the Atlantic slave trade - we explore how identities are formed - and thereafter - how those same identities are deployed - to exclude and marginalize - with targeted precision. Across the world, we examine how racial bias and racial animus contribute to slavery, torture, mass displacement, economic destitution, and genocide. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC4461+Fall2023
- Class Description:
We will examine conceptual and theoretical approaches to the sociological study of ethnic and racial conflict around the globe, looking at ethnicity and race as distinctive but overlapping social constructions of collective identity that underpin patterns of social conflict and systems of power and privilege. We will also explore the difference between race and ethnicity, the various ways in which racial, ethnic, and national identities are constructed in different countries, individual versus group approaches to the study of prejudice and discrimination, and the racialization of ethnic and religious groups. In analyzing the sources of ethnic and racial conflicts in different nation-states, we will examine the role played by racism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia, situating particular cases of conflict in North America, Africa, Latin America, and Asia in the contexts of colonialism, slavery, globalization, democratization, nation-state formation, and transnational migration. Using a comparative and historical approach, we will also examine how different countries formulate immigration policies and address issues of immigrant incorporation, exclusion, and citizenship and the conditions under which conflicts turn violent, leading to ethnic cleansing and genocide. Finally, we will analyze different approaches to reducing ethnic and racial conflicts, from affirmative action and reparations to cosmopolitanism, federalism, and global governance.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with some background in Sociology, especially those who have taken other courses concerning race and ethnicity.
- Learning Objectives:
- The course aims to get you to think critically about issues of racial and ethnic conflict in different parts of the globe and to situate these conflicts within broader historical processes, such as colonialism, capitalist development, and nation-state formation,
- Grading:
Take home essay exams.
(Set this entry as the default text for instructor-less sections.)- Exam Format:
- Take home essay exams
- Class Format:
- Lectures, videos, speakers, and active learning activities on Tuesdays and group discussion and debates on Thursdays
- Workload:
- 45-55 Pages of Reading Per Week
1 Research Proposal/Bibliography
1 Research Paper
2 Take-Home Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32487/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 May 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (17550)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (55 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4966W+Fall2023
- Class Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a portfolio of self-presentation materials and sociological analyses based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your capstone portfolio by providing structure, advice, and encouragement. Successful completion of the analytic portion of your portfolio shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. Along the way, we will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civil engagement.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Seniors with a major in Sociology
- Learning Objectives:
-- Be able to analyze the day-to-day world sociologically and express yourself in writing
-- Know other people in your graduating class and feel part of a community
-- Gain knowledge about life skills that will help after college
-- Be more prepared for the job market and/or applying to further schooling
- Grading:
-- Active class participation in activities, discussion, and in-class writing (20% of grade)
-- Capstone Portfolio (60% of grade) -- Includes resume, personal statement, paper analyzing CEL site, and paper analyzing interview
-- Life-skills and job market assignments (20% of grade)
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams
- Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
10% Visiting speakers
80% In-class activities in small and large groups, including writing exercises - Workload:
- Students will spend significant time in class and outside of class writing and revising this writing. All students can gain points by doing optional career-focused and adulting-focused assignments. These points are not required to bass the class but are required to get an A in the class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17550/1239
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Fall 2023 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (17571)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 01:30PM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (17 of 17 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC4977V+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This is the first course in a two-semester sequence designed to help honors students majoring in sociology prepare their senior projects research papers. Throughout this semester, we review key issues in the design of social research as students work on their independent projects. Specific activities in this semester of the course sequence include development of a research topic, exploring and reviewing relevant existing literature, applying for human subjects approval, putting together a faculty committee for the project, and completing first drafts of the literature review and methods sections of the research paper. Some students may begin data collection in the fall, but data collection and analysis, as well as the write-up and presentation of the final paper, are the main activities of the spring course. Students must take both courses in the sequence.
- Grading:
Class participation 20%, topic statements 10%, completed IRB form 10%, preliminary annotated bibliography 20%, methods section draft 20%, literature review draft 20%.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
80% Discussion - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17571/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2022
Fall 2023 | SOC 5101 Section 001: Sociology of Law (32753)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 4 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: graduate student
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students until 8/31/23. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC5101+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students whose research plans relate engage the law in some way.
- Learning Objectives:
You will come to recognize common assumptions about law, and how these allow law to maintain its legitimacy and power.
You will be introduced to technical language and the operation of law in Minnesota, the U.S. and the world; and understand the dramatic differences in how lawyers and sociologists talk about law.
In consultation with the professor, you will work on a writing project that advances your progress through your graduate program.
- Grading:
- This changes a bit, depending on the semester, e.g., how many graduate students enroll. The specifics will be spelled out in the first week of class.Graduate students will complete the online reading quizzes and reflections, along with the rest of the class.They will NOT take the midterm or final exams.They will help select the readings and guide the discussion for one "outside class" session--see course description above.A substantial portion of the grade will be a writing project, such as a literature review in preparation for a Prelim Exam.Graduate students may be asked to lead or co-lead a class period and/or mentor undergraduates on group presentations; they will NOT be part of the group presentations.Participation will be up to 10% of the grade.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes are short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple-choice questions. Graduate students will not take exams.
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32753/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (17322)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- jr or sr or grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 105
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, students will learn core statistical and computations principles that will allow them to perform quantitative analyses using social data. The course is designed for social science students at the beginning of their graduate school careers. However, advanced undergraduates can take the course, which will involve a few modifications to the assignment schedule. Sociology 5811 will review basic probability, and then move on to univariate inference, the linear regression model, and introductory lessons of causal inference. In doing so, students will explore statistical concepts and methods that provide the foundation sociologists use to most commonly collect and analyze numerical evidence. Sociology 5811 will also provide the foundation for data management and statistical inference using Stata, a statistical computing environment that is popular in the social sciences. prereq: Undergraduate students are expected to have familiarity with the materials taught in the equivalent of 3811. Students who are unsure of the course requirements should contact the instructor. Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs. 5811 will not count for credits towards the Soc PhD program requirements.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC5811+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- In this course, students will learn core statistical and computations principles that will allow them to perform quantitative analyses using social data. The course is designed for social science students at the beginning of their graduate school careers. However, advanced undergraduates can take the course, which will involve a few modifications to the assignment schedule.Sociology 5811 will review basic probability, and then move on to univariate inference, the linear regression model, and introductory lessons of causal inference. In doing so, students will explore statistical concepts and methods that provide the foundation sociologists use to most commonly collect and analyze numerical evidence. Sociology 5811 will also provide the foundation for data management and statistical inference using Stata, a statistical computing environment that is popular in the social sciences. This course focuses on the practical application and substantive understanding of the linear regression models, rather than a full expounding of the mathematical details and statistical theory underlying these models. We will work closely with real data throughout the semester, which will also introduce students to the process of data management.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Understand the basic logic of statistical modeling.2. Construct an appropriate model to appropriately address a research question.3. Estimate and interpret linear regression models in Stata.4. Write clean, reproducible, legible code in Stata.5. Communicate results from multiple regression analyses for a broad audience.6. Become familiar with visualizing multivariate relationships and presenting regression output in professional tables.
- Grading:
- 100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17322/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 May 2023
Fall 2023 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (18260)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (9 of 9 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 9 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8001+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and exploration of professional careers in this field.
We will discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students get started in thinking about becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities.
We will share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concern. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences in the program. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year graduate students in Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about different types of sociological careers and share experiences that facilitate adaptation to the life of a graduate student.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors or panels of sociologists representing different institutional contexts (e.g. R1 university faculty, faculty at a small liberal arts college, sociologists in research organizations, those who work in government agencies, etc.).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18260/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2023 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (32504)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 915
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Soc grads until Aug 29, 2023. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2023 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2023
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32504/1239
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2023 | SOC 8093 Section 001: Directed Study (18892)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-4 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 20 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Grade Sort
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Soc grad
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/202312:00AM - 12:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Directed study in sociology. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18892/1239
Fall 2023 | SOC 8094 Section 001: Directed Research (18097)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-4 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 20 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Grade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/202312:00AM - 12:00AMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- May be used to fulfill sociology graduate requirement for advanced methodological training.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18097/1239
Fall 2023 | SOC 8171 Section 001: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Human Rights (32507)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Thu 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 50A
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This seminar will approach human rights issues from a variety of "disciplinary" perspectives, including history, the arts, law, the social sciences, and praxis. Empirical work in the social sciences will receive somewhat greater emphasis. One key focus will be the unique advantages (and disadvantages) of the different perspectives and fruitful ways to combine them to strengthen action that improves human rights situations in countries around the world, including the United States. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students until Aug 29, 2023. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC8171+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Why might an individual torture another? Why might genocide emerge? How do people become slaves today? Despite nations worldwide signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, genocide, torture, slavery, economic destitution, and mass displacement persist. Why?In the course, we discuss the complex social forces that impede human rights, with an interest in developing insights about possible strategies to curb widespread human rights violations. We explore (state) policy-focused, (judicial) law-focused, and individual-focused strategies. Among the questions we ask is "why do nations obey human rights, yet in other instances, they flagrantly defy them?" And, we also ask, "Can human rights accommodate cultural norms and values?"Even as human rights violations continue, social movements and activist actions for human rights exist. We discuss the complex and unknown ways in which social change occurs in difficult global circumstances. We examine the varieties of activism in the history of human rights: we turn to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, to Gandhi's Salt March, and William Wilberforce's calls to abolish slavery as a member of the British Parliament. We discuss some of the ways in which human rights and human rights activism produce cultural change.Overall, when discussing human rights, we explore the sociological - the social forces and norms that may contribute to human rights violations and their diminishment - and the political - the global political institutions that validate and diffuse human rights worldwide - and the philosophical - that enable us to examine the complex and various meanings of human rights - but also the psychological - the ways in which human rights partake in stories that involve human vulnerability, collective sacrifice, and inspirational courage.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student who is interested in discussing human rights, with a focus on questions of wide-scale violence against individuals and groups. This includes the topics of genocide, torture, economic destitution, and the displacement of peoples worldwide. Students interested in the law, policy, ethics, global politics, and the sociology and psychology of violence (and other related areas) may find this course helpful.The course is an opportunity for extended discussion and reflection. The course includes an experiential component - a simulation of the United Nations Security Council - as a way to bring themes in the course together, examine how experience differs from perceived international practice, and as a way to trigger further discussion.
- Learning Objectives:
- Explore a human rights problem.Analyze the multiple challenges in a particular human rights context.Discuss the complex and varying meanings of human rights.
- Grading:
- 50% Participation (includes attendance, individual in-class discussion of readings, and general participation)25% Simulation of the United Nations Security Council25% Reflections Paper on the Simulation
*This grading scheme may change. Furthermore, the instructor intends to consult with students in the beginning of the course. - Exam Format:
- There is No exam in the course.
- Class Format:
- The course is discussion-based. While there is lecturing, students are asked to reflect, discuss, and share their thoughts about the issues and questions of the course.
- Workload:
- 20-50 Pages of Reading per Week (excluding the last weeks when conducting the simulation)1 Simulation1 Reflections Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32507/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 August 2019
Fall 2023 | SOC 8390 Section 001: Topics in Political Sociology -- Global Migrations (32513)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics with common focus on social underpinnings of political behavior/change. Topics specified in Class Schedule. Sample topics: democracy and development, international legal and political systems, power and protest in advanced capitalist states, xenophobia and international migration, and civil society and democracy.
- Class Notes:
- 6 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students until Aug 29, 2023. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8390+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- The study of human migrations is today more global, more interdisciplinary, and more focused on the varied causes and consequences of movement itself. Migration Studies field is thus no longer limited to nation-building narratives or to discussions of race and ethnicity in a few 'nations of immigrants' such as the U.S. or Canada. This course explores issues related to migration from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and will compare and connect diverse migration trends around the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America). Students will critically engage with various paradigms on the geopolitical, racial and gender power dynamics that anchor migration outcomes while interpreting each migration from global perspectives.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduates in the social sciences interested in global population movements and geopolitical.
- Exam Format:
- No exam. Major research paper due at the end of the semester
- Class Format:
- seminar
- Workload:
- 50-60 pages of reading per week; weekly responses to the assigned readings
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32513/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2019
Fall 2023 | SOC 8551 Section 001: Life Course Inequality & Health (32518)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Seminar examines the changing life course in its social and historical context, including theoretical principles, methodologies, and policy implications. Focus on key societal institutions that offer unequal opportunities and constraints, depending on social class, race/ethnicity, and gender. Unequal access to age-graded social roles and resources shape the course of development, and in doing so, they have profound impacts on health. We will consider how inequality in the family, education, work, the military, and in the health care & criminal justice systems influence health behaviors and outcomes at different ages and life stages. prereq: grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students until Aug 29, 2023. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?kampdush+SOC8551+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- 0A
This seminar will examine the life course paradigm, its origins, and its broad influence on the social sciences and social policy, with special focus on inequality and health. We will be examining theoretical and empirical work inspired by the life course paradigm, featuring structural sources of inequality throughout the life course in major institutional contexts of development (e.g., family, education, work, criminal justice) and their impacts on long-term cumulative processes that promote resilience or vulnerability. Emphasis is on recent studies, conceptual and methodological challenges in understanding the nexus of life course inequality and health, promising directions for future research, and implications for policy, including health policy. By presenting key life course concepts, research strategies, and empirical exemplars, it will provide students with the intellectual tools to assess how inequality throughout the life course is reflected in individual well-being and what might be done to reduce the health risks associated with life course inequalities.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology, demography, social psychology, public health, and related disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will gain familiarity with theoretical and empirical literature relating to life course inequality and health, as well as emerging research questions and approaches. The term paper will enable the student to delve deeply into a selected subject of interest, and the student-led seminars will heighten students' skills in leading, and contributing to, small group discussions. This seminar fosters a multidisciplinary orientation, as it draws on literature from multiple fields and typically attracts students from diverse departments in the university.
- Class Format:
- Class Format. Each seminar will be divided into segments:
(1) An introduction by the instructor, indicating key issues and debates, the broader intellectual context, important works, and implications.(2) A student-led discussion. Seminars are the place for lively exploration of ideas. The student leader will bring up issues related to the required readings, and prepare several questions related to the readings and topics for each seminar. They should stimulate critical and evaluative discussion. I provide some examples for illustration (these are general in character; they need to be specified and elaborated for each topic:
How does the concept in question (e.g., age norm, turning point, etc.) enhance our understanding of life course inequality and health? Is the concept precise and clear? Somewhat vague or ill-defined? How has it been measured or operationalized? How has it stimulated empirical research? How might it be extended or elaborated?
What examples of historical variability, inter- or intra-societal variation clarify or extend our understanding of life course concepts?
In addressing the readings, you might ask, is the author's central argument well justified (logically, empirically, etc.)?How does the selection help us to understand specific life course inequalities (which you identify) and their consequences for health? How can the concepts be applied to life course phenomena other than those explicitly considered in the selection you read? Can the empirical findings be generalized to other phenomena? To other times and places? Are there gaps or unaddressed issues which should be considered? Does the selection raise questions amenable to future empirical investigation? Does it provide information or data relevant to social policy? How does the reading address your particular interests?
All students should be prepared to actively participate in the discussion. To do this, it is necessary to read each required selection, consider the issues/questions raised by the seminar leaders, and be ready to bring new questions and issues into the discussion.
(3) The last 20 minutes of some seminars will be devoted to a discussion of term papers. Early in the semester, these segments will focus on term paper topics and issues to be considered. Presentations of the papers at the end of the term may be in the same format as a round table discussion, or may be a more formal presentation with powerpoint. Allow 20 minutes for the presentation itself; 5 minutes for questions and discussion. - Workload:
- Approximately 50-60 pages of reading per week, and a term paper.
Students may choose one of the following term paper options:A. An analysis of a life course concept of your choosing (for example, cohort, transition, trajectory, generation, age grading, age norm, age identity pathway, agency, cumulative disadvantage, accentuation, resilience, or others). Trace the development of the concept historically; indicate how it has been useful in promoting understanding of processes relevant to an understanding of life course inequality and health; describe how it has inspired empirical research; discuss its limitations; and indicate the kinds of research that are necessary to further illuminate its application. (approximately 20 double-spaced pages of text; in addition, include an abstract and a reference list).
B. A journal-type article on a topic related to the study of life course inequality and health, involving the analysis of data of your choice, qualitative or quantitative. (approximately 20 double-spaced pages of text; additional materials include abstract, footnotes, reference list, figures and tables).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32518/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2023 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (17573)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (14 of 14 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Notes:
- 9 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garbes+SOC8701+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for first year graduate students in Sociology. A few seats are open to other students upon request.Major theorists include W.E.B. Du Bois, Anna Julia Cooper, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Ida B. Wells, Anibal Quijano, Karl Polanyi, Erving Goffman, Patricia Hill Collins, Pierre Bourdieu, and Evelyn Nakano Glenn. They will be clustered around theoretical concept rather than chronologically, though we will trace the genealogy of each concept.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17573/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Summer 2023 | SOC 1001 Section 301: Introduction to Sociology (82512)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/15/2023 - 08/18/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- .
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82512/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Summer 2023 | SOC 1001 Section 302: Introduction to Sociology (82551)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/15/2023 - 08/18/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay questions
- Class Format:
- Online and asynchronous
- Workload:
- 25-40 pages of reading per week, weekly reading journals and discussion posts, three exams, and a 5-page final paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82551/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2023
Summer 2023 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (82226)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/05/2023 - 07/28/2023Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 23 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled day and time. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?joh07820+SOC3251W+Summer2023
- Class Description:
- Numerous scholars in the social sciences have noted pervasive inequalities in the United States. These inequalities often manifest within the realms of education, health, income, wealth (among others) and often cut sharply along the lines of race, gender, and class. This course will examine the cultural processes through which such durable inequality can persist despite widespread (although not-near total) belief in egalitarian ideals in the United States. We will discover, through engagement with scholarly work spanning from the early 20th century until our current moment, how racial, classed, and gendered social positions and identities saturate every aspect of social life - our perception, our routines, our values, and even the way we carry our bodies through the world. Both during class time and within class assignments, students will use such accumulated knowledge to account for why social power remains unequally distributed in the United States.
List of assigned authors in the course include (but is not limited to): W.E.B DuBois, Dorothy Smith, Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlee Crenshaw, Pierre Bourdieu, and others.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- All students who have an interest in grappling with the deep sources/consequences of social inequality, especially if they have already become interested in the sociological discipline, are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will gain an entry-level understanding of essential works in sociology which explain the cultural nature and operation of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States.
In service of the above objective, students will learn strategies for how to digest and comprehend academic texts and their theoretical content.
Students will gain experience in working with other students and the instructor in a discussion (rather than purely lecture) format to review and apply course texts.
Students will develop the ability to translate sociological texts and theory into their surrounding social contexts, using it to analyze a social problem of their choosing in a course paper.
Students will learn how to develop and revise a medium length
(10-12 page) paper, and, consequently, a sociologically-informed argument, throughout multiple drafts and across several weeks. - Grading:
- Students will be evaluated on a mixture of class participation, several graded components (an articulation of topic, an outline with provisional sources, a peer-reviewed draft, and the final paper) of a 10-12 page paper due in segments throughout the term, and two remotely-proctored quizzes where students summarize important class concepts in short answer form.
- Exam Format:
- There is no final exam for the class. A final paper will be due during the final exam period of the term.
- Class Format:
- Synchronous classes will include the following activities (Instruction will be semi-synchronous, meaning students will have to be online at the assigned times and work on reviewing recorded lectures and written materials on their own time):-A material "debrief" where students are encouraged to check in with each other in breakout groups about key takeaways from readings. The instructor will also check in on breakout groups during this time to help hone student understanding of course materials-Twice per term, students will have a one on one conference with the instructor during normal class time to discuss any ongoing issues the student has in the course/check in on progress on course objectives like the final term paper.-Occasional group activities where students in breakout groups work on applications of course materials which will then be discussed in large-group class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students should expect to dedicate 4 to 6 hours a week to course readings in addition to several additional hours during weeks before major assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82226/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 February 2023
Summer 2023 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (87301)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/05/2023 - 08/11/2023Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 18 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled day and time. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cueto006+SOC3613W+Summer2023
- Class Description:
- Cheeseburgers, fair trade dark chocolate, organic produce, Impossible Burgers. These foods mean different things for different people. They also raise important questions about our relationship to food: Where are the ingredients grown and who picks them? Where are they sold? Who prepares these dishes? Who enjoys the final product? While relatively overlooked by sociologists until recent decades, food is a central facet of social life and offers a rich snapshot of the social relations that shape our world. This course addresses two key goals. First, we examine food as a site where meanings, culture, and social relations are shaped. While many of us find nourishment, comfort, and meaning in food, it is also central to foreign conflict and entrenched inequalities domestically. Second, we will examine the various actors, institutions, and political dynamics shaping how, what, and why we eat. By examining academic, articles, popular readings, films, podcasts, and songs, this course offers a multifaceted portrait of central concerns of food: hunger, obesity, trade agreements, community gardens, and meal replacements. The course concludes by offering an overview of alternative food systems and movements that emphasize the role of the environment in food production/consumption.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in food, culture, politics, cities, and the environment. This is also a writing-intensive course, so students interested in developing writing skills are encouraged to register.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation30% Reading responses5% Short paper15% Autoethnography assignment30% Final paper
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Online/Hybrid; lecture & discussion-based
- Workload:
- 40-90 pages of reading per week
9-12 pages of writing across the semester (reading reflections, one short essay, ethnography activity report, policy memo) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87301/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 February 2023
Summer 2023 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (82516)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/15/2023 - 08/18/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bokun001+SOC3701+Summer2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82516/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Summer 2023 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (87350)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/05/2023 - 07/28/2023Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States (including American particularities in international comparison), their social, political, economic, cultural, and institutional conditions, and how these patterns relate to broader sociological themes. We will examine a cross-section of most outstanding recent and some (by now) classical criminological and sociological books and a few articles that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled day and time. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?curry192+SOC4102+Summer2023
- Class Description:
- This seminar examines involvement in crime and violence. First, it surveys classical and contemporary perspectives in criminological theory. We will examine the assumptions, logical structure, and etiological dimensions of various perspectives that seek to explain crime. We will further consider various empirical tests of these different approaches to understanding offending. Second, it examines research on the nature of offending in society. This involves issues of specialization, escalation and desistance, predictability of offending, stability and change in involvement in crime over the life course, and other general issues of offending within- and across people. This course might be useful to someone specializing in law, crime, and deviance or someone anticipating doing research on issues of crime and criminal justice.
- Grading:
- 40% exams; 40% papers; 10% Class Participation; 10% class discussion
- Exam Format:
- 8 Short essay on-line
- Class Format:
- Meet Thursday's 5-8:30
- Workload:
- Read 2 chapters and article, essay exam, paper and online class discussion
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87350/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 May 2023
Summer 2023 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (87317)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/15/2023 - 08/18/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examines the interaction between human society and the natural environment, focusing on the contemporary and global situation. Takes the perspective of environmental sociology concerning the short-range profit-driven and ideological causes of ecological destruction. Investigates how society is reacting to that increasing destruction prereq: 1001 recommended or a course on the environment, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC4305+Summer2023
- Class Description:
- We have entered the anthropocene--the age in which the impact of human activity on the environment cannot be ignored. From resource extraction, to pollution, to climate change, to potential mass extinctions and ecological collapse, the continued expansion of human society has come at the expense of its natural surroundings. In the process, humanity has become one of the single greatest threats to its own survival. Environmental sociology attempts to understand the origins of this conflict between "nature" and "society." How have various sociological factors, such as social organization, political conflict, labor and resource exploitation, and the rise of consumer culture combined to shape our relationship with the environmental? Why have we been so willing to ignore the risks and consequences of anthropogenic climate change and why has it proven so difficult to build social movements around environmental justice? Collective problems require collective solutions--what broadscale changes must societies adopt in order to mitigate these risks and, ideally, ensure an environmentally sustainable future? This course will tackle all these questions and more.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1) To understand how human activity shapes and has been shaped by its environment.2) To map out the sociological dimensions of why "nature" and "society" are in conflict.3) To explore potential collective solutions to collective problems and how societies might achieve a balance between social progress and ecological sustainability.
- Grading:
- General participation in online discussion - 20%5 discussion posts - 50%1 Final exam (including essay question) - 30%
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and essay
- Class Format:
- This class is online and asynchronous. It will include recorded lectures, online discussion, and films.
- Workload:
- - approximately 30-40 pages of reading per week- weekly participation in online discussion- 5 500-word discussion posts- final exam, including multiple choice questions and one essay question
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87317/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 February 2023
Spring 2023 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (51733)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankWilley Hall 125
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (179 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?nels9559+SOC1001+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- How do we develop a sense of identity? How do we decide what is right or wrong? How much power do we have to change the world? This course is designed to help you tackle questions like these and many more through developing what sociologists call the "sociological imagination": the ability to understand human lives as shaped by social forces. Sociology involves rethinking common sense; it asks us to re-examine our society and reconsider our assumptions about basic social dynamics. This course will invite you to think critically about the information you are receiving, examine your own experiences and observations, and be receptive to sociological data and analyses that challenge your assumptions. Throughout the semester, we will cover social issues such as inequalities of race, class, gender, sexualities, culture, education, health, deviance, and social change. You are probably already thinking about many of these topics, and I want you to walk away from this course with the ability to use sociological theories, concepts, and methods to understand these issues.
- Grading:
- -approx. 12% attendance & participation-approx. 22% short papers & activities-approx. 26% quizzes-approx. 40% exams
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, short essay, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- in-person lecture and discussion sections
- Workload:
- - approximately 40 pages of reading per week- attendance & participation in lecture and discussion sections- 1-2 short papers/activities submitted via Canvas- weekly quizzes submitted via Canvas- 2 exams submitted via Canvas
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51733/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (51736)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (209 of 210 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC1001+Spring2023
- Class Description:
What sets sociology apart from the other social sciences is its diversity of perspectives and areas of inquiry. Any aspect of human activity can be studied sociologically--from individual cognition, to small group dynamics, to institutions and nation states, to vast, globe-spanning systems and structures. What matters most to the sociologist is less a specific area or specialty and more the ability to see the social in the world around us. The goal of this introductory course is to help students find their sociological perspective and understand how human agency both shapes and is shaped by social structures. We will discuss a broad range of topics, including: 1) theory and methods, both classical and contemporary; 2) culture, socialization, and social solidarity; 3) power, conflict, and the intersection of social statuses such as race, class, and gender; and 4) global dynamics, public sociology, and the potential for social change. By the time they complete this course students will ideally be able to apply their sociological imagination to both current events and their everyday lives.
- Grading:
- 10% attendance and participation20% short papers and activities50% weekly quizzes20% final exam
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions
- Class Format:
- In-person lecture and discussion sections
- Workload:
- - approximately 40 pages of reading per week- attendance and participation in lecture and discussion sessions- 2-3 short papers/activities- weekly short quizzes, submitted via Canvas- final exam, including essay question, submitted via Canvas
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51736/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (51739)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (180 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (1001-021) is completely online in an asynchronous format. The discussion sections are in a synchronous online format at the posted day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC1001+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- Sociology offers a unique lens through which we can examine the world around us. In this course you will develop a perspective that will allow you to analyze the social world in a way that reveals the hidden and/or overlooked social forces that shape our lives. This approach, the sociological imagination, will enable you to explore how social forces influence the ways we view and navigate our social world. We will discuss how sociologists use theory and research to better understand important social issues such as inequalities of race, class, gender, sexualities and how social order and social change are possible. We will discuss how society affects individuals and in turn how individuals can affect society.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51739/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (53788)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (121 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Drawing from an interdisciplinary social science perspective, we examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment with a particular focus on how forms of social control institutionalize, legitimize and perpetuate inequality. The course is comprised of two units. First, we will critically analyze central theoretical traditions in criminology with an emphasis on theories currently shaping research in the field. The second unit will include an examination of contemporary case studies in several substantive areas. Thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth; and alternatives to policing and police reform.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53788/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 3003 Section 001: Social Problems (65578)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (43 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, we will engage in a sociological examination of major social problems facing the contemporary US and abroad. We explore the origins and causes of different social problems, seek to understand how they impact individuals, groups, and the society as a whole, and evaluate solutions. We ask how an issue becomes defined as a "social problem," discuss the social construction of reality and deviance, and consider the primary frameworks under which societies have organized their responses to different social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?clar0514+SOC3003+Spring2023
- Class Description:
In this course, we will engage in a sociological examination of major social problems facing the contemporary US and abroad. I will focus on the US and students will choose a country to compare social problems.
Some of the social problems cover are: Transgender rights, Environmental Justice, The War on Drugs, Fake news and campus sexual assult.
We explore the origins and causes of different social problems, seek to understand how they impact individuals, groups, and the society as a whole, and evaluate solutions. We ask how an issue becomes defined as a "social problem," discuss the social construction of reality and deviance, and consider the primary frameworks under which societies have organized their responses to different social problems.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Major/Minor, those interested in social change
- Grading:
5 exams multiple choice and essay 40 points each
2 short papers 15 and 30 pts Final Presentation 100 pts- Exam Format:
- 5 exams multiple choice and essay 40 points each
- Class Format:
- Lecture, Small group discussion
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65578/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (52662)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (104 of 106 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class,and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.Honors students are expected to complete additional honors assignments and contribute more deeply to class discussion.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
- Grading:
- 50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
- In person lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages reading per week (+ videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52662/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (65579)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (9 of 9 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101H+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class,and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.Honors students are expected to complete additional honors assignments and contribute more deeply to class discussion.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
- Grading:
- 50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
- In person lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages reading per week (+ videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65579/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (52663)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?robe1930+SOC3102+Spring2023
- Class Description:
This course examines general issues in conceptualizing and controlling criminal behavior. Course content will be particularly concerned with the processes of classification and the construction of criminal behavior relative to other idealized forms of behavior. The first half of the course will focus on how society defines, measures, and explains (i.e., identifies causes of) crime. We will then examine how society tries to prevent and control crime in the second half of the class. Some important questions that will guide our course include: How does criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? What is the relationship between status characteristics like race, class gender, sexuality, and the classification and controlling of some behaviors versus others?
- Learning Objectives:
- To learn how sociologists define, measure, and explain the causes of crime and criminal behavior.To assess the implications of crime control strategies for crime and social control
- Grading:
50% In-Class Participation and Quizzes
30% Papers (2 papers, 15% each)
20% Final Exam
- Exam Format:
Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
30% Lecture
40% Discussion
30% In-Class Activities (i.e., individual and group activities, films, etc).
- Workload:
Approximately 50 pages of reading per week (i.e., academic research articles, newspaper articles and blogs, etc)
Weekly quizzes (short essay or multiple choice) submitted via Canvas
1 Reflection paper (2-4 pages; double-spaced)
1 Concept/Application paper (4-6 pages; double-spaced)
Final Exam
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52663/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3207 Section 002: Global Islamophobia (68843)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3407 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon 05:30PM - 08:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (4 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Throughout the world, anti-Muslim activists and politicians have been increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam. And, international organizations have reported human rights violations against Muslims worldwide. Recently, in the United States, there have been calls to ban Muslims, as well as register American Muslims. In France, Muslim women are prohibited to wear a headscarf in high school. And in Myanmar, a genocide against Muslim minorities is currently underway. While anti-Islamic discourses have a long history in many societies worldwide (including Muslim-majority countries), the course seeks to explore the global rise of these discourses since September 11, 2001. The course examines the cultural, political, and historical origins of Islamophobic discourses that cast Muslims as "violent," "hateful," and "uncivilized." Class sessions will include some lecture but will be largely discussion based. Assignments will ask students to think and write critically about course concepts, debate and participate in simulation exercises, and reflect on personal thoughts and feelings about course content.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC3207+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- Throughout the world, anti-Muslim activists and politicians have been been increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam. And, international organizations have reported human rights violations against Muslims worldwide. Recently, in the United States, there have been calls to ban Muslims, as well as register American Muslims. In France, Muslim women are prohibited to wear a headscarf in high school​.​​And in Myanmar, a genocide against Muslim minorities is currently underway. While anti-Islamic discourses have a long history in many societies worldwide​ (including Muslim-majority countries)​, the courseseeks to explore the global rise of these discourses since September 11, 2001. The course examines the cultural, political, and historical origins of Islamophobic discourses that cast Muslims as "violent," "hateful," and "uncivilized."​​The course exploresMuslim minorities in Western societies​​​​as a case study of how a minority group comes into formation and becomes adversely targeted.​Thecourse examines how discrimination is not a simple straight-forward act, but occurs alongside​imagesof a despicable and threatening "other​" in our midst.​One goal of the course is to understand the pernicious yet complex ways in which discrimination is justified and normalized in society. Students will write a human rights strategy memo contemplating ways to limit or eliminate discrimination and - at the end of the course - students will participate in a simulation of the United Nations Security Council.
- Learning Objectives:
- Identify (and define) Islamophobia.Analyze the multiple human rights challenges resulting from Islamophobia.Devise strategies to address the challenge of Islamophobia.
- Grading:
- 30% Participation (includes attendance, individual in-class discussion of readings, and general participation)20% Debate (Simulation) (4-7 minute speech)20% Strategy Memo (class discussion of memo ideas, the sharing of comments, and grading based on honor).30% Simulation of the United Nations Security Council
*This grading scheme is not final, as the instructor intends to consult with students in the beginning of the course. - Exam Format:
- There are NO exams in this course.
- Class Format:
- The course is discussion-based. It includes lectures, activities, and in-class discussion.
There are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas. - Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading per Week (excluding the last two weeks, considering the simulation and the final week wrap-up)1 Debate1 Strategy Memo1 United Nations Security Council Simulation1 Commentary based on a guest lecture1 Reflections Essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68843/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 January 2023
Spring 2023 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (53948)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
In this class we will explore the dynamics of race and racism in the 21st century U.S.
We inquire into how race works in the U.S. TODAY, as compared to how it seemed to "work" decades ago -- looking at both points of rupture and continuity.
We'll cover issues such as race and policing, racial identity, race and schooling, race and settler colonialism, race and media, and race and electoral politics. We'll look at how race functions to stratify the society as a whole, and also examine issues salient to the lived experiences of specific racialized social groups.
This term we'll talk about all of this using a mixture of academic writing, documentary films, and video clips. We'll incorporate frequent references to current political and social events, popular culture, and the print and online media.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
30% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week3 Formal Paper(s), ~ 7-9 pages each, and rewrite/ revision3 Informal Papers (reading or film reflections) 1-2 pages each
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53948/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (53395)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (38 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3251W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing! Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your OWN life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of OTHERS. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the Social Construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings, such as the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and collective approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
60% Papers (3 papers, 20% each)
20% Final Exam
20% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Exam
3 Papers (8-10 pages each) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53395/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 September 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (65582)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (58 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Political sociology is concerned with the social bases of power and the social consequences of the organization of power, especially how power operates in relationship to various forms of inequality and different institutions. We will explore political socialization, electoral politics and voting, social movements, the media and framing, and politics of inequality, poverty, and welfare. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?brigh009+SOC3301W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- Political sociology uses politics as a way to theorize or ideally to better understand how/why power functions the way it does in society - political sociology is less about politics traditionally and more about power in society. In this course you will spend some time looking at political institutions and how power to allocate resources is connected to elite institutions. In this first section of the course, the role of capitalism in environmental politics, healthcare politics, and the United Nations as a limited power broker within the organizing structure of national sovereignty will be explored (thus, we'll discuss nation states, how they are made and unmade). This course will also look at power and social movements, specifically addressing issues related to Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota. Topics to be infused throughout the course will include ideology (and how it forms, mutates, infests, changes, dissipates), drivers of inequality including what informs the construction and maintenance of law and rules, and the tenuous role of democracy (what is its role?) in addressing capitalism and inequality in the US and globally. Because the current political landscape is too loud to be ignored, we will take the time we need to sociologically make sense of current political events *as they unfold* during the course of the semester. You will ideally leave this course thinking about and looking for manifestations of power in both likely and unlikely places, having interrogated your beliefs about who gets what, where, when, why, and how, as well as the beliefs of others. We will rely heavily on the role of data as a way to understand the various phenomena, and even gather some of our own.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- prereq of 1001
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Define power in multiple ways. Identify these "types" of power in our social landscape.2. Apply various social institutions (not the brick and mortar kind) to processes of power, construction of laws, and allocation of resources.3. Engage with US and global politics in real time, linking course material to current events.4. Practice 1-2 data gathering methods.
- Grading:
- 20% Weekly "reading check" quizzes20% Two 3- to 5-page papers (10% each)20% One final 7- to 10-page paper20% Two short memos connecting current events to course material20% Attendance/participation
- Exam Format:
- Weekly quizzes will be multiple choice, to be taken prior to class for the week, on your own in Canvas
- Class Format:
- Lecture/Discussion
- Workload:
- 30-40 pages to read a week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65582/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (65705)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (37 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about the dilemmas and challenges facing movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and various institutions, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long-term and short-run impact. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC3322W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
This course is an introduction to social movements from a sociological perspective. Social movements are collective, organized, and sustained vehicles for challenging authorities, power-holders and cultural institutions. Social movements are also one side of a broader category of "contentious politics" through which people demand and work for change in the social order. They come in many different forms, and they work on many different issues, yet they are always one key arenas for the articulation of social, political and personal alternatives to the status quo. In this class, we examine the origins, dynamics, and consequences of many different social movements. Along the way, we study why individuals join or leave movements, how movements are organized, and how movement organizations interact with broader environments. Although we draw upon a variety of case studies and theories, the emphasis will be on applying what we learn to understand the movements and movement organizations that you care about, and thereby - hopefully - to better understand the turbulent modern world in which we live.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology students and others who are interested in the topic are welcome. Sociology 1001 or equivalent is highly recommended as a prerequisite. This course meets the requirements of the Council of Liberal Education's Civic Life and Ethics theme, and we address ethical issues throughout the course. In this way, we foster skills for effective citizenship and lifelong learning. For example, we discuss tensions between individual interest and community responsibility in thinking about why people protest. In our discussion of movement strategies and tactics, we also address moral issues concerning civil disobedience and the conditions, if any, under which it is justifiable to break the law. The course speaks to the broader goals of liberal education in a general sense, for example as we consider the role of movement participants as historical actors who are shaped by the world around them, even as they seek to change it.
- Learning Objectives:
- To understand social movements, including their internal dynamics and external contexts.To understand, think with, and apply social scientific theories and concepts relating to social movements.To master research techniques and write persuasive, careful prose.
- Grading:
- 60% application papers (2 shorter, 1 longer paper combining elements of the first two20% response paragraphs20% attendance and participation
- Exam Format:
- No exams. This is a writing intensive class, focused on using and applying concepts and theories to social movements.
- Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
5% Film/Video
35% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 30-60 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 development papers, leading to 1 final paper. in-class work and writing exercises - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65705/1233
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC3322W_Spring2023.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (65595)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3411W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and minors; social science, business, public health, public administration, and related fields.
- Learning Objectives:
(1) To compare, from the perspectives of people in affected nations, the diverse assumptions, interpretations, and organizational responses to complex globalization processes.
(2) To identify significant differences and consequences of the social institutions - customs, norms, associations, laws, governments - that manage and regulate organizational behaviors from the workplace to multinational corporations.
(3) To examine organizational networks of economic, technological, cultural, and political relations that interconnect the world's societies and nation-states.- Grading:
- Writing Intensive course with short writing assignments and a longer course paper. Instructor feedback provided on partial draft of the course paper. Course grade is based on 3 assignments (20% each) and course paper (40%). A service learning component is available. An honors option and a sociology major senior paper option are also available.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures (60%), small group discussions and role-playing exercises (20%), videos (15%), and guest speakers (5%).
- Workload:
- About 30-40 pages of articles or book chapter reading per week. 20-25 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65595/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3415 Section 001: Consume This! The Sociology and Politics of Consumption (65598)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (40 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How symbols are created, acquired, diffused, and used for organizing personal identity and maintaining group boundaries. Fashion. Socialization. Structure of retail trade. Role of mass media, advertising, marketing/production strategies. Implications of worldwide markets. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Students need to be available to meet via zoom on TTH in the posted time slot for small group discussions. Lectures will be posted asynchronously. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3415+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- The course traces the dynamic frontier of commodification, from the first department stores to the age of the influencer. We will unpack the symbolic construction of products and product-defined "life-styles" through media, the retail experience, advertising and branding. Then we'll shift to ecological critiques and solutions to the problem of waste and the ideology of endless "growth." The course will benefit students interested in gaining a deeper theoretical understanding of the mechanisms of historical and contemporary consumerism, whether they see themselves as critical consumers or ecological activists.
- Class Format:
- NOTE Students will need to be available 11.15-12.30 Tues Thurs for smaller discussion groups on Zoom. Lectures will be posted asynchronously.20% Discussions in smaller groups on Zoom.
20% Film/Video/Lecture
60% Online reading and writing. - Workload:
- Other Workload: Work Load: 50 average pages of reading per week, 30-40 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65598/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities & Social Change (65706)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (18 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The core themes of this class will provide an essential toolkit for approaching broad questions about social justice, culture, work, housing and service provision on multiple levels and across the globe. This course will have units on economic development, inequality, the interaction between design and human action, inclusive and exclusive cultural formations, crime and cultures of fear, social control and surveillance. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lipsc072+SOC3451W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- Using sociology, along with history and urban studies, this course will follow the rise of "cities". We will study the great scholars of urbanism, including Wirth, Simmel, Wilson, Sassen, and Klinenberg to apply their models to topics such as the rise of modernism, the city as a milieu of design and consumption, ecological sustainability, and the urban-suburban divide.
- Grading:
- 70% Written work
30% Class participation - Class Format:
40% Lecture
50% Discussion
10% Film- Workload:
30-40 Pages of Reading Per Week
3 Formal Papers (7-9 pages each, and a revise/resubmit)
3 Informal Papers (readings or film reflections) 1-2 pages each- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65706/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 December 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (55095)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (60 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cueto006+SOC3613W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- Cheeseburgers, fair trade dark chocolate, organic produce, Impossible Burgers. These foods mean different things for different people. They also raise important questions about our relationship to food: Where are the ingredients grown and who picks them? Where are they sold? Who prepares these dishes? Who enjoys the final product? While relatively overlooked by sociologists until recent decades, food is a central facet of social life and offers a rich snapshot of the social relations that shape our world. This course addresses two key goals. First, we examine food as a site where meanings, culture, and social relations are shaped. While many of us find nourishment, comfort, and meaning in food, it is also central to foreign conflict and entrenched inequalities domestically. Second, we will examine the various actors, institutions, and political dynamics shaping how, what, and why we eat. By examining academic, articles, popular readings, films, podcasts, and songs, this course offers a multifaceted portrait of central concerns of food: hunger, obesity, trade agreements, community gardens, and meal replacements. The course concludes by offering an overview of alternative food systems and movements that emphasize the role of the environment in food production/consumption.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in food, culture, politics, cities, and the environment.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation30% Reading responses5% Short paper15% Autoethnography assignment30% Final paper
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion based
- Workload:
- 40-90 pages of reading per week9-12 pages of writing across the semester (reading reflections, one short essay, ethnography activity report, policy memo)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55095/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (51751)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (55 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC3701+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?In Spring 2022, the course will be taught by Professor Savelsberg. He describes his particular emphasis thus: "This class seeks to develop an understanding of sociological theory. Theory, together with empirical methods, is one of the pillars on which our sociological work is based, no matter if we deal with questions of criminology, family and the life course, organizations, social movements and politics, education and whatever other themes sociology addresses. In this course, we focus primarily on the questions and ideas that the classical sociologists have provided us with, including Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel and W.E.B. DuBois. Yet we also extend the line of thought to contemporary theory. Crucial questions we will engage with include: What basic changes did societies experience in the modernizing process? What holds society together, in other words: why do things work decently well? Yet, also, why does conflict erupt and how do societies handle it? When does repression and massive social inequality not result in open conflict? What role does "race" play? What role do rituals and symbols play when harmony or conflict unfold? What are social roles? Do we identify with social roles, or do we just perform them? Does the size of a group matter? Is society something outside ourselves, or do humans build (and change) it through their everyday interactions? Are human pursuits driven by rational action of self-interested individuals or by social norms and solidarity? What role do social networks play in which they are embedded?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology (general and LCD) majors
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand general sociological theories, apply them to specific sociological issues and see how they help us make sense of the world we live in.
- Grading:
- (1) 20% based on four short quizzes, consisting of short answer and multiple-choice questions. Each quiz is worth 5% of your final grade. This feature is important as it is especially crucial in this course that you stay on top of the readings and do not procrastinate. Keeping up with the course and succeeding would otherwise be very difficult.
(2) 25% based on a midterm exam, consisting of a mixture of short answer and multiple-choice questions.(3) 35% based on a cumulative final exam, consisting of a mixture of short answer and multiple-choice questions.(4) 20% based on writing assignments. - Exam Format:
- essay; short answer; multiple choice
- Class Format:
- lecture, plenary discussion, small group work, occasional film segments
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51751/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 September 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (53947)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (69 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broko008+SOC3701+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories. Theory provides us with ways of seeing the world and the structures that undergird the increasingly complex world we live in. We'll read and discuss both foundational and contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work together to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve to explain human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? What is power, where does it come from, and how is it maintained? How does social change take place? How are social identities created and transformed?By the end of this course, students will be able to read dense theoretical texts, compare and synthesize ideas from multiple theorists, and apply concepts from social theory to matters that interest them.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on reading responses, participation in class discussions, periodic short quizzes, and a final writing assignment.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Class Format:
- Group activities, lecture, discussion, short films
- Workload:
- 45-60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53947/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (65825)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (35 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65825/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2023 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (65639)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (76 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is at the intersection of macro and micro sociology, linking social structures, interpersonal relationships and interactions, attitudes, values and the self-concept. Principles of social psychology are drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. This course covers a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC3721+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course is a survey of contemporary social psychological theories. We will evaluate these theories against practical behavior. Social psychology covers the motives for social behavior including emotions, identities, exchange, and power dynamics.
- Learning Objectives:
- Gain a deeper understanding of how social situations shape emotions and behavior
- Gain a deeper understanding of the nature and function of identities.
- Gain a deeper understanding of the motives for social behavior.
- Grading:
A 100 - 94
A- 93 - 90
B+ 89 - 87
B 86 - 83
B- 82 - 80
C+ 79 - 77
C 76 - 73
C- 72 - 70
D+ 69 - 67
D 66 - 63
D- 62 - 60
F 59 - 0- Exam Format:
- There will be a series of short answer essays.
- Class Format:
- Lectures
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65639/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (51745)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (107 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Spring20232
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and other social scientists hoping to understand how sociological research is created and what questions we might ask of each study to better understand it's strengths and weaknesses.
- Grading:
- 10% Worksheets and other assignments based on lectures15% Worksheets and other assignments based on podcasts30% Unit quizzes30% Two brief papers analyzing the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (as described in the readings)
15% Worksheets based on readings - Exam Format:
- The unit quizzes are multiple choice and short answer. There are no exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures are asynchronous and available on Canvas.Podcasts are from Give Methods a Chance -- listen to podcast, read accompanying book, answer accompanying questions, contribute to discussions.Class is divided into nine units and each unit has a short quiz.Deeper understanding and analysis are required to analyze the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (papers are about the assigned journal article reading material only)
Worksheets based on the assigned journal articles, assessing basic understanding, in preparation for the papers. - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week20-40 minutes of podcast listening per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
5-10 brief quizzes
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readingsStudents have options for how to earn points. There are more points available than are necessary for an "A". The only required assignments are the two papers. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51745/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (51715)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (148 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major.
- Learning Objectives:
- See full description under Class Description. Briefly, this is a requirement for a sociology major. You will learn basic quantitative analytic skills useful for senior thesis and a future research job.
- Grading:
- 10% Class attendance50% Problem solving assignments40% Midterm exam !05% End of course extra credit
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10 pages per week reading (textbook and lecture notes)10 out of 12 assignments and weekly problem solving labs2 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51715/1233
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 September 2020
Spring 2023 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (65604)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65604/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Spring 2023 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (65605)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (55 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65605/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Spring 2023 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (65637)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104H Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 42 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65637/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime and Human Rights (65638)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on an LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class PowerPoint presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates to themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104H+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65638/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment (65636)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (55 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The purpose of this class is to develop a working understanding of the sociology of punishment. To that end, the course focuses on three interrelated questions: How do various social factors (the economy, culture, crime, media, race relations, etc.) shape the development of criminal punishment? Why does punishment differ across time and place? How do penal laws, practices, and institutions affect individuals, groups, and communities? The course combines lectures and small and large group discussions. prereq: 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4105+Spring2023
- Class Description:
The purpose of this class is to develop a working understanding of the "sociology of punishment." To that end, we will focus on three interrelated questions: What are the sources of punishment? Why does punishment differ across time and place? How do penal laws, practices, and institutions affect individuals, groups, and communities? We will also study how the legal system (and non-state organizations) should serve victims of crime. This class combines readings, podcasts, fiction, and films.
- Grading:
- 70% of the course grade will be from the exams;30% will be from the reaction papers and class attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes, reaction papers, and final exam.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-74 Pages Reading Per Week.
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65636/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 4108 Section 001: Current Issues in Crime Control (65635)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC4108+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- Over the past decade, the criminal justice system has been pushed to reform and change---from calls to end police violence and make "Black Lives Matter" to demands that the U.S. cut its prison population in half and abolish mass supervision. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, advocates called for radically reducing incarceration as a public health measure. Yet by 2022, we are also seeing a resurgence of "tough on crime" politics, calling for more policing and harsher punishment as a response to a spike in homicide rates. This class covers this past decade of advocacy, reform, and retrenchment, asking how criminal justice systems have (and have not) moved into the 21st century.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in understanding more about contemporary criminal justice practices in the U.S. There is no prerequisite, but students may benefit from having taken Sociology 1101 or 3101 in advance.
- Learning Objectives:
- Familiarity with contemporary crime trends, criminal justice reform successes and pitfalls, and the politics of crime in the U.S.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on participation, essay exams, and final projects.
- Exam Format:
- Essay-based
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture50% Discussion
- Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65635/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 4113 Section 001: Sociology of Violence: Bedrooms, Backyards, and Bars (65634)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course looks at violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas, bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. Students will wrestle with definitions of violence and the circumstances in which behavior is or isn't categorized as violent. A major theme will be how violence operates as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Subtopics intersecting violence include cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment. Soc Majors and Minors must register A/F. Pre-req of Soc 1001, Soc 1101, 3101 or 3102 is recommended.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC4113+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- In this course, we will examine violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas - bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. You will interrogate definitions and theoretical perspectives of violence. Our principal concern is with violence as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Intersecting subtopics include: cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student interested sociological perspectives on violence.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Critically discuss perspectives on violence
- 2. Differentiate types of violence
- 3. Critically discuss social motives associated with violent behaviors and events
- Grading:
A 100 - 94
A- 93 - 90
B+ 89 - 87
B 86 - 83
B- 82 - 80
C+ 79 - 77
C 76 - 73
C- 72 - 70
D+ 69 - 67
D 66 - 63
D- 62 - 60
F 59 - 0
- Exam Format:
- There will be a series of short answer essays.
- Class Format:
- Lectures
- Workload:
- The course will meet twice a week. Articles will be provided via the course Canvas page. Much of the practical content will be digital.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65634/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 4147 Section 001: Sociology of Mental Health & Illness (54692)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to give you an overview of the ways a sociological perspective informs our understanding of mental health and illness. While sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and others all deal with issues of mental illness, they often approach the topic in very different ways. In general, a sociological perspective tends to focus on aspects of the social environment that we often ignore, neglect, or take for granted. It calls attention to how society or groups are organized, who benefits or is hurt by the way things are organized, and what beliefs shape our behaviors. In viewing mental illness, sociologists have primarily challenged dominant views of mental illness, examined how social relationships play a role in mental illness, questioned the goals and implications of mental health policy and researched how mental health services are organized and provided. prereq: Soc 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4147+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to give an overview of sociological perspectives of mental health and illness. As a part of this course we will critically examine issues surrounding mental health and illness by situating them in a broader social context including: social relationships, social structures, and social institutions. Throughout the semester we will address key topics including how mental health is defined in different contexts, the role of social stigma, and policies and health services surrounding mental health and illness.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54692/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (53949)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (58 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format at the posted day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4162+Spring2023
- Class Description:
Welcome to our interactive criminal procedure class!
We spend our Wednesday afternoons together interrogating the central promise of US criminal justice: to balance the power of government to protect the safety and security of all persons against those who want to do them harm, while at the same time protecting their right to come and go as they please without government interference, and guaranteeing all persons that the government will enforce the law on the street, at the police station, in the courts, and when punishing criminal wrongdoing. This promise is also the criminal blaming and punishing regime's greatest problem: How close to social reality is the promise of EQUAL rights and justice to every individual. This promise and this problem have fascinated our beloved "U" undergrads--and me--at least once a year since 1971. I promise to work as hard as I can to make our Interactive Criminal Procedure ZOOM 2022 fascinating and valuable too!😺
A final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal procedure law in our interactive journey through the criminal process. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing YOUR CPI
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from all majors and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal justice social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice for all, and social order.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal concepts and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- About 35 Pages Reading Per Week. Some weeks are "thicker" than "others."
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53949/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 November 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (51922)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (59 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4966W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course will guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. The class will structure your work as you select your topic, write a draft, and polish your paper. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will also help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and career choices, developing resumes, and getting ready for job interviews. Presentations and discussions by students are organized in class to help them learn from each other. This is a writing intensive class with a total of six writing assignments. The class is organized into three parts.Part One (weeks 1-3) is a recap of sociological knowledge. What is sociology? What are the key elements of a sociological analysis? What are career choices for a sociology major? These three questions are focused in lectures and in-class discussions. The last lecture is a description of three options from which each student chooses for his/her senior project paper.Part Two (weeks 4-6) is focused on expectations and requirements of your major project. This project should be the capstone expression of your "sociological imagination." It should show the knowledge, skills, and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. Examples of each of the three different kinds of a major project paper are discussed in lectures.Part Three (weeks 7-14) is designed for the development and finalization of your senior project paper. Each student is required to schedule individual meetings with your chosen Instructor to discuss the issues and challenges that the students encounter during their work progress toward the completion of the senior project paper.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major in the senior year.
- Learning Objectives:
- To complete senior project paper, a requirement for graduation.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lectures20% Writing exercises50% Community engagement and major project paper
- Workload:
- Less than 20 Pages Reading Per Week, Four writing exercises (1-5 pages) and One major project paper (12-18 pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51922/1233
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
Spring 2023 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Capstone Experience: Seminar (53859)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (59 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC4966W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
This seminar is designed to meet three goals. First, the course acts as a "capstone" experience for the major, giving you the opportunity to reflect back on what sociology is all about and to think ahead about how the perspectives, insights and experiences you have gained in the major can apply to your life and career beyond the University setting. Second, it provides a structured way to help you complete your thesis writing, a central requirement for majors wishing to graduate. Successful completion of the thesis shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. The course is structured to help and encourage you along the way. Throughout, we emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication and meaningful civic engagement. Finally, the course involves career planning, with significant use of CLA Career Services.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors, typically in the final year of study.
- Learning Objectives:
- Critical thinking and application of sociological lensDeveloping careful and persuasive proseEstablishing career plan goals
- Grading:
- 50 pts - Career development420 pts - Project development papers30 pts - attendance and participation
- Exam Format:
- No exams; papers are the core development goals.
- Class Format:
- 25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers
40% Service Learning - Workload:
- 20-50 Pages Reading Per Week
25-35 Pages Writing Per Term
1-3 papers (depending on track chosen; same number of pages total)
3 development memos - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53859/1233
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC4966W_Spring2023.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Honors Capstone Experience: Proseminar II (51924)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Pol 4977V, honors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 715
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociologys approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. The ultimate recommendation for level of latin honors is made by the committee at the time of the thesis defense. In addition to the Honors thesis requirements, the recommendation for summa-level honors is reserved for the papers that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented; - Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a panel presentation at the spring Sociological Research Institute (SRI). The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major & department consent
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for SOC majors, Jr. or Sr. Honors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC4978V+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociology's approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. Summa-level theses are those that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented; - Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a Sociology Department sponsored panel presentation in the Spring. The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major & department consent
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51924/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 December 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 5104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (65627)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 4104H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Sociology graduate student until Nov. 28. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC5104+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65627/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (52502)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8001+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course should help graduate students in the transition from the first part of graduate studies to the second, and the much more independent part, that is driven by your own work. Supplementing the work you will be doing with your advisors (and eventually committee members), this course will provide additional assistance with the production of reading lists and prelims. This structure is flexible, however, and we will adjust based on the needs of the group. We do not have papers, readings or formal graded assignments. The main goal of the course is to provide a structure for what you need to get done, and to encourage peer-review and discussion of work in progress. In addition to practical matters of working toward prelim papers, topics may include: library search strategies; planning for the prospectus; grant proposals; journal submissions; and IRB applications.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Third year graduate students in Sociology (possibly 2nd year, especially if entered the program with an MA in hand).
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn and exchange ideas about strategies of moving toward prelim writing, possibly prospectus work and beyond.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors, e.g., a librarian, more advanced students in the ABD stage (or recent graduates, looking back).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52502/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 September 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (53575)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8011+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course is aimed at graduate students preparing to become teachers at the college level. We begin by working to understand the social/political context of teaching, including topics such as ethics, multiculturalism, and academic freedom. Students also learn practical teaching skills to be used when lecturing or leading discussions. Active learning strategies are emphasized as effective tools for engaging a wide variety of adult learners. A major part of the course is the independent development of a course syllabus and related lesson plans and exercises.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology graduate students
- Learning Objectives:
- Develop a sociological understanding of university classrooms Plan a course to teach in the future, including syllabus, assignments, rubrics, and teaching philosophyLearn student-centered teaching methods and backward course design for effective day to day life in the classroomCommunicate some aspect of this learning to the broader UM sociology community at SRI
- Grading:
- To earn an "A" in this course, you must have no more than one unexcused absence; actively partipate during our class sessions, including co-facilitating the discussion twice; turn in all assignments fully complete and on-time; provide thoughtful reviewer comments on your partner's work on time and every time; and your work must show effort and growth. Poor performance on any of these will cause your grade to be lower. You are at risk of failing this course if you have three unexcused absences or do not turn in a major assignment. I will not give an Incomplete except when required by university policy.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on in-class discussion of readings, collaborative preparation of materials such as a teaching statement and syllabus, as well as engagement with guest speakers from around the university.
- Workload:
- Over the semester, you will hone your CV, create a teaching statement, develop a syllabus for a future class, and write the guidelines and grading rubric for a major assignment for that class. Multiple drafts of each of these will be due at various times during the semester. You will also provide written feedback to other students on their drafts. We also work as a class to create an interesting and meaningful session at the department's SRI conference.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53575/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (65625)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 915
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- By instructor consent. 5 seats reserved for Soc grad students. Click these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2023 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Spring2023
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65625/1233
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 8412 Section 001: Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (65621)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (14 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to theoretical/methodological foundations of social network analysis. Concepts/principles, measurements, computer techniques. Applications to friendships, communities, workteams, intra-/inter-organizational relations, international systems. Focuses on network visualizations.
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students until Nov. 18th. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8412+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This seminar introduces social network analysis to graduate students, emphasizing its theoretical, substantive, and methodological foundations. Our collective goal is to acquire a sufficient grasp of the contemporary network literatures to pursue independent advanced study, and ultimately, to contribute original research results to our disciplines. Specifically, we'll identify key network concepts and principles; examine data collection, measurement, and computer analysis techniques; and investigate applications in sociology, organization studies, political science, public administration, and related disciplines. Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. Based on the summer survey of registered students' substantive interests, we'll concentrate on social capital, communication, personal networks, learning and innovation diffusion, intra- and interorganizational relations, social movements and collective action, political networks, international systems, and small world and Internet dynamics. About an hour of each class will be spent on network methodologies. The principles that students learn in this course will enable them to study advanced topics of their own choosing. Wasserman & Faust's encyclopedic Social Network Analysis provides our primary text, with required and background articles and chapters selected from the research literatures of several disciplines. Students will learn how to perform basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using the UCINET computer package. We'll also explore network visualizations using spatial plotting programs.
- Learning Objectives:
- This seminar introduces social network analysis to graduate students, emphasizing its theoretical, substantive, and methodological foundations. Our collective goal is to acquire a sufficient grasp of the contemporary network literatures to pursue independent advanced study, and ultimately, to contribute original research results to our disciplines. Specifically, we'll identify key network concepts and principles; examine data collection, measurement, and computer analysis techniques; and investigate applications in sociology, organization studies, political science, public health, mass communication, public administration, economics, and other disciplines.
Network analysis spans all levels of analysis from egocentric ties, to small team sociograms, interorganizational relations, and trade and military alliances among nations. Based on the summer survey of registered students' substantive interests, we'll concentrate on network theories, communication, kinship & friendship, social capital, diffusion of innovations, Internet, Big Data & small worlds, health & support networks, markets & networks, intraorganizational networks, interorganizational relations, social movements & collective action, policy networks, and international relations. Articles and book chapters are assigned on these topics from the research literatures of many disciplines.
- Grading:
- Leading a class discussion (10%), preparing a discussion guide (10%), four best of five computer assignments (40%), course paper (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
20% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper
5 Computer assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65621/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (52778)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Soc grad
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8801+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course covering some of the most commonly used research methods in sociology and related disciplines. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and evidence, and how various methods contribute to the development or testing of social theories by gathering and analyzing various forms of evidence. We will also pay attention to the (often implicit) underlying epistemological assumptions or commitments embedded in various methodological approaches. The course seeks to equip students with the ability to evaluate empirical social scientific work based on a range of methodological traditions, but is not focused on detailed training in any individual method. Such training is best obtained through advanced methods courses and/or through active involvement in research projects under the guidance of experienced investigators or mentors/advisors. The course will challenge students to refine their own ideas about how to link their areas of interest with concrete plans for empirical research.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in Sociology and related disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- To learn the basics of how research is conducted using different sociological methods. To develop awareness of the knowledge claims and standards of evidence that underpin various methodological approaches. To develop the ability to critically evaluate scholarship that uses various methods. To gain experience in translating general research interests and ideas about research design and evidence into a proposal for a research project that carefully and thoughtfully links research questions, theoretical framing, choice of method(s), and specific plans for data collection and analysis.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
30% Written Homework
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 80% Discussion
5% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper
1 Presentation
6 Homework Assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52778/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 October 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (52041)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC8811+Spring2023
- Class Description:
Many of the questions that we wish to answer in the social sciences address outcomes that are limited and fixed in their answer choices. For example, do Americans agree that Atheists share a common vision of American society? How did the Great Recession affect employment inequalities across racial groups? Who do happy people compare themselves to? Which social class does the child of a blue-collar worker end up in? How frequently do adolescents use marijuana? Questions such as these cannot be appropriately answered using linear regression models, requiring more advanced techniques which will be covered extensively in Soc8811.
This course will focus on applied statistics and primarily deal with regression models in which the dependent variable is categorical: binary, nominal, ordinal, count, etc. As a catalyst for the course, we will consider flexible methods developed for introducing nonlinearities into the linear regression framework. Specific models to be addressed include: logit, probit, generalized ordered logit, multinomial logit, Poisson, negative binomial, zero inflated, fractional response, LOWESS, kernel weighted local polynomial, and mixture models.
Throughout the course, we will address common statistical issues that require special consideration when applied to nonlinear regression models, including: the calculation of predictions, interpretation of coefficients, interaction, and mediation. We will also become familiarized with techniques developed for applied research: model fit, selection, and robustness, joint hypothesis testing, weighting, clustering, and poststratification for complex survey design, and missing data.
Soc8811 covers statistical methods for analyzing social data and is designed for graduate students in the social sciences. Students are assumed to have a background equivalent to Soc5811 and thus have familiarity with linear regression models. The course will be taught in Stata, but students will have the opportunity to instead use R if they prefer.- Learning Objectives:
1. Produce, interpret, and report results from complex statistical models
2. Understand how to apply data analysis to substantive research questions, and effectively present results to a general interest academic audience
3. Develop strategies and competency to conduct future studies of advanced techniques in quantitative methods
4. Build a robust, reproducible workflow to move from raw data to numerical and visual information placed in a final paper.
- Grading:
- Grading is based on 11 statistical computing assignments
- Class Format:
- In person, lectures, statistical computing lab.
- Workload:
- 11 Statistical Computing AssignmentsReadings include textbook and lecture notes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52041/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2022
Spring 2023 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, and Mobility: Population Modeling (65620)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC8890+Spring2023
- Class Description:
Populations are made up of people whose lives are changing all the time: growing up; moving around; having kids; gaining and losing jobs and spouses; entering and leaving schools and prisons; getting sick; and dying.
This course covers population modeling techniques from the demographic tradition, organized around these kinds of life changes. These techniques excel at describing social and epidemiological changes occurring along multiple time scales simultaneously; identifying the inequalities lurking beneath population averages; relating multiple dimensions of population structure; and figuring out what population a research question is really about.
The course assumes no prior knowledge of demography and will cover a range of applications from across the social and health sciences.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students from any discipline that uses mathematical modeling of human population outcomes, especially those related to social stratification, health, inequality, and families. No prior mathematical background is assumed.Email professor for current syllabus or to ask other questions.
- Grading:
- 50% problem sets, 50% research mini-proposals
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Reading, mini-lectures, discussions, in-class and out-of-class data exercises
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65620/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (17849)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (239 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC1001+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Workload:
- 30-60 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17849/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Fall 2022 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (17856)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (238 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC1001+Fall2022
- Class Description:
What sets sociology apart from the other social sciences is its diversity of perspectives and areas of inquiry. Any aspect of human activity can be studied sociologically--from individual cognition, to small group dynamics, to institutions and nation states, to vast, globe-spanning systems and structures. What matters most to the sociologist is less a specific area or specialty and more the ability to see the social in the world around us. The goal of this introductory course is to help students find their sociological perspective and understand how human agency both shapes and is shaped by social structures. We will discuss a broad range of topics, including: 1) theory and methods, both classical and contemporary; 2) culture, socialization, and social solidarity; 3) power, conflict, and the intersection of social statuses such as race, class, and gender; and 4) global dynamics, public sociology, and the potential for social change. By the time they complete this course students will ideally be able to apply their sociological imagination to both current events and their everyday lives.
- Grading:
- 10% attendance and participation20% short papers and activities50% weekly quizzes20% final exam
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions
- Class Format:
- In-person lecture and discussion sections
- Workload:
- - approximately 40 pages of reading per week- attendance and participation in lecture and discussion sessions- 2-3 short papers/activities- weekly short quizzes, submitted via Canvas- final exam, including essay question, submitted via Canvas
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17856/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (17860)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue 05:15PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (150 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format at the posted day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC1001+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Workload:
- 30-60 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17860/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Fall 2022 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (20187)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (139 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Drawing from an interdisciplinary social science perspective, we examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment with a particular focus on how forms of social control institutionalize, legitimize and perpetuate inequality. The course is comprised of two units. First, we will critically analyze central theoretical traditions in criminology with an emphasis on theories currently shaping research in the field. The second unit will include an examination of contemporary case studies in several substantive areas. Thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth; and alternatives to policing and police reform.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20187/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (18733)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (99 of 102 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101+Fall2022
- Class Description:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives on the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and the death penalty. We will also explore ongoing efforts to reimagine criminal justice and produce racial justice. Honors students read an extra book and write a memo about it.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will:
1. be able to think critically about law and criminal justice, and
2. have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how criminal legal institutions work, how they reinforce or counter social inequalities, and alternative visions of justice;
3. have the ability to interpret and evaluate your own ideas and experiences related to law, crime, and justice within a broader sociological context.- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
35% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes5% Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
50% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18733/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (21464)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 13 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101H+Fall2022
- Class Description:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives on the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and the death penalty. We will also explore ongoing efforts to reimagine criminal justice and produce racial justice. Honors students read an extra book and write a memo about it.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will:
1. be able to think critically about law and criminal justice, and
2. have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how criminal legal institutions work, how they reinforce or counter social inequalities, and alternative visions of justice;
3. have the ability to interpret and evaluate your own ideas and experiences related to law, crime, and justice within a broader sociological context.- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
35% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes5% Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
50% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21464/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (18734)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (83 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information:
- Class Description:
- What is crime? What is the extent and nature of crime in the U.S.? How do sociological theories help us understand criminal offending? How do we attempt to control crime? Do these efforts work? In this course, students will evaluate crime, criminal behavior and responses to crime from a sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed on how sociological theories and research impact criminal justice policy.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style small groups - Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4-6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 5 quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18734/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2017
Fall 2022 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (20015)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (38 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Why does inequality exist? How does it work? These are the essential questions examined in this class. Topics range from welfare and poverty to the role of race and gender in getting ahead. We will pay particular attention to social inequities – why some people live longer and happier lives while others are burdened by worry, poverty, and ill health. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3201+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course examines the basic concepts and theories sociologists use to describe and explain social stratification and inequality. The textbook for the class is Social Stratification and Inequality. Lectures will focus on the contents of selected chapters that all students are required to read. There are twelve short, in-class quizzes (50% of final grade), and each of which has five simple questions about the contents of the chapter lectured in the week prior to the quiz. Ten best of the quizzes are recorded, or students may miss any two quizzes. For a term-paper study project (50% of the final grade), each student is required to conduct interviews of two families about their relative standings in the American stratification system. For this term project, students are requested to submit (1) a study outline of 1-2 pages (5% of final grade), which describes the plan of the study about which families to be studied, how to conduct the interviews/observations, and what to be focused in these interviews/observations; and (2) the written term paper (10 pages, 40% of final grade), which reports and analyzes the results of interviews/observations. NO final exam.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major or undergraduate student needing a sociology/social science course to fulfill the degree requirement.
- Learning Objectives:
- To obtain a sociological understanding of stratification and inequalities in the United States in a global perspective.
- Grading:
- 05%, Class attendance.50%, Best ten out of the 12 quizzes.05%, Study outline of 2 double-space pages.40%, Term paper of 10 double-space pages.
- Exam Format:
- No exam. But each quiz is one page of 5 T/F, multiple-choice, and short-answer questions.
- Class Format:
- 95% Lecture
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
2 Pages for a study outline - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20015/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (19501)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?joh07820+SOC3211W+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- In mainstream American culture, race and racism both have a taken-for-granted nature. Race is a "natural" category a person belongs to as bestowed by their parents. Racism is deliberate bigotry or discrimination against certain racial groups actors perpetuate due to ignorance, selfishness, or other moral depravities.
Sociologists, however, conceptualize both race and racism differently. They understand race and racism to be social processes, things that must continually be "accomplished" and enforced by social agents who often are neither especially ignorant nor popularly considered to be morally compromised. How race and racism are "accomplished," and how such processes are embedded deeply into even the mundane features of American life, will be the goal of this class.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
Any students able to register for the class with an interest in understanding how race and racism function sociologically are welcome in the class
- Learning Objectives:
Students will work on the following skills:
1.) Learn how to read and analyze academic texts
2.) Learn how to collaborate and learn in non-lecture educational settings
3.) Learn how to take ownership of scholarly ideas and apply them to personal contexts of interest
4.) Learn how to develop and refine an original topic of the student's choosing in an academic paper.
- Grading:
- Students' grades will be based on a mixture of short answer/essay-based quizzes, participation and attendance in class sessions, and a series of assignments concerning the planning, drafting, and submission of a final term paper.
- Exam Format:
- There will be 2-3 quizzes in the course, each taken with some access to notes. The final exam will be a term paper.
- Class Format:
Class will be a mix of lecture and class discussion, with at least 50 percent of class time featuring class discussion.
- Workload:
Students should expect to dedicate 3-4 hours a week outside of class time doing academic readings and preparing class assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19501/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 August 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3225 Section 001: The Power of the 1%: Global Philanthropy and the Making of a New World (32714)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3225 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Philanthropy has come to play an increasingly important role in the economy and society, on both a national and global level. Americans gave away $450 billion in 2019, or a little over 2 percent of our country's GDP (Giving USA 2020). A few mega-philanthropists, such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, and others donated mind-boggling sums of money. These individuals and their foundations are having a significant impact around the world, changing the way public education is carried out in many countries, how global health priorities are defined, how public policies are made, and how African agricultural systems are organized. Forbes magazine reports that there are 1,645 billionaires in the world today, 80% more than a decade ago. While some observers look positively on this philanthropic outpouring, others suggest it may be eroding democracy. In this course, we study philanthropy from a variety of perspectives, exploring who gives away money and why, how this "gift" impacts givers, receivers, and taxpayers, and what the relationship is between global philanthropy and power. Specific topics include the history of foundations; religion and charity; philanthropy and politics; consumption-based giving (or "brand aid"), and philanthropy and social policy. We'll examine case studies such as the Gates Foundation's role in African agriculture. Students will do "participant observation" in a local charity, and a research project on the philanthropic foundation or giving practice of their choice. Pre-req: Soc Majors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3225+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32714/1229
Fall 2022 | SOC 3243W Section 001: On Drugs: Pleasures, Panics & Punishments (33095)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (43 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course we are going to study and reflect on the immense popularity of mood-enhancing drugs, legal and illegal, around the world today. Why do we want to modify our moods, and how do we set about it? Why do some people throw themselves into drug use while others fearfully avoid it? And why do many more of us feel worried about "addiction" to shopping, sex, or gambling? Together we will build a comparative analysis of drug cultures and practices - understanding the place of "journey" and "possession" inebriation across time, and how the temporal and ritual boundaries delimiting substance use get broken down by the mass commoditization of alcohol and other drugs by 19th century capitalism. From there we trace the amazingly confused development of addiction and changing forms of intervention, from alarmist educational campaigns and the militarized maneuvers of the drug war to the drug court movement, and from the twelve-step cure to alternative harm reduction approaches. This class will offer you a mixture of accessible and detailed material, together with some theoretical work which will help you grasp the subject on a deeper level. As a writing intensive class you will develop a three-stage paper with feedback at each stage, producing a strong writing sample. Pre-req: Soc 1001 recommended; Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3243W+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- In this course we examine the immense popularity of mood-enhancing drugs, legal and illegal, around the world today. Why do we want to modify our moods, and how do we set about it? Why do some people throw themselves into drug use while others fearfully avoid it? Why do states and medical authorities promote some mood-changing drugs while waging wars against other, often very similar drugs? Together we will build a comparative analysis of drug cultures and drug regulation. We will start by exploring forms of "journey" and "possession" inebriation across time, learning about how earlier temporal and ritual boundaries limiting substance use get broken down by the modern capitalist commodification of alcohol, tobacco, opium, cocaine, and more. From there we trace how substances shift back and forward between legal, illicit and pharmaceutical statuses, as governments swing between militarized drug wars and more therapeutic controls such as contemporary drug courts and coerced treatment. Throughout the class we will explore the changing meanings of addiction, comparing the twelve-step movement to alternative approaches such as harm reduction. This class will offer you a mixture of accessible and detailed material, together with some theoretical work which will help you grasp the subject on a deeper level.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Take this class if you are interested in drug cultures and addiction, and wanting to move beyond simplistic judgments about "good" vs "bad" drug use!
- Learning Objectives:
- This class should help you "understand diverse philosophies and cultures within and across societies" (UMN SLO) It should also substantially improve your confidence and skill in qualitative research and writing. Students are expected to complete a research paper that is from 2000 to 2500 words in length, including references. You will use the class qualitative research project to identify a substantive topic or theoretical issue which the interviews illuminate, review important research on that topic, synthesize results, and present an engaging thesis.NOTE: Students can sign up to make this class satisfy the senior project requirement (instead of taking the capstone class). A senior thesis version of the paper will require a more substantial literature review, addressing their theme across all the class project data, and a paper of 3500 to 4000 words in length, including refs.)
- Grading:
- The final grade will be weighted
in the following way: 30% term paper (10% for the first draft, 20% for final draft), 30% for moderator posts, 30% for class project participation (15% for interview transcript and profile, 15% for coding and presentations), 10% class and Canvas citizenship. - Class Format:
- Short lectures and plenty of discussion, both in small groups and full class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33095/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (20636)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (83 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3246+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This class is about the past, present, and future of why people die. Why did infectious diseases rapidly seem to disappear--and will they come back? How have historical changes in social organization and interaction with the natural environment changed when and how we die, and what do medical advances, climate change, and persistent inequalities imply for what we might die of in the future?We will:* Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease* Analyze how that transformation occurred differently in different parts of the world, and why it matters* Consider to what extent mortality can--or can't--be further eradicated.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on three written essays, regular reading responses, and regular (approximately weekly) reading quizzes.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- Substantial reading; regular quizzes based on readings (lowest two dropped); three essays
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20636/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (20383)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 15009/06/2022 - 12/14/2022UMTC, West BankUMN ONLINE-HYB
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (36 of 34 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This fall 2022 class will meet weekly in person on Tuesday mornings at the scheduled time, and the other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously online each week. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sara0028+SOC3251W+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Learning Objectives:
- A) Explore the social construction of race, class, gender, as well as ethnicity, sexuality, citizenship, and (dis)ability;
B) Consider how race, class, gender, and other dimensions of social organization shape individual experiences and interactions with social institutions such as education, work, medicine, and law;
C) Develop and use a "sociological imagination" to analyze privilege and inequalities
D) Apply sociological approaches to contemporary issues.
- Exam Format:
- There will be no exams for the course. Students will create a final project.
- Class Format:
- Synchronous online course with flexibility for asynchronous participation.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20383/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 August 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3412 Section 001: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (32715)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (74 of 75 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks.' prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3412+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, organizations, and nations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. We investigate network analysis as a distinctive perspective from which to view, understand, and act in an increasingly interdependent world. This course gives student skills to see different sides of controversial issues, develop their critical reasoning abilities, and form ethical standards to participate in society as thoughtful, well-informed, and engaged citizens. Students will be learn how to read, interpret, and create social network diagrams, and to understand how these maps reveal detailed connections among social actors. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using a computer package. Computer programming skill is NOT a prerequisite. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. This course meets the University of Minnesota's Technology and Society Theme requirement.
- Grading:
- Course grade is determined by highest scores on 4 of 5 social network data analysis assignments (60%) and a course paper not to exceed 3,000 words (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture & discussions on Tuesdays, data analysis laboratory on Thursdays.
- Workload:
- One article + one chapter from a textbook on social network data analysis per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32715/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3412H_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Fall 2022 | SOC 3412H Section 001: Honors: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (32716)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (8 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3412H+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, organizations, and nations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. We investigate network analysis as a distinctive perspective from which to view, understand, and act in an increasingly interdependent world. This course gives student skills to see different sides of controversial issues, develop their critical reasoning abilities, and form ethical standards to participate in society as thoughtful, well-informed, and engaged citizens. Students will be learn how to read, interpret, and create social network diagrams, and to understand how these maps reveal detailed connections among social actors. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using a computer package. Computer programming skill is NOT a prerequisite. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. This course meets the Universities Technology and Society CLE Theme requirement.
- Grading:
- Course grade is determined by highest scores on 4 of 5 social network data analysis assignments (60%) and a course paper not to exceed 3,000 words (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture & discussions on Tuesdays, data analysis laboratory on Thursdays.
- Workload:
- One article + one chapter from a textbook on social network data analysis per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32716/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3412H_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Fall 2022 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (21466)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (35 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Work is central to individuals, economy, and society. This course introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. We will look at what makes a good job good, a bad job bad, and impacts of joblessness on society. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3421W+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- Work is of centrality to individuals, economy, and society. This course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. Students are expected to satisfy three course requirements: (1) read the required and recommended texts and participate in class discussions organized to exchange opinions about issues of work in America today; (2) take in-class quizzes designed to review some of lectured topics and discussed issues; and (3) develop three essays on problems of work described on this syllabus. This is a writing intensive course, and the development of the three essays has a heavy weight in the final course grade. There will not be a cumulative in-class exam. The prerequisite is Soc1001 ?Introduction to Sociology.? Instructor's permission is required if students do not have taken this course.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any sociology or non-sociology students interested in the class as part of their major requirement. Soc 1001 "Introduction to Sociology" is the prerequisite.
- Learning Objectives:
- Full version please read Class Description. Briefly, learning about American workplace, sociological perspectives of work and occupation, and kinds of jobs in the USA.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
15% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Quiz and papers, no exam.
- Class Format:
- 90% Lecture
10% In-group discussion - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21466/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (21468)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (55 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Family has long been a significant experience in human societies; much of what we understand ourselves to be, arises in family life. But family also varies widely in composition across time and place. We will learn how sociologists study and understand families theoretically, as social institutions, as well as sites and sources of social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?kampdush+SOC3501+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- Official Course Description: Family has long been a significant experience in human societies; much of what we understand ourselves to be, arises in family life. But family also varies widely in composition across time and place. We will learn how sociologists study and understand families theoretically, as social institutions, as well as sites and sources of social problems.
Unofficial Course Description: Have families changed over time? Who divorces? What does race, social class, and gender have to do with families? How do people decide who to be with? Is marriage on the decline? Do children make parents happier? Is hooking up bad? Is it possible to balance work and family? What is a family anyway? These are all questions we will be grappling with this semester.
You might think that this course will only be relevant to your personal life. But, you would be wrong. Do you plan to own your own business or be a manager or leader in a company? We will discuss how your employees' family life may affect their work. Do you want to be a teacher? We will discuss how parental behavior before school can influence child behavior at school. Do you want to be a doctor, pharmacist, or work in the medical field? We will discuss how family relationships impact health.
Of course this class will also be relevant to your personal life. I once heard the president of a Big Ten university say that the single biggest way universities fail our students is by not talking about work-family balance. Engage with this course, and you might be surprised what you learn, and when you use it.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- TLDR everyone should take this course.Anyone who wants to learn about the sociology of the family, or who wants to consider how to balance work and family life, who to date or marry, why women are less likely to have orgasms during hookups, or how family relationships impact health.
- Learning Objectives:
See the syllabus linked below.
- Grading:
- See the syllabus linked below.
- Exam Format:
- All quizzes and exams will be taken electronically. A cumulative midterm and final will be taken within Canvas.
- Class Format:
- Most college courses are set up with passive learning. The instructor lectures over the readings, sometimes simply reading power point slides, and students listen and take notes, or check their Instagram and send some Snaps, or sleep. Students retain the information long enough for the tests and quizzes, and cram right before the final.
Active learning has several definitions, including "anything that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing" (Bonwell & Eison, 1991, p. 2), and "anything course-related that all students in a class session are called upon to do other than simply watching, listening and taking notes" (Felder & Brent, 2009, p. 2). Research has shown that active learning is more effective than traditional lectures for many topics. In particular, family development lends itself well to active learning - it is much more effective to apply concepts than to just read a chapter about them. We will do active learning activities every session of this course.
In fact, this course is a Flipped Classroom. A Flipped Classroom relies on students preparing to participate in class activities before the class period. That is, you must read the chapter and read or watch any additional materials before the class period. You will complete a prediction quiz to get you ready to cement the material in your memory, and a module quiz to confirm that you read the chapter and completed the additional materials. Next, you will come to class prepared, ready to complete the active learning activities of the day. Finally, after the class period is over, you will be given opportunities to check your understanding and extend your learning through assignments and module reflections. Exams will challenge you to practice retrieval and use the science of cognition to encourage you to move from novice to competent or even expert in family sociology.
If you are looking for a course that you can just sit back, relax, and passively receive information, then this course is not for you. If you are looking for a course that will be challenging, rewarding, and transformational, welcome to 3501.
- Workload:
- My impression from past semesters is that the workload on this course is very manageable - I have had few if any complaints about workload. According to Ohio State's rate my professor, my level of difficulty average is a 2. I have yet to be rated by difficulty at UMN. So, maybe that helps.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21468/1229
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/kampdush_SOC3501_Fall2022.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 August 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3503 Section 001: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (32717)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3503H Section 001AAS 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, education, ethnic enclaves, family and intergenerational relationships, identity, media, culture, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Students will have an option to do community-engaged learning or another course project. prereq: SOC 1001 recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A/F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Exams
45% Papers/Project
25% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 Exams
1 Paper
3 Presentations
1 Special Project - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32717/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3503H Section 001: Honors: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (32718)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3503 Section 001AAS 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families, and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, education, ethnic enclaves, family and intergenerational relationships, identity, media, culture, and politics and social action. Throughout the course, we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Students will have an option to do community-engaged learning or another course project. Honors students are expected to demonstrate a greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. - Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503H+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Exams
45% Papers/Project
25% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 Exams
1 Paper
3 Presentations
1 Special Project - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32718/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (33189)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information:
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary world population changes, demographic facts, and challenges arising out of those dynamic processes on a worldwide basis. Specifically, factors influencing demographic population change, such as fertility and mortality rates, migration movements and mobility, their causes and effects will be analyzed. Opportunities and challenges arising out of world population changes will be analyzed based on a number of case studies (e.g., South Africa; India; European Union). The role of social, economic and political environments in shaping and reshaping these processes of change will be considered. The course will draw on interdisciplinary literature and research from the fields of sociology, migration studies, demography, political studies, social policy, history and geography. The objectives of this course are to outline world population issues from different and interdisciplinary perspectives.
- Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to:
understand world population changes
discuss, evaluate and analyze challenges and opportunities related to population dynamics
understand the interdependence and role of social, economic and political environments and processes related to population changes
apply theory in practical research settings
- Grading:
- A-FS/N
- Exam Format:
(1) Attendance (5%)
(2) Participation (40%): Group work, discussions and presentations in small groups, preparation of discussion questions;
(3) Seminar Paper (55%) (in total 15-16 pages) consisting of:
(3a) 2-3 small papers (e.g. critique or reflection papers; content to be announced)
(3b) one final seminar paper (to be announced)
- Class Format:
- 55% Lecture
45% Discussion - Workload:
Weekly reading
15-16 Pages Seminar Paper
Participation in discussions and group presentations
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33189/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3681 Section 001: Gender and the Family in the Islamic World (32721)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
- GWSS 3681 Section 001GLOS 3681 Section 001RELS 3716 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 18 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. Expanding the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East, by also centralizing on the experiences of Muslim women and families outside of this geographical area highlights the complex and diverse everyday experiences of Muslim women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminisms debates. prereq: At least soph; 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3681+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. It aims to expand the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East to highlight the complex and diverse everyday experiences of women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical Western representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminism debates.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Discussion20% Lecture
20% Film/Video - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32721/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 August 2020
Fall 2022 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (20191)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (74 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors until 5/29/22. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC3701+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30-75 pages reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20191/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (17868)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (76 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors until 5/29/22. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sotox116+SOC3701+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?-All readings will be online, there are no required outside texts for you to purchase.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- 70-80 pages reading per week, with weekly response posts.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17868/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 July 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (34460)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus and details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Grading:
Group Weight Reading Journals 18% Discussions 12% Discussion Moderation 8% Midcourse Exam 30% Final Exam 30% RATE 2% - Exam Format:
- Short answer (90-minute Canvas quiz, taken at any point during the exam week) and Essays (prompts completed over the exam week)
- Class Format:
- This class is entirely asynchronous. With the exception of some video announcements and review videos on specific concepts, all the material is in text form. Rather than video lectures students receive study notes to guide their reading. The core of this class is close engagement with original texts.
- Workload:
- The class is broken up in modules that each last a week. Every module runs on the same schedule and includes 1) a discussion board 2) a reading journal 3) an ungraded quiz. Once per semester students moderate one of the discussions, which involves a much more involved post and responsibility to manage the discussion. Midterm and final exams are in their own modules.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34460/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (17866)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (44 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC3801+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- ​Imagine this course as a civilian's guide to social research. We'll focus on the development, conduct, and dissemination of scholarship in a way that prepares you to complete a major project in sociology, but we'll also build the tools you'll need to evaluate truth claims that circulate in everyday public life and politics. Learn how to identify quality social research and put it to work. Defend it from skeptics. Think responsibly about its effects. Our assignments will help you mobilize several different types of existing research in order to answer a range of sociological questions.
- Grading:
10% Attend and participate in class discussion
10% Recall key terms and details
20% Find relevant sources of research
30% Interpret and compare different types of evidence
30% Justify and critique common research practices
- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings (available online)
20% Workshop term paper - Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2 exams
Daily in-class writing exercises
2 term papers, 5-6 pages each - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17866/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2022 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (19317)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (120 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (3801-09) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and other social scientists hoping to understand how sociological research is created and what questions we might ask of each study to better understand it's strengths and weaknesses.
- Grading:
- 10% Worksheets and other assignments based on lectures15% Worksheets and other assignments based on podcasts30% Unit quizzes30% Two brief papers analyzing the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (as described in the readings)
15% Worksheets based on readings - Exam Format:
- The unit quizzes are multiple choice and short answer. There are no exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures are asynchronous and available on Canvas.Podcasts are from Give Methods a Chance -- listen to podcast, read accompanying book, answer accompanying questions, contribute to discussions.Class is divided into nine units and each unit has a short quiz.Deeper understanding and analysis are required to analyze the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (papers are about the assigned journal article reading material only)
Worksheets based on the assigned journal articles, assessing basic understanding, in preparation for the papers. - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week20-40 minutes of podcast listening per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
5-10 brief quizzes
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readingsStudents have options for how to earn points. There are more points available than are necessary for an "A". The only required assignments are the two papers. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19317/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (17805)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (142 of 144 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Labs will NOT meet first week of classes. Labs start the 2nd week. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3811+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course that emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- 75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17805/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Fall 2022 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (20025)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (8 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20025/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2022 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (19333)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (52 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19333/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2022 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (21473)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (59 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1011V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4106+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching (and analyzing) television shows. (It is also true that much television misrepresents the nature and consequences of crime and punishment.) We will critically examine how (and to what extent) several television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the social origins and functions of crime, causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the war on drugs, mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, prisoner re-entry, and reimagining justice. Featured shows include: Breaking Bad, The Wire, and Orange is the New Black (the exact line up is subject to change). Disclosure. The shows we will watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language. As such, students who may be offended or uncomfortable with such language and themes may not wish to take this course.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will:
1. be able to think critically about law, crime, punishment, justice, politics, and media.
2. have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how criminal legal institutions work, how they reinforce or counter social inequalities, and alternative visions of justice;
3. have the ability to interpret and evaluate your own ideas and experiences related to law, crime, and justice within a broader sociological context.
- Exam Format:
- See "Grading"
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
55% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- About 4 television episodes and 60 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21473/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 4125 Section 001: Policing America (32722)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 125
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (35 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we focus on using a social science lens to understand policing dynamics and how policing shapes social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which race, class, and gender inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. Throughout the course, we will draw on contemporary media stories, podcast, documentaries, and guest visitors to connect scholarship with the world around us. prereq: 3101 or 3102 recommended or instr consent, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC4125+Fall2022
- Class Description:
In the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and historic calls to #DefundPolice, it is clear that U.S. policing is in a moment of transition. This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we focus on using a social science lens to understand what policing is and how it influences social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which race and class inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. The course material will cover a different aspect of policing each week, including the historical origins of the police; race, class, and gender inequities; and contemporary efforts to reform, transform, and abolish the police. We will pay specific attention to activists' efforts in Minneapolis to hold police accountable and reimagine public safety to make Black Lives Matter. Throughout the course, we draw on contemporary media stories, podcast, documentaries, and guest visitors to connect scholarship with the world around us.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in policing in the United States.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the class you should understand:-Sociological perspectives on policing-Race, class, and gender inequities in experiences with law enforcement-A historical overview on the police-The similarities and differences between movements to reform or abolish the police
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam20% Final Exam40% Class Papers20% Participation
- Exam Format:
- Take-home essay questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-150 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32722/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 4141 Section 001: Youth Crime & Punishment (21556)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged Learning
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 33 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course offers an overview of social theory and research on youth crime, punishment, and delinquency. We start by critically examining the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next, we study the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing delinquency and punishment among groups such as gang members. We then trace youth experiences in the juvenile justice system, from policing, to juvenile court, to probation, and institutionalization. Throughout, we analyze the success or failure of key programs implemented in attempts to prevent or reduce delinquency. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on youth crime and punishment, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of youth crime and punishment. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs and meta-analyses regarding delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key policies and programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency and mitigate the harms of youth punishment. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain youth crime; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students eager to engage research on youth crime and punishment.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior from the perspective of youth, victims, and officials; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21556/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 4141H Section 001: Honors: Youth Crime & Punishment (33482)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course offers an overview of social theory and research on youth crime, punishment, and delinquency. We start by critically examining the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next, we study the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing delinquency and punishment among groups such as gang members. We then trace youth experiences in the juvenile justice system, from policing, to juvenile court, to probation, and institutionalization. Throughout, we analyze the success or failure of key programs implemented in attempts to prevent or reduce delinquency. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141H+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on youth crime and punishment, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of youth crime and punishment. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs and meta-analyses regarding delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key policies and programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency and mitigate the harms of youth punishment. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain youth crime; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students eager to engage research on youth crime and punishment.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior from the perspective of youth, victims, and officials; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based Media - Workload:
- 120 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33482/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (20384)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (57 of 57 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format at the posted day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Fall2022
- Class Description:
All parts of our class aim to help you develop your own "criminal law imagination" (CLI) By this I refer to your ideal blaming and punishing regime. We spend our Wednesday afternoons together interrogating a wide range of topics to help you develop your your CLI: Here are some:
1. What's criminal law and what's it good for?
2. Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are?
3. What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics include defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age)
4. Partners in Crime: What should happen when teamwork hurts innocent people?
6. Uncompleted crimes: What should happen when people try to hurt other people but they fail?
5. What's the role of criminal law in unwanted sex?
6. What should happen to government officials sworn to serve and protect us and our constitutional rights, when they abuse their power?
7. How much protection should the Constitution provide to non citizens?
8. Cyberwar: How do we fight wars with malware on the internet instead of traditional weapons of war?
A final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal law in our interactive journey through the topics in the list. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing your CLI.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from any major and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice, and social order.
- Grading:
90% Weekly written quizzes that cover reading and discussion
10% Participation measured by having your cameras, taking ZOOM polls, and participation in our ZOOM discussion
- Exam Format:
10% analysis of the week's assigned cases due on CANVAS by 230 on Wednesday
30% short answer quizzes on each week's assigned reading
50% reaction essay to what we discussed during ZOOMing, and discussions with others after ZOOMing discussion, due by midnight every Thursday on the day following ZOOMing
10% Cameras on and participation in ZOOMing
- Class Format:
15% Lecture
85% Music to make you feel good while you wait for ZOOMing to start, video and audio clips, ZOOM polls, and discussion
10 minute break about 345
- Workload:
- About 35 pages of reading every week. Hey! There are no research papers, reports, or other writing requirements. This is so you have time to read thoroughly and know well the content of the assigned pages.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20384/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 4171 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Human Rights & Trafficking (32728)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a sociological approach to international law, considering how history, institutions, power, and interests shape the phenomenon. What is international law, where does it come from, and how does it work? What does international law tell us about globalization and nation-states? Does it make a difference in the world? Does it have a real impact on the day-to-day lives of individuals? When is it followed; when is it ignored? This course takes a broad sociological view of international law. We analyze the actors and processes that constitute international law and then focus on particular substantive areas, including human rights, economic development,environmental concerns, trafficking, and drug interdiction. prereqs: 1001 or 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4171+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course takes a sociological approach to international law, considering how history, institutions, power, and interests create and shape it. We focus particularly on the Transnational Organized Crime treaty, which covers human trafficking and smuggling. We consider why the U.S. was willing to ratify this treaty while failing to ratify many others. We also consider how international law issues are framed, and how the choice of frames has costs as well as benefits for addressing the root problems.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
This course satisfies an elective requirement for the Law, Criminology, and Deviance major. It is appropriate for all Sociology majors, aspiring lawyers, and those interested in the social world.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32728/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2022 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (21474)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (81 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4246+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- What do you do when you get sick? Where do you go? Who provides your medical care? In this course we will discuss why the answers to these basic questions are actually quite complex. This course is designed to introduce students to medical sociology and will examine issues surrounding health, illness and healing from a sociological perspective. Throughout the course we will cover numerous topics including: the social construction of health and illness, healthcare providers, the healthcare system - including contemporary debates regarding healthcare reform - and the social determinants of health inequalities.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21474/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 4311 Section 001: Power, Justice & the Environment (21066)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4311 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to the theoretical and historical foundations of environmental racism and environmental inequality more broadly. We will examine and interrogate both the social scientific evidence concerning these phenomena and the efforts by community residents, activists, workers, and governments to combat it. We will consider the social forces that create environmental inequalities so that we may understand their causes, consequences, and the possibilities for achieving environmental justice prereq: SOC 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4311+Fall2022
- Class Description:
This course focuses on the urgent social environmental-planetary issues of our times -- climate crisis, worsening social inequality and war. We will tap the latest scientific assessments on the severity of the climate crisis; we will explore the historical trajectory that brings us to the ways we produce, consume, travel, fuel wars, and live today; and we will engage with the environmental justice literature that explains why less-powerful populations are targeted by ecologically and socially degrading practices.
We will then look at how social movements respond with creative solutions to meet these social and ecological challenges. Finally, we will integrate these ideas into a holistic framework with which to understand concrete examples from around the world - in India, Brazil, the Arabian Peninsula, Germany, and in the U.S. such as the Twin Cities -- where people are remaking the world into a safer and more just place to live.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Someone who is interested in understanding the pressing social and ecological problems of the world, particularly climate change, its causes and solutions, from a global and sociological perspective that emphasizes power relations, the social-ecological nexus, and global transformation.
- Grading:
75 % for papers, short and medium length, and a final project
25% for class discussion, small group work, and short presentations
- Exam Format:
- no exams
- Class Format:
60% Lecture
5% Film/Video and Guest Speakers
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities and Presentations- Workload:
30-60 pages per week of reading
25-30 pages written throughout the semester in the form of short and medium length papers and a final project
class discussion, in-class group work, and a few short presentations
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21066/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 4551 Section 001: Sociology of Sexualities (33133)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course we will examine social theories and sociological research on the topic of sexuality. We will explore the concept of sexuality as it intersects with race, gender, age, and class. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of sociological implications of sexuality in the United States. This course is intended to help you develop your analytical and critical thinking skills. You will be asked to move beyond your own experience and perspectives to sociologically analyze and evaluate over-simplified explanations of past and contemporary issues as they appear in our course readings. prereq: Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?austi241+SOC4551+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- In this course we will examine sociological theories and research used to study sexual attitudes, behaviors and identities. Although our primary focus is on sexualities in the United States, we will engage in comparative historical and cultural aspects throughout the semester. A sample of the topics we will discuss include the history of sexuality, how sexuality is socially constructed, sexuality over the life course, sexuality and social inequality (including intersections of social class, gender, race/ethnicity, disability and age), sexual identity, friendships and romantic relationships, sexuality and social institutions (including debates about sex education, sex work, religion, politics and health), domestic violence and sexual assault, technology and sexuality, sexuality in the media, protests and social change. In addition to developing analytical and critical thinking skills, this course aims to increase your understanding of the connections between human sexual attitudes and behaviors and larger social forces, ultimately giving you more knowledge about the inner workings of the society in which we live.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Everyone is welcome! The topics discussed in this course are applicable to many fields of study, including, but not limited to, education, psychology, law, human resources, communication studies and public health. If you have an interest in a specific topic, please let me know and I'll do my best to incorporate it. Contact me with any additional questions!
- Class Format:
This course will be completely online, in an asynchronous format. Students will be required to independently read and write about the material. There will not be regularly recorded lectures/presentations. The course is structured by weekly modules in which you will have discussions (with initial posts by 11:59 p.m. on Thursdays and responses by 11:59 p.m. on Sundays). Each week you will receive an Announcement with an Agenda and other details about the week. There is a weekly structure to help keep you on track. Contact me with any questions about this!
- Workload:
Approximately 9 hours of independent work on reading, research and other course requirements in accordance with UMN guidelines (3 hours per week per credit). You can expect to read a combination of textbook chapters, academic articles and non-fiction book chapters. You can also expect to watch videos available online, including, but not limited to, documentaries and movies. Students will be assessed in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, discussion boards, reflection papers/journals and a final research paper (8-10 pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33133/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 May 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (18072)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (60 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4966W+Fall2022
- Class Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a portfolio of self-presentation materials and sociological analyses based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your capstone portfolio by providing structure, advice, and encouragement. Successful completion of the analytic portion of your portfolio shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. Along the way, we will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civil engagement.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Seniors with a major in Sociology
- Learning Objectives:
-- Be able to analyze the day-to-day world sociologically and express yourself in writing
-- Know other people in your graduating class and feel part of a community
-- Gain knowledge about life skills that will help after college
-- Be more prepared for the job market and/or applying to further schooling
- Grading:
-- Active class participation in activities, discussion, and in-class writing (20% of grade)
-- Capstone Portfolio (60% of grade) -- Includes resume, personal statement, paper analyzing CEL site, and paper analyzing interview
-- Life-skills and job market assignments (20% of grade)
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams
- Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
10% Visiting speakers
80% In-class activities in small and large groups, including writing exercises - Workload:
- Students will spend significant time in class and outside of class writing and revising this writing. All students can gain points by doing optional career-focused and adulting-focused assignments. These points are not required to bass the class but are required to get an A in the class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18072/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (18093)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC4977V+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This is the first course in a two-semester sequence designed to help honors students majoring in sociology prepare their senior projects research papers. Throughout this semester, we review key issues in the design of social research as students work on their independent projects. Specific activities in this semester of the course sequence include development of a research topic, exploring and reviewing relevant existing literature, applying for human subjects approval, putting together a faculty committee for the project, and completing first drafts of the literature review and methods sections of the research paper. Some students may begin data collection in the fall, but data collection and analysis, as well as the write-up and presentation of the final paper, are the main activities of the spring course. Students must take both courses in the sequence.
- Grading:
Class participation 20%, topic statements 10%, completed IRB form 10%, preliminary annotated bibliography 20%, methods section draft 20%, literature review draft 20%.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
80% Discussion - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18093/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (17811)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- jr or sr or grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, students will learn core statistical and computations principles that will allow them to perform quantitative analyses using social data. The course is designed for social science students at the beginning of their graduate school careers. However, advanced undergraduates can take the course, which will involve a few modifications to the assignment schedule. Sociology 5811 will review basic probability, and then move on to univariate inference, the linear regression model, and introductory lessons of causal inference. In doing so, students will explore statistical concepts and methods that provide the foundation sociologists use to most commonly collect and analyze numerical evidence. Sociology 5811 will also provide the foundation for data management and statistical inference using Stata, a statistical computing environment that is popular in the social sciences. prereq: Undergraduate students are expected to have familiarity with the materials taught in the equivalent of 3811. Students who are unsure of the course requirements should contact the instructor. Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs. 5811 will not count for credits towards the Soc PhD program requirements.
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students and 5 seats reserved for BS Majors Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC5811+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- In this course, students will learn core statistical and computations principles that will allow them to perform quantitative analyses using social data. The course is designed for social science students at the beginning of their graduate school careers. However, advanced undergraduates can take the course, which will involve a few modifications to the assignment schedule.Sociology 5811 will review basic probability, and then move on to univariate inference, the linear regression model, and introductory lessons of causal inference. In doing so, students will explore statistical concepts and methods that provide the foundation sociologists use to most commonly collect and analyze numerical evidence. Sociology 5811 will also provide the foundation for data management and statistical inference using Stata, a statistical computing environment that is popular in the social sciences. This course focuses on the practical application and substantive understanding of the linear regression models, rather than a full expounding of the mathematical details and statistical theory underlying these models. We will work closely with real data throughout the semester, which will also introduce students to the process of data management.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basic logic of statistical modeling.Construct an appropriate model to appropriately address a research question.Estimate and interpret linear regression models in Stata.Write clean, reproducible, legible code in Stata.Communicate results from multiple regression analyses for a broad audience.Become familiar with visualizing multivariate relationships and presenting regression output in professional tables.
- Grading:
- 100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17811/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (18828)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8001+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and exploration of professional careers in this field.
We will discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students get started in thinking about becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities.
We will share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concern. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences in the program. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year graduate students in Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about different types of sociological careers and share experiences that facilitate adaptation to the life of a graduate student.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors or panels of sociologists representing different institutional contexts (e.g. R1 university faculty, faculty at a small liberal arts college, sociologists in research organizations, those who work in government agencies, etc.).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18828/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2022 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (32729)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 915
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 8 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2022 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2022
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32729/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2022 | SOC 8590 Section 001: Topics in Life Course Sociology -- Work and Well-Being in Turbulent Times (32734)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociology of aging, sociology of youth, and mental health and adjustment in early life course. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phylmoen+SOC8590+Fall2022 Drawing on gendered life course, stress process, and intersectionality approaches, class will address: How do macro-level transformations precipitate unequal work transitions and conditions at different career/life stages? How do these work-related changes foster disparities in health/well-being across the life course?
- Class Description:
- Drawing on gendered life course, stress process, and intersectionality theoretical approaches to social change, this class will address the health and well-being implications of, and inequities around, the changing nature of paid work along with ongoing disparities around both paid work and unpaid family care work. We will adopt a gendered life course, stress process, intersectional approach to turbulent times, considering key life course and stress process themes and using an intersectional lens. These themes include shifting historical contexts, the timing of exogenous shocks in the biographies of individuals and households, processes of cumulative advantage/disadvantage and tur
ning points ; structural contexts (re)producing, exacerbating, or mitigating disparities in allocation and socialization processes, constrained choice and (perceived) control cycles , the persisting inequities: How do macro-level transformations precipitate unequal work transitions and conditions at different career/life stages? How do these work-related changes foster disparities in health/well-being across population groups at different points in their life courses? - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32734/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 May 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (18096)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8701+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the central traditions, figures and concepts in sociological theory. It is intended primarily for first-year graduate students in Sociology, but it covers work that is widely read and referenced in the social sciences generally. This course covers the work of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Mead, Goffman, Bourdieu, and several other traditions and figures.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for first year graduate students in Sociology. A few seats are open to other students upon request.
- Grading:
- Attendance and participation: 30%Memos and class discussions: 40%Final paper: 30%
- Exam Format:
- None.
- Class Format:
- Orienting lecture from instructor, but mostly seminar format with student leadership.
- Workload:
- Substantial reading. Reading may be longer and (at times) more difficult than you are used to. Please see attached syllabus to gauge average week's reading.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18096/1229
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2022.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2017
Fall 2022 | SOC 8735 Section 001: Sociology of Culture (32738)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Fri 09:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/importance of culture as dimension of social life. Structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, practice theory. Cultural creation/reception. Identities as cultural formations. Culture/social inequality. Culture and race. Cultural construction of social problems. Culture and globalization.
- Class Notes:
- 8 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC8735+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides an overview of cultural sociology. We will begin with central readings in theory and method to give students a background in the motivating questions and debates in the subfield. We will consider why the field has moved away from a focus on culture as ideas and ideals and toward a conception of culture as practice and institution, and we will engage with current debates about how best to conceptualize culture (as a deep or elaborated code or as a repertoire of action?), and related questions about culture's role in shaping cognition. We will also read empirical work that focuses on the relationship between culture and symbolic boundaries, and the role of embodiment and emotion in cultural analysis.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology graduate students interested in working with cultural approaches (broadly defined). Students in other disciplines interested in theories of what culture is and how it "works" in the social world.
- Learning Objectives:
- At the end of the course, students will:- Understand the sociology of culture -- it's major questions and topics, themes and forms of argumentation- Understand how to apply concepts and theories from cultural sociology to frame their own research projects or to perform analyses of their own data- Have improved capacity to think conceptually and critically engage with ongoing debates in the sociological literature- Have developed competency in outlining and critically assessing authors' (complex, abstract, academic) arguments and developing their own critical assessment
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 80% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-90 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32738/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2022
Fall 2022 | SOC 8851 Section 001: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: In-Depth Interviewing (32742)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (12 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Interviewers have opened up other worlds to the sociological imagination and taught us much about the way people think, feel, and make sense of the world as well as of their own identities. We will conduct interviews; transcribe, code, and analyze interview data; and write up interview- based research. We will also consider a range of epistemological, practical, and ethical issues related to interviewing as a research method, reading materials drawn from a broad range of substantive sociological subfields as well as from geography. This course is best suited to graduate students who have an interview-based project in mind and want to acquire the skills for carrying out their research, and students who are considering using interviews in their dissertation research and want to try their hand at interviewing before making a decision. Because this is a hands-on, fieldwork-based course, no auditors are permitted.
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8851+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- In-depth interviewing allows us to unveil the complex lived experiences of individuals and communities as a researcher delves deeply into the everyday practices, choices and constraints individuals face in their private and public lives. This course presents to the students techniques as well as interview-based published work. Each student pursues an original project that will be completed over the course of the semester. Students will thus learn about in-depth interviewing [adjusted in light of covid-19 constraints] by designing, executing, coding, analyzing and writing up their own projects. There will be a constant dialogue amongst us on the strengths, weaknesses and the complexity of interviewing as a research method and methodology as we work through students' projects over the course of the semester.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is appropriate for students whose research project is interview-based or those interested in exploring multiple forms of research methods. As the course requires students to conduct their own independent research, auditing is not allowed.
- Grading:
- 20% Research proposal and peer review memo on research proposals 10% Transcriptions and memo on interviews20% Coded interview data and peer review memos on classmates' coded material50% Final Paper
- Class Format:
- Zoom live
- Workload:
- 50-60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32742/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 October 2020
Summer 2022 | SOC 1001 Section 301: Introduction to Sociology (87280)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/16/2022 - 08/19/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- .
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87280/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Summer 2022 | SOC 1001 Section 302: Introduction to Sociology (87776)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/16/2022 - 08/19/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87776/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Summer 2022 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (82094)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/06/2022 - 07/29/2022Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (33 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled day and time. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. This class begins online synchronously on Wed June 8 at the scheduled time. Class will not meet on Wed June 15. For the 2nd week, content will be shared asynchronously online. Class resumes synchronously online on Wed June 22. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC3246+Summer2022
- Class Description:
- Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease;
- Analyze how that transformation occurred differently in different parts of the world, and why it matters;
- Consider to what extent mortality can- or can't- be further eradicated.
- Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease;
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in Diseases, Disasters and Other Killers. Also, this course meets the University's requirements for the Historical Perspectives core and the Environment Theme.
- Learning Objectives:
- Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease;
- Analyze how that transformation occurred differently in different parts of the world, and why it matters;
- Consider to what extent mortality can- or can't- be further eradicated.
- Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease;
- Grading:
6 Reflection journal entries 5 points each
5 Discussion Posts 5 points each
5 Quizzes 5 points each
2 Essays 10 points each
1 Extra Credit Essay 5 points
Total 105 points- Exam Format:
- Short answer, multiple choice and essay.
- Class Format:
- Online with one synchronous meeting each week.
- Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
4-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)1 Assignment
5 Quizzes5 Responses to Discussion Questions - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82094/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2022
Summer 2022 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (81802)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/16/2022 - 08/19/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC3251W+Summer2022
- Class Description:
- Our goal in this course is to understand both the causes and consequences of inequality in American society. We will explore the social construction of race, class, and gender, and how their definitions and boundaries vary across time and across space. We will assess how these constructs are "real in their consequences," and have a profound impact on individual experiences, identities, and relationships. We will analyze how various axes of social inequality are reproduced at the interpersonal, institutional, and systemic level. Finally, we will examine how race, class, gender, sexuality, (dis)ability, and any number of other social statuses interact and intersect in shaping our unique standpoint. This is an online, writing intensive course, and students will be evaluated primarily on their ability to discuss the course material and communicate core concepts in relation to their experiences and current events. Students will contribute to weekly online discussions, submit in-depth reading journals/discussion posts, and complete one 8-10 page formal essay.
- Grading:
- General participation in online discussion - 15%5 discussion posts - 50%1 8-10 page essay (including proposal, rough draft, peer revision, and final draft) - 35%
- Workload:
- - approximately 40 pages of reading per week- weekly participation in online discussion- 5 500-word discussion posts- 1 2000-2500-word formal essay (including proposal, rough draft, peer revision, and final draft)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81802/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 February 2022
Summer 2022 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (87447)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/06/2022 - 07/29/2022Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about the dilemmas and challenges facing movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and various institutions, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long-term and short-run impact. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled day and time. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?joh07820+SOC3322W+Summer2022
- Class Description:
We all know that the modern social world is filled with groups and movements (e.g., Black Lives Matter, Medicare for All, organized labor, #MeToo, and The Sunrise Movement) demanding changes to the unequal power arrangements of contemporary society. What is less understood, however, is how such movements operate - how they motivate engagement, create social pressure on institutions, encourage certain patterns of emotions, and even get people to integrate a social movement into a fundamental aspect of their identities. This class will offer you tools with which to recognize and analyze the how of modern social movements, granting you the tools to become better organizers, citizens, and, more generally, a more empathetic and critical analyst of those who sacrifice their time, energy, and sometimes their health and freedom to hopefully create a better society for all of us.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any and all students able to register for the class with an interest in how groups collaborate and challenge social power are welcome in the class.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will work on the following skills:1.) Learn how to read and analyze academic texts2.) Learn how to collaborate and learn in non-lecture educational settings3.) Learn how to take ownership of scholarly ideas and apply them to personal contexts of interest4.) Learn how to develop and refine an original topic of the student's choosing in an academic paper.
- Grading:
- Students grades will be based on a mixture of online open note quizzes, participation and attendance in synchronous sessions, and a series of assignments concerning the planning, drafting, and submission of a final term paper.
- Exam Format:
- There will be 2-3 quizzes in the course, each taken online and with access to notes. The final exam will be a term paper.
- Class Format:
- The class will be semi-synchronous with class meetings held virtually for discussion/quizzes once per week and all instructional materials (instructional notes and recorded lectures) available virtually to review outside of class time and posted once per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87447/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 February 2022
Summer 2022 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (87427)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 15 wk05/16/2022 - 08/26/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bokun001+SOC3701+Summer2022
- Class Description:
- What is this thing we call society? Who holds power, and how is it exercised? How is our society different from that of our parents or grandparents? This course offers a window into some of the major thinkers of social theory to enhance our understanding of societal change. We will learn about theory not as an abstraction removed from reality, but as a bridge to understanding modern phenomena, controversies, and the social construction of reality. This course provides a guided introduction to analyzing inequality, economic relationships, culture, gender, racism, social networks, and identity formation. Through close reading and discussion, we will - together - critically engage with the patterns, forces, and power structures shaping our modern and future world.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, students will:
1.) Strengthen critical thinking, reading comprehension, and writing skills
2.) Learn how to engage in constructive discussion, debate, and critique
3.) Identify how sociological arguments are constructed and how to evaluate them
4.) Apply sociological theories to explain current events and social problems
5.) Compare and contrast sociological theories
- Grading:
- 1 Midterm (25%)1 Final Exam (25%)5 Quizzes (25%)In-class Assignments/Participation (25%)
- Exam Format:
- Short AnswerEssays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87427/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 February 2022
Summer 2022 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (87445)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/06/2022 - 08/12/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (28 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is at the intersection of macro and micro sociology, linking social structures, interpersonal relationships and interactions, attitudes, values and the self-concept. Principles of social psychology are drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. This course covers a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?austi241+SOC3721+Summer2022
- Class Description:
- Sociological social psychologists explore the social processes by which people develop a sense of self, negotiate meaning in everyday social interactions and how groups and social institutions influence everyday interactions. This course provides an overview of sociological social psychology and introduces students to the major methods, theories and concepts in the field. Topics include socialization over the life course (including socialization toward work), social inequality (including intersections of social class, gender, race/ethnicity and disability), the social construction of identity, the presentation of self, mental health and illness, social deviance, relationships, the sociology of groups and social change. In addition to developing critical thinking skills, this course enables students to better understand how their own interests, values and social locations shape their attitudes and behaviors.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Everyone is welcome! The concepts discussed in this course can be applied to all areas of your life, including work, identity and social issues. If you have an interest in a specific topic, please let me know and I'll do my best to incorporate it. Contact me with any additional questions!
- Class Format:
- This course will be completely online, in an asynchronous format. Students will be required to independently read the material. There will not be regularly recorded lectures/presentations.
- Workload:
- Approximately 9 hours of independent work on reading, research and other course requirements in accordance with UMN guidelines (3 hours per week per credit). Students can expect to read a combination of textbook chapters, academic articles and non-fiction book chapters. Students can also expect to watch videos available online, including, but not limited to, documentaries. Students will be assessed in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, discussion boards, writing assignments/worksheets, reflection papers/journals and a research paper (8-10 pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87445/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 November 2021
Summer 2022 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Sociology of Killing (82100)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Enrollment Requirements:
- jr or sr or grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/06/2022 - 07/29/2022Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (33 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide a broad overview of the sociology of murder- the intentional, malicious killing of one human by another. This course will go beyond what we see about murder regularly in the media and on popular TV shows and movies. Students will be exposed to a scientific study of homicide. Key topics include the history and laws of murder; information and data sources on murder; demographic attributes of victims and offenders; different types of murder, including among others domestic, serial, mass, and gang-related murder; biological, sociological and psychological theories of the causes of murder; and the strategies involved in the criminal investigation of homicide. prereq: jr, or sr, or grad student, or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled day and time. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. This class begins online synchronously on Thurs June 9 at the scheduled time. Class will not meet on Thurs June 16. For the 2nd week, content will be shared asynchronously online. Class resumes synchronously online on Thurs June 23. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC4149+Summer2022
- Class Description:
This course is about murder - a particularly grisly topic for some. Please be advised that during the semester, students will read about and discuss graphic portrayals of crimes and/or view gruesome images. This course assumes that students enrolling in this class are capable of tolerating this dark subject matter.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in the sociology of killing.
- Learning Objectives:
To understand biological, sociological, and psychological explanations for the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
To understand and be able to critique the various sources of information on homicide as well as what these sources tell us about offenders, victims, weapons, locations, types, and motives of homicide in the United States.
To understand the stages, patterns, processes, offenders, victims, and settings of homicide.
To understand how society and the criminal justice system react to the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
- Grading:
2 Exams 20 points each
5 Quizzes 4 points each
1 Paper 20 points
1 Assignment 10 points
5 Responses 2 points each
1 Extra Credit Essay 5 points
Total 105 points- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, essay.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture40% Discussion20% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
4-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)1 Assignment
5 Quizzes5 Responses to Discussion Questions - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82100/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2022
Summer 2022 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (87446)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/16/2022 - 08/19/2022Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (17 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled day and time. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mill8570+SOC4246+Summer2022
- Class Description:
- Health and illness is something each of us encounter in our daily lives. From living during the covid-19 pandemic, engaging with doctors for routine care, caring for sick loved ones, or living with disease and disability. This course is designed to introduce students to medical sociology and provide sociological tools to understand contemporary issues in health, illness and healing. We will cover topics including: the social construction of health and illness, social determinants of health inequities, healthcare providers, the healthcare system.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F. This class is appropriate for anyone with an interest in health and illness. This course may be of particular relevance for students planning to enter the healing professions.
- Grading:
- Participation and discussion (30%), Reflection and application memos (40%), Mid-term and final exam (30%)
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture pre-recorded asynchronous lectures and synchronous discussion via zoom.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87446/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 February 2022
Spring 2022 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (52514)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankWilley Hall 175
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (239 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet first week of classes Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC1001+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Sociology offers a unique lens through which we can examine the world around us. In this course you will develop a perspective that will allow you to analyze the social world in a way that reveals the hidden and/or overlooked social forces that shape our lives. This approach, the sociological imagination, will enable you to explore how social forces influence the ways we view and navigate our social world. We will discuss how sociologists use theory and research to better understand important social issues such as inequalities of race, class, gender, sexualities and how social order and social change are possible. We will discuss how society affects individuals and in turn how individuals can affect society.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52514/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (52517)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (172 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet first week of classes Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC1001+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social inequality. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The primary course objectives are as follows: (1) Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive introductory understanding of key sociological concepts, terminology, theories, approaches, and perspectives. (2) Students will be able to apply sociological analysis to contemporary examples and to their own lives. (3) Students will improve their ability to think critically and to articulate their ideas in written and verbal formats. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors and satisfies the Liberal Education Social Science Core requirement.
Please visit: z.umn.edu/seam
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: 40% exams/quizzes; 20% class participation/activities/homework/labwork
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short essay, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
25% Discussion
25% videos, small group work, in-class activities, homework, other - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: exams/quizzes will be a mix of multiple choice, short essay, essay - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52517/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2022 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (52520)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue 05:15PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (150 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture section (1001-21) is completely online in a synchronous format at the posted day/time. Discussion sections will NOT meet first week of classes Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC1001+Spring2022
- Class Description:
How does it happen that an individual can physically torture another? Why do people discriminate? How do we reason morally? While the course does not fully answer these questions, the course hopes to begin to have preliminary discussions about them. In these discussions, we draw on classical and contemporary sociological perspectives to examine how social order is produced, and how individuals and groups knowingly - and also unknowingly - enable the emergence of the very threats they fear. The course explores sociological concepts by making connections to global social problems such as torture, genocide, inequality, and the displacement of persons. We examine how social conformity creates social stability yet also perniciously enables torture, genocide, and widespread inequality. The goals of the course are to inspire our sociological imagination - our ability to see how social forces permit and hinder the actions of individuals - as well as deepen our understanding about contemporary social problems. The course invites learners to question the ways in which they explain social events, and appreciate the multiplicity of ways - as well as - the challenges and complexity - involved in describing society. Throughout the course, you will be asked to discuss how society individually impacts you, and how you also contribute to the perpetuation - as well as degradation - of society's norms. You are anticipated to discuss readings and contemporary controversies in discussion groups.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for sociology majors, open to others. This course meets the requirements of the Council on Liberal Education's Social Science core and Social Justice theme.
- Learning Objectives:
- To think about the social world and the ways in which the social world shapes human experience.To ask why individuals and groups behave as they do.To understand how social problems emerge.To explore how human thought and perception are by-products of broader social structures.To engage one's sociological imagination.
- Grading:
- 30% Attendance, Readings, and Journals70% Quizzes
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions and short answers (depending on the quiz). All quizzes are conducted online (in class) including the final quiz, which takes place on the last day of classes. Quizzes are cumulative. There is no exam during the exam period. Adequate time would be given for review with teaching assistants.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and DiscussionThere are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas.
- Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading per Week4 Quizzes (in-class)1 Final Quiz (in-class)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52520/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2020
Spring 2022 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (54808)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (58 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Drawing from an interdisciplinary social science perspective, we examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment with a particular focus on how forms of social control institutionalize, legitimize and perpetuate inequality. The course is comprised of two units. First, we will critically analyze central theoretical traditions in criminology with an emphasis on theories currently shaping research in the field. The second unit will include an examination of contemporary case studies in several substantive areas. Thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth; and alternatives to policing and police reform.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54808/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3005 Section 001: Social Science Fiction (65826)
- 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 Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course applies theories, concepts, and principles from social science disciplines such as sociology, political science, and anthropology, to social science fiction novels, stories, and films, to understand how soc-sci-fi contributes to knowledge about current societal conditions. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3005+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course applies theories, concepts, and principles from social science disciplines - anthropology, economics, organization studies, political science, psychology, sociology -
to social science fiction novels, stories, and films, to understand how soc-sci-fi contributes to knowledge about current social problems. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone curious about what social science fiction can tell us about today's social problems.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding social science theories and concepts by working through their implications in unfamiliar contexts of social science fiction.
Acquiring the ability to imagine alternatives to current social problems in order to work toward those alternatives.
Analyzing the prospects for the evolution or devolution of contemporary cultures and societies by using soc-sci-fi imagination
Demonstrating knowledge of how social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical factors may impact human relations in hypothetical cultures and societies.
Critically analyzing soc-sci-fi with social science principles in shorter writing assignments.
Producing a broader analysis of soc-sci-fi with social science principles in a longer course paper - Grading:
- Three shorter writing assignments, each 20% of the course grade. One longer course paper, 40% of the course grade.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
Classes use a variety of teaching and learning methods - readings, film clips, lectures, small and large group discussions and debates, role-playing activities, shorter- and longer-form writing assignments - to understand how the social sciences and social science fiction can work together to create a better understanding of human societies.
- Workload:
- This course is very demanding of students'
outside-of-class time. It involves a substantial amount of reading and writing. University of Minnesota undergraduates are expected to spend 2 hours in out-of-class preparation for each in-class hour, a total of 5 hours per week. You should begin reading the novels at least two weeks before the in-class discussions are scheduled. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65826/1223
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3005_Spring2022.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Happiness & Well-Being: Sociological Perspectives (65918)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-233
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3090+Spring2022
- Class Description:
Happiness is a shared goal for most Americans and people around the world. Social scientists have become increasingly interested in the subject of happiness. Sociologists have recently entered the field bringing more attention to the relationship between happiness, social context, and social life. In this course we will ask: What is happiness? Does money buy happiness? How does happiness vary across diverse groups and different societies? What social contexts, conditions, and institutions foster happiness and thriving? What stands in the way? What makes for a good life? How can we promote happiness, well-being, and flourishing for individuals and communities?
In thinking through these questions, we will explore some of the factors that contribute to happiness and well-being including social support and connection, purpose and meaning, engagement and activity, culture, stratification and status, health, and social policies and collective life. We will also reflect on and critically evaluate different conceptions of happiness, the ideas and practices involved in "the pursuit of happiness", and the burgeoning "happiness industry." Much of our focus will be on the contemporary United States, but we will also take a look at research and experiences in other countries. As part of the work for this class, students will engage with practical lessons from the scientific study of happiness and human flourishing by applying insights from research to their own lives. For their course projects, students may choose to participate in an optional community-engaged learning experience; try out a new group physical, creative, or other activity; work for a cause that matters to them; or participate in an action project.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- There are no prerequisites for this course, and is open to all students. It may particularly interesting to sociology majors, those interested in reflecting on and promoting their own and others' well-being. The course can count toward community-engaged scholar program. The course is open to individual adaptation for Honors credit.
- Grading:
- Students will be graded based on the following components:-Class Participation and Engagement-Field Assignments-Reflection and Response Papers-Possible quizzes-Course Project-Group Presentations
- Exam Format:
- No formal exams, potential short quizzes
- Class Format:
- This course will use a variety of teaching and learning methods including reading, film clips, podcasts, lectures, small and large group discussions, student group presentations/discussion leading, formal and informal writing assignments. Much of the in-class time will be student-centered, active, and discussion based.
- Workload:
- Students will read approximately 30-60 pages per week or equivalent in podcasts, films, etc. Students projects will involve a semester long engagement in community work, group activity, or other applied or action project.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65918/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (53537)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (78 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC3101+Spring2022
- Class Description:
This course will introduce you to sociological perspectives on crime and punishment in the United States. We will cover the major stages of the criminal justice process- from investigations and prosecutions to courts and punishment- and beyond.
Within the stages of the criminal justice process, the sociological imagination is especially useful in enabling a macro-level perspective on what are commonly seen as micro-level issues that individuals involved in the criminal justice system face. We will discuss how race, gender, and socioeconomic status matter throughout the various stages of the criminal justice process. Additionally, sociological theories will be applied throughout the course to deepen your sociological understanding.
The course meets the Council on Liberal Education's (CLE) Civic Life and Ethics Theme. As such, this course provides an opportunity to become more critical and thoughtful about the world around you and, in the process, to become more engaged in public life, whether that be through voting, serving on a jury, participating in politics, or pursuing a criminal justice career. As a Civic Life and Ethics Theme requirement, this course provides you with the tools to evaluate central moral questions including: what is crime? Who is a criminal?
Is the U.S. system of punishment fair? How do we, as a society, respond to racial and ethnic inequalities in the criminal justice system? These questions are not just factual, but also ethical- and they may provoke strong feelings and controversy. We will spend the semester working through these controversies, and this course will help you learn how to move beyond your individual "gut reactions" to issues and to consider the broader research evidence from sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law in evaluating criminal justice patterns and policies. Not only will you be learning the central sociological literature on the criminal justice system through readings and lecture, but you will grapple with these issues yourself through class discussion, small group work, and written exams. In the process, this course will train you in how to think sociologically, digest and reformulate research findings, and use the research literature to come to your own opinions and build your own sociological arguments.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in learning about and examining the criminal justice system. Also, the course meets the Council on Liberal Education's (CLE) Civic Life and Ethics Theme.
- Learning Objectives:
After completing this course you should:
- Have developed a comprehensive understanding of the criminal justice process in the United States from start to finish.
- Be able to critically evaluate the way crime and punishment are portrayed in mainstream media, recognizing the larger social forces operating around the issues.
- Apply sociological theories to the criminal justice process in the United States.
- Have developed a comprehensive understanding of the criminal justice process in the United States from start to finish.
- Grading:
10% Attendance & Participation
10% Engagement (daily quizzes on the readings)
20% Research Paper
30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion
20% Other Style Guest speakers - Workload:
- 20-40 Pages Reading Per Week
4-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Weekly quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53537/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 January 2022
Spring 2022 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (53538)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (107 of 110 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC3102+Spring2022
- Class Description:
This course concerns the social and legal origins of crime control. Students will critically examine criminal justice systems from three interrelated themes: status, criminalization, and social control. Specifically, students will respond to the following questions: What role does social status play in our criminal justice system? Who and what gets criminalized and how does this relate to status? How are social controls stratified across the U.S., and how do they relate to status?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students who performed well in SOC 1101 and who are interested in a deeper understanding of patterns of crime control and subsequent outcomes.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) critically examine policing, court, and penal practices that lead to patterned outcomes by race, class, and gender; (2) locate current criminal justice trends and practices within a larger historical perspective
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point being one percentage point of the final grade, making it easy for students to calculate their standing at any point during the semester.There are five essays (20pts/ea)--none of which can be longer than two pages double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12pt font.Each essay prompt asks students to critically engage a topic covered during the previous weeks. The essays are meant to be concise, well supported with course content and other peer-reviewed research.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams for this course.
- Class Format:
- Class meetings are part lecture and part discussion of course material.The lectures will marry abstract theories and concepts with practical applications to show how social theory works in real life.Periodically, we meet specifically to discuss a practical matter--usually a contemporary one--that is occurring in our criminal justice system.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 90 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53538/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (55013)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (42 of 42 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- mso-fareast-;Times New Roman";>In this class we will explore the dynamics of race and racism in the 21mso-fareast-;Times New Roman";> century U.S.
We inquire into how race works in the U.S. TODAY, as compared to how it seemed to "work" decades ago -- looking at both points of rupture and continuity.
We'll cover issues such as race and policing, racial identity, race and schooling, race and settler colonialism, race and media, and race and electoral politics. We'll look at how race functions to stratify the society as a whole, and also examine issues salient to the lived experiences of specific racialized social groups.
This term we'll talk about all of this using a mixture of academic writing, documentary films, and video clips. We'll incorporate frequent references to current political and social events, popular culture, and the print and online media.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
30% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week3 Formal Paper(s), ~ 7-9 pages each, and rewrite/ revision3 Informal Papers (reading or film reflections) 1-2 pages each
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55013/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 September 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3215 Section 001: Supercapitalism: Labor, Consumption & the Environment in the New Global Economy (65703)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3215 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Far-reaching transformations of the global economy over the last seventy years in the realms of labor, consumption and the environment. The movement away from regulated national economies to a more fully integrated global economy; changing patterns and organization of production, employment, consumption, and waste disposal; rise of supercapitalism: a new culture of market rule over society and nature.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3215+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Far-reaching transformations of the global economy over the last seventy years in the realms of labor, consumption and the environment. The movement away from regulated national economies to a more fully integrated global economy; changing patterns and organization of production, employment, consumption, and waste disposal; rise of supercapitalism: a new culture of market rule over society and nature.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is an upper division course and assumes some prior knowledge of global studies and/or political economy.
- Learning Objectives:
- Well after this class is over, our goal is that students will be able to utilize the perspectives and knowledge they have acquired during the course to understand the ever-changing nature of the global political economy.
- Grading:
- Attendance and participation, 20%; Weekly commentaries, 20%; Take home mid-term, 25%; in class oral presentation, 10%; research paper, 25%.
- Exam Format:
- One take home mid-term.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on lectures, films, and a lot of in-class discussion. From the outset, I want you to know that (a) this course is very reading intensive, and (b) I expect you to do all of the readings all of the time. Active participation in this class is very important.
- Workload:
- 3-5 hours/week outside of class; see above for content of work.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65703/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (54373)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (42 of 43 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3251W+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing! Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your OWN life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of OTHERS. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the Social Construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings, such as the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and collective approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
60% Papers (3 papers, 20% each)
20% Final Exam
20% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Exam
3 Papers (8-10 pages each) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54373/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 September 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3452 Section 001: Education and Society (65705)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (46 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3452+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- We have all been through an ‘education system', and our lives have been shaped in multiple and complex ways by this experience. Education is still one of the most complex topics in our society and discussions around its past failures, its present challenges and its future potential remains polarizing. This course is an introduction to the sociology of education. We will examine some of classical and contemporary theoretical and policy debates on education. We will explore the role of education as it relates to various axis of social stratification (race, class, gender, sexuality etc). We will also examine how the educational system interact with other significant institutions in our society (politics, economy, family etc). While the majority of the course will focus on the US educational system, we will touch on other regions of the globe to give us a comparative perspective and an opportunity to critically engage with our own educational practices and policies.
- Grading:
- Written Assignments: 30%Exams: 50%Participation: 20%
- Exam Format:
- Short essay type questions
- Class Format:
- Lecture/Student-Led presentations/Videos
- Workload:
- 50-70 pages reading requirement
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65705/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3461 Section 001: Sociology of Neighborhoods: People, Place, Housing, and Community (66140)
- 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 Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the sociological study of neighborhoods, exploring how sociologists study people in their local communities. Generally the course focuses on neighborhoods in American society, and may explore broader issues with a research focus on neighborhoods in the Twin Cities area which students can study using a range of sociological research methods. Students will learn about a range of methods for studying neighborhoods including analysis of local area statistics, ethnographies, and interviews, and how to analyze different forms of data to meet the Data Analysis requirements for the BS in Sociology. Important themes which are addressed in the class include the composition and population structure of communities, racial and ethnic segregation, associational and civic life, municipal government and politics, community folklore and memory, housing, and local environmental issues. Soc 1001 recommended; Soc Majors and Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC3461+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- In Sociology of Neighborhoods you will explore contemporary issues in American cities by studying neighborhood change, diversity, housing and public safety issues in a selection of Minneapolis neighborhoods. We will contrast what we find in observations and interviews of local neighborhoods with reading a selection of recent articles and books about the structure and social patterns of American neighborhoods. The class begins with reading about the theory and historical sociology of American neighborhoods, and the particular neighborhoods we will study as a class. In the second half of the class we will collaborate on a real research project in Minneapolis neighborhoods, with students having the opportunity to interview local residents. We then work as a class to interpret the interview data we have collected, and finish with student led presentations about the neighborhoods we have studied.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in gaining applied experience in interviews and research methods will have the opportunity in this class to work together on a large research project that we achieve collaboratively over the course of a semester. Students interested in social movements, social change, current debates over public safety and housing in Minneapolis will find these topics in the class. Students interested in careers in social organizing, government service, non-profit work, and social research will also benefit from the topics studied and experiences obtained in this class
- Learning Objectives:
- The two key objectives of the class are for students to 1) become more familiar with current debates in the study of American cities and neighborhoods, and 2) improve their skills in conducting applied social research drawing on quantitative, qualitative, and visual sources.
- Grading:
- Grading is based on1) Completion of an interview with a local resident, submitted with a transcript and analysis memo (40%),2) Statistical profile of demographic change in a Minneapolis neighborhood (20%),3) Ethnographic observations of neighborhood meetings and events (20%)4) Documenting your contributions to group work (10%)5) Poster produced by your group about the neighborhood you studied (10%)
- Exam Format:
- No exam. Entirely internally assessed.
- Class Format:
- 20% lecture, 60% discussion and work in small groups, 20% external visits to neighborhoods and interviews. Students should be prepared for a flexible class format in which some weeks they spend required time outside the classroom conducting interviews, or observing neighborhood events, while other weeks have a more regular classroom structure. Neighborhood events will often occur in the evenings, and students should be prepared to accommodate attending 2-3 evening events during the semester. We visit Minneapolis neighborhoods that are easily accessible by public transit from campus, and will work as a class to share car rides where possible to make transportation easier.
- Workload:
- Approximately 60 pages of reading every week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66140/1223
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3461_Spring2022.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 September 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3507 Section 001: Immigration to the United States: Beyond Walls (55501)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Immigration is one of the most politically and emotionally charged issues in the United States today. It is also poorly understood. Assumptions, myths, and misinformation about US immigration and immigrants are routinely and increasingly manifested in acrimonious political debates, news stories and sound bites, and our daily conversations and interactions with one another in the very communities in which we live and work. At the same time, US immigration and immigrants have been, are, and will continue to be an essential and vibrant part of our lived and shared experiences as individuals and communities, Minnesotans and Americans, and global citizens.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3507+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Immigration is one of the most politically and emotionally charged issues in the United States. It is also poorly understood. Assumptions, myths, and misinformation about U.S. immigration and immigrants are routinely and increasingly manifested in acrimonious political debates, news stories and sound bites, and our daily conversations and interactions with one another in the communities in which we live and work. At the same time, U.S. immigration and immigrants have been, are, and will continue to be an essential and vibrant part of our lived and shared experiences as individuals and communities, Minnesotans and Americans, and global citizens. The aim of this course is to promote an accurate, holistic, and empathic understanding of U.S. immigration and immigrants. As doing so is necessarily an interdisciplinary endeavor, this course embraces and leverages diverse bodies of theoretical and empirical research and knowledge, questions and modes of inquiry, and practices and solutions. As such, this course facilitates a liberal education by inviting students to investigate the world from new perspectives, learn new ways of thinking that will be useful in many different areas of life, and grow as active citizens and lifelong learners.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- .
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Mastery of one or more bodies of knowledge and modes of inquiry in social science research on U.S. immigration and immigrants.2. Ability to creatively and consistently identify, traverse and translate, and ultimately understand the shared themes and threads that connect diverse perspectives, inquiries, and debates on U.S. immigration and immigrants in and across disciplines and areas.3. Proficiency in locating, critically evaluating, and using data and information on U.S. immigration and immigrants in the process of identifying, defining, and solving existing and emergent problems in innovative and impactful ways.4. Effective oral and written communication skills on topics and issues related to U.S. immigration and immigrants that are of interest and useful to students in their professional and personal lives as life-long learners.
- Grading:
5% = Attendance
20% = Assignments75% = 3 exams, each with closed-ended (true/false and multiple choice) and open-ended (short-answer and essay) questions, worth 25% each- Exam Format:
- .
- Class Format:
- .
- Workload:
- .
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55501/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (65707)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (61 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sara0028+SOC3613W+Spring2022
- Class Description:
Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective.A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters.- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the term students will:
• Utilize sociological theories and concepts to understand, discuss, apply, and create knowledge about society and food in all of the course activities. These concepts are tools for thinking about food in society.
• Identify and discuss food topics, problems, perspectives, and solutions
• Make connections between individual, local, and global dimensions of the food system through the concepts of positionality, inequalities, identity, culture, economy, and nation. This will be done through course discussions, writing, and film/video reflection assignments.
• Locate claims and evidence in media sources on food and develop the skills to assess the influence on public opinion about food topics.
• Practice and improve evidence-based communication, drawing on independent research and course material to support analysis of food topics.
• Create a final learning product focused on developing personal interests in a specific food topic, conducting individual research, and presenting learning in a dynamic group setting.- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Exam Format:
- No exams. Students write papers to demonstrate acquired skills and knowledge.
- Class Format:
lectures, films, class discussion.- Workload:
Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write weekly commentaries that demonstrate their understanding of the readings, write two short papers, and write a 6-8 page, research-based paper on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65707/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (52535)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (68 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC3701+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?In Spring 2022, the course will be taught by Professor Savelsberg. He describes his particular emphasis thus: "This class seeks to develop an understanding of sociological theory. Theory, together with empirical methods, is one of the pillars on which our sociological work is based, no matter if we deal with questions of criminology, family and the life course, organizations, social movements and politics, education and whatever other themes sociology addresses. In this course, we focus primarily on the questions and ideas that the classical sociologists have provided us with, including Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel and W.E.B. DuBois. Yet we also extend the line of thought to contemporary theory. Crucial questions we will engage with include: What basic changes did societies experience in the modernizing process? What holds society together, in other words: why do things work decently well? Yet, also, why does conflict erupt and how do societies handle it? When does repression and massive social inequality not result in open conflict? What role does "race" play? What role do rituals and symbols play when harmony or conflict unfold? What are social roles? Do we identify with social roles, or do we just perform them? Does the size of a group matter? Is society something outside ourselves, or do humans build (and change) it through their everyday interactions? Are human pursuits driven by rational action of self-interested individuals or by social norms and solidarity? What role do social networks play in which they are embedded?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology (general and LCD) majors
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand general sociological theories, apply them to specific sociological issues and see how they help us make sense of the world we live in.
- Grading:
- (1) 20% based on four short quizzes, consisting of short answer and multiple-choice questions. Each quiz is worth 5% of your final grade. This feature is important as it is especially crucial in this course that you stay on top of the readings and do not procrastinate. Keeping up with the course and succeeding would otherwise be very difficult.
(2) 25% based on a midterm exam, consisting of a mixture of short answer and multiple-choice questions.(3) 35% based on a cumulative final exam, consisting of a mixture of short answer and multiple-choice questions.(4) 20% based on writing assignments. - Exam Format:
- essay; short answer; multiple choice
- Class Format:
- lecture, plenary discussion, small group work, occasional film segments
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52535/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 September 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (55012)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (55 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC3701+Spring2022
- Class Description:
This course provides a broad overview of the major paradigms of social thought. While we will initially focus on classical theory and the "Big Three"
of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, the emphasis of this course will be on how contemporary thinkers draw upon and modify the classics for modern contexts. With the help of such thinkers, we will tackle such core sociological questions as: What is social theory? How does it differ from the theories applied in "hard" sciences such as physics and biology? What holds society together? How do social networks and institutions endure over time? What is the relationship between the individual and society? How is human thought and behavior shaped by social interaction? What is power, who holds it, and how is it exercised? What are the primary axes of social change? What defines the modernity? Are we living in a post-modern era? Over the course of the semester our goal will be to not only understand a diverse range of theories and thinkers, but to apply them to our own lives and social contexts. In addition to lectures and in-class activities, students will engage in weekly online discussions to hone their own critical sensibilities by identifying and interrogating the key arguments and assumptions of the texts.- Grading:
- 60% Quizzes25% Final Exam15% General Participation (in-class and online)
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice; essay
- Workload:
- 30-45 pages reading per week12 quizzes submitted on Canvas1 final exam submitted on Canvas
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55012/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 August 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (55397)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (35 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus and details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Grading:
Group Weight Reading Journals 18% Discussions 12% Discussion Moderation 8% Midcourse Exam 30% Final Exam 30% RATE 2% - Exam Format:
- Short answer (90-minute Canvas quiz, taken at any point during the exam week) and Essays (prompts completed over the exam week)
- Class Format:
- This class is entirely asynchronous. With the exception of some video announcements and review videos on specific concepts, all the material is in text form. Rather than video lectures students receive study notes to guide their reading. The core of this class is close engagement with original texts.
- Workload:
- The class is broken up in modules that each last a week. Every module runs on the same schedule and includes 1) a discussion board 2) a reading journal 3) an ungraded quiz. Once per semester students moderate one of the discussions, which involves a much more involved post and responsibility to manage the discussion. Midterm and final exams are in their own modules.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55397/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (65708)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (84 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is at the intersection of macro and micro sociology, linking social structures, interpersonal relationships and interactions, attitudes, values and the self-concept. Principles of social psychology are drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. This course covers a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. 20 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?austi241+SOC3721+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Sociological social psychologists explore the social processes by which people develop a sense of self, negotiate meaning in everyday social interactions and how groups and social institutions influence everyday interactions. This course provides an overview of sociological social psychology and introduces students to the major methods, theories and concepts in the field. Topics include socialization over the life course (including socialization toward work), social inequality (including intersections of social class, gender, race/ethnicity and disability), the social construction of identity, the presentation of self, mental health and illness, social deviance, relationships, the sociology of groups and social change. In addition to developing critical thinking skills, this course enables students to better understand how their own interests, values and social locations shape their attitudes and behaviors.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Everyone is welcome! The concepts discussed in this course can be applied to all areas of your life, including work, identity and social issues. If you have an interest in a specific topic, please let me know and I'll do my best to incorporate it. Contact me with any additional questions!
- Class Format:
- This course will be completely online, in an asynchronous format. Students will be required to independently read the material. There will not be regularly recorded lectures/presentations.
- Workload:
- Approximately 9 hours of independent work on reading, research and other course requirements in accordance with UMN guidelines (3 hours per week per credit). Students can expect to read a combination of textbook chapters, academic articles and non-fiction book chapters. Students can also expect to watch videos available online, including, but not limited to, documentaries. Students will be assessed in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, discussion boards, writing assignments/worksheets, reflection papers/journals and a research paper (8-10 pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65708/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 November 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (52529)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (118 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research and the components of research design, including, for example, conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, indexes and scales, reliability and validity, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, the logic of comparison(s), and research ethics. This is followed by introducing students to research designs used in social science research, including, for example, ethnography, ethnomethodology, case and comparative case studies, comparative historical and archival methods, content analysis, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and experiments and their variants. The course concludes by considering several critical bookends, including data analysis and various tools and tricks of the trade.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- .
- Learning Objectives:
1. Introduce students to the breadth research materials and methods in the social sciences.
2. Facilitate students' in-depth engagement with research methods in the social sciences in a comprehensive and critical way.
3. Develop students' capacity to traverse and translate across research methods in the social sciences as they and others ask, evaluate evidence for and against, and answer important, timely, and impactful questions about the social world.
4. Provide students opportunities to write professional papers on topics related to research methods in the social sciences that are of interest and useful to them in their current and/or future pursuits.
- Grading:
5% = Attendance
20% = Assignments75% = 3 exams, each with closed (true/false and multiple choice) and open (short-answer and essay) ended questions, worth 25% each- Exam Format:
- .
- Class Format:
- .
- Workload:
- .
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52529/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (52496)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (108 of 116 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major.
- Learning Objectives:
- See full description under Class Description. Briefly, this is a requirement for a sociology major. You will learn basic quantitative analytic skills useful for senior thesis and a future research job.
- Grading:
- 10% Class attendance50% Problem solving assignments40% Midterm exam !05% End of course extra credit
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10 pages per week reading (textbook and lecture notes)10 out of 12 assignments and weekly problem solving labs2 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52496/1223
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 September 2020
Spring 2022 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Social Statistics (53600)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lars3965+SOC3811+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- If the intellectual dividing line of the early 20th century was linguistic literacy, in the beginning of the 21st century, it is quantitative literacy. Careers spanning business, politics, law, and journalism increasingly demand skills in the statistical analysis of data. At thesame time, with frequent references to the findings of polls and studies in news reports, quantitative literacy has become essential to informed citizenship. SOC 3811 is a social science data analysis course designed for sociology majors, but is applicable to any student wanting to have an introductory to the statistical analysis of social data. In this course I will introduce students to the fundamental principles of the logic and execution of social quantitative research methods and statistics. You will develop skills in critically analyzing and producing social scientific research by examining issues pertaining to research design, sampling, conceptualization and operationalization of measures, data visualization, and a range of quantitative methods including descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses. In addition to these statistical fundamentals, you will also think about where and when these skills are best put to responsible use. Whether you plan to go to graduate school, go into a data-driven job, or just want to be a better consumer of information, these skills should help students engage critically with quantitative information.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Explain how researchers use data and statistical evidence to develop sociological insights.2. Critically evaluate quantitative claims about the social world.3. Statistically analyze social data in connection with research questions of interest.4. Responsibly interpret the results of statistical analyses and summarize results effectively.
- Grading:
- Labs 20% 100 pts.Short Papers 20% 100 pts.Project 50% 250 pts."Scholarly Attitude" 10% 50 pts.
- Exam Format:
- No Exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53600/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (55952)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States (including American particularities in international comparison), their social, political, economic, cultural, and institutional conditions, and how these patterns relate to broader sociological themes. We will examine a cross-section of most outstanding recent and some (by now) classical criminological and sociological books and a few articles that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course examines core themes in criminological research, especially innovative ways of thinking about crime and punishment. A cross-section of important criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section provides a brief introduction into a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide as well as other crimes of the powerful and control responses to these types of offenses. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is of special interest to honors students concerned with issues of crime and punishment. This applies especially to sociology LCJ majors, but also to other sociology students and students beyond sociology. Examining issues of crime and punishment teaches us much broader lessons about American society, its social structure, patterns of inequality, the functioning of its government, law and the enforcement of law (and how the US compares to other countries).
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding patterns of crime in the context of a country's structural and cultural contexts (specifically but not exclusively for the US). Understanding the construction of crime and responses to crime, especially criminal punishment, in the context of institutions of government, law and law enforcement.
- Grading:
- 60% six quizzes; 30% final exam; 10% class participation plus a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected (possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered).
- Exam Format:
- essay, multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 60 pages reading per week
6 quizzes, one final exam and one paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55952/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 September 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4102H Section 001: Honors: Criminology (65709)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States (including American particularities in international comparison), their social, political, economic, cultural, and institutional conditions, and how these patterns relate to broader sociological themes. We will examine a cross-section of most outstanding recent and some (by now) classical criminological and sociological books and a few articles that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees' research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: Honors student, [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102H+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is of special interest to honors students concerned with issues of crime and punishment. This applies especially to sociology LCJ majors, but also to other sociology students and students beyond sociology. Examining issues of crime and punishment teaches us much broader lessons about American society, its social structure, patterns of inequality, the functioning of its government, law and the enforcement of law (and how the US compares to other countries).
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding patterns of crime in the context of a country's structural and cultural contexts (specifically but not exclusively for the US). Understanding the construction of crime and responses to crime, especially criminal punishment, in the context of institutions of government, law and law enforcement.
- Grading:
- 60% six quizzes; 30% final exam; 10% class participation plus a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected (possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered).
- Exam Format:
- essay, multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 60 pages reading per week
6 quizzes, one final exam and one paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65709/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 September 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Sociology of Deviance (65891)
- 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 Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (47 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course considers why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how norms, values, and rules are made and enforced. We will discuss basic concepts that cut across deviance theories and research, including social control, subcultures and deviant careers. We will explore theories of and societal reaction to deviant behavior. We will also discuss methodology and how the "social facts" of deviance are determined and disseminated. Finally, we will examine case studies addressing crime, organizational and occupational deviance, substance use, sexuality, body image, and more. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4111+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Whether something is considered deviant or normative is constantly shifting, as the rapid change in thinking around marijuana legalization, marriage equality, and many other issues illustrates. This course asks why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how norms, values, and rules are made and enforced. Rather than focusing on deviant behavior(s), this course examines how attributes or behavior come to be defined as deviant, the social consequences of deviant labels, and how social groups create and apply norms, values, and rules. There are four units. We first take up basic concepts that cut across theories and research on deviance, including social control, subcultures, and deviant careers. The second unit is devoted to theories of deviant behavior and societal reaction. We then discuss methodology and how the "social facts" around behaviors considered deviant are determined and disseminated. Case studies in topical areas are the fourth focus, addressing crime, organizational and occupational deviance, substance use, heteronormativity and sexuality, suicide, disability, and mental illness. Course objectives include the following: (1) To understand how deviance is defined and produced; (2) To gain a working knowledge of the key sociological explanations of deviance; (3) To critically apply these ideas to selected case studies; and, (4) To critique and evaluate institutional responses to deviance and control. There is one basic text for the course and supplemental readings available online in Adobe pdf format. The Adler and Adler reader is a collection of excerpts from classic and contemporary writings on deviance, with a much heavier emphasis on the social construction of deviance. If you purchase an earlier edition of the text, please understand that you will be responsible for the material in the most recent editions. Most of the supplementary readings will come from my local work with Minnesota graduate and undergraduate students on topics such as disenfranchisement, sexual harassment, and workplace deviance. This is more difficult material, but I will explain the research during lectures.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in sociology and social definitions of deviant and conforming behavior is welcome. A background in intro sociology or intro criminology is helpful, but not required.
- Learning Objectives:
- To understand how deviance is defined and produced.
To gain a working knowledge of the key sociological theories of deviance.
To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies.
To critically evaluate institutional responses to deviance and control.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed -- typically 70% essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% [optional] Service learning, media, and in-class exercises. - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Service learning is available as an option for the paper assignment. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65891/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4133 Section 001: Sociology of Gender, Sex, and Crime (66437)
- 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 Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Crime and criminal justice is a gendered phenomena. In this seminar course, we will examine the contribution of feminist theoretical work to the field of criminology and to our understanding of how gender prescriptives are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our conceptualizations of both. In so doing, we will critically assess the experiences of women, men and transgender persons in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and defendants. The readings are drawn from a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical works. Students should critically assess both the strengths and limitations of the research. Lecture will be accompanied by class discussion, film segments (as well as legal proceedings), and small group work. Soc 1001 or Soc 1101 recommended; Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4133+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Crime and criminal justice is a gendered phenomena. In this seminar course, we will examine the contribution of feminist theoretical work to the field of criminology and to our understanding of how gender prescriptives are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our conceptualizations of both. In so doing, we will critically assess the experiences of women, men and transgender persons in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and defendants. The readings are drawn from a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical works. Students should critically assess both the strengths and limitations of the research. Lecture will be accompanied by class discussion, film segments (as well as legal proceedings), and small group work.
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
1 PaperWeekly Reading Reflections1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66437/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4147 Section 001: Sociology of Mental Health & Illness (56055)
- 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 Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (81 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to give you an overview of the ways a sociological perspective informs our understanding of mental health and illness. While sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and others all deal with issues of mental illness, they often approach the topic in very different ways. In general, a sociological perspective tends to focus on aspects of the social environment that we often ignore, neglect, or take for granted. It calls attention to how society or groups are organized, who benefits or is hurt by the way things are organized, and what beliefs shape our behaviors. In viewing mental illness, sociologists have primarily challenged dominant views of mental illness, examined how social relationships play a role in mental illness, questioned the goals and implications of mental health policy and researched how mental health services are organized and provided. prereq: Soc 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4147+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to give an overview of sociological perspectives of mental health and illness. As a part of this course we will critically examine issues surrounding mental health and illness by situating them in a broader social context including: social relationships, social structures, and social institutions. Throughout the semester we will address key topics including how mental health is defined in different contexts, the role of social stigma, and policies and health services surrounding mental health and illness.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56055/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Sociology of Killing (65720)
- 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
- Enrollment Requirements:
- jr or sr or grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide a broad overview of the sociology of murder- the intentional, malicious killing of one human by another. This course will go beyond what we see about murder regularly in the media and on popular TV shows and movies. Students will be exposed to a scientific study of homicide. Key topics include the history and laws of murder; information and data sources on murder; demographic attributes of victims and offenders; different types of murder, including among others domestic, serial, mass, and gang-related murder; biological, sociological and psychological theories of the causes of murder; and the strategies involved in the criminal investigation of homicide. prereq: jr, or sr, or grad student, or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC4149+Spring2022
- Class Description:
This course is about murder - a particularly grisly topic for some. Please be advised that during the semester, students will read about and discuss graphic portrayals of crimes and/or view gruesome images. This course assumes that students enrolling in this class are capable of tolerating this dark subject matter.
- To understand biological, sociological, and psychological explanations for the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
- To understand and be able to critique the various sources of information on homicide as well as what these sources tell us about offenders, victims, weapons, locations, types, and motives of homicide in the United States.
- To understand the stages, patterns, processes, offenders, victims, and settings of homicide.
- To understand how society and the criminal justice system react to the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
- To understand biological, sociological, and psychological explanations for the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
- Grading:
2 Exams 20 points each
5 Quizzes 4 points each
1 Paper 20
points1 Assignment 10
points5 Responses
2 points each1 Extra Credit Essay 5 points
Total 105 points- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, essay.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture40% Discussion20% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 20-40 Pages Reading Per Week
4-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)1 Assignment
5 Quizzes5 Responses to Discussion Questions - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65720/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 January 2022
Spring 2022 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (55014)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (52 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format at the posted day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4162+Spring2022
- Class Description:
Welcome to our interactive criminal procedure class!
We spend our Wednesday afternoons together interrogating the central promise of US criminal justice: to balance the power of government to protect the safety and security of all persons against those who want to do them harm, while at the same time protecting their right to come and go as they please without government interference, and guaranteeing all persons that the government will enforce the law on the street, at the police station, in the courts, and when punishing criminal wrongdoing. This promise is also the criminal blaming and punishing regime's greatest problem: How close to social reality is the promise of EQUAL rights and justice to every individual. This promise and this problem have fascinated our beloved "U" undergrads--and me--at least once a year since 1971. I promise to work as hard as I can to make our Interactive Criminal Procedure ZOOM 2022 fascinating and valuable too!😺
A final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal procedure law in our interactive journey through the criminal process. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing YOUR CPI
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from all majors and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal justice social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice for all, and social order.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal concepts and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- About 35 Pages Reading Per Week. Some weeks are "thicker" than "others."
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55014/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 November 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (55926)
- 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
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (82 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4246+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- What do you do when you get sick? Where do you go? Who provides your medical care? In this course we will discuss why the answers to these basic questions are actually quite complex. This course is designed to introduce students to medical sociology and will examine issues surrounding health, illness and healing from a sociological perspective. Throughout the course we will cover numerous topics including: the social construction of health and illness, healthcare providers, the healthcare system - including contemporary debates regarding healthcare reform - and the social determinants of health inequalities.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55926/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4521 Section 001: Love, Sex, & Marriage (67742)
- 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 Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (36 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. What can sociology and related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects? More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. prereq: [1001 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lyimo002+SOC4521+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This class provides an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. It aims at understanding what sociology and other related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects. More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any one interested in intimate human relationships can take this course
- Learning Objectives:
- This course aims to familiarize you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic, challenge some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage, stimulate you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships, highlight the silences of various social identities-including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender-to beliefs and practices around intimacy, and introduce you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships , and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all of these debates
- Grading:
- Final grades will be determined on the following basis;
Mid-term exam 25%
Final exam/paper 25%Short Quizzes 25% (5 points each)Discussion question essays and attendance 25%
Additionally, course grades will be on the A-F system. The grading standards are those prescribed by CLA policy as indicated on the syllabus. - Exam Format:
- The exams will consist of both short answers, possible multiple choice questions and possible long essay questions
- Class Format:
- This class is completely synchronous (face-to-face). It will combine the lectures and discussion course supplemented by selected videos.
- Workload:
- The expectations for students in this course are that you attend class regularly, complete all the readings by the assigned dates and participate in class discussions. You will be required to complete the readings on time (i.e. before the class session for which they are assigned).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67742/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4881 Section 001: Population Studies Research Practicum (65712)
- 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 Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Students enrolled in this course will gain hands-on experience with population studies research by (1) working under the mentorship of an individual researcher or a research team at the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) and (2) attending and reflecting in writing on MPC's weekly research seminar. In addition, students in the course will meet weekly with the instructor to discuss their research experiences and to develop and present a final research poster.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?kampdush+SOC4881+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- (I cannot stop laughing about the thumbnail on this video, hopefully it makes you laugh too)
The University of Minnesota is among the most vibrant and productive research universities in the country. Its faculty are leaders and pioneers in many scientific (including social scientific) fields, and the university annually attracts tens of millions of dollars in federal and private research support. However, undergraduate students often have a hard time connecting to the research going on around them in a way that improves their skills, provides valuable experiences to them, or helps them explore their professional interests.Sociology 4881 is designed to meaningfully connect undergraduate students to an ongoing population studies research project, to see that project through from the "idea stage" to a finished product, and to explore scientific research as a potential career option. (Population studies, by the way, is an interdisciplinary field of study that uses demographic data and methods to describe, explain, and predict social phenomena.)Students in Sociology 4881 will be involved in every phase of the project - including problem formulation; literature review and critique; decisions about conceptualization and measurement; empirical analyses; writing; and the presentation and publication of results. Each week, students will also listen to a research presentation at the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) and reflect on the presentation in a way that will further their exposure to all phases of the research process. Along the way, students will also learn about ethical issues as they pertain to population and social scientific research; how research projects are funded; how scientists present, discuss, and critique one another's work; and how scientific publishing works. Finally, students will develop specific skills in the analysis of quantitative data.SPRING 2021 RESEARCH TOPIC: In spring 2022, students will use the National Couples' Health and Time Study data to examine family relationships during the pandemic. The National Couples' Health and Time Study (NCHAT) is the first fully-powered, population-based study of couples in America that contains representative samples of racial and ethnic diverse and sexual and gender diverse individuals. NCHAT entered the field on September 1, 2020, and data collection completed in April 2021. The sample includes 3,642 main respondents and 1,515 partners. NCHAT is uniquely suited to address COVID, stress, family functioning, and physical and mental health and includes an abundance of contextual and acute measures of race and racism, sexism, and heterosexism. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Do you like writing? Do you like numbers? Do you like figuring out problems? Do you like research? Do you like hands on classes? If so, this is the class for you!!! This course will be especially valuable for students who are (1) interested in learning more about the scientific research process and/or (2) considering careers in scientific research. It might be most valuable for students interested in social scientific, public health, or population studies research. Students considering attending graduate programs in those fields are especially likely to benefit from the course. Students who have not taken undergraduate courses in research methods or statistics may find Sociology 4881 more challenging, but they are still welcome to enroll.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students in Sociology 4881 will learn how scientific research projects are conceived, defined, funded, and executed and how their results are communicated, evaluated, critiqued, and disseminated. Beyond this, the University of Minnesota has defined several "Student Learning Outcomes" that will be pursued in Sociology 4881. These include: 1. Identifying, defining, and solving problems;2. Locating and critically evaluating information;3. Mastering a body of knowledge and a mode of inquiry;4. Communicating effectively; and5. Understanding the role of creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression across disciplines.
- Grading:
- Your grade will comprise of individual and group assignments. You will work with the same group all semester. Assignments are due about every week to two weeks, and there are daily quizzes. I like Canvas, and will be setting everything up in Canvas so you can use the To Do List function to keep track of everything.
- Exam Format:
- There is no exam, just quizzes.
- Class Format:
- This class will be taught flipped classroom style. I am not going to lecture readings at you. When we are in class, we are going to have short lectures, lots of discussion, and many activities.
- Workload:
- Hmm, this is a hard one. I would say the word load is moderate. This is a 4000 level course that involves actually doing research, so you are going to do work. But, hopefully it will be fun and interesting work, rather than several tedious readings that are so jargon-y that you have to re-read each sentence multiple times.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65712/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (52724)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (34 of 34 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4966W+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- The purpose of this course is to assist students in fulfilling CLA's senior project requirement, the 'capstone' of the undergraduate career, by creating the learning environment to write a final research paper. Enrollment is limited to student majors in Sociology. The class provides a structure and guided format for completing the senior project. Students select a topic, formulate a research question, read on the topic, conduct preliminary research or use already experienced research, analyze your material and locate within existing debates, and write up the materials as a final analytic paper. Students can choose to focus their project on a new topic, or materials from a previous class, or from an already experienced study abroad, service learning, or employment opportunity. Each week we will discuss specific aspects of the research-and-writing process, so that the final paper will be thought through and written, step by step, throughout the semester. Course work requires intensive engagement in the design of a project and active class discussion of the issues students face in the process.
- Grading:
- 75% final paper
25% weekly short assignments and class participation - Class Format:
- Class discussion, small group activities, writing exercises, and in-class presentations
- Workload:
- Weekly readings that are mostly related to your own research project; short writing assignments due throughout the semester as building blocks to your final paper; and the final paper, which will be approximately 15 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52724/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Capstone Experience: Seminar (54892)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (36 of 36 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4966W+Spring2022
- Class Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a portfolio of self-presentation materials and sociological analyses based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your capstone portfolio by providing structure, advice, and encouragement. Successful completion of the analytic portion of your portfolio shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. Along the way, we will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civil engagement.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Seniors with a major in Sociology
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
-- Active class participation in activities, discussion, and in-class writing (20% of grade)
-- Capstone Portfolio (60% of grade) -- Includes resume, personal statement, paper analyzing CEL site, and paper analyzing interview
-- Community-Engaged Learning (20% of grade)
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
20% Visiting speakers
60% In-class activities in small and large groups, including writing exercises - Workload:
- Students will spend significant time in class and outside of class writing and revising this writing. Students who chose to do community engaged learning will spend at least 15 hours total on this during the semester, with the hope of 30 hours.All students can gain points by doing optional career-focused and adulting-focused assignments. People who do not do community engaged learning will need to do a lot more of these.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54892/1223
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 4966W Section 003: Capstone Experience: Seminar (65701)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (34 of 34 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC4966W+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- In this "capstone" version of the course, we will be looking back at what sociology was all about, looking forward to what sociology majors do after graduation. Most important, the course will provide the resources, assistance and encouragement to help majors in the Sociology Department to fulfill this requirement for a paper in the major field during the senior year -- mostly based on observational studies tied to service learning projects. The course is organized as a seminar and workshop. There are no formal lectures, but the instructor will present overviews of the stages of research and writing necessary to complete the senior project paper. Students build their major project through completing guided, periodic assignments. Along the way, we will be reading and thinking about how to apply a sociological eye to understand success, failure, and the world around us.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
20% Journal
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers
40% Service Learning - Workload:
- 20-50 Pages Reading Per Week
25-35 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Assignments relating to sections of project paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65701/1223
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC4966W_Spring2023.pdf (Spring 2023)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2022 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Honors Capstone Experience: Proseminar II (52726)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Pol 4977V, honors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 60
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (14 of 14 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociologys approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. The ultimate recommendation for level of latin honors is made by the committee at the time of the thesis defense. In addition to the Honors thesis requirements, the recommendation for summa-level honors is reserved for the papers that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented; - Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a panel presentation at the spring Sociological Research Institute (SRI). The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major & department consent
- Class Notes:
- 14 seats reserved for SOC majors, Jr. or Sr. Honors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4978V+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociologys approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. The ultimate recommendation for level of latin honors is made by the committee at the time of the thesis defense. In addition to the Honors thesis requirements, the recommendation for summa-level honors is reserved for the papers that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented;
- Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a panel presentation at the spring Sociological Research Institute (SRI). The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major &
department consent - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Those students who were enrolled in Soc4977V during fall semester of 2020.
- Learning Objectives:
- To complete the student's empirical study and the writing of the thesis paper.
- Grading:
- 100% on the quality of the thesis paper completed.
- Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- In class discussions and instructor-student individual meetings.
- Workload:
- For the whole semester, a completed thesis paper of up to 30 pages. Weekly readings, an empirical study, and the writing of the thesis will vary among students.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52726/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 September 2020
Spring 2022 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (53348)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for SOC grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8001+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course should help graduate students in the transition from the first part of graduate studies to the second, and the much more independent part, that is driven by your own work. Supplementing the work you will be doing with your advisors (and eventually committee members), this course will provide additional assistance with the production of reading lists and prelims. This structure is flexible, however, and we will adjust based on the needs of the group. We do not have papers, readings or formal graded assignments. The main goal of the course is to provide a structure for what you need to get done, and to encourage peer-review and discussion of work in progress. In addition to practical matters of working toward prelim papers, topics may include: library search strategies; planning for the prospectus; grant proposals; journal submissions; and IRB applications.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Third year graduate students in Sociology (possibly 2nd year, especially if entered the program with an MA in hand).
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn and exchange ideas about strategies of moving toward prelim writing, possibly prospectus work and beyond.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors, e.g., a librarian, more advanced students in the ABD stage (or recent graduates, looking back).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53348/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 September 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (54573)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8011+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This course is aimed at graduate students preparing to become teachers at the college level. We begin by working to understand the social/political context of teaching, including topics such as ethics, multiculturalism, and academic freedom. Students also learn practical teaching skills to be used when lecturing or leading discussions. Active learning strategies are emphasized as effective tools for engaging a wide variety of adult learners. A major part of the course is the independent development of a course syllabus and related lesson plans and exercises.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology graduate students
- Learning Objectives:
- Develop a sociological understanding of university classrooms Plan a course to teach in the future, including syllabus, assignments, rubrics, and teaching philosophyLearn student-centered teaching methods and backward course design for effective day to day life in the classroomCommunicate some aspect of this learning to the broader UM sociology community at SRI
- Grading:
- To earn an "A" in this course, you must have no more than one unexcused absence; actively partipate during our class sessions, including co-facilitating the discussion twice; turn in all assignments fully complete and on-time; provide thoughtful reviewer comments on your partner's work on time and every time; and your work must show effort and growth. Poor performance on any of these will cause your grade to be lower. You are at risk of failing this course if you have three unexcused absences or do not turn in a major assignment. I will not give an Incomplete except when required by university policy.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on in-class discussion of readings, collaborative preparation of materials such as a teaching statement and syllabus, engagement with guest speakers from around the university, and building a capstone group project to share what we have learned.
- Workload:
- Over the semester, you will hone your CV, create a teaching statement, develop a syllabus for a future class, and write the guidelines and grading rubric for a major assignment for that class. Multiple drafts of each of these will be due at various times during the semester. You will also provide written feedback to other students on their drafts. We also work as a class to create an interesting and meaningful session at the department's SRI conference.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54573/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 October 2018
Spring 2022 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (65713)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- By instructor consent. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Spring2022 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2022
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65713/1223
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 8221 Section 001: Sociology of Gender (65716)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Organization, culture, and dynamics of gender relations and gendered social structures. Sample topics: gender, race, and class inequalities in the workplace; women.s movement; social welfare and politics of gender inequality; theoretical and methodological debates in gender studies; sexuality; science; sociology of emotions.
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8221+Spring2022
- Class Description:
This course explores contemporary developments in the sociology of gender while also covering some early critical feminist scholarship (Simone de Beauvoir, Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberly Kay Hoang, Tey Meadow…). The aim is to centralize the multidimensional and historically produced practices and performances of gender in social interactions across multiple structural locations. As such intersectional as well as comparative lens will be underscored. We will cover themes on gender politics including bodies, race, sexual boundaries, and families.In practical terms, the seminar provides a community where students enrolled can develop their empirical and theoretical interests in gender scholarship through constructive dialogue with others in the course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65716/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (53672)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Soc grad
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8801+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course covering some of the most commonly used research methods in sociology and related disciplines. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and evidence, and how various methods contribute to the development or testing of social theories by gathering and analyzing various forms of evidence. We will also pay attention to the (often implicit) underlying epistemological assumptions or commitments embedded in various methodological approaches. The course seeks to equip students with the ability to evaluate empirical social scientific work based on a range of methodological traditions, but is not focused on detailed training in any individual method. Such training is best obtained through advanced methods courses and/or through active involvement in research projects under the guidance of experienced investigators or mentors/advisors. The course will challenge students to refine their own ideas about how to link their areas of interest with concrete plans for empirical research. Course Objectives o To learn the basics of how research is conducted using different sociological methods. o To develop awareness of the knowledge claims and standards of evidence that underpin various methodological approaches. o To develop the ability to critically evaluate scholarship that uses various methods. o To gain experience in translating general research interests and ideas about research design and evidence into a proposal for a research project that carefully and thoughtfully links research questions, theoretical framing, choice of method(s), and specific plans for data collection and analysis.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
40% Written Homework
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 75% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
8 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53672/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2014
Spring 2022 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (52848)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8811+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Topics for Spring 2012: logistic regression, event history analysis, and multilevel modeling or structural equation models.
- Grading:
- 3 data analysis papers on the three topics, each 33.3% of the course grade.
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 12 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Data Analysis Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52848/1223
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC8811_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 September 2018
Spring 2022 | SOC 8852 Section 001: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnographic Practicum (66147)
- 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
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Soc 8801, grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 715
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Ethnographic practice involves two core activities: engaging people in their own space and time, and separating yourself enough from the fieldwork site to write about observations and experiences with some degree of analytical distance and theoretical sophistication. Ethnographers are always both participant and observer, although some of them -- often those who start off as insiders at a site from the beginning -- will be more practically or emotionally enmeshed in a fieldwork site than others. This seminar emphasizes both these core activities: students develop the practice of shuttling constantly between fieldwork site and writing field notes and analysis. Complementing the field work will be reading and discussion of classic and contemporary ethnographies. Each student will undertake his or her own fieldwork project, learning how to generate field notes that include rich description and coherent, flexible analysis. These projects should generate a useful body of qualitative data, as well as an intensive, hands-on experience of the design, research process, and analysis of ethnography. Prerequisites: graduate student, and completion of SOC 8801, or instructor consent.
- Class Notes:
- 8 seats reserved for SOC graduate students until 1/19/2022. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC8852+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66147/1223
Spring 2022 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, and Mobility (65717)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Wed 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for SOC graduate students until 12/9/2021. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC8890+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65717/1223
Fall 2021 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (18884)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (237 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC1001+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Workload:
- 30-60 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18884/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Fall 2021 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (18891)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (238 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (Soc 1001-15) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their "sociological imagination" in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, or life in groups. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make sociological sense of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline-- and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- You should take this class if you want to understand the world around you better! A warning however- once you develop and put on your sociological "lenses" you'll never be able to take them off! :)
- Grading:
- 30% Exams (1 midterm & 1 final)
50% Short Writing Assignments
20% Class Participation (discussion and attendance) - Exam Format:
- MC
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
15% Discussion in Lecture
20% Section Participation - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages reading per week
2 MC Exams5 Short (3-4 page) writing assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18891/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (18895)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankWilley Hall 125
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (118 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1001+Fall2021
- Class Description:
This course introduces pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analyses of how society is possible and how order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining the close relationship of the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of power relations in everyday living. The course material is chosen to help you develop your sociological imagination, to give you the tools to understand how our lives are linked to larger forces that ultimately shape our individual and collective experiences. We will explore diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society and the forces that drive or/and hinder change.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students are expected to show a good understanding of core sociological concepts and perspectives.Students should be able to apply sociological analysis to their everyday experienceStudents will be expected to improve their critical thinking skills and learn to better articulate their ideas in both verbal and written formats.
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice/True-Falso/Short answer questions
- Class Format:
- DiscussionLectures, discussions, Videos
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18895/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 August 2020
Fall 2021 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (21679)
- 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 Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (137 of 145 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC1101+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings in the sociological study of crime control. Students will investigate the relationship between the sociopolitical landscape and the construction and execution of state power. The course is organized thematically: (1) general principles and ideas, (2) policing, courts, and corrections, and (3) reentry. Key readings for each section will be provided.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year students interested in understanding the relationships between law, crime, and punishment in the United States.
- Learning Objectives:
- (1) Understand and articulate what social control is and how it matters for understanding crime and punishment; (2) critically interrogate perspectives on policing, courts, and corrections.
- Grading:
- Grading will be out of 100 points, so students will be able to calculate their individual scores. Assignments generally include short-answer essays (no more than two pages long) and concept-driven quizzes.
- Exam Format:
- There will not be any exams.
- Class Format:
- Generally, the course is designed to teach you and not test you. Lectures are teaching-focused. The readings are used to provide a foundation about the themes discussed in the class.
- Workload:
- There will be weekly readings but none too onerous.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21679/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Wonderful/Wretched: Reading MN's Racial Paradoxes (34418)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term10/26/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:40PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 140
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC3090+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This special 1 cr, seven-week course (SECOND HALF of the semester, 10/26/2021 - 12/15/2021) uses a new book of diverse, first-person essays "Sparked: George Floyd, Racism, and the Progressive Illusion of Minnesota" to reflect on the significance, complexity, and tragedy of race in the wake of the summer of 2020.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34418/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (19856)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (98 of 100 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. We will also investigate how police, jails, prisons, and other criminal justice agencies responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class,and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and will be assigned additional reading and writing assignments.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
- Grading:
- 50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Essay
25% Final Essay or Project - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
- TBD -- In person if college approves large in person classes
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages reading per week (+ videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19856/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (33534)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (15 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101H+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. We will also investigate how police, jails, prisons, and other criminal justice agencies responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class,and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and will be assigned additional reading and writing assignments.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
- Grading:
- 50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Essay
25% Final Essay or Project - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
- TBD -- In person if college approves large in person classes
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages reading per week (+ videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33534/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (19857)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (83 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC3102+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control. We will focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime. This course covers diverse types of crime, including: street crime, violent crime, white-collar crime, occupational crime, war crimes and torture. In addition, we will examine the punishment of crime, including policing, prosecution, sentencing and mass incarceration. There will be a particular focus on how crime and forms of social control impact social inequality and divisions around race, class, and gender.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week 2 Exams1 Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19857/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2017
Fall 2021 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (21473)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Why does inequality exist? How does it work? These are the essential questions examined in this class. Topics range from welfare and poverty to the role of race and gender in getting ahead. We will pay particular attention to social inequities – why some people live longer and happier lives while others are burdened by worry, poverty, and ill health. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC3201+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- Who gets what, and why? How are power, privilege, and prestige distributed across individuals and groups, and why is it that some enjoy more than others? We consider how different dimensions of inequality have evolved over time, with special focus on inequalities across race, class, and gender. We assess how inequality shapes the lives of individuals in society, how and why inequality persists, and how people have worked to both challenge and reproduce their places in society.We approach social inequality from a variety of angles, developing an understanding of how inequality works in and through schooling, labor markets, employment, identity and prejudice, social mobility, and the role of major social institutions such as work, family, education, politics and law. We examine core statements of social stratification from sociology and engage with contemporary theories from sociology, psychology, political science, and economics. By the end of this course, you will have a clearer understanding of the types of inequality that exist in society, how inequality operates through the broader social context, and the constraints and opportunities faced by individuals in different positions in society.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on writing assignments and regular quizzes.
- Workload:
- 40-70 pages per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21473/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 April 2020
Fall 2021 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (20875)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-109
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (38 of 39 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sara0028+SOC3211W+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to help students begin developing informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to how sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations, and racism. We will cover the core theories that sociologists use to understand race in U.S. society and provide a historical overview of various racial and ethnic groups' experiences to explain racialized groups' present-day social status. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the dominant social narratives of race in the United States. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society, albeit in different ways.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
Utilize sociological theories and concepts to understand, discuss, apply, and create knowledge about race and racism in society in all of the course activities. These concepts are tools for thinking about society.
Locate claims and evidence in media sources on race and develop the skills to assess public narratives about race topics.
Practice and improve evidence-based communication, drawing on theory, course topics, and secondary sources to discuss race topics.
Create a final paper focused on developing personal interests in a specific race topic.
- Exam Format:
- Midterm and final exams are in the form of papers.
- Class Format:
- Active participation and discussion are encouraged in this class environment. Students should expect in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Students interested in this course can expect to read 10-30 pages of academic work per week; since this is a writing intensive course, we will be writing and revising paper work over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20875/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3241 Section 001: Sociology of Women's Health: Experiences from Around the World (22905)
- 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 Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Health care is a fundamental right, but access to it is not shared evenly by all. This course considers women's and men's health needs, and how health systems assign priority to those needs. The course also covers how differences in health policy, national medical systems, levels of wealth, and cultural contexts around the world affect women's health and treatment and their experiences of wellness and illness. Women are taking an active role in shaping healthy societies. The final portion of this course looks at the goals and successes of women's movements in the health sphere. Throughout the course, there will be an emphasis on how sociological approaches to health differ from medical or epidemiological approaches, the advantages of the sociological approaches, and the respective advantages and disadvantages of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to studying women's health. Pre-req: Soc majors and minors must register A-F; Soc 1001 recommended.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC3241+Fall2021
- Class Description:
This course takes a sociological and global approach to gender, health and illness. It begins by distinguishing sex from gender. We consider how gender expectations vary around the world and over time, and the implications for health. We review global goals (Sustainable Development Goals) for improving health, and ideas to reach those goals. Throughout the course, there is attention to the relative advantages of qualitative and quantitative approaches to studying gender and health. Students are introduced to, and learn to interpret, global health data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology, Global Studies, and Political Science majors. Students getting a Public Health or Population Studies minor. Students interested in learning how to work with global health data.
- Learning Objectives:
-- Develop a sociological understanding of sex, gender, and health
-- Consider how policies, resources, and culture influence the priority given to women's health
-- Learn the relative advantages of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to studying health
-- Become acquainted with important resources to study health globally
- Grading:
- This may change a bit:
Online reading quizzes (10) 20%
Exams (2) 20%
Country report on women's health based on qualitative sources 15%
Country report on women's health based on quantitative data 15%
Peer reviews (2) 10%
Group presentation of country report 10%
Participation/Attendance/In-class Assignments 10%
- Exam Format:
- Short answer, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions with one longer essay question.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22905/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3243W Section 001: On Drugs: Pleasures, Panics & Punishments (34915)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (45 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course we are going to study and reflect on the immense popularity of mood-enhancing drugs, legal and illegal, around the world today. Why do we want to modify our moods, and how do we set about it? Why do some people throw themselves into drug use while others fearfully avoid it? And why do many more of us feel worried about "addiction" to shopping, sex, or gambling? Together we will build a comparative analysis of drug cultures and practices - understanding the place of "journey" and "possession" inebriation across time, and how the temporal and ritual boundaries delimiting substance use get broken down by the mass commoditization of alcohol and other drugs by 19th century capitalism. From there we trace the amazingly confused development of addiction and changing forms of intervention, from alarmist educational campaigns and the militarized maneuvers of the drug war to the drug court movement, and from the twelve-step cure to alternative harm reduction approaches. This class will offer you a mixture of accessible and detailed material, together with some theoretical work which will help you grasp the subject on a deeper level. As a writing intensive class you will develop a three-stage paper with feedback at each stage, producing a strong writing sample. Pre-req: Soc 1001 recommended; Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3243W+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- In this course we examine the immense popularity of mood-enhancing drugs, legal and illegal, around the world today. Why do we want to modify our moods, and how do we set about it? Why do some people throw themselves into drug use while others fearfully avoid it? Why do states and medical authorities promote some mood-changing drugs while waging wars against other, often very similar drugs? Together we will build a comparative analysis of drug cultures and drug regulation. We will start by exploring forms of "journey" and "possession" inebriation across time, learning about how earlier temporal and ritual boundaries limiting substance use get broken down by the modern capitalist commodification of alcohol, tobacco, opium, cocaine, and more. From there we trace how substances shift back and forward between legal, illicit and pharmaceutical statuses, as governments swing between militarized drug wars and more therapeutic controls such as contemporary drug courts and coerced treatment. Throughout the class we will explore the changing meanings of addiction, comparing the twelve-step movement to alternative approaches such as harm reduction. This class will offer you a mixture of accessible and detailed material, together with some theoretical work which will help you grasp the subject on a deeper level.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Take this class if you are interested in drug cultures and addiction, and wanting to move beyond simplistic judgments about "good" vs "bad" drug use!
- Learning Objectives:
- This class should help you "understand diverse philosophies and cultures within and across societies" (UMN SLO) It should also substantially improve your confidence and skill in qualitative research and writing. Students are expected to complete a research paper that is from 2000 to 2500 words in length, including references. You will use the class qualitative research project to identify a substantive topic or theoretical issue which the interviews illuminate, review important research on that topic, synthesize results, and present an engaging thesis.NOTE: Students can sign up to make this class satisfy the senior project requirement (instead of taking the capstone class). A senior thesis version of the paper will require a more substantial literature review, addressing their theme across all the class project data, and a paper of 3500 to 4000 words in length, including refs.)
- Grading:
- The final grade will be weighted
in the following way: 30% term paper (10% for the first draft, 20% for final draft), 30% for moderator posts, 30% for class project participation (15% for interview transcript and profile, 15% for coding and presentations), 10% class and Canvas citizenship. - Class Format:
- Short lectures and plenty of discussion, both in small groups and full class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34915/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (22237)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 15509/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue 11:00AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankUMN ONLINE-HYB
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (81 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Tuesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3246+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This class is about the past, present, and future of why people die. Why did infectious diseases rapidly seem to disappear--and will they come back? How have historical changes in social organization and interaction with the natural environment changed when and how we die, and what do medical advances, climate change, and persistent inequalities imply for what we might die of in the future?We will:* Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease* Analyze how that transformation occurred differently in different parts of the world, and why it matters* Consider to what extent mortality can--or can't--be further eradicated.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on three written essays, regular reading responses, and regular (approximately weekly) reading quizzes.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- Substantial reading; regular quizzes based on readings (lowest two dropped); three essays
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22237/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (21914)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-104
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (39 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?joh07820+SOC3251W+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- Numerous scholars in the social sciences have noted pervasive inequalities in the United States. These inequalities often manifest within the realms of education, health, income, wealth (among others) and often cut sharply along the lines of race, gender, and class. This course will examine the cultural processes through which such durable inequality can persist despite widespread (although not-near total) belief in egalitarian ideals in the United States. We will discover, through engagement with scholarly work spanning from the early 20th century until our current moment, how racial, classed, and gendered social positions and identities saturate every aspect of social life - our perception, our routines, our values, and even the way we carry our bodies through the world. Both during class time and within class assignments, students will use such accumulated knowledge to account for why social power remains unequally distributed in the United States.
List of assigned authors in the course include (but is not limited to): W.E.B DuBois, Dorothy Smith, Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlee Crenshaw, Pierre Bourdieu, and others.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- All students who have an interest in grappling with the deep sources/consequences of social inequality, especially if they have already become interested in the sociological discipline, are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will gain an entry-level understanding of essential works in sociology which explain the cultural nature and operation of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States.
In service of the above objective, students will learn strategies for how to digest and comprehend academic texts and their theoretical content.
Students will gain experience in working with other students and the instructor in a discussion (rather than purely lecture) format to review and apply course texts.
Students will develop the ability to translate sociological texts and theory into their surrounding social contexts, using it to analyze a social problem of their choosing in a course paper.
Students will learn how to develop and revise a medium length
(10-12 page) paper, and, consequently, a sociologically-informed argument, throughout multiple drafts and across several weeks. - Grading:
- Students will be evaluated on a mixture of class participation, Small, pre-class writing assignments which will prepare you for class, and several graded components (an articulation of topic, an outline with provisional sources, a peer-reviewed draft, and the final paper) of a 10-12 page paper due in segments throughout the term. There will be no quizzes or tests.
- Exam Format:
- There is no final exam for the class. A final paper will be due during the final exam period of the semester.
- Class Format:
- Classes will include the following activities (Instruction will be synchronous, meaning students will have to be online at the assigned times) :-Small group discussion in zoom "breakout" rooms where students will meet regularly with a set of fellow students to respond to questions from the instructor. (The instructor encourages students to "go" to class in spaces where video and audio capture from their chosen device [smart phone or computer] is possible).-Mini "lectures" where the instructor will pull together, in real time, the contributions of the various breakout groups (the logistics of this will be ironed out early in the term), as well as his expertise, into a shared notes document for the class on the readings for the day.-Occasional films demonstrating course concepts-Paper workshops with the students regular breakout groups to hone and revise their paper ideas and paper text.
- Workload:
- Students should expect to dedicate 4 to 6 hours a week to course readings in addition to several additional hours during weeks before major assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21914/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2020
Fall 2021 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (33535)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (58 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about the dilemmas and challenges facing movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and various institutions, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long-term and short-run impact. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC3322W+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course covers the origins, dynamics and consequences of social movements and collective action. This includes the challenges facing social movement participants and social movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and political institutions, and the role of movements in bringing about change. We will explore both theoretical issues and grounded case studies in our discussions and reading.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
20% Journal
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
5% Film/Video
35% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 30-60 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 development papers, leading to 1 final paper.
2 Presentations
10 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33535/1219
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC3322W_Spring2023.pdf (Spring 2023)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Fall 2021 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (33536)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Work is central to individuals, economy, and society. This course introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. We will look at what makes a good job good, a bad job bad, and impacts of joblessness on society. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3421W+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- Work is of centrality to individuals, economy, and society. This course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. Students are expected to satisfy three course requirements: (1) read the required and recommended texts and participate in class discussions organized to exchange opinions about issues of work in America today; (2) take in-class quizzes designed to review some of lectured topics and discussed issues; and (3) develop three essays on problems of work described on this syllabus. This is a writing intensive course, and the development of the three essays has a heavy weight in the final course grade. There will not be a cumulative in-class exam. The prerequisite is Soc1001 ?Introduction to Sociology.? Instructor's permission is required if students do not have taken this course.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any sociology or non-sociology students interested in the class as part of their major requirement. Soc 1001 "Introduction to Sociology" is the prerequisite.
- Learning Objectives:
- Full version please read Class Description. Briefly, learning about American workplace, sociological perspectives of work and occupation, and kinds of jobs in the USA.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
15% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Quiz and papers, no exam.
- Class Format:
- 90% Lecture
10% Discussion - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33536/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2021.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2018
Fall 2021 | SOC 3446 Section 001: Comparing Healthcare Systems (33537)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (76 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examination of national health systems from an international comparative perspective, emphasizing social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical dimensions of healthcare policies and programs to deliver services and their impacts on the health of population groups. The comparative approach will enable students to acquire a better understanding of the problems and potential for reforming and improving US healthcare delivery. Pre-req: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3446+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- Examination of national health systems from an international comparative perspective, emphasizing social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical dimensions of healthcare policies and programs to deliver services and their impacts on the health of population groups. The comparative approach will enable students to acquire a better understanding of the problems and potential for reforming and improving US healthcare delivery.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students in liberal arts, health sciences, business, and related fields who are interested in learning about careers in healthcare, research on interorganizational systems, or public policy making.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course enables student to develop skills in understanding different sides of controversial issues, to improve their critical reasoning abilities, and to acquire ethical standards for participating in society as thoughtful, well informed, and engaged citizens. Students who successfully complete the course will be able to read, interpret, and understand information and analyses of international healthcare systems. Students will ponder ethical issues of privacy, efficiency, and equity in healthcare systems. They will enhance their abilities to communicate effectively by developing analyses and arguments both orally and in writing. Not least, the course lays a foundation for life-long learning about healthcare and searching for productive strategies to use in their personal and professional lives. The numerous objectives of this course are highly relevant for subsequent careers in a variety of healthcare fields, including management, administration, finance, planning, and policy making. Key learning objectives include:
- Analyze the historical development, organization, financing, and delivery of public and private health services in comparative international healthcare systems.
- Identify key components in theories explaining healthcare organizations, professions, and delivery systems of diverse nations.
- Understand differences in national responses to the 2020-21 global covid-19 pandemic.
- Demonstrate understanding of the impacts of social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical factors on international healthcare systems.
- Critically analyze healthcare system programs and organizations by using international case studies in shorter writing assignments.
- Produce a broader analysis comparing international healthcare systems in a longer course
- Grading:
- Three shorter writing assignments (20% each), one course paper (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams!
- Class Format:
- Classes meet twice a week for 75 minutes are conducted in lecture, discussion, small group activity, and video format. Class meetings consist of four types of activities: (1) an overview of the main aspects of a topic, in formal presentations by the instructor and occasional guest speakers; (2) open discussions among all participants of key issues, applications to empirical research, and potential directions for future developments; and (3) small group exercises such as debates and role-playing activities; and (4) short video clips on healthcare practices and policies.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33537/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (33538)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Family has long been a significant experience in human societies; much of what we understand ourselves to be, arises in family life. But family also varies widely in composition across time and place. We will learn how sociologists study and understand families theoretically, as social institutions, as well as sites and sources of social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC3501+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Families is a survey course providing an overview of sociological approaches to theorizing, studying and understanding families. We will cover a range of topics, including defining and researching families, the history of families, romantic and sexual relationships, marriage and divorce, blended families, parenting and the socialization of children, families and work, the impact of social problems on family life, and the future of families. As we explore this broad variety of topics, we will give special attention to a few unifying themes, including the diversity of family forms and practices, the nature of social inequalities within and across families, and the persistence of change over time.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will: be able to think critically about families and related issues, including policy questions; have mastery of a significant body of knowledge about how families work, the challenges they face, and family-related trends over time; have awareness of how families are implicated in systems and processes of social inequality, and be able to think creatively about how inequalities might be ameliorated; have the ability to interpret and evaluate your own ideas and experiences related to family within a broader sociological context.
- Grading:
- Four writing assignments and a final exam
- Exam Format:
- Short answer.
- Class Format:
- In person.
- Workload:
- 60-100 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33538/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3505 Section 001: Migrations: People in Motion (33539)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3705 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Students in this course will tackle debates related to migration from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and will compare and connect diverse migration trends around the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America). Students will critically engage with various paradigms on the geopolitical, racial, and gender power dynamics that anchor migration processes and outcomes. Why would the movement of individuals from some parts of the world (often from the least developed regions to the highly developed Western nations) create such strong and highly charged debates? How are cross border social and economic relations of individuals and households maintained and perpetuated? What are particular governments doing to either encourage or hinder these movements? How are current migrations different from earlier eras? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore the above questions through academic and policy published literature. prereq: Soph, jr, or sr
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3505+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- How is transnationalism or cross border social and economic relations maintained and perpetuated? How are these relations affecting identity? How is current transnationalism different from earlier migration? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore these questions through theoretical and case study based literature on the subject. The first part of the course provides a historical overview on migration over the last two centuries. The second section centralizes identity in terms of transnational or dispersed communities. The aim of this section is to introduce the complex web of culture, agency and structure in play when dealing with migration. The third section presents case studies on the social and economic relations of transnational communities. The nature of family connections across borders and the economic ties of those who migrated with their families in the home country is discussed. The role of gender in these relations is also explored. The final section of the course deals with the role of the nation-state in transnational migration.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Written Homework
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 65 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33539/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2013
Fall 2021 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (21683)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lyimo002+SOC3701+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
Social theory has two sides, the analytical and the normative. The analytical seeks to define the principles by which the social world works. The normative seeks to criticize society for its faults and indicate how to correct them, so as to better fulfill human needs and potentials. Sometimes the two sides work well together; other times they draw apart with hopes running faster than evidence. In any case, no matter how much theorists and students may come to sociology out of a desire to fix social problems, their ideas still have to be held to the standard of evidence. That's why sociology is a science and not a set of ethics. If you want to improve society, it helps to first know how society works. But this is not so easy. Society is often pretty confusing and complicated. Even an idea about how society works is basically a theory. To state a problem, why have many societies confined women to household work? Some people might theorize that its due to biological differences from men, but others would counter that its due to cultural norms created by male desire for power. Here are two theories. Which is correct? We would have to look at detailed studies to find the answer. Testing theories is not so much the job of this course. Rather, the job is getting to know the range of theoretical ideas and how they have evolved over time. These ideas have provided the starting points for many long courses of research.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
Soc majors/minors and any one interested in the core sociological questions about how society works? What holds society together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed. prereq: 1001 recommended.
- Learning Objectives:
The objective of the course is to understand the intellectual and social environment within which various theories and theorists emerged in explaining social change and how society works. The point for us will be to understand the key concepts and ideas from different theorists, not just memorize them. Understanding is when something goes "click!" in your mind and you suddenly see the world in a new way. The "aha!" moment. The aim here is to be able to use various concepts/theories to understand social problems/issues and our own lived experiences outside classroom situation.
- Grading:
- 1 Midterm (25%), two quizzes (30%) 6 Reading Responses (30%), In-class assignments/Participation (15%)
- Exam Format:
- The mid-term exams will be a combination of multiple-choice, and short answers. The mid-term will cover content from course readings, lectures, films, and in-class discussions and activities. It will cover materials for up to Week 4. The quizzes will cover materials from Week 5 to Week 8. There will not be a final exam.
- Class Format:
- Class sessions will consist of online lectures, video excerpts, and in-class exercises (through breakout rooms). We will frequently use small-group discussions to give you a chance to discuss the readings in a less structured environment and help you understand the material as we proceed.
- Workload:
- In addition to weekly reading assignments, students in this class are expected to submit 6 reading responses over the course of the semester. These reading responses are one-paragraph-long reflections that demonstrate your understanding of the assigned material and help you create the habit of forging connections between various readings and ideas. The reading responses will also be used for participation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21683/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (18903)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC3701+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30-75 pages reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18903/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (22412)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 05:00PM - 08:20PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Soc majors Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC3701+Fall2021
- Class Description:
This course provides a broad overview of the major paradigms of social thought. While we will initially focus on classical theory and the "Big Three"
of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, the emphasis of this course will be on how contemporary thinkers draw upon and modify the classics for modern contexts. With the help of such thinkers, we will tackle such core sociological questions as: What is social theory? How does it differ from the theories applied in "hard" sciences such as physics and biology? What holds society together? How do social networks and institutions endure over time? What is the relationship between the individual and society? How is human thought and behavior shaped by social interaction? What is power, who holds it, and how is it exercised? What are the primary axes of social change? What defines the modernity? Are we living in a post-modern era? Over the course of the semester our goal will be to not only understand a diverse range of theories and thinkers, but to apply them to our own lives and social contexts. In addition to lectures and in-class activities, students will engage in weekly online discussions to hone their own critical sensibilities by identifying and interrogating the key arguments and assumptions of the texts.- Grading:
- 60% Quizzes25% Final Exam15% General Participation (in-class and online)
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice; essay
- Workload:
- 30-45 pages reading per week12 quizzes submitted on Canvas1 final exam submitted on Canvas
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22412/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 August 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (23390)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (35 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus and details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23390/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2021 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (18901)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (49 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC3801+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- The research methods course teaches you to understand, critique, and plan sociological research. This course introduces you to both qualitative and quantitative research designs. The course is intended for sociology majors and it should be taken before you begin your major project. We will use lectures, discussions, lab exercises, short weekly assignments, and a few small outside-of-class "hands-on" research assignments to get a feel for a variety of research methods. In addition to exams and the activities listed above, students will prepare a research proposal and data collection website as a final project.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is a required class for a major in Sociology, and will be of interest to students from other disciplines with interests in social research.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course is designed to introduce you to how sociologists gather, present, and critique evidence about society. You will gain a working knowledge of common sociological methods including ethnography, archival research, surveys, and experiments. Our emphasis is on developing your ability to effectively critique published sociological research, and understand which research methods you would use to answer your own questions. You will improve your skills in the CLA Core Career Competencies of Digital Literacy, Applied Problem Solving, and Oral and Written Communication.
- Grading:
- 30%: Participation and regular worksheets on readings and lectures20%: Two short papers20%: Best of two exams30%: Citizen social science assignment to propose a research study, and design a data collection tool for a key element of your data.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer and brief essay.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week
10-12 pages of formal writing per semester
Development of a data collection tool2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18901/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Fall2021.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2019
Fall 2021 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (20642)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (120 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture (3801-09) is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and other social scientists hoping to understand how sociological research is created and what questions we might ask of each study to better understand it's strengths and weaknesses.
- Grading:
- 10% Worksheets and other assignments based on lectures15% Worksheets and other assignments based on podcasts30% Unit quizzes30% Two brief papers analyzing the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (as described in the readings)
15% Worksheets based on readings - Exam Format:
- The unit quizzes are multiple choice and short answer. There are no exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures are available on Canvas and will also be presented live if the student would like to attend.Podcasts are mostly from Give Methods a Chance -- listen to podcast, read accompanying book, answer accompanying questions, contribute to discussions. Students who attend discussion section will do this work together in real time.Class is divided into units and each unit has a short quiz.Deeper understanding and analysis are required to analyze the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (papers are about the assigned journal article reading material only)
Worksheets based on the assigned journal articles, assessing basic understanding, in preparation for the papers. - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week20-40 minutes of podcast listening per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
5-10 brief quizzes
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readingsStudents have options for how to earn points. There are more points available than are necessary for an "A". The only required assignments are the two papers. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20642/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (18834)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 5811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (171 of 174 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Sociology majors have priority registration for 15 reserved seats through 4/22/21. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3811+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course that emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- 75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18834/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Fall 2021 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (21484)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21484/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2021 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (20660)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (52 of 53 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20660/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2021 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (33540)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104H Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (77 of 77 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33540/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime and Human Rights (33541)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (4 of 4 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on an LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class PowerPoint presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates to themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Soc honors until 5/3/21. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104H+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33541/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (33543)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (84 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1011V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4106+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching (and analyzing) television shows. (It is also true that much television misrepresents the nature and consequences of crime and punishment.) We will critically examine how (and to what extent) several television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the social origins and functions of crime, causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the war on drugs, mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, and prisoner re-entry. Featured shows include: The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Orange is the New Black, and Rectify (the exact line up is subject to change). Disclosure. The shows we will watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language. As such, students who may be offended or uncomfortable with such language and themes may not wish to take this course.
- Exam Format:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
25% Quizzes
5% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
45% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33543/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 March 2020
Fall 2021 | SOC 4141 Section 001: Youth Crime & Punishment (34172)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged Learning
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 26 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course offers an overview of social theory and research on youth crime, punishment, and delinquency. We start by critically examining the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next, we study the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing delinquency and punishment among groups such as gang members. We then trace youth experiences in the juvenile justice system, from policing, to juvenile court, to probation, and institutionalization. Throughout, we analyze the success or failure of key programs implemented in attempts to prevent or reduce delinquency. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on youth crime and punishment, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of youth crime and punishment. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs and meta-analyses regarding delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key policies and programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency and mitigate the harms of youth punishment. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain youth crime; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students eager to engage research on youth crime and punishment.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior from the perspective of youth, victims, and officials; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34172/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 4141H Section 001: Honors: Youth Crime & Punishment (34173)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (4 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course offers an overview of social theory and research on youth crime, punishment, and delinquency. We start by critically examining the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next, we study the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing delinquency and punishment among groups such as gang members. We then trace youth experiences in the juvenile justice system, from policing, to juvenile court, to probation, and institutionalization. Throughout, we analyze the success or failure of key programs implemented in attempts to prevent or reduce delinquency. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved to Soc Honors until 5/3/21. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141H+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on youth crime and punishment, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of youth crime and punishment. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs and meta-analyses regarding delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key policies and programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency and mitigate the harms of youth punishment. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain youth crime; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students eager to engage research on youth crime and punishment.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior from the perspective of youth, victims, and officials; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based Media - Workload:
- 120 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34173/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (21915)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (51 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: Soc 3101 or 3102 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format at the posted day/time. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Fall2021
- Class Description:
All parts of our class aim to help you develop your own "criminal law imagination" (CLI) By this I refer to your ideal blaming and punishing regime. We spend our Wednesday afternoons together interrogating a wide range of topics to help you develop your your CLI: Here are some:
1. What's criminal law and what's it good for?
2. Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are?
3. What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics include defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age)
4. Partners in Crime: What should happen when teamwork hurts innocent people?
6. Uncompleted crimes: What should happen when people try to hurt other people but they fail?
5. What's the role of criminal law in unwanted sex?
6. What should happen to government officials sworn to serve and protect us and our constitutional rights, when they abuse their power?
7. How much protection should the Constitution provide to non citizens?
8. Cyberwar: How do we fight wars with malware on the internet instead of traditional weapons of war?
A final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal law in our interactive journey through the topics in the list. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing your CLI.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from any major and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice, and social order.
- Grading:
90% Weekly written quizzes that cover reading and discussion
10% Participation measured by having your cameras, taking ZOOM polls, and participation in our ZOOM discussion
- Exam Format:
10% analysis of the week's assigned cases due on CANVAS by 230 on Wednesday
30% short answer quizzes on each week's assigned reading
50% reaction essay to what we discussed during ZOOMing, and discussions with others after ZOOMing discussion, due by midnight every Thursday on the day following ZOOMing
10% Cameras on and participation in ZOOMing
- Class Format:
15% Lecture
85% Music to make you feel good while you wait for ZOOMing to start, video and audio clips, ZOOM polls, and discussion
10 minute break about 345
- Workload:
- About 35 pages of reading every week. Hey! There are no research papers, reports, or other writing requirements. This is so you have time to read thoroughly and know well the content of the assigned pages.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21915/1219
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Deviance Emphasis -- Black Lives Matter and the Future of Policing (33874)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC4190+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- REIMAGINING JUSTICE: BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THE FUTURE OF POLICING
In 2020, the country erupted in Black Lives Matter protests, prompting calls for police defunding and abolition. This class considers social movements over the past 60 years that have challenged criminalization, state violence, racism, and mass punishment to reimagine justice. Key topics include movements for prison and police abolition, alternative responses to criminalization and punishment, and barriers to transformation. We will pay special attention to the case of Minneapolis and the work to transform, defund, and abolish the police in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.Students will complete an independent final class assignment that can be a research paper or collaboration with a local group working to reimagine justice. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in social movements and/or the criminal justice system.
- Exam Format:
- Take-home essay midtermIndependent take-home final project
- Class Format:
- In person
- Workload:
- 50-100 pages of reading per weekDocumentaries, podcasts, and news articles
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33874/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (33544)
- 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
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (83 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4246+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- What do you do when you get sick? Where do you go? Who provides your medical care? In this course we will discuss why the answers to these basic questions are actually quite complex. This course is designed to introduce students to medical sociology and will examine issues surrounding health, illness and healing from a sociological perspective. Throughout the course we will cover numerous topics including: the social construction of health and illness, healthcare providers, the healthcare system - including contemporary debates regarding healthcare reform - and the social determinants of health inequalities.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33544/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Fall 2021 | SOC 4311 Section 001: Power, Justice & the Environment (22900)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4311 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (43 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to the theoretical and historical foundations of environmental racism and environmental inequality more broadly. We will examine and interrogate both the social scientific evidence concerning these phenomena and the efforts by community residents, activists, workers, and governments to combat it. We will consider the social forces that create environmental inequalities so that we may understand their causes, consequences, and the possibilities for achieving environmental justice prereq: SOC 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4311+Fall2021
- Class Description:
This course focuses on the urgent social environmental-planetary issue of our times, climate crisis. We will tap the latest scientific assessments on the severity of the global crisis; we will explore the historical trajectory that brings us to the ways we produce, consume, travel, and live today; and we will engage with the environmental justice literature that explains why less-powerful populations are targeted by ecologically and socially degrading practices.
We will then look at how social movements respond with creative solutions to meet these social and ecological challenges. Finally, we will integrate these ideas into a holistic framework with which to understand concrete examples from around the world - in India, Brazil, the Arabian Peninsula, Germany, and in the U.S. such as the Twin Cities -- where people are remaking the world into a safer and more just place to live.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Someone who is interested in understanding the pressing social and ecological problems of the world, particularly climate change, its causes and solutions, from a global and sociological perspective that emphasizes power relations, the social-ecological nexus, and global transformation.
- Grading:
75 % for papers, short and medium length, and a final project
25% for class discussion, small group work, and short presentations
- Exam Format:
- no exams
- Class Format:
60% Lecture
5% Film/Video and Guest Speakers
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities and Presentations- Workload:
30-60 pages per week of reading
25-30 pages written throughout the semester in the form of short and medium length papers and a final project
class discussion, in-class group work, and a few short presentations
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22900/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (19126)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (65 of 70 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4966W+Fall2021
- Class Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a portfolio of self-presentation materials and sociological analyses based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your capstone portfolio by providing structure, advice, and encouragement. Successful completion of the analytic portion of your portfolio shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. Along the way, we will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civil engagement.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Seniors with a major in Sociology
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
-- Active class participation in activities, discussion, and in-class writing (20% of grade)
-- Capstone Portfolio (60% of grade) -- Includes resume, personal statement, paper analyzing CEL site, and paper analyzing interview
-- Community-Engaged Learning (20% of grade)
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
40% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Students will spend significant time in class and outside of class writing and revising this writing. Students who chose to do community engaged learning will spend at least 15 hours total on this during the semester, with the hope of 30 hours.All students can gain points by doing optional career-focused and adulting-focused assignments. People who do not do community engaged learning will need to do a lot more of these.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19126/1219
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (19148)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 60
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (15 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4977V+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This is the first course in a two-semester sequence designed to help honors students majoring in sociology prepare their senior projects research papers. Throughout this semester, we review key issues in the design of social research as students work on their independent projects. Specific activities in this semester of the course sequence include development of a research topic, exploring and reviewing relevant existing literature, applying for human subjects approval, putting together a faculty committee for the project, and completing first drafts of the literature review and methods sections of the research paper. Some students may begin data collection in the fall, but data collection and analysis, as well as the write-up and presentation of the final paper, are the main activities of the spring course. Students must take both courses in the sequence.
- Grading:
Class participation 10%, topic statements 20%, review committee 5%, preliminary bibliography 5%, literature review 10%, methods 20%, ethics statement 10%, integrated paper 20%.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture15% Discussion70% One-on-one meetings
- Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19148/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4977V_Fall2021.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 5104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (33542)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 4104H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Soc grad to 5/3/21. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC5104+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in issues of crime and human rights. In the past, students in sociology (including LCD), global studies, political science, history, and a variety of other fields have been enrolled.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic facts about grave violations of human rights; engage with efforts at explaining such events; learn about new types of responses and their consequences.
- Grading:
- 80% Two midterm and one final exams.20% Attendance, participation and individual contribution to group projectA class paper linking the student's thesis project to concepts and theories addresses in this class.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short answer or essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments plus one class paper (reading and writing)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33542/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (18840)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
- Meets With:
- SOC 3811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (6 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. Soc 5811 is intended for new graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and students pursuing the Sociology BS degree. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs.
- Class Notes:
- 1 seats reserved for sociology graduate student. 1 reserved for Soc BS major until 5/3/21. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC5811+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- For SOC 3811:75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.For SOC 5811:100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- For SOC 3811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.For SOC 5811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18840/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 May 2017
Fall 2021 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (19963)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (3 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- All 3 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8001+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and exploration of professional careers in this field.
We will discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students get started in thinking about becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities.
We will share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concern. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences in the program. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year graduate students in Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about different types of sociological careers and share experiences that facilitate adaptation to the life of a graduate student.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors or panels of sociologists representing different institutional contexts (e.g. R1 university faculty, faculty at a small liberal arts college, sociologists in research organizations, those who work in government agencies, etc.).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19963/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (33545)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- By instructor consent. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2021 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2021
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33545/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Secrets of Getting Grants: A Hands-On Workshop (33546)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phylmoen+SOC8090+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course provides insights and hands-on help in developing a research proposal requesting funding from an external foundation or agency or a within-university opportunity. This is a learned skill -- you too can write a clear and hopefully compelling proposal! Students taking this course have done well in submitting competitive dissertation proposals, both internally and externally. This is a workshop; we will all collaborate in learning by doing with the goal of a strong proposal draft by the end of the semester.
- Learning Objectives:
- To benefit most from this course you will need a research topic, and an idea for how you might go about investigating it, but both the exact research question and the methods may well morph as you work on developing them during the semester.
- Grading:
- A-F
- Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- This is a workshop; we will all collaborate in learning by doing with the goal of a strong proposal draft by the end of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33546/1219
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/phylmoen_SOC8090_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/phylmoen_SOC8090_Fall2016.docx (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Work: Labor & the New Economy (34807)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC8090+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This graduate seminar will analyze recent shifts in the global political economy (e.g., neoliberal globalization, financialization, the rise of the platform economy), connecting them to changes in labor demand, working conditions, the prospects of labor movement organizing, and the future of work.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is aimed at graduate students interested in the changing nature of work and its relationship to contemporary capitalism.
- Grading:
- A-F, no auditors allowed
- Exam Format:
- No exams; research papers will be required.
- Class Format:
- This class will be taught seminar-style, and will be reading and discussion-intensive.
- Workload:
- Expect to read 7-8 books and various articles over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34807/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8171 Section 001: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Human Rights (22911)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (14 of 14 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This seminar will approach human rights issues from a variety of "disciplinary" perspectives, including history, the arts, law, the social sciences, and praxis. Empirical work in the social sciences will receive somewhat greater emphasis. One key focus will be the unique advantages (and disadvantages) of the different perspectives and fruitful ways to combine them to strengthen action that improves human rights situations in countries around the world, including the United States. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for SOC graduate students until 4/28/21. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC8171+Fall2021
- Class Description:
How do different disciplines approach human rights? What do human rights mean at global, national, local, and individual levels? Can an interdisciplinary approach strengthen actions that improve human rights around the world (including in the U.S.), and, if so, how? In this course, we focus on the specifics of human rights at multiple levels, and consider the creation, meaning, spread, and translation/implementation of human rights. Although the course is interdisciplinary, there will be a particular focus on social science approaches to human rights.
- Learning Objectives:
- * Identify (and define) human rights and human-rights problems* Analyze the multiple challenges that arise in fully recognizing particular human rights in different contexts* Use an interdisciplinary framework to devise strategies to address human rights challenges
- Grading:
Seminar participation (10%)
Reflections on readings (30%)
Student-led class (10%)
First draft of paper (15%)
Peer-review of another student's paper (10%)
Second draft of paper (25%)
- Class Format:
- Most classes will have short lectures, followed by a discussion of the readings. Some course meetings will be student-led.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22911/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality -- Contemporary Racializations: From Past to Present (34891)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC8290+Fall2021
- Class Description:
In this course we consider the contemporary dynamics of racialization in the United States, with particular attention to how the past informs the present. Thus in our inquiry we will trace the line from slavery, settler colonialism and other forms of militarized imperialism to today.
Throughout the class, we think about how the organizing logics of different forms of racialization (such as black racialization as originating in slavery and the permanent dispossession of the black body; and indigenous racialization as originating in settler colonialism and the permanent dispossession of indigenous land) inform racial practices in the present day.
Departing from the premise that race is a social construct, we recognize that there is no objective or universal metric used to determine race and racialization. Rather, processes of racial categorization emerge historically and situationally, responding to the changing needs of empire, white supremacy, and settler colonialism, over time.
Building upon the work of Claire Jean Kim (1999) and others, we also closely attend to the nature of race as a relational construct in this class. This involves the recognition that there are multiple and interrelated axes of racialization in the U.S. (rather than a single black-to-white axis), and that different groups have historically been racialized in dialogue with and in relationship to each other.
The material we will review in this class this class is drawn from sociology and related fields - including indigenous studies, history, anthropology, American studies and political science. We will read academic books, articles, and op-eds by scholars, journalists and activists.
Topics to be discussed in the class include-
the case for REPARATIONS for the descendants of enslaved people (i.e. Coates 2014; Darity & Mullen, 2020)
the racialization of ARAB and MUSLIM Americans post 9/11 (i.e. Kusow 2006; Selod & Embrick 2013)
race and INTIMACY in the age of online dating (i.e. Curington et al. 2021)
racial identity and social movements in the age of BLACK LIVES MATTER (i.e. Khan-Cullors & Bandele 2018)
the triangulation and INVISIBILIZATION of Asian Americans in U.S. racial discourse (i.e. Kim 1999; Lee & Zhou 2015)
ILLEGALITY as an organizing trope of Latinx racialization, and its impact on social exclusion and legal vulnerability (i.e. Cacho 2012; Zamora 2018)
the racial quandaries and contradictions of WHITE LIBERALISM (i.e. DiAngelo 2018; Hagerman 2018)
the centrality of appropriations of INDIGENEITY to national identity and white masculine identity in the U.S. (i.e. Deloria 1988; Sturm 2011; Colwell 2017)
and others!
Students who register for the class in Spring 2021 are welcome to suggest readings and topic areas to the professor for possible adoption.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
Graduate students interested in race and racialization, critical theories of race, race as relational, race as a social construct.
The class will be particularly useful to-
students wanting to TEACH at the undergraduate or graduate level in this area
those who are preparing a PRELIMINARY EXAM with a section or sections on race
Students wanting to develop an original RESEARCH PAPER with a major section on race
students preparing a MA or PhD THESIS in which race is a primary area of interest
- Learning Objectives:
- To make critical analytical sense of contemporary racial dynamics, to understand how the racial past informs to present, to understand how racialized groups are "triangulated" in relationship to each other in different (legal, cultural, social, familial/intimate, educational and political) contexts and contests. To understand how different theories of race are related to each other.
- Grading:
30% Reading response papers for 8 weeks of the class (students can skip 4 reading response papers)
30% Participation in class discussion, including co-leading discussion 2 weeks of the class and preparation of discussion guide
40% Final Paper, taking the form of a Critical Literature Review, or a Research Proposal
Students will receive feedback from me and from PEERS throughout the class.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Most weeks we will read and discuss a book or set of articles on a specific topic pertaining to racialization in the contemporary U.S. Students will lead class discussion in pairs. Several weeks of the class will be partially or fully devoted to development of the final project/ major paper for the class, including peer review of work-in-progress. Students will also have individual meetings with the professor about their work and ideas.
- Workload:
- Read ~ 12 books or sets of articles, provide reading response papers for 8 of them. Lead discussion twice, with a peer/ partner each time. Develop a final project consisting of either a research proposal or a critical literature review, over the course of the term.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34891/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/elogan_SOC8290_Fall2021.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (19151)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8701+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course offers a graduate level introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory. Purposes are: (1) to provide an overview of the ideas of leading sociological theorists and schools; (2) to help understand the emergence of oeuvres from a sociological perspective; (3) to examine their theories in terms of current day debates (e.g., general versus situational theory; structure-agency problem; micro-macro link; causality); and (4) to see the potential of sociological theory as it informs empirical sociological research. (5) In addition, the course links together classical and contemporary theorists. This will challenge course participants to recognize continuities and change in the history of sociological theory. Most of all, this course ought to be exciting. Each week we will explore new, challenging, and potentially rewarding terrain. Each unit can, of course, only offer an introduction that will come to fruition after more intense dedication to individual theorists and schools over the years of your graduate training and beyond.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for first year graduate students in Sociology. A few seats are open to other students upon request.
- Learning Objectives:
- See course description above.
- Grading:
- 65% Reports/Papers
15% In-class Presentations20% Class Participation (and mastery of readings, verified by class discussion and regular short answer quizzes)Other Grading Information: Attendance and active participation are necessary conditions for anyone striving for a grade of "A-" or better. - Exam Format:
- No formal exams, but regular short answer quizzes about recent required class readings.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities10% Student PresentationsThese are but approximations. - Workload:
- 120-160 Pages Reading Per Week
30-40 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Papers
2 Presentations6 QuizzesOther Workload: These are but approximations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19151/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- Transactional Perspectives on Power & Emotion (33548)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Notes:
- 8 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC8790+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course will cover general social psychological perspectives of social life with a focus on power and emotion.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students with an interest in the sociology of emotion and micro-interactional arguments about power.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students should (1) be able to evaluate contemporary social psychological theories and (2) be able to discuss the relationship between power, emotion, and social psychological theories.
- Exam Format:
- There will be a single paper due at the end of the semester. Students will be given forty-eight hours to respond to 2 of 4 or 5 questions covering general and specific social psychological concerns. Students will choose a question from the "general" section and one from the "specific" section. The answers cannot be longer than 15pages double-spaced, 1" margins in Times New Roman font.
- Class Format:
- During seminar, a student will lead the evaluation of the week's reading. We will then discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the reading.
- Workload:
- Texts: The Managed Heart" by Arlie Hochschild, "Black Skin White Masks" by Frantz Fanon, "Contemporary Social Psychological Theories" edited by Peter Burke, "Behavior in Public Places" by Erving Goffman, "Symbolic Interactionism" by Sheldon Stryker, "The Souls of Black Folk" by Du Bois, and any articles will be provided on the course Canvas page.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33548/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2021
Summer 2021 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (87674)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/07/2021 - 07/30/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (30 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- The online lectures for this class are asynchronous Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sotox116+SOC1001+Summer2021
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology is inherently interesting to most people -- it tackles issues that are central to our everyday lives, such as gender relations, racial identities, and religious expression.You are probably already thinking about many of the issues we will cover in this course, and you will walk away from this course with the ability to use sociological concepts and methods to understand these issues.This course serves as a required prerequisite for admission into the CLA major in Sociology. It can also be used as an elective undergraduate/graduate course.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Demonstrate recognition that everyday experiences, from minor thoughts and interactions to sweeping social problems, are socially constructed.2. Demonstrate, in writing, an understanding of key sociological concepts, terms, theories, and perspectives.3. Evaluate current events, social policies, and personal experiences using sociological concepts, theories, and perspectives.4. Critically evaluate written arguments by assessing their evidence, methods, and assumptions.
- Grading:
- Reading Journal: 130 points - 12%Discussion Participation: 440 points - 20%Assignments: 170 points - 17%Exams: 300 points - 30%Final Paper: 200 points - 20%RATE: 10 points - 1%
- Exam Format:
The exams are essay in format and will ask you to summarize and synthesize concepts and examples from across the readings. A week prior to each exam, I will post a study guide listing the concepts and topics the exam will focus on. I will also open a study forum where students can ask me and each other questions related to the study guide and the readings. Essay format:
- summary and synthesis
- 5 questions, 20 points each
- Each answer should be 300-600 words.
- Open book, 3 days to complete (Sunday through Tuesday)
- No direct quotes in essays
- Workload:
- About 50 pages of reading weekly.Assignments are short (~400 words), and the research paper is 3-4 pages. In the Research Paper assignment, you will consider a public policy issue from a sociological perspective. You will use concepts, research, and theories from the class, along with a few outside sources, to develop an argument for changing a public policy you find problematic or implementing a policy you think would be beneficial. You will also be asked to submit a proposal and outline before submitting the final paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87674/1215
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2021
Summer 2021 | SOC 3243W Section 001: On Drugs: Pleasures, Panics & Punishments (87831)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/07/2021 - 07/30/2021Mon, Wed 09:30AM - 12:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course we are going to study and reflect on the immense popularity of mood-enhancing drugs, legal and illegal, around the world today. Why do we want to modify our moods, and how do we set about it? Why do some people throw themselves into drug use while others fearfully avoid it? And why do many more of us feel worried about "addiction" to shopping, sex, or gambling? Together we will build a comparative analysis of drug cultures and practices - understanding the place of "journey" and "possession" inebriation across time, and how the temporal and ritual boundaries delimiting substance use get broken down by the mass commoditization of alcohol and other drugs by 19th century capitalism. From there we trace the amazingly confused development of addiction and changing forms of intervention, from alarmist educational campaigns and the militarized maneuvers of the drug war to the drug court movement, and from the twelve-step cure to alternative harm reduction approaches. This class will offer you a mixture of accessible and detailed material, together with some theoretical work which will help you grasp the subject on a deeper level. As a writing intensive class you will develop a three-stage paper with feedback at each stage, producing a strong writing sample. Pre-req: Soc 1001 recommended; Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?steel158+SOC3243W+Summer2021
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87831/1215
Summer 2021 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (87669)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/07/2021 - 07/30/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (30 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tabor027+SOC3246+Summer2021
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87669/1215
Summer 2021 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (81387)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/07/2021 - 07/30/2021Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (31 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?deorn001+SOC3251W+Summer2021
- Class Description:
- In this course we examine race, class, and gender as axes of stratification, identity, and experience. More importantly, we learn how these and other crucial aspects of social identity intersect to form a complex matrix of privilege and power. Our goal is to understand the multiple and intersecting ways that these concepts shape American society and influence each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions.
Some of the questions we will explore include:
â— What's the difference between sex and gender? Money and wealth? Race and ethnicity?
â— How and why have these concepts changed over time?
â— How are resources like healthcare, education, and housing distributed in U.S. society?
â— What is intersectionality and why is it important?
â— How does the law define gender? Disability? Indigeneity?
The opening weeks of the class are devoted to a detailed examination of each of our core concepts. We focus on the social construction of these concepts, a departure from the antiquated view of race and gender being rooted solely in biology or nature. We explore what meanings and values are attached to these concepts in the social world, as well as the historical, political, and social factors that shape their meanings and values. In the second half of the course, we move to an analysis of the significance of race, class, and gender in different institutional and interpersonal contexts. These include the labor force, education, healthcare, housing, and athletics.
- Grading:
1. Participation and Attendance = 20% (100 points)
2. Five Reading Response Memos = 20% (100 points total/20 points per response)
3. Peer Review = 10% (50 points)
4. Final Paper/Product* = 50% (250 points)
*Your final paper will be broken out into several components that we will work on throughout the course -- do not be worried about one make-or-break grade!
- Exam Format:
- No exams. Your final paper will primarily be an academic literature review on a social inequality of your choice. You will also turn in one related product, such as brief research proposal, policy brief, op-ed, or short video, to relate your literature review to your personal academic or career goals.
- Class Format:
- We will meet synchronously on Zoom each class session. But to combat Zoom fatigue we won't spend all 2.5 hours looking at each other on Zoom -- any lecture material will be recorded and available to watch prior to class, and we'll break up Zoom discussions with "in-class" writing activities, social annotation exercises, time dedicated to online discussion boards, and other ways to maximize learning in this weird new space. Each class we will spend some time discussing the readings and some time moving forward on your papers.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81387/1215
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2021
Summer 2021 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (87675)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/07/2021 - 07/30/2021Tue, Wed, Thu 08:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?budhi006+SOC3701+Summer2021
- Class Description:
- Social theory offers different ways of making sense of the world - we call these theoretical perspectives. These are like the glasses that many of us wear on our eyes. In the way that glasses help us see the world more clearly, theoretical perspectives clarify our understanding of the world. But unlike glasses, we often need a combination of theoretical perspectives. This class will introduce you to a repertoire of theoretical perspectives that clarify how power works in society. By the end of the course, you will become confident interlocutors of these perspectives and know how to use them to critically analyze different social issues.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Everyone! Social theory is not the exclusive preoccupation of a select few. Unconsciously or consciously, it underlies how everyone makes sense of the world. So if you are interested in acquiring some tools to critically understand the world, this class is for you.
- Exam Format:
- Weekly reflections (70%)
Group project (25%)Office hours (5%)No final exam. - Class Format:
- Online - synchronous
- Workload:
- 70-90 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87675/1215
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 February 2021
Summer 2021 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (81436)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/07/2021 - 08/13/2021Tue 03:30PM - 05:20PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (33 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Tuesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. The lab sections are also completely online and synchronous. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?leves026+SOC3811+Summer2021
- Class Description:
What does "data" mean to you, and what can it say about society as a whole? How can you describe, display, analyze, and interpret data to study social topics? And how can you employ these skills to make sound judgements about what's out there in the world? These questions guide our understanding of how to use statistics in this course. While we keep an eye towards sociology in the syllabus, you can also apply this course towards other fields, including non-profit and policy research, journalism, marketing, public health, law, business, and more. Throughout the course, we discuss the practical application of statistical methods as well as the caveats that come with it. While there are no exams, you are expected to complete hands-on learning exercises each week as well as three larger assignments that will develop your statistical and inferential toolkit.
This course will cover: (1) descriptive statistics; (2) cleaning and transforming data; (3) probability theory, population inference, and sampling techniques; (4) principles of causal inference; and (5) data visualization.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.- Grading:
45% Data Project Assignments
27% Lab Exercises
28% Lecture Participation & Activities- Class Format:
In Summer 2021, we will meet virtually only. The Tuesday lecture period and the labs will be synchronous. The Thursday lecture period will be asynchronous and can be done at any time between Tuesday lecture periods. Both the Tuesday lectures and labs depend on your participation; attending will not only be part of your grade, but also a way to get practice with help from other students, your professor, and your TA.
50% Lecture and individual/group activities
50% Computer Labs- Workload:
10-35 pages reading per week; weekly lab/lecture exercises; 3 data assignments.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81436/1215
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 February 2021
Summer 2021 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Sociology of Killing (87681)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- jr or sr or grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/07/2021 - 07/30/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (33 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide a broad overview of the sociology of murder- the intentional, malicious killing of one human by another. This course will go beyond what we see about murder regularly in the media and on popular TV shows and movies. Students will be exposed to a scientific study of homicide. Key topics include the history and laws of murder; information and data sources on murder; demographic attributes of victims and offenders; different types of murder, including among others domestic, serial, mass, and gang-related murder; biological, sociological and psychological theories of the causes of murder; and the strategies involved in the criminal investigation of homicide. prereq: jr, or sr, or grad student, or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?labra032+SOC4149+Summer2021
- Class Description:
To understand killing, we must truly understand the different types of killing and their definitions, and we must understand why some are criminalized and others are not. During this course, we will try to answer these questions. And perhaps more importantly, we will discover why the answer to these questions matter. We will begin by defining and theorizing what killing (and more broadly violence) are, how crime is socially constructed, and the process in which different types of killing have become criminalized throughout history. We will also focus on the definitional and analytic differences behind types of killing and why they matter. We will end the course by examining why individuals kill and consider whether the motivations of killers differ with the type of killing.
- Grading:
- The grading breakdown will be as follows:25% Participation (includes asynchronous work)20% Reading Reflections (2 essays no longer than 3pgs, 10% each)25% Take-Home/Open Book Exam10% Assignment20% Final Project (600-900 word blog post)
- Exam Format:
- There will be one short-essay exam. This exam will be a take home/open book exam, and students will have a week to complete the assignment.
- Class Format:
- This class will be both synchronous and asynchronous, with weekly synchronous meetings on Thursdays during the scheduled course time.
- Workload:
- 50-80 pages of reading per weekIn place of a synchronous class meeting on Tuesday, students will be asked to complete asynchronous work each week. This content will include mini-lectures, readings, and videos. Students will also complete individual and collaborative activities like reflections, audio/video recordings, and discussion posts.All written assignments will be no longer than 3 single-spaced pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87681/1215
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 January 2021
Summer 2021 | SOC 4521 Section 001: Love, Sex, & Marriage (87814)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/07/2021 - 07/30/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (28 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. What can sociology and related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects? More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. prereq: [1001 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lyimo002+SOC4521+Summer2021
- Class Description:
- This class provides an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. It aims at understanding what sociology and other related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects. More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any one interested in intimate human relationships can take this course
- Learning Objectives:
- This course aims to familiarize you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic, challenge some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage, stimulate you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships, highlight the silences of various social identities-including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender-to beliefs and practices around intimacy, and introduce you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships , and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all of these debates
- Grading:
- Final grades will be determined on the following basis;
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- The exams will consist of both multiple choice and short answer questions
- Class Format:
- This class is completely online in a synchronous format. It will combine the lectures and discussion course supplemented by selected videos.
- Workload:
- The expectations for students in this course are that you attend class regularly, complete all the readings by the assigned dates and participate in class discussions. You will be required to complete the readings on time (i.e. before the class session for which they are assigned).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87814/1215
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 May 2021
Spring 2021 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (48427)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (232 of 234 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will meet the first week of class. This lecture is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times for the lecture. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC1001+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social inequality. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The primary course objectives are as follows: (1) Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive introductory understanding of key sociological concepts, terminology, theories, approaches, and perspectives. (2) Students will be able to apply sociological analysis to contemporary examples and to their own lives. (3) Students will improve their ability to think critically and to articulate their ideas in written and verbal formats. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors and satisfies the Liberal Education Social Science Core requirement.
Please visit: z.umn.edu/seam
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: 40% exams/quizzes; 20% class participation/activities/homework/labwork
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short essay, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
25% Discussion
25% videos, small group work, in-class activities, homework, other - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: exams/quizzes will be a mix of multiple choice, short essay, essay - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48427/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2021 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (48430)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (175 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections WILL meet the first week of class. This lecture is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their "sociological imagination" in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, or life in groups. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make sociological sense of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline-- and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Grading:
- 40% Exams (midterm & final)
40% Papers (two papers)
20% Class Participation (attendance and engagement in lecture and in section) - Exam Format:
- true false and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48430/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (48433)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (112 of 116 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Discussion sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC1001+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Workload:
- 30-60 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48433/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (48440)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:10PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for honors freshman and sophomores; 17 seats for CLA honors freshman; and 8 seats for CLA honors sophomores. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1011V+Spring2021
- Class Description:
This course examines questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analyses of how society is possible and how order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. The course material is chosen to help you develop your sociological imagination, to give you the tools to understand how our lives are linked to larger forces that ultimately shape our individual and collective experiences. We will explore diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society and the forces that drive or/and hinder change.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students pursuing any major can benefit from this course as having grounding in social dynamics i(gender, racial, class etc) key to working in any field today .
- Learning Objectives:
- · To understand and apply sociological analysis to everyday experiences and various social issues.
· To understand the interaction between structure and agency in shaping individual and group experiences.
· To think critically abut social inequality.
· To learn to better articulate ideas in both verbal and written formats.
- Grading:
- Quizes/exams 50%
30% Response Papers
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answer/Essay type/Multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
4 quizzes/Exams One group presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48440/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 October 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (50820)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (137 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC1101+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings in the sociological study of crime control. Students will investigate the relationship between the sociopolitical landscape and the construction and execution of state power. The course is organized thematically: general principles and ideas; policing; courts and sentencing; and corrections. Key readings for each section will be provided.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year students interested in understanding the relationships between law, crime, and punishment in the United States.
- Learning Objectives:
- (1) Understand and articulate what social control is and how it matters for understanding crime and punishment; (2) critically interrogate perspectives on policing, courts, and corrections.
- Grading:
- Grading will be out of 100 points, so students will be able to calculate their individual scores. Assignments will include one-page response essays and a group project for which students are encouraged to work in groups, but they may do the project alone, too.
- Exam Format:
- There will not be any exams.
- Class Format:
- Generally, the course is designed to teach you and not test you. During each class meeting, there will be a lecture and the reading materials will be discussed as is necessary.
- Workload:
- There will be weekly readings but none too onerous.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50820/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 January 2021
Spring 2021 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- The Body, Culture & Society (65828)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (45 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC3090+Spring2021
- Class Description:
Many of us think about our bodies from a very personal level. We wonder if our body is too thin or too heavy, whether we are too short or too tall, healthy or unhealthy, and whether or not our body is "normal" or "abnormal." However, questions and answers regarding our bodies are often settled beyond our individual views. In this course, we will take a sociological perspective towards thinking about the body. We will use our sociological imaginations to assess how notions of the body have been shaped by broader societal and cultural processes. We will draw from numerous frameworks and theories to explore the intersection of the body and several topics, including: identity, gender, media, race/ethnicity, sports, medicine, technology and public policy.- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
30-60 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65828/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 October 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (49491)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (102 of 103 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: There will be three opportunities for extra credit, all of which include writing. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49491/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2021 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (50898)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (7 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101H+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50898/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2021 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (49492)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (110 of 110 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. 1 seat reserved for non PSEO, non admitted student. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC3102+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control. We will focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime. This course covers diverse types of crime, including: street crime, violent crime, white-collar crime, occupational crime, war crimes and torture. In addition, we will examine the punishment of crime, including policing, prosecution, sentencing and mass incarceration. There will be a particular focus on how crime and forms of social control impact social inequality and divisions around race, class, and gender.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week 2 Exams1 Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49492/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2017
Spring 2021 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (51030)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 01/22/2021Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE01/25/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (44 of 44 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- On Wed. Jan. 20, the lecture will meet online synchronously at the scheduled time. After the first week, the lecture will meet on Mondays online synchronously at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available on line in an asynchronous format. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. Our goal is to examine the myriad ways that race structures American society and influences the experiences and life chances of all its members. In the opening sections of the class, we study definitions of race and major theories of how race and racism work in the contemporary U.S. The next unit begins with an overview of the concept of racial identity, and asks how social location impacts one's identity and daily interactions. After inquiring into the general process of identity formation, we look at the specific experiences of whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans. Though our central focus is on race relations in today's society, we also provide a historical overview of the experiences of each group in order to help explain their present-day social status. The next part of the course examines the significance of race in several specific contexts. We look at controversies over race and immigration, race and education, and race and popular culture. We close the class by considering the future of race relations in the U.S., and evaluating remedies to racial inequality.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week3 Formal Paper(s), ~ 7-9 pages each, and rewrite/ revision3 Informal Papers (reading or film reflections) 1-2 pages each
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51030/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (50346)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (43 of 44 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Tuesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?kampdush+SOC3251W+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class, gender and sexuality as axes of stratification, identity, and experience. Our goal is to understand the multiple and intersecting ways that these concepts shape American society and influence each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions.The opening weeks of the class are devoted to a detailed examination of each of our core concepts. In the second half of the course, we move to an analysis of the significance of race, class, gender and sexuality in different contexts including the labor force, the family, schools, the criminal justice system and the dynamics of language. We close the class by asking how the U.S. will be shaped by race, class, gender and sexuality as we continue through the 21st century, and by evaluating solutions to the problem of social inequality. This course will make you think and reflect. Join us!!Oh, and if you are an AAS student, don't worry, I won't forget about you! You will have some unique options to personalize this course.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Everyone! Everyone should take this class to understand more about themselves, others, and society!
- Learning Objectives:
- 1.1 Actively engage with the professor, TAs, and other students
1.2 Engage in course activities
1.3 Reflect on personal assumptions and values in the context of gender, race, and social class
1.4 Question current knowledge of gender, race, and social class
2.1 Identify societal constructions of gender, race, and social class
2.2 Explore how gender, race, and social class applies to social relationships, communities, societal institutions, and how they could shape the future of society
2.3 Articulate how gender, race, and social class manifest in intimate relationships and in the family
2.4 Identify ways that gender, race, and social class affects the workplace and career advancement
3.1 Contrast opinions and facts in multiple media outlets
3.2 Recognize assumptions and presuppositions in own, peer, and professional opinions
3.3 Develop a clearly articulated argument to support an argument related to gender, race, and social class and use it to justify one or more conclusions related to gender, race, and social class
3.4 Analyze and assess the strength of arguments related to gender, race, and social class and the implications for the course of action and/or assumptions that flow from the argument
3.5 Teach gender, race, and social class concepts to peers inside and outside of the class
3.6 Contemplate how scholars study gender, race, and social class, and the limitations therein
4.1 Describe gender, race, and social class over time and across the life course
4.2 Synthesize gender, race, and social class as interdependent, intersectional concepts
4.3 Identify race, gender, social class, and sexual orientation-related factors that influence communities
4.4 Appreciate the diversity of American family life
5.1 Learn to write clearly and without jargon
5.2 Read the work of peers and provide feedback that is actually useful
6.1 Identify multiple personal identities, including race, social class, gender identity, sexual identity, religion, etc.
6.2 Articulate how own intersectional identities, and the values and beliefs that accompany them, shape own experiences
6.3 Appreciate how others' intersectional identities lead to different values and beliefs and experiences, both personal and professional
6.4 Question the lenses through which American society is viewed and reflect on the origins of these lenses
7.1 Communicate gender, race, and social class topics to peers
7.2 Articulate why gender, race, and social class matters
7.3 Identify a contemporary current event or media story connected to gender, race, and/or social class
- Grading:
- Your grade will have 7 components:Prediction Quizzes: pass/fail quizzes that ask you to predict what you will learn the next week (pass/fail)Quizzes: Online quizzes that cover each module's materials.Engage Discussions: On Zoom (once per week) or Online (once per week) discussions of that weeks materialsShort Papers: Short papers on various topics.Reflections: Short, less formal reflection of that week's module.Blog Project: A gender, race, and social class themed blog postFinal Paper: A final paper on a question related to gender, race, and social class
- Exam Format:
- There are 14 quizzes (taken in Canvas) in this class. There is no midterm or final.
- Class Format:
- This class will meet synchronously (live on Zoom) on Tuesday only. The class will meet asynchronously in an online discussion forum on Thursday.
- Workload:
- This class will require you to read about 30 to 40 pages per week. It will require you to write about one two-page paper per week. It will require you to complete two quizzes (short quizzes, less than 20 minutes), per week. It will require you to complete about one reflection per week. This class is based in active learning. If you are not into doing readings for your courses, not into staying on top of tasks, or not into discussion, this may not be the class for you. Or, maybe you are into these things, but not during a global pandemic. I get it. So, you can decide for yourself whether this is the class for you. I personally think it is awesome and a lot of fun. But I might be biased; I am the professor. Ha!
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50346/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 3309 Section 001: Atheists & Others: Religious Outsiders in the United States (63642)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- RELS 3624 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (33 of 45 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- What does it mean to be an atheist in the United States today? Atheists comprise a small percentage of the American population, but one with an increasingly visible presence in popular culture, political discourse, & everyday life. How do atheists organize into groups oriented toward identity-formation, social connection, and political action? prereq: 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Wednesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC3309+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- What does it mean to be an atheist in the United States today? Atheists comprise a small percentage of the American population, but one with an increasingly visible presence in popular culture, political discourse, and everyday life. How do atheists compare with other non-religious Americans? How do atheists organize into groups oriented toward identity-formation, social connection, and political action? What are Americans' attitudes toward atheists, atheism, and non-belief, and are these attitudes changing? The course will promote a critical examination of the changing landscape of religious non-belief in the United States, placing contemporary American atheism in a sociological and historical context. Throughout the course, we focus on the varieties of religious and non-religious experience and engage with sociological debates about secularization in the late-modern context.
- Grading:
- Discussion/Book group Assignments - 30%
Midterm - 30%
Final - 30%
Participation - 10% - Exam Format:
- A combination of short answer and short essay questions.
- Class Format:
- The class is primarily lecture-based, but with numerous in-class group activities and discussions.
- Workload:
- In a typical week, there will be 30-50 pages of reading assigned, but a there are few weeks where we will focus on book length pieces and those weeks closer to 80-100 pages will be assigned. There are no full-length papers, but students will be required to summarize some of the readings and help run book group-style discussions two times in the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63642/1213
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/edgell_SOC3309_Fall2016.doc (Fall 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2016
Spring 2021 | SOC 3452 Section 001: Education and Society (63643)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?budhi006+SOC3452+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course will deepen our understanding of education and social inequality. We will critically examine how educational systems come to be and scrutinize what happens inside educational institutions. We will also learn about how education has been a site of struggles for equality and how different thinkers have imagined its egalitarian potential. In exploring these various dimensions of education, this course will enable us to think about both how education reproduces and can challenge inequalities of social class, race, and gender.
- Grading:
- Weekly engagement (20%)Two assignments (40%)Group project (40%)
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. We will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Workload:
- To be determined by instructor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63643/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 3503 Section 001: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (65699)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001SOC 3503H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, education, ethnic enclaves, family and intergenerational relationships, identity, media, culture, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Students will have an option to do community-engaged learning or another course project. prereq: SOC 1001 recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A/F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Wednesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Exams
40% Papers/Project
20% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 Exams
2 Papers
2 Presentations
1 Special Projects - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65699/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 January 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 3503H Section 001: Honors: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (65700)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001SOC 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families, and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, education, ethnic enclaves, family and intergenerational relationships, identity, media, culture, and politics and social action. Throughout the course, we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Students will have an option to do community-engaged learning or another course project. Honors students are expected to demonstrate a greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. - Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Wednesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503H+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Exams
40% Papers/Project
20% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 Exams
2 Papers
2 Presentations
1 Special Projects - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65700/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 January 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (63644)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (75 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC3511+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course explores population dynamics in global perspective. Students will learn major population theories and measures. We will closely examine the ways in which people enter and leave populations -- by birth, death, or migration. To do this, we will read three books, one each about these phenomena in different places around the world: India, Kenya, the U.S. and the Caribbean. We will explore societal differences in forces that shape population and investigate their causes and consequences. In particular, we will explore differences in the population situations in highly developed and less developed nations, and differences between subgroups within societies. Within-country differences in population processes exist along gender, race, and social class lines. Key population policies will be discussed.
- Grading:
- 45% Weekly Quizzes35% Book Critique (draft + final)20% Book-related Activities
- Exam Format:
- no exams, only weekly reading quizzes, book critique papers, and book-related class activities.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
12 Quizzes Other Workload: weekly quizzes, a book critique (a draft and final for a total of 15 pages, class activities, author questions, etc).Honors additional workload: write two book critiques (total 30 pages), active class participation, leadership in small-group work. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63644/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (48449)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC3701+Spring2021
- Class Description:
This course provides a broad overview of the major paradigms of social thought. While we will initially focus on classical theory and the "Big Three"
of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, the emphasis of this course will be on how contemporary thinkers draw upon and modify the classics for modern contexts. With the help of such thinkers, we will tackle such core sociological questions as: What is social theory? How does it differ from the theories applied in "hard" sciences such as physics and biology? What holds society together? How do social networks and institutions endure over time? What is the relationship between the individual and society? How is human thought and behavior shaped by social interaction? What is power, who holds it, and how is it exercised? What are the primary axes of social change? What defines the modernity? Are we living in a post-modern era? Over the course of the semester our goal will be to not only understand a diverse range of theories and thinkers, but to apply them to our own lives and social contexts. In addition to lectures and in-class activities, students will engage in weekly online discussions to hone their own critical sensibilities by identifying and interrogating the key arguments and assumptions of the texts.- Grading:
- 50% Exams (mid-term and final)40% Quizzes10% Attendance, Participation, and Discussion
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice; essay
- Class Format:
- 75% Synchronous online class lecture and discussion25% Asynchronous quizzes, exams, and discussion
- Workload:
- 40-50 pages reading per weekWeekly discussion posts on Canvas10 quizzes2 Exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48449/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2021
Spring 2021 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (51029)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click the link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC3701+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide an overview of the major theoretical traditions in the discipline of sociology. Sociological theory is like an evolving conversation about core questions regarding the nature of society and the individual's role within it. These questions include: Are individuals rational calculators of costs and benefits, or communicators who create and inhabit symbolic universes? Is the social order shaped mostly by the economic system and how it organizes resources (e.g. capitalism), or are technologies of communication and control what matter as we transition from industrial societies to mass societies? How does increasing globalization foster new theories of how societies work? Theories of society are, of course, shaped by the social location of the theorist, so as more diverse voices have joined the conversation, theory has expanded to grapple in new ways with problems of power, difference, and inequality. In this class, we will learn how sociological theory has developed over the 20th century and explore how and why it is useful in understanding the world we live in today.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
60% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 4 mini-exams (short answer/essay/multiple choice) - Exam Format:
- short answer and short essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 35-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51029/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 October 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (51497)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline CoursePre-Covid
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (31 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/credit-courses/social-theory
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51497/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2021 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (48443)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (149 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research and the components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, indexes and scales, reliability and validity, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, the logic of comparison(s), and research ethics. This is followed by introducing students to research designs used in social science research, including ethnography, ethnomethodology, case and comparative case studies, comparative historical and archival methods, content analysis, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and experiments and their variants. The course concludes by considering several critical bookends, including data analysis and various tools and tricks of the trade.
- Grading:
10% Attend and participate in class discussion
10% Recall key terms and details
20% Find relevant sources of research
30% Interpret and compare different types of evidence
30% Justify and critique common research practices
- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings (available online)
20% Workshop term paper - Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2 exams
Daily in-class writing exercises
2 term papers, 5-6 pages each - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48443/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2018
Spring 2021 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (48409)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (128 of 145 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Tuesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3811+Spring2021
- Class Description:
Quantitative data can reveal the social world - or disguise it. This class will teach methods of describing, displaying, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data so that it can reveal, not disguise, social patterns. We will cover: (1) descriptive statistics and principles of good graphing; (2) methods of transforming data to make its patterns visible; (3) the probability theory that lets us use samples to learn about populations; (4) principles of causal inference; and (5) methods for relating multiple variables to understand their relationships.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Grading:
- 48% Data Analysis Assignments45% Quizzes7% Learning Reflections
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsMultiple ChoiceShort Answer
- Class Format:
- In Spring 2021, we will meet virtually only. The Tuesday lecture period and the labs will be synchronous. The Thursday lecture period will be asynchronous and can be done at any time between Tuesday lecture periods. The Tuesday period will be highly interactive and is a chance to get practice with help from other students and your professor.
50% Lecture and large-group activities50% Computer Labs - Workload:
- 10-35 pages reading per week (note: textbook reading is slow because it requires stopping to do practice problems along the way); weekly quizzes; 3 longer analytical memos.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48409/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Social Statistics (49558)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The lecture will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major.
- Learning Objectives:
- See full description under Class Description. Briefly, this is a requirement for a sociology major. You will learn basic quantitative analytic skills useful for senior thesis and a future research job.
- Grading:
- 10% Class attendance50% Problem solving assignments40% Midterm exam !05% End of course extra credit
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10 pages per week reading (textbook and lecture notes)10 out of 12 assignments and weekly problem solving labs2 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49558/1213
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 September 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (50724)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001SOC 5101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for sociology honors. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4101V+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective. Graduate students and honors students will meet with the professor outside of class every other week. Graduate students are expected to take a leadership role in the class, read supplemental material, and write a full-length research review on an area of the Sociology of Law that is of particular interest to them.
- Grading:
- Online reading quizzes (14): 24%Midterm: 12%Final: 12%Paper components (policy brief, annotated bibliography, rough draft): 15%Final paper draft: 20%Group presentation: 7%Participation: 10%
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings. Some days toward the end of the semester will be devoted to group presentations of current events related to law.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50724/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (49010)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001SOC 5101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (49 of 49 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4101W+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective. Graduate students and honors students will meet with the professor outside of class every other week. Graduate students are expected to take a leadership role in the class, read supplemental material, and write a full-length research review on an area of the Sociology of Law that is of particular interest to them.
- Grading:
- Online reading quizzes (14): 24%Midterm: 12%Final: 12%Paper components (policy brief, annotated bibliography, rough draft): 15%Final paper draft: 20%Group presentation: 7%Participation: 10%
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings. Some days toward the end of the semester will be devoted to group presentations of current events related to law.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49010/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (65523)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 56 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States (including American particularities in international comparison), their social, political, economic, cultural, and institutional conditions, and how these patterns relate to broader sociological themes. We will examine a cross-section of most outstanding recent and some (by now) classical criminological and sociological books and a few articles that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course examines core themes in criminological research, especially innovative ways of thinking about crime and punishment. A cross-section of important criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section provides a brief introduction into a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide as well as other crimes of the powerful and control responses to these types of offenses. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is of special interest to all undergraduate students concerned with issues of crime and punishment. This applies especially to sociology LCD majors, but also to other sociology students and students beyond sociology. Examining issues of crime and punishment teaches us much broader lessons about American society, its social structure, patterns of inequality, the functioning of its government, law and the enforcement of law (and how the US compares to other countries).
- Learning Objectives:
- Understanding patterns of crime in the context of a country's structural and cultural contexts (specifically but not exclusively for the US). Understanding the construction of crime and responses to crime, especially criminal punishment, in the context of institutions of government, law and law enforcement.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam (or, of remote teaching, six shorter quizzes, each worth 10%); 30% Final Exam; 10% Class Participation (for students who seek honors credit in this class only: a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected [possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered]).
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s) -- or, if taught remotely, six shorter quizzes and one final exam - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65523/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 4102H Section 001: Honors: Criminology (66698)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- HonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States (including American particularities in international comparison), their social, political, economic, cultural, and institutional conditions, and how these patterns relate to broader sociological themes. We will examine a cross-section of most outstanding recent and some (by now) classical criminological and sociological books and a few articles that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees' research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: Honors student, [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam; 30% Final Exam; 10% Class Participation (for students who seek honors credit in this class only: a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected [possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered]).
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66698/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
Spring 2021 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment and Corrections (52021)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon 05:00PM - 07:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (42 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The purpose of this class is to develop a working understanding of the "sociology of punishment." To that end, the course focuses on three interrelated questions: How do various social factors (the economy, culture, crime, media, race relations, etc.) shape the development of criminal punishment? Why does punishment differ across time and place? How do penal laws, practices, and institutions affect individuals, groups, and communities? The course combines lectures and small and large group discussions. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4105+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- 0A
The purpose of this class is to develop a working understanding of the "sociology of punishment." To that end, we will focus on three interrelated questions: What are the sources of punishment? Why does punishment differ across time and place? How do penal laws, practices, and institutions affect individuals, groups, and communities? We will also study how the legal system (and non-state organizations) should serve victims of crime. This class combines readings, podcasts, fiction, and films.
- Grading:
- 70% of the course grade will be from the exams;30% will be from the reaction papers and class attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes, reaction papers, and final exam.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-74 Pages Reading Per Week.
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52021/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4113 Section 001: Sociology of Violence: Bedrooms, Backyards, and Bars (63646)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course looks at violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas, bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. Students will wrestle with definitions of violence and the circumstances in which behavior is or isn't categorized as violent. A major theme will be how violence operates as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Subtopics intersecting violence include cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment. Soc Majors and Minors must register A/F. Pre-req of Soc 1001, Soc 1101, 3101 or 3102 is recommended.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC4113+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- In this course, we will examine violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas - bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. You will interrogate definitions and theoretical perspectives of violence. Our principal concern is with violence as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Intersecting subtopics include: cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student interested sociological perspectives on violence.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Critically discuss perspectives on violence
- 2. Differentiate types of violence
- 3. Critically discuss social motives associated with violent behaviors and events
- Grading:
- Exam Format:
- One multiple choice exam and several short essays.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63646/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 4135 Section 001: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (63647)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 4135H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (46 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course deals with diverse types of white-collar crime (high status, occupational, organizational crimes), their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will read some of the outstanding literature on these issues and explore well-known cases in depth. There will be lectures and discussion in the classroom. We will explore what white-collar crime teaches us about the nature and explanation of crime and about the nature of criminal justice and other government social control. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent]; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4135+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course deals with different types of white-collar crime (sometimes referred to as "crimes of the powerful") and their control. We will learn from outstanding literature, videos, and guest speakers and explore cases in depth. The course is divided into two parts. Part I. distinguishes different types of white-collar crime (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, conflict of interest, and corruption). We also learn about differences between upper class, occupational, and organizational crimes in private and government sectors. We explore their causation and the damage they cause. We compare white-collar crime with street crime. Do we need special theories to explain white-collar crime? We also take a look at parallels between corporate crime and the involvement of white-collar workers in state organized crimes such as genocide. Part II. deals with the perception, legislation, and control of white-collar crime. How does the public view white-collar crime? What are the chances that legislatures will take steps against white-collar offending? Under what conditions are they likely to criminalize behavior of powerful and prestigous actors? We then follow the criminal justice process, based on a collection of articles and on concrete cases. We look at police and prosecution, the role of defense attorneys, the sentencing decisions of judges, and the way defendants experience the response of the criminal justice system. We finally learn about innovative and alternative strategies and responses to white-collar crime. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with a special interest in issues of crime and response to crime, also in the political processes that result in the definition of actions as crimes (or not). This applies to all sociology students, especially--but not only--those with an LCD specialization.
- Learning Objectives:
- Appreciate the role of "organizations as weapons in crime." Appreciate the role of power in processes that result in the definition of actions as crime. Understande the regulatory state and the role criminal law (and related control mechanisms) play in its context.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam (or, if taught remotely, four quizzes, each worth 10%)
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5%
In-class Presentations --------
In addition, a 10-page paper of high quality to qualify for honors credit - Exam Format:
- Combination of multiple choice and short-answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s) (one midterm, one final -- or, if taught remotely, four quizzes and one final exam)
2 Paper(s) ---- plus honors credit paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63647/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 4135H Section 001: Honors: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (65535)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- HonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4135 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course deals with diverse types of white-collar crime (high status, occupational, organizational crimes), their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will read some of the outstanding literature on these issues and explore well-known cases in depth. There will be lectures and discussion in the classroom. We will explore what white-collar crime teaches us about the nature and explanation of crime and about the nature of criminal justice and other government social control. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: Honors, [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent]
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4135H+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course deals with different types of white-collar crime (sometimes referred to as "crimes of the powerful") and their control. We will learn from outstanding literature, videos, and guest speakers and explore cases in depth. The course is divided into two parts. Part I. distinguishes different types of white-collar crime (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, conflict of interest, and corruption). We also learn about differences between upper class, occupational, and organizational crimes in private and government sectors. We explore their causation and the damage they cause. We compare white-collar crime with street crime. Do we need special theories to explain white-collar crime? We also take a look at parallels between corporate crime and the involvement of white-collar workers in state organized crimes such as genocide. Part II. deals with the perception, legislation, and control of white-collar crime. How does the public view white-collar crime? What are the chances that legislatures will take steps against white-collar offending? Under what conditions are they likely to criminalize behavior of powerful and prestigous actors? We then follow the criminal justice process, based on a collection of articles and on concrete cases. We look at police and prosecution, the role of defense attorneys, the sentencing decisions of judges, and the way defendants experience the response of the criminal justice system. We finally learn about innovative and alternative strategies and responses to white-collar crime. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with a special interest in issues of crime and response to crime, also in the political processes that result in the definition of actions as crimes (or not). This applies to all sociology students, especially--but not only--those with an LCD specialization.
- Learning Objectives:
- Appreciate the role of "organizations as weapons in crime." Appreciate the role of power in processes that result in the definition of actions as crime. Understande the regulatory state and the role criminal law (and related control mechanisms) play in its context.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam (or, if taught remotely, four quizzes, each worth 10%)
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5%
In-class Presentations --------
In addition, a 10-page paper of high quality to qualify for honors credit - Exam Format:
- Combination of multiple choice and short-answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s) (one midterm, one final -- or, if taught remotely, four quizzes and one final exam)
2 Paper(s) ---- plus honors credit paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65535/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 4147 Section 001: Sociology of Mental Health & Illness (52068)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (76 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to give you an overview of the ways a sociological perspective informs our understanding of mental health and illness. While sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and others all deal with issues of mental illness, they often approach the topic in very different ways. In general, a sociological perspective tends to focus on aspects of the social environment that we often ignore, neglect, or take for granted. It calls attention to how society or groups are organized, who benefits or is hurt by the way things are organized, and what beliefs shape our behaviors. In viewing mental illness, sociologists have primarily challenged dominant views of mental illness, examined how social relationships play a role in mental illness, questioned the goals and implications of mental health policy and researched how mental health services are organized and provided. prereq: Soc 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Thursdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4147+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to give an overview of sociological perspectives of mental health and illness. As a part of this course we will critically examine issues surrounding mental health and illness by situating them in a broader social context including: social relationships, social structures, and social institutions. Throughout the semester we will address key topics including how mental health is defined in different contexts, the role of social stigma, and policies and health services surrounding mental health and illness.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52068/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (51031)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (31 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4162+Spring2021
- Class Description:
Welcome to our interactive criminal procedure class!
A final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal procedure law in our interactive journey through the criminal process. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing your CPI
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from all majors and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice for all, and social order.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal concepts and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- About 35 Pages Reading Per Week. Some weeks are "thicker" than "others."
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51031/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 January 2021
Spring 2021 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Deviance Emphasis -- Gender, Sex & Crime (65829)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4190+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This seminar course examines crime and criminal justice as gendered phenomena. It explores how notions of different types of masculinity and femininity are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our understandings of both. Because gender is relational, we will not only focus on women, but the relationship between crime and masculinity drawing on social theories of gender, power, and identity. The readings and lectures will incorporate a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical work and myriad theoretical perspectives.
- Grading:
- 35% Seminar Participation and Moderation 35%25% Response Papers20% Presentations25% Final Paper
- Class Format:
- 80% Seminar Class Discussions; 5 % Film/Video; 15% Class Presentations
- Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week; Response Papers; 1 Presentation; 1 Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65829/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (51923)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Wednesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click on this link for more course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4246+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- What do you do when you get sick? Where do you go? Who provides your medical care? In this course we will discuss why the answers to these basic questions are actually quite complex. This course is designed to introduce students to medical sociology and will examine issues surrounding health, illness and healing from a sociological perspective. Throughout the course we will cover numerous topics including: the social construction of health and illness, healthcare providers, the healthcare system - including contemporary debates regarding healthcare reform - and the social determinants of health inequalities.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51923/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (51032)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (47 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examines the interaction between human society and the natural environment, focusing on the contemporary and global situation. Takes the perspective of environmental sociology concerning the short-range profit-driven and ideological causes of ecological destruction. Investigates how society is reacting to that increasing destruction prereq: 1001 recommended or a course on the environment, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC4305+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- The human species has exerted a large and increasing influence upon its surrounding natural environment. In last two hundred years, this influence has mushroomed. The human population has multiplied enormously, as has its consumerism and its use of technology to extract resources and dump waste back into the environment. Our planet is like a spaceship, "Spaceship Earth;" it can only support a limited amount of human activities. Human society is now pushing the limits of the planetary ecological systems. Our impact is so strong that our current geological era is now called the Anthropocene--the era of humans being the most powerful ecological influence. We are causing massive degradation of the water, land, atmosphere and extinction of other species.
Core questions for this class - Why is it so difficult for human society to learn to live with the limits imposed by the ecological systems of the planet? What fundamental changes do we need to make in order to create a type of human society that can co-exist with a healthy ecology for a long time? These are the basic questions asked by Environmental Sociology, the basis of this course. Growth of population, increasing affluence and more effective extractive technology are the immediate material factors of our devastating impact on the environment. But beyond these material factors lie many social causes. Human society has a strong tendency to ignore environmental problems. These denial tendencies are caused by sociological factors such as social organization, political processes, profit-hungry economic production, insatiable consumer demand, and beliefs that ignore science and disregard the environment. The course examines these various sociological factors that drive our environmental impact and considers ways they might be changed to create a more sustainable form of society. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Those with an interest in the sustainability of humanity
- Learning Objectives:
- Study the interaction patterns between human society and the natural and built environment.
- Grading:
- Student presentations, exercises, quizzes, midterm and final exam.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions and short essays
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30 pages of reading per week plus occasional exercises and student group presentations.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51032/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2017
Spring 2021 | SOC 4319 Section 001: "Jews will not replace us!" Global Antisemitism from its Origins to the Present (66361)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4319 Section 001JWST 4319 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will explore the topic of antisemitism, its history and cultural logic, and the relation to other forms of exclusion tied to race, religion, and citizenship in modern times. Starting with the history of Jewish emancipation in Europe and the subsequent debates about the "Jewish Question," students will learn to identify the key features of political antisemitism and the ways that antisemitism has been explained by different social theories, including Marxism, Functionalism, and Critical theory. The course will examine the differences and continuities between older theological forms of anti-Judaism and modern antisemitism, the connections between antisemitism, nativism, and xenophobia in the US and globally, and engage with current debates regarding the correlation between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. We will also explore Jewish social, political, and ideological responses to antisemitism in Europe and the US, from the Holocaust to the present. Pre-reqs: sophomore or above; Soc 3701 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Tuesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC4319+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course will explore the topic of antisemitism, its history and cultural logic, and the relation to other forms of exclusion tied to race, religion, and citizenship in modern times. Starting with the history of Jewish emancipation in Europe and the subsequent debates about the "Jewish Question," students will learn to identify the key features of political antisemitism and the ways that antisemitism has been explained by different social theories, including Marxism, Functionalism, and Critical theory. The course will examine the differences and continuities between older theological forms of anti-Judaism and modern antisemitism, the connections between antisemitism, nativism, and xenophobia in the US and in globally, and engage with current debates regarding the correlation between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
- Workload:
In addition to regular attendance and active participation in discussions, students are required to complete 3 short writing assignments (quizzes), complete two mid-term exams and write a final paper. To be able to get the most out of this course it is paramount that you attend all classes. In-class and asynchronous activities will be given throughout the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66361/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 4451 Section 001: Sport, Culture & Society (65543)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport? how it is socially organized, who participates in what and why, what role (or roles) sport plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful and paradoxical institutions in the modern world. The course is intended for a wide range of undergraduates, though some familiarity with basic social scientific thinking and techniques will be helpful. prereq: SOC 1001 recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Wednesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?deorn001+SOC4451+Spring2021
- Class Description:
Think about all the places you encounter sport. You may participate in sport as an athlete, a coach, or a fan, but you may also see sport in media broadcasts, schools, child development recommendations, health advice, workplace smalltalk, or political language. Even if just through the sport metaphors common in business or politics, all of you will encounter sport through direct participation, spectatorship, or commentary at some point in your lives.
Whether you are new to sociology or not, through this course you will sharpen your sociological ability to evaluate sport in your own life and in our culture at large. Sport is a powerful and paradoxical social institution, and therefore a place where we can see the tensions that define sociology -- tensions between biography and history, agency and structure, social reproduction and social change. In general, how does society impact how sport is played, who has access, and the meanings we attach to sport, and how does sport in turn shape society through understandings of culture, identity, and politics?
We'll explore sport, culture and society via three units:
In unit 1, Linking Sport and Culture, we will develop the theoretical tools for the rest of class and look at how sport, especially school sport, creates (classed) habits, skills, and dispositions.
In unit 2, Sport as Contested Terrain, we will consider how sport helps to define and redefine the cultural categories of sex, gender, and sexuality.
In unit 3, Sport, Race, and Social Change, we will examine the role of sport and athletes in social movements.
The two main assessments -- a final reflection paper and a presentation project on a sport & society topic of your choosing -- emphasize your ability to apply sociological thinking to sport content. We will practice along the way through class discussion and online discussion boards, and scaffolding memos will provide additional practice and feedback as you work on the assessments.
HTML is allowed.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in the social and cultural implications of sport. This may include those for whom sport has played a large role in their lives, but students wondering why we spend so much time talking about sport may also find this course useful. Previous coursework in sociology will be helpful but is not necessary.
- Learning Objectives:
Through this course you will:
Apply a sociological perspective to sport in a variety of contexts, especially how sport can support both social reproduction and social change.
Evaluate and synthesize popular and scholarly "texts" about sport.
Reflect on the role of sport in your own life and the life of your community.
- Grading:
- Weekly activities and discussion boards 40%
Project Scaffolding Memos 5%
Topical Project 25%Paper Scaffolding Memos 10%
Final Reflection Paper 20% - Class Format:
- Lecture material and some discussion activities will be delivered asynchronously. Synchronous class time will consist of discussion, interactive activities, and time for clarification and check-ins.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65543/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (48643)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (46 of 46 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4966W+Spring2021
- Class Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a portfolio of self-presentation materials and sociological analyses based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your capstone portfolio by providing structure, advice, and encouragement. Successful completion of the analytic portion of your portfolio shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. Along the way, we will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civil engagement.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Seniors with a major in Sociology
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
- Active class participation in activities, discussion, and in-class writing (20% of grade)Capstone Portfolio (60% of grade) -- Includes resume, personal statement, paper analyzing CEL site, and paper analyzing interviewCommunity-Engaged Learning (20% of grade)
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
40% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48643/1213
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Capstone Experience: Seminar (50905)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (46 of 46 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC4966W+Spring2021
- Class Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a portfolio of self-presentation materials and sociological analyses based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your capstone portfolio by providing structure, advice, and encouragement. Successful completion of the analytic portion of your portfolio shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. Along the way, we will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civil engagement.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Seniors with a major in Sociology
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
- Active class participation in activities, discussion, and in-class writing (20% of grade)Capstone Portfolio (60% of grade) -- Includes resume, personal statement, paper analyzing CEL site, and paper analyzing interviewCommunity-Engaged Learning (20% of grade)
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
40% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50905/1213
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4966W Section 003: Capstone Experience: Seminar (66596)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (44 of 46 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4966W+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course will guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. The class will structure your work as you select your topic, write a draft, and polish your paper. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will also help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and career choices, developing resumes, and getting ready for job interviews. Presentations and discussions by students are organized in class to help them learn from each other. This is a writing intensive class with a total of six writing assignments. The class is organized into three parts.Part One (weeks 1-3) is a recap of sociological knowledge. What is sociology? What are the key elements of a sociological analysis? What are career choices for a sociology major? These three questions are focused in lectures and in-class discussions. The last lecture is a description of three options from which each student chooses for his/her senior project paper.Part Two (weeks 4-6) is focused on expectations and requirements of your major project. This project should be the capstone expression of your "sociological imagination." It should show the knowledge, skills, and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. Examples of each of the three different kinds of a major project paper are discussed in lectures.Part Three (weeks 7-14) is designed for the development and finalization of your senior project paper. Each student is required to schedule individual meetings with your chosen Instructor to discuss the issues and challenges that the students encounter during their work progress toward the completion of the senior project paper.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major in the senior year.
- Learning Objectives:
- To complete senior project paper, a requirement for graduation.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lectures20% Writing exercises50% Community engagement and major project paper
- Workload:
- Less than 20 Pages Reading Per Week, Four writing exercises (1-5 pages) and One major project paper (12-18 pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66596/1213
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Honors Capstone Experience: Proseminar II (48646)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Pol 4977V, honors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 01/20/2021Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE01/25/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (15 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociologys approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. The ultimate recommendation for level of latin honors is made by the committee at the time of the thesis defense. In addition to the Honors thesis requirements, the recommendation for summa-level honors is reserved for the papers that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented; - Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a panel presentation at the spring Sociological Research Institute (SRI). The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major & department consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. On Wed. Jan. 20, the lecture will meet online synchronously at the scheduled time. After the first week, the lecture will move to an asynchronous format (no scheduled meeting times). Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4978V+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociologys approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. The ultimate recommendation for level of latin honors is made by the committee at the time of the thesis defense. In addition to the Honors thesis requirements, the recommendation for summa-level honors is reserved for the papers that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented;
- Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a panel presentation at the spring Sociological Research Institute (SRI). The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major &
department consent - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Those students who were enrolled in Soc4977V during fall semester of 2020.
- Learning Objectives:
- To complete the student's empirical study and the writing of the thesis paper.
- Grading:
- 100% on the quality of the thesis paper completed.
- Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- In class discussions and instructor-student individual meetings.
- Workload:
- For the whole semester, a completed thesis paper of up to 30 pages. Weekly readings, an empirical study, and the writing of the thesis will vary among students.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48646/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 September 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 5101 Section 001: Sociology of Law (52017)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (3 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: graduate student
- Class Notes:
- 1 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC5101+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective. Graduate students and honors students will meet with the professor outside of class every other week. Graduate students are expected to take a leadership role in the class, read supplemental material, and write a full-length research review on an area of the Sociology of Law that is of particular interest to them.
- Grading:
- Online reading quizzes (14): 24%Midterm: 12%Final: 12%Paper components (policy brief, annotated bibliography, rough draft): 15%Final paper draft: 20%Group presentation: 7%Participation: 10%
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings. Some days toward the end of the semester will be devoted to group presentations of current events related to law.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52017/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 5455 Section 001: Sociology of Education (51929)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
- Meets With:
- OLPD 5041 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue 05:00PM - 07:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 1 seat filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Structures and processes within educational institutions. Links between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly as these relate to educational change. prereq: 1001 or equiv or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. This lecture is completely online. On Tuesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?miksc001+SOC5455+Spring2021
- Class Description:
This course is designed to introduce you to a specialty field within the discipline of sociology. Education has been an area of focus within sociology since the earliest years of the discipline. Indeed, classical sociology viewed education as integral to the formation and operation of society. Using contemporary literature we build on/critique/reimagine the scholarly understandings of educational institutions.
The course will use a K-20 approach to explore structures and processes within educational institutions from Kindergarten through college, including how those structures are experienced by groups based on ethnicity, gender identity and class. It also probes the linkages between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly as these relate to educational change.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the sociology of education (either with a K-12 focus; postsecondary/higher education focus, or both).
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- There are no exams.
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
50% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
15% Student Presentations- 15% Lecture
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20-30 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51929/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (49287)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8001+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- The seminar is designed to give you a chance to explore the "hidden curriculum" of graduate school. This second semester will be devoted to planning and developing large writing projects. Students should have a key writing goal in mind -- often this will be the prelim, but may also be a prospectus, a grant application, or an independent research paper. To facilitate a student-centered focus, the seminar is designed to be open-ended, flexible, and interactive. Depending upon student needs, we will spend some of our class time discussing some of the key milestones students face in the program: the reading list, the preliminary exam, the prospectus, and internal and external grant applications. We also use class time for writing and peer editing.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- The course is designed for graduate students in Sociology working on writing projects. Typically, second-year or third-year students who are working on prelims -- but students at other stages are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- Most concretely, the course provides a structured environment for writing and peer engagement of writing projects. Discussion topics depend upon student needs but often involve a) department milestones including the prelim and prospectus, as well as funding applications; b) how to structure and organize large writing projects; c) paper development for conferences and journals.
- Grading:
- The only requirements are to (1) be there each week; (2) participate; and (3) be reflective. Some reading (often example prelims) occurs early the semester, but the bulk of work involves writing and peer editing.
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- 40% Discussion
60% Writing and peer editing - Workload:
- Weekly goals for writing and peer editing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49287/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 November 2017
Spring 2021 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (50564)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8011+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course is for Sociology graduate students (and others with instructor consent) who are preparing to teach college-level courses. The core goal is the development of the syllabus and teaching plan. Along the way we consider practical and ethical issues involved in college teaching, academic freedom, and engaging a diverse classroom. We also engage different models for teaching and learning appropriate for different course formats and sizes: lecturing, leading discussions and active learning exercises. We also consider methods and practices for the evaluation of student learning (testing, assignments) and for assessing the effectiveness of our own teaching. Prerequisite: Soc grad student or instructor consent.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Soc grad student in second year or later, planning to teach.
- Learning Objectives:
- Objectives for the class involve: planning of the class goals and scope; syllabus development; teaching approach; evaluation strategies, developing a teaching statement.
- Grading:
- Grades for the course are tied to small weekly assignments (10%) as well as three large projects: the syllabus (45%), the teaching statement (20%), and a collectively developed session on teaching issues at SRI (25%).
- Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- Seminar style organization with weekly discussion and projects.
- Workload:
- Average 30 pages of reading/weekSmall weekly assignmentsThree larger projects (syllabus, teaching statement, SRI session)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50564/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (65548)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Registration by instructor consent. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click these links for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2021
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65548/1213
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Spring 2021 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Global Health Data Analysis (65549)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Sociology graduate student. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC8090+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This seminar will provide an introduction to research on health issues in low-resource countries. Students will craft and carry out their own research projects using global health survey data. Projects can focus on a single country or make comparisons across countries. The course runs for two semesters; at the end of it, students will have created a poster suitable for submission to an academic conference and/or a paper suitable for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. While it is preferable for students to take the two-semester series, they may also choose to take only the first semester.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students or advanced undergraduate students who are interested in health issues in low-resource countries. For undergraduates, the course will satisfy the Senior Project requirement for most departments. Students should have at least a basic familiarity with Stata, R, or another statistical software program; the course will provide extensive training to improve skills in this area.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Become familiar with key questions and concerns related to health in low-resource countries, with a particular focus on family planning and women and children's health issues.2. Learn how to conduct statistical analysis with global health survey data.3. Improve skills for presenting findings in writing.4. Develop visually clear and appealing graphics and maps that illustrate and explain health disparities.
- Grading:
- A-F or S/N
- Exam Format:
- The course will not have exams.
- Class Format:
- The class will meet once a week. Initially, Professors Boyle and Grace will lecture or bring in guest speakers to lecture on core topics in global health. The lectures will be accompanied by class discussion. After 5 weeks, the classes will become adopt a workshop format, as students develop their research questions and strategies for answering them, and become familiar with health-related survey data.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65549/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 8093 Section 001: Directed Study (49118)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-4 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 20 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Grade Sort
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Soc grad
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021UMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (1 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Directed study in sociology. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49118/1213
Spring 2021 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Race, Crime & Punishment (65553)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems.
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC8190+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- With the rise of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and increasingly loud critiques of mass incarceration and the police, the U.S. criminal system is at a pivotal turning-point. Are we at the "beginning of the end" of mass policing and punishment? This special topics seminar examines social scientific understandings of the relationships between race, crime, and punishment in the U.S. during the 21st century, focusing on recent, path-breaking books (largely written by junior scholars of color).The course draws from the sociology of punishment, which sees the criminal justice system as a social institution rather than simply a mechanical response to crime. We focus on a wide array of social control forms (including police, courts, bail, prisons and community supervision, drug treatment, schools, and immigration detention). The core concerns are key questions at the heart of the punishment and society scholarship: What determines the scope and character of criminal punishment? What is the role of crime, the social construction of law, and policing practices? How do policing, imprisonment, and other forms of penal control impact communities? What are the radical potentials of abolitionist movements? For all of these questions, we will pay particular attention to the intersection of punishment and social inequalities, particularly the ways in which punishment reproduces inequities across race, class, gender, and national origin.
- Grading:
- Students' grade will be based on weekly participation in class discussions and a final research paper.
- Exam Format:
- Weekly memos and final research paper
- Class Format:
- Synchronous online discussion
- Workload:
- ~1 book per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65553/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 December 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 8551 Section 001: Life Course Inequality & Health (63648)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Seminar examines the changing life course in its social and historical context, including theoretical principles, methodologies, and policy implications. Focus on key societal institutions that offer unequal opportunities and constraints, depending on social class, race/ethnicity, and gender. Unequal access to age-graded social roles and resources shape the course of development, and in doing so, they have profound impacts on health. We will consider how inequality in the family, education, work, the military, and in the health care & criminal justice systems influence health behaviors and outcomes at different ages and life stages. prereq: grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 1 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC8551+Spring2021
- Class Description:
Description: This seminar examines the life course paradigm, its origins, theoretical principles, methodologies, and policy implications, with special focus on inequality and health. Key societal institutions offer unequal access to age-graded social roles and resources (based on social class, race/ethnicity, gender, and other dimensions of inequality) that shape the course of development, and in doing so, have pervasive impacts on health. We will consider how inequality in the family, education, work, the military, and in the criminal justice system impact long-term cumulative processes that influence health behaviors and outcomes at different ages and life stages. Emphasis is on recent studies inspired by the life course perspective, conceptual and methodological challenges in understanding the nexus of life course inequality and health, and promising directions for future research. Our discussions will also explore the implications of life course studies for social policies intended to reduce the health risks associated with life course inequalities.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology, demography, social psychology, public health, and related disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will gain familiarity with theoretical and empirical literature relating to life course inequality and health, as well as emerging research questions and approaches. The term paper will enable the student to delve deeply into a selected subject of interest, and the student-led seminars will heighten students' skills in leading, and contributing to, small group discussions. This seminar fosters a multidisciplinary orientation, as it draws on literature from multiple fields and typically attracts students from diverse departments in the university.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on class participation (participation in, and leading some seminar discussions) (50%) and a term paper (10% oral presentation; 40% written document).
- Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- Class Format. Each seminar will be divided into segments:
(1) An introduction by the instructor, indicating key issues and debates, the broader intellectual context, important works, and implications.(2) A student-led discussion. Seminars are the place for lively exploration of ideas. The student leader will bring up issues related to the required readings, and prepare several questions related to the readings and topics for each seminar. They should stimulate critical and evaluative discussion. I provide some examples for illustration (these are general in character; they need to be specified and elaborated for each topic:
How does the concept in question (e.g., age norm, turning point, etc.) enhance our understanding of life course inequality and health? Is the concept precise and clear? Somewhat vague or ill-defined? How has it been measured or operationalized? How has it stimulated empirical research? How might it be extended or elaborated?
What examples of historical variability, inter- or intra-societal variation clarify or extend our understanding of life course concepts?
In addressing the readings, you might ask, is the author's central argument well justified (logically, empirically, etc.)?How does the selection help us to understand specific life course inequalities (which you identify) and their consequences for health? How can the concepts be applied to life course phenomena other than those explicitly considered in the selection you read? Can the empirical findings be generalized to other phenomena? To other times and places? Are there gaps or unaddressed issues which should be considered? Does the selection raise questions amenable to future empirical investigation? Does it provide information or data relevant to social policy? How does the reading address your particular interests?
All students should be prepared to actively participate in the discussion. To do this, it is necessary to read each required selection, consider the issues/questions raised by the seminar leaders, and be ready to bring new questions and issues into the discussion.
(3) The last 20 minutes of some seminars will be devoted to a discussion of term papers. Early in the semester, these segments will focus on term paper topics and issues to be considered. Presentations of the papers at the end of the term may be in the same format as a round table discussion, or may be a more formal presentation with powerpoint. Allow 20 minutes for the presentation itself; 5 minutes for questions and discussion. - Workload:
- Approximately 50-60 pages of reading per week, and a term paper.
Students may choose one of the following term paper options:A. An analysis of a life course concept of your choosing (for example, cohort, transition, trajectory, generation, age grading, age norm, age identity pathway, agency, cumulative disadvantage, accentuation, resilience, or others). Trace the development of the concept historically; indicate how it has been useful in promoting understanding of processes relevant to an understanding of life course inequality and health; describe how it has inspired empirical research; discuss its limitations; and indicate the kinds of research that are necessary to further illuminate its application. (approximately 20 double-spaced pages of text; in addition, include an abstract and a reference list).
B. A journal-type article on a topic related to the study of life course inequality and health, involving the analysis of data of your choice, qualitative or quantitative. (approximately 20 double-spaced pages of text; additional materials include abstract, footnotes, reference list, figures and tables).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63648/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 September 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 8607 Section 001: Migration & Migrants in Demographic Perspective (52278)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 15 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- With fertility and mortality, migration is one of three core population processes. This course provides a graduate-level treatment of major theoretical and empirical debates in demographic/population research on migration and migrants. It examines topics like why and how people migrate, who migrates and who does not, and the effects of migration in migrant-receiving and migrant-sending areas. Along the way, it links to a number of related topics, including the impacts of migration on migrants themselves, the role of the state and policies governing migration and incorporation, and transnationalism. A common thread throughout is connecting these topics to issues of population size, composition, and change. While this course contains "demographic" in the title and fulfills requirements for graduate trainees and the population studies minor in the Minnesota Population Center, it is necessarily interdisciplinary in scope and draws from research in economics, demography/population studies, human geography, history, political science, population health, public policy, and sociology. Credit will not be granted if the student has already completed a Soc 8090 topics course with the same title.
- Class Notes:
- 1 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC8607+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Learning Objectives:
The objectives of this course are to:
1. Introduce students to substantive topics and debates in demographic/population research on migration and migrants.
2. Develop students' capacity to traverse and translate theoretical and empirical literatures on migration and migrants in and across disciplines and areas.
3. Promote interdisciplinary, critical, and timely investigations of and conversations about migration and migrants.
4. Provide students an opportunity to write and present a professional paper on a topic related to migration and migrants that is of interest and useful to them in their current and/or future pursuits.
- Class Format:
- 25% Class participation25% Class facilitation25% Final paper25% Final paper presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52278/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 8735 Section 001: Sociology of Culture (63649)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/importance of culture as dimension of social life. Structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, practice theory. Cultural creation/reception. Identities as cultural formations. Culture/social inequality. Culture and race. Cultural construction of social problems. Culture and globalization.
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8735+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course provides a general overview of the rapidly expanding field of the sociology of culture. Culture can be broadly conceived as the symbolic/expressive dimension of social life, but there are ongoing theoretical debates about how to define culture and how to use culture in sociological analysis. We begin with the basic conceptual question about the definition and importance of culture as a dimension of social life. We will then explore a series of theoretical and empirical works that address various aspects of the role of culture in social life. We will examine several distinct approaches to investigating and explaining culture, including structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, and practice theory. We will also devote several weeks to processes of cultural creation and reception, and the relationship between culture and social inequality, among other topics. Throughout the course, we will cast a critical eye on the relationship between theories of culture, empirical evidence on cultural processes, and methods of investigating culture. We will also try to think about the sociology of culture in relation to other fields within the discipline, to consider how cultural theories, methods, and findings can contribute to our understanding of diverse social domains such as education, employment, politics, personal relationships, sexuality, morality, race, and urban life.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63649/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 September 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (49633)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Soc grad
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 6 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC8801+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49633/1213
Spring 2021 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (48772)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 11501/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankUMN ONLINE-HYB
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (12 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 6 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Some students will be physically present for this in person grad class. The rest will be online synchronous at the scheduled class times via zoom. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC8811+Spring2021
- Class Description:
Many of the questions that we wish to answer in the social sciences address outcomes that are limited and fixed in their answer choices. For example, do Americans agree that Atheists share a common vision of American society? How did the Great Recession affect employment inequalities across racial groups? Who do happy people compare themselves to? Which social class does the child of a blue-collar worker end up in? How frequently do adolescents use marijuana? Questions such as these cannot be appropriately answered using linear regression models, requiring more advanced techniques which will be covered extensively in Soc8811.
This course will focus on applied statistics and primarily deal with regression models in which the dependent variable is categorical: binary, nominal, ordinal, count, etc. As a catalyst for the course, we will consider flexible methods developed for introducing nonlinearities into the linear regression framework. Specific models to be addressed include: logit, probit, generalized ordered logit, multinomial logit, Poisson, negative binomial, zero inflated, fractional response, LOWESS, kernel weighted local polynomial, and mixture models.
Throughout the course, we will address common statistical issues that require special consideration when applied to nonlinear regression models, including: the calculation of predictions, interpretation of coefficients, interaction, and mediation. We will also become familiarized with techniques developed for applied research: model fit, selection, and robustness, joint hypothesis testing, weighting, clustering, and poststratification for complex survey design, and missing data.
Soc8811 covers statistical methods for analyzing social data and is designed for graduate students in the social sciences. Students are assumed to have a background equivalent to Soc5811 and thus have familiarity with linear regression models. The course will be taught in Stata, but students will have the opportunity to instead use R if they prefer.- Learning Objectives:
1. Produce, interpret, and report results from complex statistical models
2. Understand how to apply data analysis to substantive research questions, and effectively present results to a general interest academic audience
3. Develop strategies and competency to conduct future studies of advanced techniques in quantitative methods
4. Build a robust, reproducible workflow to move from raw data to numerical and visual information placed in a final paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48772/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2021 | SOC 8851 Section 001: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: In-Depth Interviewing (63650)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon 11:45AM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Interviewers have opened up other worlds to the sociological imagination and taught us much about the way people think, feel, and make sense of the world as well as of their own identities. We will conduct interviews; transcribe, code, and analyze interview data; and write up interview- based research. We will also consider a range of epistemological, practical, and ethical issues related to interviewing as a research method, reading materials drawn from a broad range of substantive sociological subfields as well as from geography. This course is best suited to graduate students who have an interview-based project in mind and want to acquire the skills for carrying out their research, and students who are considering using interviews in their dissertation research and want to try their hand at interviewing before making a decision. Because this is a hands-on, fieldwork-based course, no auditors are permitted.
- Class Notes:
- 7 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8851+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- In-depth interviewing allows us to unveil the complex lived experiences of individuals and communities as a researcher delves deeply into the everyday practices, choices and constraints individuals face in their private and public lives. This course presents to the students techniques as well as interview-based published work. Each student pursues an original project that will be completed over the course of the semester. Students will thus learn about in-depth interviewing [adjusted in light of covid-19 constraints] by designing, executing, coding, analyzing and writing up their own projects. There will be a constant dialogue amongst us on the strengths, weaknesses and the complexity of interviewing as a research method and methodology as we work through students' projects over the course of the semester.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is appropriate for students whose research project is interview-based or those interested in exploring multiple forms of research methods. As the course requires students to conduct their own independent research, auditing is not allowed.
- Grading:
- 20% Research proposal and peer review memo on research proposals 10% Transcriptions and memo on interviews20% Coded interview data and peer review memos on classmates' coded material50% Final Paper
- Class Format:
- Zoom live
- Workload:
- 50-60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63650/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 October 2020
Spring 2021 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, & Mobility (63651)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC8890+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- Populations are made up of people whose lives are changing all the time: growing up; moving around; having kids; gaining and losing jobs and spouses; entering and leaving schools and prisons; getting sick; and dying. This course covers population modeling techniques from the demographic tradition, organized around these kinds of life changes. These techniques excel at describing social and epidemiological changes occurring along multiple time scales simultaneously; identifying the inequalities lurking beneath population averages; relating multiple dimensions of population structure; and figuring out what population a research question is really about. The course assumes no prior knowledge of demography and will cover a range of applications from across the social and health sciences.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- All disciplines welcome. No prior background in demography is required. No prerequisites.
- Class Format:
- In Spring 2021, we will meet online-only, synchronously. Our class time is highly interactive.
- Workload:
- Weekly reading and problem sets; preparing for class discussion and exercises; short research proposals.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63651/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (13542)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (240 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC1001+Fall2020
- Class Description:
How does it happen that an individual can physically torture another? Why do people discriminate? How do we reason morally? While the course does not fully answer these questions, the course hopes to begin to have preliminary discussions about them. In these discussions, we draw on classical and contemporary sociological perspectives to examine how social order is produced, and how individuals and groups knowingly - and also unknowingly - enable the emergence of the very threats they fear. The course explores sociological concepts by making connections to global social problems such as torture, genocide, inequality, and the displacement of persons. We examine how social conformity creates social stability yet also perniciously enables torture, genocide, and widespread inequality. The goals of the course are to inspire our sociological imagination - our ability to see how social forces permit and hinder the actions of individuals - as well as deepen our understanding about contemporary social problems. The course invites learners to question the ways in which they explain social events, and appreciate the multiplicity of ways - as well as - the challenges and complexity - involved in describing society. Throughout the course, you will be asked to discuss how society individually impacts you, and how you also contribute to the perpetuation - as well as degradation - of society's norms. You are anticipated to discuss readings and contemporary controversies in discussion groups.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for sociology majors, open to others. This course meets the requirements of the Council on Liberal Education's Social Science core and Social Justice theme.
- Learning Objectives:
- To think about the social world and the ways in which the social world shapes human experience.To ask why individuals and groups behave as they do.To understand how social problems emerge.To explore how human thought and perception are by-products of broader social structures.To engage one's sociological imagination.
- Grading:
- 30% Attendance, Readings, and Journals70% Quizzes
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions and short answers (depending on the quiz). All quizzes are conducted online (in class) including the final quiz, which takes place on the last day of classes. Quizzes are cumulative. There is no exam during the exam period. Adequate time would be given for review with teaching assistants.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and DiscussionThere are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas.
- Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading per Week4 Quizzes (in-class)1 Final Quiz (in-class)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13542/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (13549)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (239 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1001+Fall2020
- Class Description:
This course introduces pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analyses of how society is possible and how order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining the close relationship of the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of power relations in everyday living. The course material is chosen to help you develop your sociological imagination, to give you the tools to understand how our lives are linked to larger forces that ultimately shape our individual and collective experiences. We will explore diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society and the forces that drive or/and hinder change.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students are expected to show a good understanding of core sociological concepts and perspectives.Students should be able to apply sociological analysis to their everyday experienceStudents will be expected to improve their critical thinking skills and learn to better articulate their ideas in both verbal and written formats.
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice/True-Falso/Short answer questions
- Class Format:
- DiscussionLectures, discussions, Videos
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13549/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 August 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (13553)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (120 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC1001+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Sociology offers a unique lens through which we can examine the world around us. In this course you will develop a perspective that will allow you to analyze the social world in a way that reveals the hidden and/or overlooked social forces that shape our lives. This approach, the sociological imagination, will enable you to explore how social forces influence the ways we view and navigate our social world. We will discuss how sociologists use theory and research to better understand important social issues such as inequalities of race, class, gender, sexualities and how social order and social change are possible. We will discuss how society affects individuals and in turn how individuals can affect society. The instructor for this course, Jane VanHeuvelen, will be a new faculty member starting in Fall 2019.For Fall 2020, this lecture section will be asynchronous to accommodate those in different time zones. Further details to be updated later this summer.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13553/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 June 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (14166)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. 8 seats reserved for CLA honors sophomores 17 seats reserved for CLA honors freshman 1 seats reserved for honors freshman Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC1011V+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Sociology offers a unique lens through which we can examine the world around us. In this course you will develop a perspective that will allow you to analyze the social world in a way that reveals the hidden and/or overlooked social forces that shape our lives. This approach, the sociological imagination, will enable you to explore how social forces influence the ways we view and navigate our social world. We will discuss how sociologists use theory and research to better understand important social issues such as inequalities of race, class, gender, sexualities and how social order and social change are possible. We will discuss how society affects individuals and in turn how individuals can affect society. This honors section provides an opportunity for more intensive discussion. It is also a writing intensive course. Students will have an opportunity to obtain feedback on their work in order to improve their writing through revision.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture, discussion, small group work and in-class exercises.
- Workload:
- 40-75 Pages Reading Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14166/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Fall 2020 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (16392)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (139 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16392/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2020 | SOC 3003 Section 001: Social Problems (31555)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, we will engage in a sociological examination of major social problems facing the contemporary US and abroad. We explore the origins and causes of different social problems, seek to understand how they impact individuals, groups, and the society as a whole, and evaluate solutions. We ask how an issue becomes defined as a "social problem," discuss the social construction of reality and deviance, and consider the primary frameworks under which societies have organized their responses to different social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phili191+SOC3003+Fall2020
- Class Description:
How and why is Trump's administration redefining Human Rights? Why is hyperactivity a medicalized issue? How is violence in African countries (mis-)represented by the media? How did experts invent the problem of "terrorism"? How does the memory of trauma and the Holocaust travel across space and time?
These are some of the questions we will ask and answer throughout the semester.
In this course, we will investigate how social conditions become defined as social problems. We won't take for granted that an issue in our society is an objective problem (e.g. crime or terrorism), but instead, we'll focus on the process through which a social issue becomes identified as a societal concern. We will ask questions such as: What tools and tactics do claims-makers use to identify, define and articulate a problem and solutions? How are these claims articulated to a public to mobilize them for change? What are moral panics? How do social problems travel through space and time? How do different professions discuss the same problem differently?
The course is divided into three sections. First, we'll begin with an overview of the different sociological approaches to social problems. We'll specifically focus on a social constructionist perspective to help us understand how social problems emerge. Second, we'll explore the social process that allows for social conditions to become identified as social problems. In this section, we will examine how claims-makers define a social problem, communicate it with a public, and mobilize for change. We'll pay attention to how social problems are identified by different experts, throughout space and time. Third, we will use perspectives and conceptual tools we've already learned to examine contemporary social problems, including the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19, decolonization and indigeneity, terrorism, white supremacy, climate change, and others. The last section of the course will mostly be led by students.
- Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course students should be able to:
1. Understand various theoretical perspectives, especially the social constructionist perspective, on social problems.
2. Critically analyze the social construction of any social problem. This includes identifying interest-groups, claims, resources, and proposed solutions to a social problem.
3. Deploy analytical and conceptual tools to critically assess the debates around contemporary social problems.
4. Critically evaluate academic texts, political rhetoric, news reports, policies, artwork, and other cultural products that are used to define and respond to social problems.
5. Develop your own views about certain social problems, and identify its causes, consequences and possible solutions.
6. Publicly and compellingly present your sociological understanding about a certain social problem along with your group.
- Grading:
Reading Journals (25%)
Sociological Imagination Assignment (15%)
Creative Group Project (40%)
In-Class Assignments (15%)
Office Hours (5%)
- Exam Format:
- No Exams
- Class Format:
We will meet once every week on Tuesday 11:15am-12:30pm. Lectures will be recorded and available on Canvas. Outside of the lecture period, students are expected to read and prepare for lecture, meet with their group to complete a group project, and complete individual course assignments.
- Workload:
- TBD.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31555/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (14522)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (68 of 68 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online and semi-synchronous. We will meet as a class online during the first half of the scheduled time. The second half of the class time will be spent on asynchronous online course work. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. We will also investigate how police, jails, prisons, and other criminal justice agencies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class, and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and will be assigned additional reading and writing assignments.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
- Grading:
- 50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Essay
25% Final Essay or Project - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
- 50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Essay
25% Final Essay or Project - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14522/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (31556)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (12 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online and semi-synchronous. We will meet as a class online during the first half of the scheduled time. The second half of the class time will be spent on asynchronous online course work. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101H+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. We will also investigate how police, jails, prisons, and other criminal justice agencies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class, and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and will be assigned additional reading and writing assignments.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the criminal justice system.
- Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
- Grading:
- 50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Essay
25% Final Essay or Project - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
- 50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Essay
25% Final Essay or Project - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31556/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (14523)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC3102+Fall2020
- Class Description:
This course concerns the social and legal origins of crime control. Students will critically examine criminal justice systems from three interrelated themes: status, criminalization, and social control. Specifically, students will respond to the following questions: What role does social status play in our criminal justice system? Who and what gets criminalized and how does this relate to status? How are social controls stratified across the U.S., and how do they relate to status?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in understanding how criminal justice outcomes become patterned by race, class, and gender will find this course interesting.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) critically examine policing, court, and penal practices that lead to patterned outcomes by race, class, and gender; (2) locate current criminal justice trends and practices within a larger historical perspective
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point earned or loss being one percentage point of your final grade. (Students will find it easy to calculate their standing in the class.)Essays: five, 1-page, double-spaced essays (10pts each)Model: in-class theoretical models of violence (5pts each)Project: presentation of material--no more than 5 minutes (25pts); typewritten explanation of presentation (15pts)
- Exam Format:
- There will not be exams; however, see the "Grading" section for details about course assignments.
- Class Format:
- My approach in class involves tethering abstract theories and concepts to everyday human practices with the goal of showing how social theory works in real life. I use a lot of pictures, video, and audio to show culture in action and to interrogative existing theories and possibly integrate theory whenever possible. We want to better understand and explain our social world.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14523/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2018
Fall 2020 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (16184)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (49 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Why does inequality exist? How does it work? These are the essential questions examined in this class. Topics range from welfare and poverty to the role of race and gender in getting ahead. We will pay particular attention to social inequities – why some people live longer and happier lives while others are burdened by worry, poverty, and ill health. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC3201+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Who gets what, and why? How are power, privilege, and prestige distributed across individuals and groups, and why is it that some enjoy more than others? We consider how different dimensions of inequality have evolved over time, with special focus on inequalities across race, class, and gender. We assess how inequality shapes the lives of individuals in society, how and why inequality persists, and how people have worked to both challenge and reproduce their places in society.We approach social inequality from a variety of angles, developing an understanding of how inequality works in and through schooling, labor markets, employment, identity and prejudice, social mobility, and the role of major social institutions such as work, family, education, politics and law. We examine core statements of social stratification from sociology and engage with contemporary theories from sociology, psychology, political science, and economics. By the end of this course, you will have a clearer understanding of the types of inequality that exist in society, how inequality operates through the broader social context, and the constraints and opportunities faced by individuals in different positions in society.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on writing assignments and regular quizzes.
- Workload:
- 40-70 pages per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16184/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 April 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (15548)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (33 of 33 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?agui0110+SOC3211W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- "Race" has been an important of American history, but we try to talk about a "post-racial" society in the 21st century. This class will cover the origins of race (and racism), before diving into race in American history and the consequences this history has for contemporary race relations. We will discuss what exactly "race" is and isn't, why race and racism are central to American politics and culture, and how "race"
in the post-Civil Rights Era and the 21st century has both declined and grown in significance. - Class Format:
- Active participation and discussion are encouraged in this class environment. Students should expect in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Students interested in this course can expect to read 10-30 pages of academic work per week; in addition, we will be writing and revising paper work over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15548/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2017
Fall 2020 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (33564)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (77 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC3246+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33564/1209
Fall 2020 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (16629)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (40 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3251W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
60% Papers (3 papers, 20% each)
20% Final Exam
20% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Exam
3 Papers (8-10 pages each) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16629/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 September 2018
Fall 2020 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (31558)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Political sociology is concerned with the social bases of power and the social consequences of the organization of power, especially how power operates in relationship to various forms of inequality and different institutions. We will explore political socialization, electoral politics and voting, social movements, the media and framing, and politics of inequality, poverty, and welfare. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3301W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Politics and society go together like a horse and carriage, but its hard to tell which is the horse and which the carriage! This course approaches politics from the standpoint of society. Accordingly, it does not focus on the details of the formal political institutions such as voting, legislatures or the presidency. Rather, it focuses on how issues develop in society and push politics. Society is divided by social and cultural categories such as race, class, gender, age, education, religion, associational membership, wealth and relationship to the environment. These categories, equal or unequal, exploitative or cooperative, and so forth, determine the allocation of "goods" and "bads" in society, and therefore many political dynamics. In addition, people and groups have different levels of social capital (connections) and cultural capital (for instance, levels of education and tastes about music, theater, literature, news, sports and alcohol). These different factors help create ideological values such as group and nationalist beliefs. They bear upon how individuals and groups think about the issues that face them and how they do or do not translate these into political issues demanding governmental action. These social factors interact with the type of local and national regime and its placement in global systems to channel conflicts and outcomes. Depending on the openness of the regime, popular pressures can lead to peaceful democratic change, open protests, or revolution.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in the social aspects of politics
- Learning Objectives:
- To write a paper about the social aspects of politics
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
18% Written Homework
2% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- short essay, T/F, multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: This is a writing intensive (W) course. It requires that you develop your term paper in four stages, each of which is submitted for feedback and improvement. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31558/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2019
Fall 2020 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (33876)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (56 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about the dilemmas and challenges facing movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and various institutions, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long-term and short-run impact. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?joh07820+SOC3322W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33876/1209
Fall 2020 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (17192)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC3411W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course introduces central theories and debates about formal organizations. Much of modern life occurs within organizations and involves interacting with a wide variety of complex, interconnecting organizations. Many of us were born inside an organization, you are pursuing your education inside an organization, many will work inside organizations, and most of us will end our lives in, and be buried by, organizations. We work hard and craft expressions of our self-identity to gain access to some organizations (e.g. Greek communities, medical school) and we conform our behavior to avoid others (e.g. prison).In this course, we will think analytically about the key features of organizations, and the reciprocal relationships between organizational features and individual behaviors. We will address the origins of organizations, why society has organizations, how authority and compliance are maintained within organizations, the nature of their success and failure, and the relationship between individuals, organizations, and society.
- Class Format:
- A mixture of lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 40-70 pages of reading a week.3 papers.3 quizzes.Expectations to revise paper drafts and provide feedback on peer drafts.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17192/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 April 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3412 Section 001: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (31559)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks.' prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. 15 reserved for Soc BS majors. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hamil639+SOC3412+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. The principles that students learn in this course will enable them to study advanced network topics of their choosing.About half of the class meetings will be devoted to learning and practicing network analysis methods. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using the UCINET computer package. We'll also explore network visualizations using NetDraw, a spatial plotting program. Computer programming skill is not a prerequisite for this courseThe course is conducted in lecture, discussion, and lab formats. Class meetings consist of three types of activities: (1) an overview of the main aspects of a topic, in a formal presentation by the instructor; (2) open discussions among all participants of key issues, applications to empirical research, and potential directions for future developments; and (3) laboratory sessions in network data analysis methods, led by the instructor and TA. Labs will be held on Wednesdays. Students should bring their laptops to the lab sessions to analyze network data.
- Grading:
- 4 Assignments, 20 points each / 80 points total / 80% of overall grade
8 in-class assignments, 2.5 points each / 20 points total / 20% of overall grade
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams. Students will be assessed on four UCINET data assignments throughout the semester.
- Class Format:
- The class will be a combination of lecture and lab sections.
- Workload:
- Students should expect to read approximately 15-30 pages per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31559/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2018
Fall 2020 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (31560)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (78 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Family has long been a significant experience in human societies; much of what we understand ourselves to be, arises in family life. But family also varies widely in composition across time and place. We will learn how sociologists study and understand families theoretically, as social institutions, as well as sites and sources of social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Wednesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC3501+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course in the sociology of families. Families are a central institution in social life, influencing and influenced by social identities (race, class, gender, sexuality) as well as other social institutions including the economy and the state. This course covers the following broad topics: defining and studying families; the history of families; love, sex, mate selection and relationships; marriage; parenting and childhood; divorce, remarriage and blended families; families and work; families and economic inequality; families and the criminal justice system; family violence and abuse; families and immigration; and, the future of families. The primary focus is on the U.S., with occasional forays into international comparisons.
- Grading:
- TBD - most likely a mix of quizzes, short papers, online discussions, group activities.
- Class Format:
- Completely online and semi-synchronous.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31560/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (33100)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (60 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?campo145+SOC3613W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
Dollar menu, Taco Tuesday, all you can eat sushi, and "fusion" food have been all the rage and part of society's food vernacular. But what do they mean for the individuals who prepare the food, eat the food, and sell the food? These are just several of the key questions this course aims to explore. Sociology is the study of the social world and how society is constructed, reconstructed, and maintained through patterns of social relationships and social interactions in everyday life. This course is built on the idea that food provides an excellent window and platform to investigate how such processes happen. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the intertwining of food, culture, and politics. Several themes this course explores are the different social and cultural meanings attached to food, varying patterns in food consumption, the global food economy, labor in the food industry, and alternative methods of producing and consuming food.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student interested in learning a critical perspective in how food is involved in our personal identity, global economy, and the continuing process of colonialism/imperialism by the industrialized nations. This class will take a cross cultural approach and will play special emphasis on Latin America's role in the global production of food. This class is excellent for individuals interested in the cultural politics of food and/or learning from a more international context.
- Learning Objectives:
The main objective of the course is to help you think sociologically about food. More specifically, to teach you how to think about food next time you go grocery shopping, where to go grocery shopping, how and why we eat the foods that we do, the political and cultural ramifications of eating traditional and fusion cuisine, and the political-economic impacts of the food/agricultural industry.
- Grading:
(a) Active participation in class discussions (50 points-20%)
(b) Food Problem assignment (10 points-4%)
(c) Ten Reading Responses (50 points-20%)
(d) Autoethnography of meal (50 points-20%)
(e) Three-part Policy Brief assignment (90 points total-20/20/50-for a total of 36%)
TOTAL Points: 250 points for the course.
- Exam Format:
- No exams as this is a writing intensive course
- Class Format:
- This class will be in asynchronous format. With the pandemic the fall semester will be a bit stressful and I am trying my best along with my TA to make this class the least stressful as possible within the parameters of a writing intensive course. There are several international students and students from out of state that are signed up for the course that will be in different time zones that make synchronous meeting times very difficult. I also want to be upfront that I am not in expert in the sociology of food but I have done work in the sociology and history of food area along with my entire father's side of the family working in agriculture and food for four generations. This class will be a great learning experience for all of us.
- Workload:
We will be reading 60-90 pages a week on average (videos and documentaries are accounted for in this page estimate), so if that is too much reading for you, please look for another course. I expect you to do all of the readings all of the time. With that said, I have tried to look for straight forward readings to make the readings as simple as possible but I have also included news articles, youtube videos, and documentaries to supplement many of the readings as it will make the class more enjoyable than simply reading all day. Some days there will be an hour documentary to watch instead which is about equivalent to 30-40 pages of reading. There is not a required textbook for the course. Everything will be online. I will not have students buy material during a pandemic.
Below are the units that will be covered in class:
Unit 1: Cultures of Consumption
Unit 2: The Industrialization of Agriculture and Food
Unit 3: Latin America and the Globalization of Food
Unit 4: Issues with Food
Unit 5: Solutions and Alternatives
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33100/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3681 Section 001: Gender and the Family in the Islamic World (31561)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3681 Section 001GWSS 3681 Section 001RELS 3716 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 22 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. Expanding the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East, by also centralizing on the experiences of Muslim women and families outside of this geographical area highlights the complex and diverse everyday experiences of Muslim women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminisms debates. prereq: At least soph; 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3681+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. It aims to expand the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East to highlight the complex and diverse everyday experiences of women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical Western representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminism debates.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Discussion20% Lecture
20% Film/Video - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31561/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 August 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (16396)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (38 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3701+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Social theory helps us to make sense from chaos, revealing core logics of development, change, meaning and domination which structure the bewildering, messiness of human experience. This class works closely with texts by a handful of great theorists who have created particularly illuminating, even world-changing ways of seeing. Reading extracts from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Patricia Hill Collins, Dorothy Smith, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard we will concentrate on readings around notions of power: economic, racist, colonial, patriarchal, bureaucratic, and discursive. You should improve your ability to think, read, and LIVE critically, able to better recognize and evaluate assumptions underlying "common sense" statements about how societies work. I believe that theoretical competence comes when you learn to enjoy intellectual creativity and risk-taking, and so we will spend considerable class time using debate and role-playing to loosen up those Minnesota inhibitions. Reading will not be extensive in terms of number of pages, but I will expect you to wrestle energetically before class with texts that can sometimes be both dense and abstract. Most of the required reading reports and other assignments will be self published by students on the class blog, which will enrich the depth and scope of class debate.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in social theory and up for grappling with these texts. Artists, scientists, cultural studies students, senior students - all are very welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- To understand the theoretical roots of primary scholarly traditions and debates shaping contemporary social sciences and humanities. To gain confidence and skill in reading and expressing abstract thought.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 40% exams, quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries. 20% class citizenship and blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Exam Format:
- Quotation identification and analysis. Comparison of theories and/or application to historical & contemporary phenomena.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-30 pages of (difficult) reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16396/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 May 2019
Fall 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (13561)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (82 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC3701+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?In Fall 2020, the course will be taught by Professor Savelsberg. He describes his particular emphasis thus: "This class seeks to develop an understanding of sociological theory. Theory, together with empirical methods, is one of the pillars on which our sociological work is based, no matter if we deal with questions of criminology, family and the life course, organizations, social movements and politics, education and whatever other themes sociology addresses. In this course, we focus primarily on the questions and ideas that the classical sociologists have provided us, but we also extend the line of thought to contemporary theory. Crucial questions we will engage with include: What basic changes did societies experience in the modernizing process? What holds society together, in other words: why do things work decently well? Yet, also, why does conflict erupt and how do societies handle it? Where does repression and massive social inequality not result in open conflict? What role do rituals and symbols play when harmony or conflict unfold? What are social roles? Do we identify with social roles or do we just perform them? Does the size of a group matter? Is society something outside ourselves, or do humans build (and change) it through their everyday interactions? Are human pursuits driven by rational action of self-interested individuals or by social norms and solidarity? What role do social networks play in which they are embedded?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology (general and LCD) majors
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand general sociological theories, apply them to specific sociological issues and see how they help us make sense of the world we live in.
- Grading:
- (1) 20% based on four short quizzes, consisting of short answer and multiple-choice questions. Each quiz is worth 5% of your final grade. This feature is important as it is especially crucial in this course that you stay on top of the readings and do not procrastinate. Keeping up with the course and succeeding would otherwise be very difficult.
(2) 25% based on a midterm exam, consisting of a mixture of short answer and multiple-choice questions.(3) 35% based on a cumulative final exam, consisting of a mixture of short answer and multiple-choice questions.(4) 20% based on writing assignments. - Exam Format:
- Short answer; multiple choice
- Class Format:
- lecture, plenary discussion, small group work, occasional film segments
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13561/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 March 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (17191)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 05:30PM - 08:20PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (51 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online and semi-synchronous. We will meet as a class online during the first 90 minutes of the scheduled time. The second half of the class time will be spent on asynchronous online course work. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC3701+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Social theory formulates responses to core questions and concerns of inequality, power, difference, belonging and integration in modern society. What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are individuals shaped and constrained by the society in which they live? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? Is the social order shaped mostly by the economic system and how it organizes resources (e.g. capitalism), or is it by ideas, cultural currents, and emotional forces? This course will provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the mid-19th century to the present. The goal of this course is for students to master this body of knowledge and at the same time develop their analytical skills in order to grapple with such questions in the social world we live in. The assignments, in-class activities, and exams are intended to develop and strengthen the students' ability to do so.
- Grading:
- 2 Midterms (40%)
Final Exam (25%)
Reading Responses (25%)
In-class assignments/Participation (10%) - Exam Format:
- All exams will be a combination of essay and short answer and questions. They will cover content from course readings, lectures, films and in-class discussions and activities. Midterm I will cover materials up to Week 5. Midterm II will cover materials from Week 6 to Week 11. The final exam is cumulative and comparative.
- Class Format:
- Class sessions will consist of lectures complemented by class discussion, video excerpts, and in-class exercises. We will frequently use small-group discussions to give you a chance to discuss the readings in a less structured environment and help you understand the material as we proceed.
- Workload:
- In addition to weekly reading assignments, students in this class are expected to submit 9 reading responses over the course of the semester. These reading responses are one-page reflections that demonstrate your understanding of the assigned material and help you create the habit of forging connections between various readings and ideas.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17191/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Fall 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (18225)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline CoursePre-Covid
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/credit-courses/social-theory
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18225/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2020 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (13559)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (114 of 116 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Fall 2020 only: This is an asynchronous online course. This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Grading:
- Fall 2020 only:10% Worksheets and other assignments based on lectures15% Worksheets and other assignments based on podcasts30% Unit quizzes30% Two brief papers analyzing the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (as described in the readings)
15% Worksheets based on readings - Exam Format:
- Short answer and brief essay.
- Class Format:
- Fall 2020 only:Lectures posted on Canvas will be in 5 to 15 minute pieces.Podcasts are mostly from Give Methods a Chance -- listen to podcast, read accompanying book, answer accompanying questions, contribute to discussions.Class is divided into units and each unit has a short quiz.Deeper understanding and analysis are required to analyze the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (papers are about the assigned journal article reading material only)
Worksheets based on the assigned journal articles, assessing basic understanding, in preparation for the papers. - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week20-40 minutes of podcast listening per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
5-10 brief quizzes
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readingsStudents will have options for how to earn points - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13559/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (15314)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (57 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Fall 2020 only: This is an asynchronous online course. This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Grading:
- Fall 2020 only:10% Worksheets and other assignments based on lectures15% Worksheets and other assignments based on podcasts30% Unit quizzes30% Two brief papers analyzing the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (as described in the readings)
15% Worksheets based on readings - Exam Format:
- Short answer and brief essay.
- Class Format:
- Fall 2020 only:Lectures posted on Canvas will be in 5 to 15 minute pieces.Podcasts are mostly from Give Methods a Chance -- listen to podcast, read accompanying book, answer accompanying questions, contribute to discussions.Class is divided into units and each unit has a short quiz.Deeper understanding and analysis are required to analyze the quality of methods used by professional sociologists (papers are about the assigned journal article reading material only)
Worksheets based on the assigned journal articles, assessing basic understanding, in preparation for the papers. - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week20-40 minutes of podcast listening per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
5-10 brief quizzes
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readingsStudents will have options for how to earn points - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15314/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (13492)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 5811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (217 of 234 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Lab sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC3811+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to familiarize students with fundamental statistical concepts and techniques. Because this is a sociology course, most of the examples and demonstrations will be drawn from the social sciences; however, the concepts and techniques presented in the course apply much more broadly to other disciplines and to other arenas of life. I do not expect students to become expert statisticians, but I do expect them to gain an understanding of how statistics can be used to address key social science questions. My goal is for students to become knowledgeable and critical consumers of statistical information that appears in the media, in the workplace, and elsewhere. This course includes overviews of the logic of sampling and causal inference; techniques for graphically and numerically describing distributions; the normal curve; relationships between quantitative variables; relationships between categorical variables; analysis of variance; probability; random variables; sampling distributions; statistical inference; confidence intervals; hypothesis testing; bivariate linear regression; analysis of covariance; multiple linear regression; and binary logistic regression. Students will gain basic familiarity with the statistical software package Stata.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
10% Class Participation
40% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Homework problem sets - Exam Format:
- Short answer math problems, usually asking for interpretation of results and/or statistical concepts
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Laboratory discussion/small group work - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: One or two chapters of reading per week; three exams; six individual homework problem sets - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13492/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 December 2014
Fall 2020 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (16195)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16195/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2020 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (15332)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15332/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2020 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (31626)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (107 of 110 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1001V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4106+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching (and analyzing) television shows. (It is also true that much television misrepresents the nature and consequences of crime and punishment.) We will critically examine how (and to what extent) several television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the social origins and functions of crime, causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the war on drugs, mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, and prisoner re-entry. Featured shows include: The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Orange is the New Black, and Rectify (the exact line up is subject to change). Disclosure. The shows we will watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language. As such, students who may be offended or uncomfortable with such language and themes may not wish to take this course.
- Exam Format:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
25% Quizzes
5% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
45% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31626/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 March 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Deviant Behavior (17693)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (51 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course considers why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how norms, values, and rules are made and enforced. We will discuss basic concepts that cut across deviance theories and research, including social control, subcultures and deviant careers. We will explore theories of and societal reaction to deviant behavior. We will also discuss methodology and how the "social facts" of deviance are determined and disseminated. Finally, we will examine case studies addressing crime, organizational and occupational deviance, substance use, sexuality, body image, and more. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC4111+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course covers conceptions of deviance and social process related to identifying and engaging in deviant behavior. Students will be asked to conduct a study of deviance--to engage in and examine the effects of deviance internally and socially.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the processes by which certain persons and behaviors are deemed "deviant" and controlled will find this course useful.
- Learning Objectives:
- Principally, students will learn a set of skills with which they can analyze the social world--to make sense of social behavior without relying upon folk knowledge or what is thought to be "common sense." More specifically, students will learn the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, age, beauty, residence etc., labeling processes, and social control.
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point earned or loss being on percentage point of your final grade. This way, students will always know precisely where they are in the course. There will be five assignments of varying weight, but the focus will be on the gaining and application of knowledge.
- Exam Format:
- There will be a few short quizzes, a group or individual project, a term paper, two shorter critical papers, and participation points.
- Class Format:
- My pedagogy melds abstract theoretical ideas with everyday human practices, so that students see how social theory applies to their daily lives. Thus, multimedia is key in this class, and we will watch the movie "Kids" as a method for broaching the classes larger themes.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17693/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 October 2017
Fall 2020 | SOC 4125 Section 001: Policing America (31629)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we focus on using a social science lens to understand policing dynamics and how policing shapes social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which race, class, and gender inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. Throughout the course, we will draw on contemporary media stories, podcast, documentaries, and guest visitors to connect scholarship with the world around us. prereq: 3101 or 3102 recommended or instr consent, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garna029+SOC4125+Fall2020
- Class Description:
"Policing America" is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we will explore the social origins of the police as an institution we have come to take for granted in modern societies, and examine the various ways in which it shapes - and in turn is shaped by - social life.
Throughout the course, we will analyze policing in its everyday, real-life manifestations, and shed light on the various social forces that shape police-citizen interactions in a multitude of ways. We will focus on the role that social institutions - specifically, "the police", "the state" and "the law" - play in shaping police-citizen interactions, and - in turn - the role these interactions have in reproducing the above social institutions.
The study of policing is inseparable from the study of police violence and the fundamental role of racism in policing America. That being the case - and in light of the uprising that followed the murder of George Floyd here in Minneapolis - we will pay particular attention to the history of the Minneapolis Police Department, the present state of affairs here in the Twin Cities, and the movement to dismantle the police. We will conclude by using the knowledge acquired throughout the course in order to imagine alternative ways to traditional policing and, more broadly, to envision creative new ways of regulating and organizing social life.
- Class Format:
This course is taught completely online, in a synchronous format (that is, we "meet" twice a week, all together at the same time)- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31629/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4141 Section 001: Juvenile Delinquency (17694)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningOnline Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (33 of 51 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course offers an overview of social theory and research on youth crime and delinquency. We start by critically examining the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next, we study the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing delinquency and punishment among groups such as gang members. We then trace youth experiences in the juvenile justice system, from policing, to juvenile court, to probation, and institutionalization. Throughout, we analyze the success or failure of key programs implemented in attempts to prevent or reduce delinquency. prereq: [SOC 3101 or 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This is the honors section of a course that presents an overview of sociological theory and research on youth crime and punishment, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs and meta-analyses regarding delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key policies and programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency and mitigate the harms of youth punishment. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Honors students eager to engage research on youth crime and punishment.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior from the perspective of youth, victims, and officials; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17694/1209
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4141H Section 001: Honors: Juvenile Delinquency (17695)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- HonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 4 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course offers an overview of social theory and research on youth crime and delinquency. We start by critically examining the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next, we study the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing delinquency and punishment among groups such as gang members. We then trace youth experiences in the juvenile justice system, from policing, to juvenile court, to probation, and institutionalization. Throughout, we analyze the success or failure of key programs implemented in attempts to prevent or reduce delinquency. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [SOC 3101 or 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141H+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This is the honors section of a course that presents an overview of sociological theory and research on youth crime and punishment, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs and meta-analyses regarding delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key policies and programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency and mitigate the harms of youth punishment. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Honors students eager to engage research on youth crime and punishment.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior from the perspective of youth, victims, and officials; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based Media - Workload:
- 120 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17695/1209
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Sociology of Killing (17696)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- jr or sr or grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (82 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide a broad overview of the sociology of murder- the intentional, malicious killing of one human by another. This course will go beyond what we see about murder regularly in the media and on popular TV shows and movies. Students will be exposed to a scientific study of homicide. Key topics include the history and laws of murder; information and data sources on murder; demographic attributes of victims and offenders; different types of murder, including among others domestic, serial, mass, and gang-related murder; biological, sociological and psychological theories of the causes of murder; and the strategies involved in the criminal investigation of homicide. prereq: jr, or sr, or grad student, or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC4149+Fall2020
- Class Description:
This class will provide a broad overview of the sociology of murder- the intentional, malicious killing of one human by another. This course will go beyond what we see about murder regularly in the media and on popular TV shows and movies.
This course is about murder - a particularly grisly topic for some. Please be advised that during the semester, students will view/watch gruesome images and discuss graphic portrayals of crimes. This course assumes that students enrolling in this class are capable of tolerating this dark subject matter.
- Learning Objectives:
To understand biological, sociological, and psychological explanations for the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
To understand and be able to critique the various sources of information on homicide as well as what these sources tell us about offenders, victims, weapons, locations, types, and motives of homicide in the United States.
To understand the stages, patterns, processes, offenders, victims, and settings of homicide.
To understand how society and the criminal justice system react to the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17696/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (16630)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (44 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Fall2020
- Class Description:
All parts of our class aim to help you develop your own "criminal law imagination" (CLI) By this I refer to your ideal blaming and punishing regime. We spend our Wednesday afternoons together interrogating a wide range of topics to help you develop your your CLI: Here are some:
1. What's criminal law and what's it good for?
2. Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are?
3. What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics include defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age)
4. Partners in Crime: What should happen when teamwork hurts innocent people?
6. Uncompleted crimes: What should happen when people try to hurt other people but they fail?
5. What's the role of criminal law in unwanted sex?
6. What should happen to government officials sworn to serve and protect us and our constitutional rights, when they abuse their power?
7. How much protection should the Constitution provide to non citizens?
8. Cyberwar: How do we fight wars with malware on the internet instead of traditional weapons of war?
A final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal law in our interactive journey through the topics in the list. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing your CLI.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from any major and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice, and social order.
- Grading:
10% Class Participation measured mainly by discussion and SRS ("Clicker)" polling
90% Weekly quizzes that cover reading and discussion
- Exam Format:
10%, analysis of week's assigned cases due on CANVAS at 230 on Wednesday
30% short answer quiz on each week's assigned reading taken at the beginning of class
50% reaction essay based on the day's discussion, due by midnight every Thursday on the day following discussion
10% iClicker participation
- Class Format:
15% Lecture
85% Discussion, videos, and occasional guest lectures
- Workload:
- About 35 pages of reading every week. Hey! There are no research papers, reports, or other writing requirements. This is so you have time to read thoroughly and know well the content of the assigned pages.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16630/1209
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4171 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Human Rights & Trafficking (33112)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 5171 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (51 of 51 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a sociological approach to international law, considering how history, institutions, power, and interests shape the phenomenon. What is international law, where does it come from, and how does it work? What does international law tell us about globalization and nation-states? Does it make a difference in the world? Does it have a real impact on the day-to-day lives of individuals? When is it followed; when is it ignored? This course takes a broad sociological view of international law. We analyze the actors and processes that constitute international law and then focus on particular substantive areas, including human rights, economic development,environmental concerns, trafficking, and drug interdiction. prereqs: 1001 or 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4171+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course takes a sociological approach to international law, considering how history, institutions, power, and interests create and shape it. We focus particularly on the Transnational Organized Crime treaty, which covers human trafficking and smuggling. We consider why the U.S. was willing to ratify this treaty while failing to ratify many others. We also consider how international law issues are framed, and how the choice of frames has costs as well as benefits for addressing the root problems.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
This course satisfies an elective requirement for the Law, Criminology, and Deviance major. It is appropriate for all Sociology majors, aspiring lawyers, and those interested in the social world.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33112/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (31640)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC4246+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Although everyone gets sick and everyone eventually dies there are important social differences in what illnesses people have, how they are treated and cared for, and how long they live. This class introduces you to the key issues in the sociology of health by reading classic and important articles and books in medical sociology. Assignments will introduce you to the applied work of medical sociology through an examination of real medical records, and then a final paper on a topic of your choice. Please contact the instructor for a copy of the syllabus and with questions: eroberts@umn.edu.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class will be of most interest to students intending a career in the health professions (not limited to medicine), intending to sit the MCAT or other pre-health professional exams, and those intending to work in social services, justice, or health administration.
- Learning Objectives:
- This class provides an overview of sociological approaches to health and medicine. We 1) examine social differences in health outcomes and behavior, 2) sociological approaches to understanding health and medical care, and 3) sociological understandings of the health care system starting from the organization of medical care and ending with a comparative examination of national health care systems. By the end of the class you will have a clear understanding of social issues in health and medicine, and be prepared to understand these issues when you encounter them in your career.
- Grading:
- Participation and discussion (20%), Research proposal and bibliography (30%), Research paper (40%), Research presentation (10%)
- Exam Format:
- No exam
- Class Format:
- Largely asynchronous with regular online discussions with the professor in small groups. Students in different timezones or for whom technology is challenging will be accommodated with alternative discussion arrangements.
- Workload:
- Approximately 1 hours of class time per week and 8 hours of independent work on reading and research in accordance with UMN guidelines (3 hours per week per credit). Owing to the pandemic, more of the workload will be independent reading. There will be regularly scheduled discussions with the professor in small groups.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31640/1209
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC4246_Fall2020.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC4246_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4551 Section 001: Sociology of Sexualities (17699)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
- SOC 4551H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (14 of 23 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course we will examine social theories and sociological research on the topic of sexuality. We will explore the concept of sexuality as it intersects with race, gender, age, and class. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of sociological implications of sexuality in the United States. This course is intended to help you develop your analytical and critical thinking skills. You will be asked to move beyond your own experience and perspectives to sociologically analyze and evaluate over-simplified explanations of past and contemporary issues as they appear in our course readings. prereq: Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Wednesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4551+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Sexualities is an advanced survey course covering social scientific approaches to the study of sexual attitudes, behaviors and identities. The course challenges students to examine taken-for-granted beliefs about the naturalness of various sexual phenomena and deepens students' understanding of how various social forces shape people's sexual lives. The course will focus on the diversity of thought, behavior and lived experience of individuals with regard to sexuality. Honors students will read a monograph in the sociology of sexualities and complete a written summary/critique of the book and a brief (5-8 minute) in-class presentation on it.
- Grading:
10% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% In-class Presentations
60% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 exams each counting 20%
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, author-quote matching, essays
- Class Format:
60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
- Workload:
70-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s)
Other Workload: weekly in-class writings on the course readings
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17699/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4551H Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Sexualities (17700)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4551 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 7 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course we will examine social theories and sociological research on the topic of sexuality. We will explore the concept of sexuality as it intersects with race, gender, age, and class. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of sociological implications of sexuality in the United States. This course is intended to help you develop your analytical and critical thinking skills. You will be asked to move beyond your own experience and perspectives to sociologically analyze and evaluate over-simplified explanations of past and contemporary issues as they appear in our course readings. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor. prereq: Honors
- Class Notes:
- This lecture is completely online. On Wednesdays, the lecture will meet in a synchronous format at the scheduled time. The remaining lecture material will be available online in an asynchronous format. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4551H+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Sexualities is an advanced survey course covering social scientific approaches to the study of sexual attitudes, behaviors and identities. The course challenges students to examine taken-for-granted beliefs about the naturalness of various sexual phenomena and deepens students' understanding of how various social forces shape people's sexual lives. The course will focus on the diversity of thought, behavior and lived experience of individuals with regard to sexuality. Honors students will read a monograph in the sociology of sexualities and complete a written summary/critique of the book and a brief (5-8 minute) in-class presentation on it.
- Grading:
10% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% In-class Presentations
60% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 exams each counting 20%
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, author-quote matching, essays
- Class Format:
60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
- Workload:
70-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s)
Other Workload: weekly in-class writings on the course readings
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17700/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4881 Section 001: Population Studies Research Practicum (31641)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Students enrolled in this course will gain hands-on experience with population studies research by (1) working under the mentorship of an individual researcher or a research team at the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) and (2) attending and reflecting in writing on MPC's weekly research seminar. In addition, students in the course will meet weekly with the instructor to discuss their research experiences and to develop and present a final research poster.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?roberts+SOC4881+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This class is a required capstone for the Population Studies minor, but is open to other students. Sociology 4881 is designed to meaningfully connect undergraduate students to an ongoing population studies research project, to see that project through from the "idea stage" to a finished product, and to explore scientific research as a potential career option. (Population studies, by the way, is an interdisciplinary field of study that uses demographic data and methods to describe, explain, and predict social phenomena.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- You should take this class if you are completing the Population Studies minor (required!), interested in graduate school in the quantitative social sciences, or interested in learning how to do research. You will work in groups on a research paper that we may be able to submit for publication (previous classes did this). Thus, this class is also valuable if you are looking for a supportive group experience with research prior to more individual work on a senior paper or in graduate school. This course will be especially valuable for students who are (1) interested in learning more about the scientific research process and/or (2) considering careers in scientific research. It might be most valuable for students interested in social scientific, public health, or population studies research. Students considering attending graduate programs in those fields are especially likely to benefit from the course.Students who have not taken undergraduate courses in research methods or statistics may find Sociology 4881 more challenging, but they are still welcome to enrol.
- Learning Objectives:
- Sociology 4881 is designed to meaningfully connect undergraduate students to an ongoing population studies research project, to see that project through from the "idea stage" to a finished product, and to explore scientific research as a potential career option. (Population studies, by the way, is an interdisciplinary field of study that uses demographic data and methods to describe, explain, and predict social phenomena.)
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on a combination of individual work, an assessment of the final paper, and student and instructor evaluations of contribution to the work.
- Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- We will meet in-person (outside) for the first few weeks of the Fall semester to establish a good working relationship. As the semester progresses we will move our meetings online as much as possible. Because students will be working in small groups on separate papers, the scheduled class time will be a mix of whole-class discussions at which everyone will attend, and smaller consultations with individuals and groups.
- Workload:
- 9 hours per week in accordance with CLA policies.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31641/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (13786)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (70 of 65 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC4966W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major and to think ahead about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University. It is, in short, a capstone course. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity and ambiguity, and social responsibility in public life. Specific topics include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; the day-to-day work of professional sociologists in the academy; the professions and careers where sociological methods and insights are most useful and prominent; and the utility and value of situating ones life and work in sociological perspective. This will all be situated in the context of the role of ideas, information, intellectuals, and experts in the complex, contemporary global world. Indeed, the larger intellectual goals of the course are to encourage you to think critically about your place in society and history, to reflect on the role of knowledge in the contemporary world, and to understand what skills and understandings you will take with you from your study of sociology to your future careers and lives beyond the academy.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
10% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers
25% Service Learning - Workload:
- 25-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13786/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Fall 2020 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (13808)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 16 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4977V+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This is the first course in a two-semester sequence designed to help honors students majoring in sociology prepare their senior projects research papers. Throughout this semester, we review key issues in the design of social research as students work on their independent projects. Specific activities in this semester of the course sequence include development of a research topic, exploring and reviewing relevant existing literature, applying for human subjects approval, putting together a faculty committee for the project, and completing first drafts of the literature review and methods sections of the research paper. Some students may begin data collection in the fall, but data collection and analysis, as well as the write-up and presentation of the final paper, are the main activities of the spring course. Students must take both courses in the sequence.
- Grading:
Class participation 10%, topic statements 20%, review committee 5%, preliminary bibliography 5%, literature review 10%, methods 20%, ethics statement 10%, integrated paper 20%.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
80% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13808/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4977V_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 September 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 5090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Intersections of Family, Youth, & Culture (35311)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
- Meets With:
- SOC 8540 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 3 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Undergrad soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Need instructor consent to add. For advanced undergraduates enrolling in the course this might include a senior project or other piece of writing on new or ongoing work on the Kids Involvement and Diversity Study (KIDS) (students will identify their project within the first weeks of the course in consultation with the professor). Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC5090+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This seminar will explore recent and/or pathbreaking sociological research on families, youth, and culture, and will provide students with the opportunity to advance a scholarly project of their own in a related area. Readings will include primarily cultural, interpretive, and critical scholarship. Some of the readings will be selected by seminar participants in relation to their projects. Through common readings, discussion, and individual projects we will examine the social worlds of families and young people, investigating the meaning and experience of how youth and family experiences are differently patterned by social class, race and ethnicity, gender, community and place, and considering the ways that micro and macro dimensions of culture and inequality influence families, youth and social outcomes. We will also pay attention to the ways in which family's and youth's worlds are created in and through social interactions, networks and organizations, institutions, and discourses. A major goal and main focus of the course will be the development of student individual scholarly projects. For graduate students, these might include a new or ongoing research project, a section on a prelim, or the development of a prospectus. For advanced undergraduates enrolling in the course this might include a senior project or other piece of writing on new or ongoing work on the KIDS Involvement and Diversity Study (KIDS) (students will identify their project within the first weeks of the course in consultation with the professor). Time will be designated for independent work on projects, structured timelines and writing goals, and regular workshopping and peer and instructor feedback. Students will co-lead a discussion on a set of readings, submit intermittent writing assignments or section drafts depending on their project, present their project to the class, and provide peer feedback to others on their projects. By the end of the course, students will have made substantial progress on a self-identified project and will have produced an associated piece of writing.
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Seminar and workshop format including online group discussion and posting about readings and common themes/methods/theory; presentation and discussion of student projects in various stages of development; individual meetings with instructor on project; time designated and structured for individual project work.
- Workload:
- Some shared readings and discussion (some of which will be determined by seminar participants and relevant to their projects). Time will be designated for independent work on projects, structured timelines and writing goals, and regular workshopping and peer and instructor feedback. Students will co-lead a discussion on readings, submit intermittent writing assignments or section drafts depending on their project, present their project to the class, and provide peer feedback to others on their projects. By the end of the course, students will have made substantial progress on a project of their choosing and will have produced an associated piece of writing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35311/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 5171 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Human Rights & Trafficking (33113)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4171 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 7 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a sociological approach to international law, considering how history, institutions, power, and interests shape the phenomenon. What is international law, where does it come from, and how does it work? What does international law tell us about globalization and nation-states? Does it make a difference in the world? Does it have a real impact on the day-to-day lives of individuals? When is it followed; when is it ignored? This course takes a broad sociological view of international law. We analyze the actors and processes that constitute international law and then focus on particular substantive areas, including human rights, economic development,environmental concerns, trafficking, and drug interdiction. prereqs: Graduate student or instructor consent
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC5171+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course takes a sociological approach to international law, considering how history, institutions, power, and interests create and shape it. We focus particularly on the Transnational Organized Crime treaty, which covers human trafficking and smuggling. We consider why the U.S. was willing to ratify this treaty while failing to ratify many others. We also consider how international law issues are framed, and how the choice of frames has costs as well as benefits for addressing the root problems.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
This course satisfies an elective requirement for the Law, Criminology, and Deviance major. It is appropriate for all Sociology majors, aspiring lawyers, and those interested in the social world.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33113/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (13498)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
- Meets With:
- SOC 3811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. Soc 5811 is intended for new graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and students pursuing the Sociology BS degree. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC5811+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- 100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13498/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2017
Fall 2020 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (14633)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (7 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. All 7 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8001+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and exploration of professional careers in this field.
We will discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students get started in thinking about becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities.
We will share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concern. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences in the program. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year graduate students in Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about different types of sociological careers and share experiences that facilitate adaptation to the life of a graduate student.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors or panels of sociologists representing different institutional contexts (e.g. R1 university faculty, faculty at a small liberal arts college, sociologists in research organizations, those who work in government agencies, etc.).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14633/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2020 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (31642)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Must have instructor consent. Click on these links for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2020 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2020
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31642/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Fall 2020 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Global Health Data Analysis (31643)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMOff CampusWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- This grad class meet on campus for 1.5 hours a week. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC8090+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This seminar will provide an introduction to research on health issues in low-resource countries. Students will craft and carry out their own research projects using global health survey data. Projects can focus on a single country or make comparisons across countries. The course runs for two semesters; at the end of it, students will have created a poster suitable for submission to an academic conference and/or a paper suitable for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. While it is preferable for students to take the two-semester series, they may also choose to take only the first semester.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students or advanced undergraduate students who are interested in health issues in low-resource countries. For undergraduates, the course will satisfy the Senior Project requirement for most departments. Students should have at least a basic familiarity with Stata, R, or another statistical software program; the course will provide extensive training to improve skills in this area.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Become familiar with key questions and concerns related to health in low-resource countries, with a particular focus on family planning and women and children's health issues.2. Learn how to conduct statistical analysis with global health survey data.3. Improve skills for presenting findings in writing.4. Develop visually clear and appealing graphics and maps that illustrate and explain health disparities.
- Grading:
- A-F or S/N
- Exam Format:
- The course will not have exams.
- Class Format:
- The class will meet once a week. Initially, Professors Boyle and Grace will lecture or bring in guest speakers to lecture on core topics in global health. The lectures will be accompanied by class discussion. After 5 weeks, the classes will become adopt a workshop format, as students develop their research questions and strategies for answering them, and become familiar with health-related survey data.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31643/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 8540 Section 001: Topics in Family Sociology -- Intersections of Family, Youth, & Culture (33697)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- SOC 5090 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 9 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Families and mental health; families, work, and the labor market; historical/comparative research on the family. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC8540+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This seminar will explore recent and/or pathbreaking sociological research on families, youth, and culture, and will provide students with the opportunity to advance a scholarly project of their own in a related area. Readings will include primarily cultural, interpretive, and critical scholarship. Some of the readings will be selected by seminar participants in relation to their projects. Through common readings, discussion, and individual projects we will examine the social worlds of families and young people, investigating the meaning and experience of how youth and family experiences are differently patterned by social class, race and ethnicity, gender, community and place, and considering the ways that micro and macro dimensions of culture and inequality influence families, youth and social outcomes. We will also pay attention to the ways in which family's and youth's worlds are created in and through social interactions, networks and organizations, institutions, and discourses. A major goal and main focus of the course will be the development of student individual scholarly projects. For graduate students, these might include a new or ongoing research project, a section on a prelim, or the development of a prospectus. For advanced undergraduates enrolling in the course this might include a senior project or other piece of writing on new or ongoing work on the KIDS Involvement and Diversity Study (KIDS) (students will identify their project within the first weeks of the course in consultation with the professor). Time will be designated for independent work on projects, structured timelines and writing goals, and regular workshopping and peer and instructor feedback. Students will co-lead a discussion on a set of readings, submit intermittent writing assignments or section drafts depending on their project, present their project to the class, and provide peer feedback to others on their projects. By the end of the course, students will have made substantial progress on a self-identified project and will have produced an associated piece of writing.
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Seminar and workshop format including online group discussion and posting about readings and common themes/methods/theory; presentation and discussion of student projects in various stages of development; individual meetings with instructor on project; time designated and structured for individual project work.
- Workload:
- Some shared readings and discussion (some of which will be determined by seminar participants and relevant to their projects). Time will be designated for independent work on projects, structured timelines and writing goals, and regular workshopping and peer and instructor feedback. Students will co-lead a discussion on readings, submit intermittent writing assignments or section drafts depending on their project, present their project to the class, and provide peer feedback to others on their projects. By the end of the course, students will have made substantial progress on a project of their choosing and will have produced an associated piece of writing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33697/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 July 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (13811)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. 7 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8701+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the central traditions, figures and concepts in sociological theory. It is intended primarily for first-year graduate students in Sociology, but it covers work that is widely read and referenced in the social sciences generally. This course covers the work of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Mead, Goffman, Bourdieu, and several other traditions and figures.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for first year graduate students in Sociology. A few seats are open to other students upon request.
- Grading:
- Attendance and participation: 30%Memos and class discussions: 40%Final paper: 30%
- Exam Format:
- None.
- Class Format:
- Orienting lecture from instructor, but mostly seminar format with student leadership.
- Workload:
- Substantial reading. Reading may be longer and (at times) more difficult than you are used to. Please see attached syllabus to gauge average week's reading.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13811/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2022.pdf (Fall 2022)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2017
Fall 2020 | SOC 8731 Section 001: Sociology of Knowledge (31645)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Knowledge and related terms (ideology, stereotype, prejudice, belief, truth). Variation of knowledge across social groups/categories (e.g., gender, race, class, generation, nationality); institutions (e.g., politics, law, science); and societies across time and space. Power, rituals, institution, networks, and knowledge. Genealogy of theories.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8731+Fall2020
- Class Description:
Content: Knowledge will be explored from diverse theoretical perspectives. We will consider the relationship between knowledge and related terms such as ideology, stereotype, prejudice, belief, and truth, different ways of thinking about knowledge with a focus on comparisons between groups, categories (e.g., gender, race, class, generation, nationality), institutions (family, politics, law, science), and societies across time and space, the relationship between power and knowledge and the role of rituals for knowledge, knowledge about the past (collective memory), and the genealogy of theories of knowledge. In addition to a core of common readings, each student will adopt a specific area of knowledge or topic (e.g., terrorism, war, race, gender roles, technology, crime, punishment, law, welfare, family, management, democracy), examine the form and content knowledge about this issue takes in different social contexts, and consider how different sociological theories help us make sense of these patterns.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- The sociology of knowledge is not yet another sociological specialization. Instead, it offers a perspective through which we can engage productively with a great variety of substantive themes sociologists engage with. The course is thus suited for a broad cross section of Sociology graduate students at all levels, but also for students in other disciplines such as History, Political Science, Anthropology, or Geography who are interested in the ways in which knowledge about the world is generated. Besides these typical disciplines, students from programs as diverse as Management, Engineering, Education, and Forestry have taken this course in the past.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand sociological theories of knowledge and how they can shed new light on a great variety of phenomena we study across thematic specializations.
- Grading:
- 1. Each student is expected to write one brief (2 to 3-page-) paper at the outset, in which you present the empirical pattern/trend of special interest to you (5 percent of total grade).
- 2. Students are also required to write five two-page papers in preparation of selected approaches/sessions, in which you consider how each approach could help explain or interpret your pattern or topic of your interest (5 percent each). These papers are due each Monday before the session at which the topic is up. In general, you should be prepared at each session to present ideas about how "your pattern" can be interpreted or explained in terms of the theory under discussion.
- 3. Students are expected to read two of the assigned books, of which only chapters are required for all, or two other books listed in this syllabus completely. I would like you to write a book review of these books, in the style of reviews in the American Journal of Sociology or Contemporary Sociology.
The review is due two days before the session is up in which we discuss the book. Each of these reviews is worth 10 percent of your grade.- 4. Students are expected to write a 17 to 20-page seminar paper (like all the other papers this should be double spaced, 12-pitch). The form this paper takes may vary depending on your particular interests. It should be determined during office hours by the end of the fifth week of the semester (50 percent).
- Finally, active participation by each student and full attendance are required for all who wish to receive an "A" grade in this seminar.
- Exam Format:
- N/A
- Class Format:
Organization of class: We will read and discuss literature along the lines of different theoretical ideas or substantive topics. Our sessions are, for the most part, organized along a number of schools of thought that favor different concepts and ways of thinking about knowledge. In most weeks, each school will be represented by one exemplary book. Yet, each student will begin with a topic of his or her choice, ideally related to a dissertation theme or to some other theme in which you have a profound interest (examples may be: a group's knowledge about opportunities and ideals in America [American Dream], other racial groups, management strategies, the state of (post-) modernity; ideas about the state of education and students, sexuality and human reproduction, crime and punishment, past evils [e.g., slavery, genocide, Holocaust] or past regimes [e.g., Communism in Eastern Europe; the Cultural Revolution in the PRC], the government and how it works). You may be interested in one of these areas of knowledge (or others) as held by "people in the street" or by professional groups or by social scientists or by other categories of actors in which you have a specific interest). Maybe you have a book, a paper or some other source that shows empirical patterns or trends in the area of knowledge you are interested in. Any such pattern may serve as a baseline. As we go through the course you may then explore how the different theoretical approaches "work" if you were to apply them to your theme.
Each session will be divided into two parts. In the first part we will discuss the assigned readings. In the second part we will consider how the ideas entailed in these readings can help us make sense of the empirical patterns you have chosen.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31645/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 March 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- Religion & Society (31646)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. 5 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC8790+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to classical and contemporary approaches to core theories, problems, and debates in the sociological study of religion. Classical sociological accounts of religion began with the assumption that religion, a traditional institution, was increasingly in tension with modernizing societies. Later work has questioned the assumption of secularization that underpins earlier accounts, suggesting that religion and modernity may "fit together" quite well, and arguing that explanations of religion based on transitions in early modern European history are inadequate when it comes to providing universal theoretical frameworks for understanding religion and society. Contemporary approaches focus more on the contested and multi-vocal processes through which individuals, groups, and institutions define the sacred and designate sacrality; they also engage with how religious symbols and discourses are used in struggles over cultural legitimation, including the creation of symbolic boundaries that foster inequality. Contemporary work also examines the interplay of religion and non-religion as mutually constitutive categories that shape identification -- and organizing. Whether engaging with classical or contemporary work, we will focus on questions of power and legitimation, and discuss how religious practices, institutions, and culture are racialized and how they universalize socially located and particular configurations of gender, family, and social class. We will also talk about how religiosity intersects with other aspects of identity and how religious experiences, practices, and institutions vary across time and social location. We will engage in critical dialogue with the assumptions behind theoretical treatments as well as with their explicit arguments.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is for students interested in religious identities, institutions, and practices, and with theories about religion's role in modern societies and how that is changing over time.
- Learning Objectives:
- At the end of the class students will have a good grasp of the major debates and questions in the sociology of religion and be able to effectively engage in interdisciplinary discussions of religion as a social institution and social practice.
- Grading:
- Graded assignments include critical summaries of class readings, leading class discussions, class participation, and a final paper that can be a critical essay or an empirical research paper.
- Class Format:
- Small seminar discussion format
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31646/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 March 2020
Fall 2020 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Discourse Analysis: Theories & Methodologies (31647)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Fri 02:30PM - 05:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (14 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. 8 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students. Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC8890+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- Drawing from multiple traditions, we will build ways of understanding discourse which are both theoretically compelling and methodologically useful, applying them to your own case studies.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31647/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 April 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 1001 Section 301: Introduction to Sociology (82991)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/18/2020 - 08/21/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (30 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- See course details at https://ccaps.umn.edu/credit-courses/introduction-sociology
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone who is looking to learn about society and understand how social life is constructed, reconstructed and interpreted by individuals. If you are a very curious person or any individual looking to get into public health, non-profit, government agencies, and the journalism sector, this class will also be of great help as we discuss society in a broad sense.This course serves as a required prerequisite for admission into the CLA major in Sociology. It can also be used as an elective undergraduate/graduate course.
- Learning Objectives:
- In the hope that students will develop strong analytical and critical thinking skills, oral and written communication skills, and engaging diversity, the following learning objectives are put into place.
1. Demonstrate recognition that everyday experiences, from minor thoughts and interactions to sweeping social problems, are socially constructed.
2. Demonstrate, in writing, an understanding of key sociological concepts, terms, theories, and perspectives.
3. Evaluate current events, social policies, and personal experiences using sociological concepts, theories, and perspectives.
4. Critically evaluate written arguments by assessing their evidence, methods, and assumptions.
- Grading:
- There are multiple assignments in the class that each tackle your ability to retain and comprehend the material in a multitude of ways. The purpose for that is that I understand that each and every one of you has different ways in which you learn so I hope this format allows everyone to learn within at least one of their modes of learning.Reading Journal: 130 points - 12%Discussion Participation: 440 points - 20%Assignments: 170 points - 17%Exams: 300 points - 30%Final Paper: 200 points - 20%RATE: 10 points - 1%----------------------------------------------------------6 different assignments: 1000 total points
- Exam Format:
- There are a total of 3 exams and you have 3 days to take the exam. The exams are essay format and I will ask you to summarize and synthesize concepts and examples from across the readings. A week prior to each exam, I will post a study guide listing the concepts and topics the exam will focus on. I will also open a study forum where listing the concepts and topics the exam will focus on. I will also open a suited forum where students can ask me and each other questions related to the study and the readings.The exams are composed of the following:
Essay format; summary and synthesis
5 questions
Each answer should be 300-600 words.
3 days to complete (Sunday through Tuesday)
No direct quotes in essays
Open book
100 points total, 20 points each question
- Workload:
- I want to make it very clear, I understand that this class is an online course and everyone is entering the class with that mindset, however, I do want to stress that I understand that we are in a unique situation in time and that many obstacles may present themselves in your personal life during the course. Please be in email contact or use virtual office hours to be in contact with me so that we can work together. I want this to be as stress-free experience as possible where we can all be safe during these troubling times while still be able to learn and grow ourselves so that when normalcy returns we are better individuals. I want to work with each and every one of you to make that happen.Reading is very simple and straight forward. Most reading is designed around non-traditional textbook writing which is more engaging and less bland. Assignments can be tedious but are very easy and simple. The class is extremely doable and I am here to help.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82991/1205
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/campo145_SOC1001_Summer2020.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 1001 Section 302: Introduction to Sociology (83004)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/18/2020 - 08/21/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- See course details at https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/introduction-sociology
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology is inherently interesting to most people -- it tackles issues that are central to our everyday lives, such as gender relations, racial identities, and religious expression.You are probably already thinking about many of the issues we will cover in this course, and you will walk away from this course with the ability to use sociological concepts and methods to understand these issues.This course serves as a required prerequisite for admission into the CLA major in Sociology. It can also be used as an elective undergraduate/graduate course.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Demonstrate recognition that everyday experiences, from minor thoughts and interactions to sweeping social problems, are socially constructed.2. Demonstrate, in writing, an understanding of key sociological concepts, terms, theories, and perspectives.3. Evaluate current events, social policies, and personal experiences using sociological concepts, theories, and perspectives.4. Critically evaluate written arguments by assessing their evidence, methods, and assumptions.
- Grading:
- Reading Journal: 130 points - 12%Discussion Participation: 440 points - 20%Assignments: 170 points - 17%Exams: 300 points - 30%Final Paper: 200 points - 20%RATE: 10 points - 1%
- Exam Format:
The exams are essay in format and will ask you to summarize and synthesize concepts and examples from across the readings. A week prior to each exam, I will post a study guide listing the concepts and topics the exam will focus on. I will also open a study forum where students can ask me and each other questions related to the study guide and the readings. Essay format:
- summary and synthesis
- 5 questions, 20 points each
- Each answer should be 300-600 words.
- Open book, 3 days to complete (Sunday through Tuesday)
- No direct quotes in essays
- Workload:
- About 50 pages of reading weekly.Required Materials:
Introduction to Sociology 2e. Openstax. Free PDF online. Included in library course page.
Writing for Sociology 2nd ed. By Jones & Quinn. Free PDF online. Included in library course page.
Getting Culture. Edited by Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen.
Color Lines and Racial Angles. Edited by Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen
Assignments are short (~400 words), and the research paper is 3-4 pages. In the Research Paper assignment, you will consider a public policy issue from a sociological perspective. You will use concepts, research, and theories from the class, along with a few outside sources, to develop an argument for changing a public policy you find problematic or implementing a policy you think would be beneficial. You will also be asked to submit a proposal and outline before submitting the final paper. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83004/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 1101 Section 301: Law, Crime, & Punishment (83058)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/18/2020 - 08/21/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/credit-courses/law-crime-and-punishment
- Class Description:
***Update Based on COVID-19***
As an instructor for this course, my job is to assist in meeting our course objectives and to excel in higher education and beyond. Given our current context of the coronavirus epidemic, I wanted to emphasize that I understand that students are in a stressful time where many obstacles present themselves in your personal and professional lives. We will be entering this course together recognizing that we are in unprecedented times and I will be in email contact and/or use virtual office hours to make sure that we work together to meet the goals of the course. I want this to be a stress-free and fun experience! This is also an introductory course, and I believe the readings and assignments for this course are straightforward, engaging, and encourage creativity. I want to create a space in this course for students to be able to learn and grow and I will work with each and every one of you to make that happen.
****Class Description****
This introductory course seeks to develop an understanding of law, crime and punishment in the U.S. from a sociological perspective, and an understanding of what a ‘sociological perspective'-- or rather, the sociological spirit--really means, using the field of law, crime and punishment as our playground.
One of the cornerstones of the sociological spirit is its focus on the taken-for-granted, the mundane, the everyday life, turning what seems so familiar and obvious into something fascinating and strange. Embracing this spirit, this course focuses on the ubiquitous presence of law and legality in everyday life, and the relevance of law, crime and punishment--in their broadest sense--to the everyday lives of all of us.
At the same time, we will also address macro-level questions such as: why are there such exceptionally high crime rates in the U.S.? How come race plays such a significant role when it comes to putting people behind bars? And why do we punish in the first place, and how have prisons become our default, taken-for-granted method of punishment? We will conclude the course with a transition back from the macro and abstract to the micro and concrete, and examine law, legality and resistance where it matters the most: our lives.
As an online, 21st century course, it attempts to utilize technology in creative, accessible, user-friendly ways. You will create short videos, listen to podcasts, and create a podcast of your own for your final assignment. More generally, as a strong believer in joy as the ultimate educational
instrument, the course is designed to provide you with a meaningful, challenging and enjoyable experience.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course serves as an elective in the SOC and can be used as a required course in the Law, Crime, and Deviance track in the SOC major. It can also be used as an elective undergraduate course.Anyone with an interest in law, crime, and punishment is encourage to take this course. If you are planning on pursuing a career in law or criminal justice this class may be of special interest to you.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Identify basic patterns of crime and punishment in the U.S. over time and across geographical regions.2. Define some of the most influential theories about crime and punishment.3. Apply sociological theories to question criminal justice ‘facts' with a critical eye.4. Critically analyze taken-for-granted assumptions regarding crime (what counts as crime?) and punishment (why punish?)5. Express research-informed, thoughtful, empathetic opinions in order to become active, engaged citizens, committed to social justice as defined by the student.
- Grading:
- 30% Reading/Audio Journals (12 entries total) 25% Podcast Assignment18% Essays (2 total)15% Final Exam12% Current Event DiscussionsPlease so more details in the attached syllabus below.
- Exam Format:
- There is one final exam for this course that will cover all of the material covered in the course.
- Class Format:
- This course is completely online and will require you to listen to podcasts, record a short podcast of your own, and record a video.
- Workload:
- Reading/Audio Journals x12: Short, weekly assignments, in which students will be asked a number of questions related directly to the readings [250-ish words]Current Event Discussions (via Flipgrid) x6: Students will use Flipgrid to record a video in which they connect the week's reading materials to a current news event. In each instance, students will both create a video and respond to one peer.Essays x2: Two fairly open-ended essays, in which students will be asked to describe experiences from their own lives that relate to topics discussed in the readings [500-1000 words]Podcast Project x1: For their final project, students will create an edited podcast, the length of which will be between 20-25 minutes. In their podcast, students will integrate an explanation of the theory presented by Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey about "legal consciousness" and the role of law in everyday life, with excerpts from an interview they will conduct with a friend about how they go about dealing with the law in their everyday life. Ultimately, students are expected to produce a polished audio file which fuses theory and practice, and serves as an example of how sociology can be utilized to produce a clear, creative and engaging work of art. The podcast assignment is divided into 5 separate steps:Part I: Interview ProposalPart II: Interview GuidePart III: Interview RecordingPart IV: Edited PodcastPart V: Podcast Peer ReflectionFinal Exam x1: A final exam that will cover all of the material covered in the course
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83058/1205
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/curry192_SOC1101_Summer2020.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 April 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (88100)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/08/2020 - 07/31/2020Mon, Wed 09:30AM - 12:00PMOff CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more class information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?chamb443+SOC3246+Summer2020
- Class Description:
- Throughout history, disease, disaster, and catastrophe have altered human social life. Some physical spaces may have more or less in terms of natural resources, weaponry, or infrastructure due to such cataclysmic events. This course will examine how disease and disaster have influenced the makeup of the social world. Then, we shift to discussion of the social components of disease and disaster. How do existing social dynamics impact casualty rates, response efforts, the length of outbreaks, and more? And is the world becoming a safer place to exist? This section will draw from a number of cases, including the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic if students so choose, to examine how sociology can help us understand how disease, disaster, and war unfold. We will also discuss how sociology can help us best strategize response to such events. Lastly, we will examine the lasting social legacies of disasters to better understand their lasting impacts.
- Grading:
- 25% participation (attendance, completion activities)
25% graded participation (reading reflections, open-ended responses, etc.)
10% class facilitation (2-3 sessions)
40% cumulative term paper (draft checks, revisions, final paper)
- Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- 40% lecture25% in-class activities and discussion20% peer facilitated discussion15% video, guest speakers, other
- Workload:
- Approx. 30-50 pgs of reading weeklyCo-facilitating 2-3 class discussionsCumulative course paper (approx. 20 pages)In-class participation (attendance, reflections, discussion)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88100/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (82786)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/08/2020 - 07/31/2020Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMOff CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sajja017+SOC3251W+Summer2020 This 8-week online class will meet on Tues & Thur evenings from 5:30-8:00 with synchronous online instruction.
- Class Description:
- Numerous scholars in the social sciences have noted pervasive inequalities in the United States. These inequalities often manifest within the realms of education, health, income, wealth (among others) and often cut sharply along the lines of race, gender, and class. This course will examine the cultural processes through which such durable inequality can persist despite widespread (although not-near total) belief in egalitarian ideals in the United States. We will discover, through engagement with scholarly work spanning from the early 20th century until our current moment, how racial, classed, and gendered social positions and identities saturate every aspect of social life - our perception, our routines, our values, and even the way we carry our bodies through the world. Both during class time and within class assignments, students will use such accumulated knowledge to account for why social power remains unequally distributed in the United States.
List of assigned authors in the course include (but is not limited to): W.E.B DuBois, Dorothy Smith, Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlee Crenshaw, Pierre Bourdieu, and others.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- All students who have an interest in grappling with the deep sources/consequences of social inequality, especially if they have already become interested in the sociological discipline, are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will gain an entry-level understanding of essential works in sociology which explain the cultural nature and operation of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States.
In service of the above objective, students will learn strategies for how to digest and comprehend academic texts and their theoretical content.
Students will gain experience in working with other students and the instructor in a discussion (rather than purely lecture) format to review and apply course texts.
Students will develop the ability to translate sociological texts and theory into their surrounding social contexts, using it to analyze a social problem of their choosing in a course paper.
Students will learn how to develop and revise a medium length
(10-12 page) paper, and, consequently, a sociologically-informed argument, throughout multiple drafts and across several weeks. - Grading:
- Students will be evaluated on a mixture of class participation, Small, pre-class writing assignments which will prepare you for class, and several graded components (an articulation of topic, an outline with provisional sources, a peer-reviewed draft, and the final paper) of a 10-12 page paper due in segments throughout the term. There will be no quizzes or tests.
- Exam Format:
- There is no final exam for the class. A final paper will be due during the final exam period of the semester.
- Class Format:
- Classes will include the following activities (Instruction will be synchronous, meaning students will have to be online at the assigned times) :-Small group discussion in zoom "breakout" rooms where students will meet regularly with a set of fellow students to respond to questions from the instructor. (The instructor encourages students to "go" to class in spaces where video and audio capture from their chosen device [smart phone or computer] is possible).-Mini "lectures" where the instructor will pull together, in real time, the contributions of the various breakout groups (the logistics of this will be ironed out early in the term), as well as his expertise, into a shared notes document for the class on the readings for the day.-Occasional films demonstrating course concepts-Paper workshops with the students regular breakout groups to hone and revise their paper ideas and paper text.
- Workload:
- Students should expect to dedicate 4 to 6 hours a week to course readings in addition to several additional hours during weeks before major assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82786/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (83023)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/18/2020 - 08/21/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/credit-courses/social-theory
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
Social theory has two sides, the analytical and the normative. The analytical seeks to define the principles by which the social world works. The normative seeks to criticize society for its faults and indicate how to correct them, so as to better fulfill human needs and potentials. Sometimes the two sides work well together; other times they draw apart with hopes running faster than evidence. In any case, no matter how much theorists and students may come to sociology out of a desire to fix social problems, their ideas still have to be held to the standard of evidence. That's why sociology is a science and not a set of ethics. If you want to improve society, it helps to first know how society works. But this is not so easy. Society is often pretty confusing and complicated. Even an idea about how society works is basically a theory. To state a problem, why have many societies confined women to household work? Some people might theorize that its due to biological differences from men, but others would counter that its due to cultural norms created by male desire for power. Here are two theories. Which is correct? We would have to look at detailed studies to find the answer. Testing theories is not so much the job of this course. Rather, the job is getting to know the range of theoretical ideas and how they have evolved over time. These ideas have provided the starting points for many long courses of research.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
Soc majors/minors and any one interested in the core sociological questions about how society works? What holds society together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed. prereq: 1001 recommended.
- Learning Objectives:
The objective of the course is to understand the intellectual and social environment within which various theories and theorists emerged in explaining social change and how society works. The point for us will be to understand the key concepts and ideas from different theorists, not just memorize them. Understanding is when something goes "click!" in your mind and you suddenly see the world in a new way. The "aha!" moment. The aim here is to be able to use various concepts/theories to understand social problems/issues and our own lived experiences outside classroom situation.
- Grading:
- 1 Midterm (25%), Final Exam (25%), two quizzes (30%) Reading Responses (10%), In-class assignments/Participation (10%)
- Exam Format:
- Exams will be a combination of multiple-choice, and short answers. They will cover content from course readings, lectures, films, and in-class discussions and activities. The midterm will cover materials up to Week 5. The final exam will cover materials from Week 6 to Week 11.
- Class Format:
- Class sessions will consist of online lectures, video excerpts, and in-class exercises. We will frequently use small-group discussions to give you a chance to discuss the readings in a less structured environment and help you understand the material as we proceed.
- Workload:
- In addition to weekly reading assignments, students in this class are expected to submit 10 reading responses over the course of the semester. These reading responses are one paragraph long reflections that demonstrate your understanding of the assigned material and help you create the habit of forging connections between various readings and ideas. The reading responses will also be used for participation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83023/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 302: Social Theory (83038)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/18/2020 - 08/21/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83038/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Summer 2020 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (82836)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/08/2020 - 08/14/2020Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PMOff CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 31 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?rajas011+SOC3811+Summer2020 This class has synchronous online meetings; the lecture is scheduled to meet Tue & Thur afternoons from 3:30-5:20, and the lab on Tuesdays from 1:30-3:15.
- Class Description:
- This course fulfills the Math Core CLE as designated by UMN - College of Liberal Arts
In this online-based course, we will work through the basics of statistics. We will emphasize research questions and research methods from social science, but the statistical concepts, theories, and tools you will learn in this course can be applied in many fields.
"Statistics" can be intimidating, and I'm sure several of you have seen statistics as a series of complicated terms, fancy mathematical symbols, and jargon-gobbledygook. I understand that feeling! My hope that this course will show you that with a little practice, anyone can become proficient and comfortable with stats.
This class has been changed to ASYNCHRONOUS teaching; you will read and watch presentation materials, take quizzes, and complete assignments on your own schedule. You have the option to attend a weekly discussion section on via Zoom Tuesdays from 1:30-3:15 (this is not required). - Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is useful for students in all majors. All skill-levels and experience with statistics are welcome, but this class is intended for beginners.
- Learning Objectives:
- --Learn the basics of interpreting and using statistics to answer research questions--Learn how the logic of statistics is based on mathematical concepts and probability-relationships--Think critically about how statistical conclusions and arguments are used in general society--Gain beginner-level experience working with statistical software--Gain beginner-level experience in creating statistical conclusions from research data
- Grading:
- This class is offered through a standard A through F grading scale (S/N registration is allowed for non soc majors). More details to follow in syllabus
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes and/or exams will be offered online as a combination of multiple-choice and short-answer essays. These are timed. They will be open-note and open-book.
- Class Format:
- Each week, class has presentation material equivalent to 2 Lecture Sessions and 1 optional Discussion/Lab Session held through Zoom via the UMN.In lab, you will be working with statistical data and software with your classmates, TA, and/or myself, and I therefore highly recommend you do your best to be online for lab.
- Workload:
- 4 Unit Quizzes (30 - 60 min each)2 Lab Assignments / Activities (2 - 4 pages each)1 -2 Reflections/ Participation Activities (less than 1 page each)Weekly reading (25- 50 pages)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82836/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 May 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 4108 Section 001: Current Issues in Crime Control (87519)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/08/2020 - 07/31/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC4108+Summer2020 This online class will use asynchronous instruction for the 8-week term
- Class Description:
- The course is an examination of historical and contemporary, street and institutional gangs. We will address the nature and definition of gangs and gang members, types of gangs, theoretical explanations of gang membership, and the criminal and deviant behavior of gang members. In addition, we will analyze law enforcement responses, intervention and prevention strategies, and public policy issues. Along the way, we will discuss broader implications for juvenile justice, community policing and other law enforcement strategies and tactics, reflections in popular culture and stigmatization, gun laws, and mass incarceration.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in street gangs, criminology and criminal justice policy should take this course.
- Learning Objectives:
- To describe basic definitions of gangs and why these groups are considered to be a problem in society;
• To explore different theoretical perspectives used to explain the emergence, development and persistence of gangs;
• To understand the extent, nature, and criminal involvement of gangs in America;
• To critically evaluate the effectiveness and the consequences of suppression, intervention, and prevention strategies used to combat gangs;
• To become smart consumers of news reports, political rhetoric, and public discussion about youth crime, gangs, and other criminal groups - Grading:
A 94-100%
A- 90-93%
B+ 87-89%
B 84-86%
B- 80-83%
C+ 77-79%
C 74-76%
C- 70-73%
D+ 67-69%
D 64-66%
D- 61-63%
F 0-60%- Exam Format:
- Exams and quizzes will ask a combination of multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
5-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87519/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2020
Summer 2020 | SOC 4246 Section 301: Sociology of Health and Illness (82992)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/18/2020 - 08/21/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- See course details at https://ccaps.umn.edu/credit-courses/sociology-health-and-illness
- Class Description:
- This course provides a topical overview and introduction to important sociological perspectives on health and illness. We will identify and critically evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that influence health outcomes and health disparities by demographic group. Over the semester, we will analyze a variety of readings on health, including qualitative and quantitative empirical studies, medical sociology theory, public health reports, and mainstream news articles, in order to delve deeper into the sociological meanings of health. The course will cover topics ranging from health policy and the U.S. health system in the international context to health social movements to bioethics and biotechnology. By the end of the course, you will have a firm grasp on the connections between medical sociology, the broader disciplinary concerns of sociology, and the pragmatic concerns of health issues.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in learning about sociological understandings of health, illness, the body, and the medical field, including the logics and consequences of various cultural understandings and institutional approaches to defining and managing health and illness in society.
- Learning Objectives:
- - Demonstrate an understanding of a broad overview of the field of sociology of health and illness.- Examine the cause and cultural impact of socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, immigrant status, and gender health disparities.- Synthesize contemporary research and current events in the areas of health and illness to define their implications of current U.S. health policy.- Critically analyze the social implications of health and illness.- Discuss the connections between medical sociology, the broader disciplinary concerns of sociology, and the pragmatic concerns of health issues.
- Grading:
- Discussion Points - 200 pts Reading Journals - 75 ptsMidterm Exam - 225 ptsPeer Writing Group - 100 ptsResearch Paper - 400 pts
Total = 1000 pts
- Exam Format:
- Online
- Class Format:
- Online
- Workload:
- Weekly readings, online lectures, and online discussion posts; regular reading journal entries; 1 midterm exam; and a final research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82992/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 March 2020
Spring 2020 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (51910)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (165 of 203 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their "sociological imagination" in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, or life in groups. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make sociological sense of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline-- and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Grading:
- 40% Exams (midterm & final)
40% Papers (two papers)
20% Class Participation (attendance and engagement in lecture and in section) - Exam Format:
- true false and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51910/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (51913)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (234 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC1001+Spring2020
- Class Description:
How does it happen that an individual can physically torture another? Why do people discriminate? How do we reason morally? While the course does not fully answer these questions, the course hopes to begin to have preliminary discussions about them. In these discussions, we draw on classical and contemporary sociological perspectives to examine how social order is produced, and how individuals and groups knowingly - and also unknowingly - enable the emergence of the very threats they fear. The course explores sociological concepts by making connections to global social problems such as torture, genocide, inequality, and the displacement of persons. We examine how social conformity creates social stability yet also perniciously enables torture, genocide, and widespread inequality. The goals of the course are to inspire our sociological imagination - our ability to see how social forces permit and hinder the actions of individuals - as well as deepen our understanding about contemporary social problems. The course invites learners to question the ways in which they explain social events, and appreciate the multiplicity of ways - as well as - the challenges and complexity - involved in describing society. Throughout the course, you will be asked to discuss how society individually impacts you, and how you also contribute to the perpetuation - as well as degradation - of society's norms. You are anticipated to discuss readings and contemporary controversies in discussion groups.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for sociology majors, open to others. This course meets the requirements of the Council on Liberal Education's Social Science core and Social Justice theme.
- Learning Objectives:
- To think about the social world and the ways in which the social world shapes human experience.To ask why individuals and groups behave as they do.To understand how social problems emerge.To explore how human thought and perception are by-products of broader social structures.To engage one's sociological imagination.
- Grading:
- 30% Attendance, Readings, and Journals70% Quizzes
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions and short answers (depending on the quiz). All quizzes are conducted online (in class) including the final quiz, which takes place on the last day (May 4, 2020). Quizzes are may be cumulative. There is no exam during the exam period. Adequate time would be given for review with teaching assistants.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and DiscussionThere are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas.
- Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading per Week4 Quizzes (in-class)1 Final Quiz (in-class)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51913/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 January 2020
Spring 2020 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (51916)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (65 of 87 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC1001+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Workload:
- 30-60 pages of reading per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51916/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (51923)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:10PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 260
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- 11 seats reserved for honors freshman and sophomores, 4 seats for CLA honors freshman, and 10 seats for CLA honors sophomores. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC1011V+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Sociology offers a unique lens through which we can examine the world around us. In this course you will develop a perspective that will allow you to analyze the social world in a way that reveals the hidden and/or overlooked social forces that shape our lives. This approach, the sociological imagination, will enable you to explore how social forces influence the ways we view and navigate our social world. We will discuss how sociologists use theory and research to better understand important social issues such as inequalities of race, class, gender, sexualities and how social order and social change are possible. We will discuss how society affects individuals and in turn how individuals can affect society. This honors section provides an opportunity for more intensive discussion. It is also a writing intensive course. Students will have an opportunity to obtain feedback on their work in order to improve their writing through revision.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture, discussion, small group work and in-class exercises.
- Workload:
- 40-75 Pages Reading Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51923/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (54492)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (117 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC1101+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings in the study of sociological study of crime control. Students will investigate the relationship between the sociopolitical landscape and the construction and execution of state power. The course is organized thematically: general principles and ideas; policing; courts and sentencing; and corrections. Key readings for each section will be provided.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year students interested in understanding the relationships between law, crime, and punishment in the United States.
- Learning Objectives:
- (1) Understand and articulate what social control is and how it matters for understanding crime and punishment; (2) critically interrogate perspectives on policing, courts, and corrections.
- Grading:
- Grading will be out of 100 points, so students will be able to calculate their individual scores. Assignments will include one-page response essays and a group project for which students are encouraged to work in groups, but they may do the project alone, too.
- Exam Format:
- There will not be any exams.
- Class Format:
- Generally, the course is designed to teach you and not test you. During each class meeting, there will be a lecture and the reading materials will be discussed as is necessary.
- Workload:
- There will be weekly readings but none too onerous.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54492/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 December 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 1930 Section 001: Democracy under Threat in Times of Populism and Racial Nationalism (65741)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Seminar
- Meets With:
- AAS 1930 Section 001HIST 1930 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 20 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Is democracy under threat? The upsurge of populist authoritarianism and racial nationalism around the globe in conjunction with recent assaults on traditional political institutions in the United States have raised concerns about the fate and future of democracy. Political scientists largely agree that the United States has become more democratic over the past two centuries, but results from the Authoritarian Warning Survey, a democratic-monitoring project, highlight the erosion of democratic principles and institutions in the past few years. Concerns about the meaning, nature, promise, stability or instability of democracy are, however, not new. In order to better understand contemporary threats to democracy this course explores how the meanings and understandings of democracy changed over the last few centuries by examining the complicated relationship between democracy, populism and racial nationalism. Is democracy a product of populism or imperilled by populism? What is the contemporary and historical relationship between democracy and racial nationalism? This seminar delves deeply into these questions by exploring a series of moments when the meanings and promise of democracy were contested. It begins with fundamental questions about the racial and gendered origins of American democracy. What is the relationship between the democratic state, the slave state and the settler colonial state? How did racial nationalism constitute and imperil American democracy from its origins? Populists, that is members of mass movements that claim to speak for "the people," have struggled to both extend and redefine the limits of democracy. In these efforts, "citizens" have frequently been pitted against non-citizens making questions of immigration, naturalization, and detention central to contestations over democracy and its perceived threats. Moreover, in the United States, the relationship between detention and democracy can not be fully explored without paying significant att
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC1930+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course examines how democratic ideals filter through and are changed by criminal justice policies and practice.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in how sociopolitical power shapes ideas about the nature of democracy.
- Learning Objectives:
- Critically analyze the role of criminal justice practices and democratic ideals.
- Grading:
- Grading will be out of 100 points, so students will be able to calculate their individual scores. Assignments will include one-page response essays and a group project for which students are encouraged to work in groups, but they may do the project alone, too.
- Exam Format:
- There will not be an exam.
- Class Format:
- There will be a lecture on Thursdays and discussion sections on Mondays.
- Workload:
- There will be weekly readings but none too onerous.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65741/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 December 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Neighborhoods (65810)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 105
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC3090+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Neighborhood is an introduction to how sociologists have understood social relationships in American neighborhoods. We will read a selection of important works in the field, and carry out research projects about Minneapolis neighborhoods. The focus is on applying a range of relevant research methods to understand relationships and attitudes about who belongs in a neighborhood and what constitutes a neighborhood. Who belongs in which neighborhoods is a topic of some debate in Minneapolis and other American cities at the moment. This class takes advantage of the salience of these issues and our proximity to them to give students experience in conducting social research on a live issue together.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class will be of particular interest to students who are i) interested in learning about applied sociological research. We will work on several inter-related applied research tasks including using published statistics, observing public meetings using the tools of ethnography, and interviewing people, ii) intend to work in a career that has them engaging with city and county government, thinking about spatial aspects of social behavior, or social organizing. Careers in social services, health, non-profits, the justice system all involve contact with and consideration for where people live. If you intend to work in a more corporate field of work (e.g. human resources, marketing) the skills of observation and documentation, and understanding of the spatial patterns of American society will also be useful.Students who are interested in pursuing additional writing and research to meet capstone requirements are welcome. Please email Professor Roberts to discuss this option.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn about important sociological approach to studying neighborhoods
- Become aware of important contemporary social issues in American neighborhoods, particularly in the Twin Cities region
- Become more competent in applying sociological research techniques including ethnography, interview, and analysis of aggregated statistical data about neighborhoods.
- Develop the following CLA Career Competencies: Oral and Written Communication, Applied Problem Solving, Digital Literacy, Engaging Diversity. Learn more about the CLA Career Competencies and the Career Readiness initiative
- Grading:
- 100% Internal Assessment, based on reading two books, and completion of three assignments towards a research project.
- Class Format:
- We will be meeting on-campus at least once a week. Students will be expected to devote time to visiting neighborhoods and carrying out research, with some adjustments to in-class meeting times to reflect this external effort.
- Workload:
- 9 hours per week including class times, and required out-of-class fieldwork.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65810/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (53011)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (100 of 105 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for PSEO students through 12/12/2019. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: There will be three opportunities for extra credit, all of which include writing. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53011/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2020 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (54580)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for sociology honors. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101H+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54580/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2020 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (53012)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (77 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC3102+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control. We will focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime. This course covers diverse types of crime, including: street crime, violent crime, white-collar crime, occupational crime, war crimes and torture. In addition, we will examine the punishment of crime, including policing, prosecution, sentencing and mass incarceration. There will be a particular focus on how crime and forms of social control impact social inequality and divisions around race, class, and gender.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week 2 Exams1 Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53012/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2017
Spring 2020 | SOC 3207 Section 001: Global Islamophobia (67421)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3407 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Wed 02:30PM - 05:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 435
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- "We don't want Muslims in our country." "All Muslims should leave." "Muslims are terrorists." Throughout the world, anti-Muslim activists and politicians have been increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam. And, international organizations have reported human rights violations against Muslims worldwide. Recently, in the United States, there have been calls to ban Muslims, as well as register American Muslims. In France, Muslim women are prohibited to wear a headscarf in high school. And in Myanmar, a genocide against Muslim minorities is currently underway. While anti-Islamic discourses have a long history in many societies worldwide (including Muslim-majority countries), the course seeks to explore the global rise of these discourses since September 11, 2001. The course examines the cultural, political, and historical origins of Islamophobic discourses that cast Muslims as "violent," "hateful," and "uncivilized." Class sessions will include some lecture but will be largely discussion based. Assignments will ask students to think and write critically about course concepts, debate and participate in simulation exercises, and reflect on personal thoughts and feelings about course content.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC3207+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- "We don't want Muslims in our country." "All Muslims should leave." "Muslims are terrorists." Throughout the world, anti-Muslim activists and politicians have been been increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam. And, international organizations have reported human rights violations against Muslims worldwide. Recently, in the United States, there have been calls to ban Muslims, as well as register American Muslims. In France, Muslim women are prohibited to wear a headscarf in high school​.​​And in Myanmar, a genocide against Muslim minorities is currently underway. While anti-Islamic discourses have a long history in many societies worldwide​ (including Muslim-majority countries)​, the courseseeks to explore the global rise of these discourses since September 11, 2001. The course examines the cultural, political, and historical origins of Islamophobic discourses that cast Muslims as "violent," "hateful," and "uncivilized."​​The course exploresMuslim minorities in Western societies​​​​as a case study of how a minority group comes into formation and becomes adversely targeted.​Thecourse examines how discrimination is not a simple straight-forward act, but occurs alongside​imagesof a despicable and threatening "other​" in our midst.​One goal of the course is to understand the pernicious yet complex ways in which discrimination is justified and normalized in society. Students will write a human rights strategy memo contemplating ways to limit or eliminate discrimination and - at the end of the course - students will participate in a simulation of the United Nations Security Council.
- Learning Objectives:
- Identify (and define) Islamophobia.Analyze the multiple human rights challenges resulting from Islamophobia.Devise strategies to address the challenge of Islamophobia.
- Grading:
- 30% Participation (includes attendance, individual in-class discussion of readings, and general participation)20% Debate (Simulation) (4-7 minute speech)20% Strategy Memo (class discussion of memo ideas, the sharing of comments, and grading based on honor).30% Simulation of the United Nations Security Council
*This grading scheme is not final, as the instructor intends to consult with students in the beginning of the course. - Exam Format:
- There are NO exams in this course.
- Class Format:
- The course is discussion-based. It includes lectures, activities, and in-class discussion.
There are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas. - Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading per Week (excluding the last two weeks, considering the simulation and the final week wrap-up)1 Debate1 Strategy Memo1 United Nations Security Council Simulation1 Commentary based on a guest lecture1 Reflections Essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67421/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 January 2020
Spring 2020 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (54728)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (38 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. Our goal is to examine the myriad ways that race structures American society and influences the experiences and life chances of all its members. In the opening sections of the class, we study definitions of race and major theories of how race and racism work in the contemporary U.S. The next unit begins with an overview of the concept of racial identity, and asks how social location impacts one's identity and daily interactions. After inquiring into the general process of identity formation, we look at the specific experiences of whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans. Though our central focus is on race relations in today's society, we also provide a historical overview of the experiences of each group in order to help explain their present-day social status. The next part of the course examines the significance of race in several specific contexts. We look at controversies over race and immigration, race and education, and race and popular culture. We close the class by considering the future of race relations in the U.S., and evaluating remedies to racial inequality.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week3 Formal Paper(s), ~ 7-9 pages each, and rewrite/ revision3 Informal Papers (reading or film reflections) 1-2 pages each
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54728/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3221 Section 001: Sociology of Gender (65740)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 5221 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 51 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Gender is something so fundamental to our lives, to our identities, and how we interact with others that we often take it for granted. However, understandings of gender vary across time and place, and even within cultures, making it clear that our understandings of gender are not universal or timeless. In this class, we will examine how gender intersects with race and sexuality, as well as how it impacts areas of our lives such as child socialization, family structure, the media, intimate relationships, and the workplace prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3221+Spring2020
- Class Description:
This course examines gender through an interdisciplinary perspective. We will explore how we all ‘do gender' and how this performance varies across time and space. The course draws from literature on the United States as well as from transnational perspectives to critically study the gendered patterns produced by institutions in our society. These patterns reveal how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, nation, class, religion and sexuality in complex ways. We will also engage with academic literature examining how gender shapes our lives throughout the life course including child socialization, family structure, the media, intimate relationships, and the workplace.
- Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate a good understanding of feminist sociological theories on gender in society.
Recognize and compare local and global perspectives on gender constructions through sociological theories.
Understand how gender intersects and is closely linked with various power hierarchies in society such as race, class, sexuality.
- Grading:
- 20%-Attendance, participation, presentations.50%-Two exams over the course of the semester.30%-Research paper on one of the course themes.
- Exam Format:
- Two exams over the course of the semester. These exams will include short answer as well as essay-type questions.
- Class Format:
- Lectures, videos, group discussions and student-led presentations
- Workload:
- about 50-60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65740/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (53993)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (42 of 42 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link ofr more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?powel489+SOC3251W+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Race, class, and gender are social and structural formations of identity and inequality that affect all of our lives. They are often taken for granted and rarely confronted and challenged, though in this class we will seek to do just that. In this course, we will define and examine the importance and influence of various forms of inequality both in social interactions and in social institutions. We will begin the course examining how race, class, and gender work in tandem social contexts to shape individual experiences. The course will be divided into two units: (1) Theoretical Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender and (2) Topical Interests in Race, Class, and Gender. Course material will draw on academic journal articles/book chapters, media, and popular culture to understand race, class, and gender within society and within various institutions such as the criminal justice system, education, politics, religion, and family.
- Learning Objectives:
- Together, we will address such questions as:
How has my social location (via race, gender, and class) shaped my life to this point?
How does my social location provide opportunities and obstacles moving forward?
How does my social location differ from that of people around me?
How does my experience as a person who is gendered, raced, and classed compare to colleagues, acquaintances, and others?
What is intersectionality, who developed it, and how can it be deployed in social analysis?
How does race, class, and gender impact people's lives in terms of families, education,
the economy, immigration, and the legal system?
- Grading:
- TBD
- Exam Format:
- Final Paper: 9-10 pages
- Class Format:
- TBD
- Workload:
- (A) Ten in-class participation assignments - 5 points each (25%)(B) Five Critical Reading Essays, 2 pages double spaced - 10 points each (25%)(C) Two Quizzes, non-cumulative, essay questions, select 5 of 6, 25 points each (25%)(D) Final Paper, 9-10 pages, Critical Ethnography of Race, Class, Gender, 50 points (25%)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53993/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 December 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (65570)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (42 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Political sociology is concerned with the social bases of power and the social consequences of the organization of power, especially how power operates in relationship to various forms of inequality and different institutions. We will explore political socialization, electoral politics and voting, social movements, the media and framing, and politics of inequality, poverty, and welfare. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3301W+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Politics and society go together like a horse and carriage, but its hard to tell which is the horse and which the carriage! This course approaches politics from the standpoint of society. Accordingly, it does not focus on the details of the formal political institutions such as voting, legislatures or the presidency. Rather, it focuses on how issues develop in society and push politics. Society is divided by social and cultural categories such as race, class, gender, age, education, religion, associational membership, wealth and relationship to the environment. These categories, equal or unequal, exploitative or cooperative, and so forth, determine the allocation of "goods" and "bads" in society, and therefore many political dynamics. In addition, people and groups have different levels of social capital (connections) and cultural capital (for instance, levels of education and tastes about music, theater, literature, news, sports and alcohol). These different factors help create ideological values such as group and nationalist beliefs. They bear upon how individuals and groups think about the issues that face them and how they do or do not translate these into political issues demanding governmental action. These social factors interact with the type of local and national regime and its placement in global systems to channel conflicts and outcomes. Depending on the openness of the regime, popular pressures can lead to peaceful democratic change, open protests, or revolution.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in the social aspects of politics
- Learning Objectives:
- To write a paper about the social aspects of politics
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
18% Written Homework
2% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- short essay, T/F, multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: This is a writing intensive (W) course. It requires that you develop your term paper in four stages, each of which is submitted for feedback and improvement. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65570/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (65707)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (55 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about the dilemmas and challenges facing movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and various institutions, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long-term and short-run impact. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?koksa002+SOC3322W+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- What is a social movement, and why do they emerge when they do? What does it take to organize people around collective demands? When and why does protest become a meaningful strategy, and how does it lead to social change? Featuring case studies from the United States and beyond, this course explores the contributions of sociology to understand how social transformation is carried out from below. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long-term and short-run impact. While we will draw on empirical research on social movements around the world, the emphasis will be on applying sociological concepts and theories to help analyze the social movement selected for your research.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course meets the requirements of the Council of Liberal Education's Civic Life and Ethics theme and we address ethical issues throughout the course. Civic life and ethics theme courses equip you to manage contemporary problems by developing an understanding of how civic and ethical principles have been historically developed, critically assessed by individuals and groups, and negotiated within specific cultural settings.
- Grading:
- Attendance and Participation: 20%Reading Responses: 20%Paper Draft 1 (3-4 pages): 10%Paper Draft 2 (10-12 pages): 20%Final Draft (~25 pages): 30%
- Class Format:
- Monday lectures will review prior research and introduce you to basic concepts and theories in the study of social movements. They will identify what I regard as central issues/debates for each topic. Lectures will be supplemented by in-class active learning exercises and videos. Wednesday classes will be devoted to a discussion of the required readings and how they connect to your research projects. We will break into smaller working groups to discuss the application of the concepts and theories covered in the readings to the social movement you are analyzing in your research paper.
- Workload:
- This is a writing intensive course. Your course grade is directly tied to the quality of your writing as well as your knowledge of substantive course content. All students must write a 25-page research paper based on original research on a social movement. You can choose any movement but you might want to consider a social movement that has a local base and/or branch, since that will enable you to supplement documentary research with interview and observational data. There are many local and campus movement organizations, including some that are engaged in activism around issues ranging from immigrant rights to environmental justice to wealth and income inequality. You will submit a series of two analytical papers in the first half of the course and a final research paper that substantially builds on the material you covered in the first two papers. This paper may provide a basis for your senior project, or a writing sample for graduate school applications. You should also complete required readings (40-50 pages) and show regular attendance and active participation in class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65707/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3415 Section 001: Consume This! The Sociology and Politics of Consumption (65571)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How symbols are created, acquired, diffused, and used for organizing personal identity and maintaining group boundaries. Fashion. Socialization. Structure of retail trade. Role of mass media, advertising, marketing/production strategies. Implications of worldwide markets. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3415+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- The course traces the dynamic frontier of commodification, looking at the symbolic construction of products and product-defined "life-styles" through media, the retail experience, advertising and branding. It will benefit students interested in gaining a deeper theoretical understanding of the mechanisms of contemporary consumerism, whether they see themselves as future marketers, critical consumers, or anti-capitalist activists.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: Grade: 40% exams & quizzes. 40% Discussion posts and graphic presentations. 20% class citizenship, blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
40% Small Group Activities My teaching style emphasizes active learning - I aim for high student participation, with lots of wide-ranging (and inter-disciplinary) discussion and energetic group work. The class may not suit those who prefer highly structured classes. - Workload:
- Other Workload: Work Load: 50-75 pages of reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester, 2 exams, occasional quizzes. Final projects incorporating photography, music, or fiction may also be approved subject to consultation.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65571/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (55277)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (32 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Work is central to individuals, economy, and society. This course introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. We will look at what makes a good job good, a bad job bad, and impacts of joblessness on society. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3421W+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course applies a sociological, historical, and political-economic perspective to the every changing world of work. Among other things, we will explore how the US economy has changed over time and its implications for workers and the labor market; the rise of the ‘app economy' and new forms of work organization; the culture of the "new capitalism"; the rise of service work and flexible work; worker identity and the importance of dignity; and worker agency https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55277/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (65573)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (76 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Family has long been a significant experience in human societies; much of what we understand ourselves to be, arises in family life. But family also varies widely in composition across time and place. We will learn how sociologists study and understand families theoretically, as social institutions, as well as sites and sources of social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC3501+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- We all are part of families, for better and for worse. Families are universally important social institutions. This course, sociology of families, will focus on families in the contemporary U.S. It will engage core sociological theories and research evidence about many common features of families including ideas about love, cohabitation, marriage, gender, childhood, siblings, parenthood, adulthood, and sex and sexuality. We will explore if and how families are influence by societal conditions like the economy or social policies. We will also learn about how families and groups of people can create and maintain innovative family models leading to social change in society. This is a three-credit course that will require approximately nine hours per week (including class time), averaged over the semester, in order to complete the work of the course to achieve an average grade. We will read three books ranging from 200-300 pages each over the course of the semester. In addition, we will read 2 to 3 short, non-technical articles each week. All included, students should plan to read 60-75 pages a week. Writing will include a 5-7 page critical reflection paper on one of the three books and either short answer and essay exams (2 total) or quizzes (12 total).
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term12 QuizzesIn class participation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65573/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3503 Section 001: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (65574)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3503H Section 001AAS 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, education, ethnic enclaves, family and intergenerational relationships, identity, media, culture, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Students will have an option to do community-engaged learning or another course project. prereq: SOC 1001 recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A/F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Exams
40% Papers/Project
20% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 Exams
2 Papers
2 Presentations
1 Special Projects - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65574/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 January 2020
Spring 2020 | SOC 3503H Section 001: Honors: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (65575)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3503 Section 001AAS 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families, and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, education, ethnic enclaves, family and intergenerational relationships, identity, media, culture, and politics and social action. Throughout the course, we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Students will have an option to do community-engaged learning or another course project. Honors students are expected to demonstrate a greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. - Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503H+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Exams
40% Papers/Project
20% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 Exams
2 Papers
2 Presentations
1 Special Projects - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65575/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 January 2020
Spring 2020 | SOC 3507 Section 001: Immigration to the United States: Beyond Walls (55577)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (37 of 42 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Immigration is one of the most politically and emotionally charged issues in the United States today. It is also poorly understood. Assumptions, myths, and misinformation about US immigration and immigrants are routinely and increasingly manifested in acrimonious political debates, news stories and sound bites, and our daily conversations and interactions with one another in the very communities in which we live and work. At the same time, US immigration and immigrants have been, are, and will continue to be an essential and vibrant part of our lived and shared experiences as individuals and communities, Minnesotans and Americans, and global citizens.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3507+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Immigration is one of the most politically and emotionally charged issues in the United States today. It is also poorly understood. Assumptions, myths, and misinformation about U.S. immigration and immigrants are routinely and increasingly manifested in acrimonious political debates, news stories and sound bites, and our daily conversations and interactions with one another in the very communities in which we live and work. At the same time, U.S. immigration and immigrants have been, are, and will continue to be an essential and vibrant part of our lived and shared experiences as individuals and communities, Minnesotans and Americans, and global citizens. The aim of this course is therefore to promote an accurate, holistic, and empathic understanding of U.S. immigration and immigrants. As doing so is necessarily an interdisciplinary endeavor, this course embraces and leverages diverse bodies of theoretical and empirical research and knowledge, questions and modes of inquiry, and practices and solutions. As such, this course facilitates a liberal education by inviting students to investigate the world from new perspectives, learn new ways of thinking that will be useful in many areas of life, and grow as active citizens and lifelong learners.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone with an interest in immigration. Per the University of Minnesota's Liberal Education (LE) requirements, this course meets the designated theme of Diversity and Social Justice in the United States. This course also satisfies an elective for the Population Studies Minor, which is administered by the Department of Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of this course, students will demonstrate:1. Mastery of one or more bodies of knowledge and modes of inquiry in social science research on U.S. immigration and immigrants.2. Ability to creatively and consistently identify, traverse and translate, and ultimately understand the shared themes and threads that connect diverse perspectives, inquiries, and debates on U.S. immigration and immigrants in and across disciplines and areas.3. Proficiency in locating, critically evaluating, and using data and information on U.S. immigration and immigrants in the process of identifying, defining, and solving existing and emergent problems in innovative and impactful ways.4. Effective oral and written communication skills on topics and issues related to U.S. immigration and immigrants that are of interest and useful to students in their professional and personal lives as life-long learners.
- Grading:
- 10% Attendance15% Quizzes & Assignments15% Group presentation30% Three short papers worth 10% each15% Midterm15% Final
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55577/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (51932)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (74 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC3701+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to current theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns, including: What holds human societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are social identities created, sustained or transformed, and to what effect? Where is society headed in the future? The goals of the course are to deepen students' understanding of the significance of such questions and to provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the late 19th century to the present. For present and future sociology majors, the course provides an indispensable background for subsequent work in the discipline. For all others, it provides an invitation to think about some of the most vital questions that confront us all as reflective and self-aware members of our communities and our world. The course design is premised on the idea that the best way to learn and understand social theory is by seeing its connection to contemporary issues and concerns. Therefore, the primary theory readings in this course are paired with writings that illustrate the relevance of these theories to contemporary concerns or that directly apply the theories to current issues and questions.
- Grading:
- 35% Exam 1
35% Exam 2
30% In-class writings - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51932/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2018
Spring 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (54727)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:50AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (78 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 14 seats reserved for sociology majors. Click the link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC3701+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Social theory formulates responses to core questions and concerns of inequality, power, difference, belonging and integration in modern society. What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are individuals shaped and constrained by the society in which they live? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? Is the social order shaped mostly by the economic system and how it organizes resources (e.g. capitalism), or is it by ideas, cultural currents, and emotional forces? This course will provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the mid-19th century to the present. The goal of this course is for students to master this body of knowledge and at the same time develop their analytical skills in order to grapple with such questions in the social world we live in. The assignments, in-class activities, and exams are intended to develop and strengthen the students' ability to do so.
- Grading:
- 2 Midterms (40%)
Final Exam (25%)
Reading Responses (25%)
In-class assignments/Participation (10%) - Exam Format:
- All exams will be a combination of essay and short answer and questions. They will cover content from course readings, lectures, films and in-class discussions and activities. Midterm I will cover materials up to Week 5. Midterm II will cover materials from Week 6 to Week 11. The final exam is cumulative and comparative.
- Class Format:
- Class sessions will consist of lectures complemented by class discussion, video excerpts, and in-class exercises. We will frequently use small-group discussions to give you a chance to discuss the readings in a less structured environment and help you understand the material as we proceed.
- Workload:
- In addition to weekly reading assignments, students in this class are expected to submit 9 reading responses over the course of the semester. These reading responses are one-page reflections that demonstrate your understanding of the assigned material and help you create the habit of forging connections between various readings and ideas.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54727/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (55359)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus and details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory .
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55359/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2020 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (51926)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (121 of 121 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC3801+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- The research methods course teaches you to understand, critique, and plan sociological research. This course introduces you to both qualitative and quantitative research designs. The course is intended for sociology majors and it should be taken before you begin your major project. We will use lectures, discussions, lab exercises, short weekly assignments, and a few small outside-of-class "hands-on" research assignments to get a feel for a variety of research methods. In addition to exams and the activities listed above, students will prepare a research proposal and data collection website as a final project.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is a required class for a major in Sociology, and will be of interest to students from other disciplines with interests in social research.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course is designed to introduce you to how sociologists gather, present, and critique evidence about society. You will gain a working knowledge of common sociological methods including ethnography, archival research, surveys, and experiments. Our emphasis is on developing your ability to effectively critique published sociological research, and understand which research methods you would use to answer your own questions. You will improve your skills in the CLA Core Career Competencies of Digital Literacy, Applied Problem Solving, and Oral and Written Communication.
- Grading:
- 30%: Participation and regular worksheets on readings and lectures20%: Two short papers20%: Best of two exams30%: Citizen social science assignment to propose a research study, and design a data collection tool for a key element of your data.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer and brief essay.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week
10-12 pages of formal writing per semester
Development of a data collection tool2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51926/1203
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Spring2020.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (51892)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (179 of 180 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3811+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course that emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- 75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51892/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Social Statistics (53080)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (60 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major.
- Learning Objectives:
- See full description under Class Description. Briefly, this is a requirement for a sociology major. You will learn basic quantitative analytic skills useful for senior thesis and a future research job.
- Grading:
- 10% Class attendance50% Problem solving assignments40% Midterm exam !05% End of course extra credit
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10 pages per week reading (textbook and lecture notes)Weekly problem solving lab and assignment3 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53080/1203
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2018
Spring 2020 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (54393)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001SOC 5101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for sociology honors. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4101V+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective. Graduate students and honors students will meet with the professor outside of class every other week. Graduate students are expected to take a leadership role in the class, read supplemental material, and write a full-length research review on an area of the Sociology of Law that is of particular interest to them.
- Grading:
- Online reading quizzes (14): 24%Midterm: 12%Final: 12%Paper components (policy brief, annotated bibliography, rough draft): 15%Final paper draft: 20%Group presentation: 7%Participation: 10%
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings. Some days toward the end of the semester will be devoted to group presentations of current events related to law.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54393/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (52510)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001SOC 5101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (52 of 54 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4101W+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective. Graduate students and honors students will meet with the professor outside of class every other week. Graduate students are expected to take a leadership role in the class, read supplemental material, and write a full-length research review on an area of the Sociology of Law that is of particular interest to them.
- Grading:
- Online reading quizzes (14): 24%Midterm: 12%Final: 12%Paper components (policy brief, annotated bibliography, rough draft): 15%Final paper draft: 20%Group presentation: 7%Participation: 10%
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings. Some days toward the end of the semester will be devoted to group presentations of current events related to law.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52510/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (65708)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States (including American particularities in international comparison), their social, political, economic, cultural, and institutional conditions, and how these patterns relate to broader sociological themes. We will examine a cross-section of most outstanding recent and some (by now) classical criminological and sociological books and a few articles that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?curry192+SOC4102+Spring2020
- Class Description:
The goal of this course is to develop a sociological understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. This course will be split into two units: 1) crime and 2) punishment and social control. Unit 1 will largely focus on explanations for crime and crime patterns including the social construction of crime, concentrated disadvantage and neighborhood contexts, social sources of crime patterns and the crime drop, white-collar and state crime, queer criminology, and exposure to violence and other forms of crime victimization. In Unit 2, we will focus on the social, political, cultural, economic, and institutional conditions that shape punishment and social practices. Topics will include the role of media and politics in shaping criminal justice policies, the social and cultural conditions that shape courtroom practices and criminal sentencing, and the operations and effects of incarceration. Age, race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic status matter tremendously for crime and criminal justice contact. The intersection of crime and punishment with race, gender, class, and sexual identity will be a major focus of this course.
This course provides you with the tools to evaluate central questions about crime and punishment in the U.S. context, including: How is crime and punishment measured and empirically examined -- what may be missing from our current statistical and analytic tools in understanding these patterns? Who and what is criminalized, and how does this relate to status and identity? Is crime and criminal justice contact socially stratified and if so, in what ways? Is the U.S. system of punishment a fair and just system?
These questions are not just factual, but also ethical - and they should provoke strong feelings and controversy. As we spend the next semester working through these controversies, this course will help you to learn how to move beyond your individual "gut reactions" to issues and consider the broader research evidence from criminology and sociology in evaluating crime and criminal justice patterns. Not only will you be learning the central criminological and sociological literature on crime and the criminal justice system through readings and lectures, but you will grapple with these issues yourself through class discussion and assignments. In the process, this course will train you in how to think critically, digest and reformulate research findings, and use the research literature to come to your own informed opinions and build your own sociological arguments.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course might be useful to someone specializing in law, crime, and deviance or someone anticipating doing research on issues of crime and criminal justice.
- Learning Objectives:
to describe basic features of crime and the criminal justice system in the United States
to explore and interpret different criminological and sociological perspectives on crime and punishment
to critically evaluate criminal justice policies and their consequences
to critically evaluate news reports, political rhetoric, and public discussion about crime, punishment, and the law
- Grading:
10% Class Participation
20% Quizzes (3 total)
30% Media Reports/Reflection Papers (3 total)
40% Final Paper or Project
- Exam Format:
- There will be no exams but instead a final paper (8-10 double-spaced pages in length)Quizzes will be a mix of multiple choice and short answer questions.
- Class Format:
- Lecture, videos and media, group work and discussions, and guest speakers.
- Workload:
- 50-60 pgs of reading a week 3 Quizzes (multiple choice and short answer)3 Media Reports/Reflection papers (2 double-spaced pages)1 Final Paper/Project (8-10 double-spaced pages in length)There will be a few minor assignments (e.g., 1 page proposal, annotated bibliography, first draft) building up to the final paper that will be counted towards the grade for the final paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65708/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (55399)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104H Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001GLOS 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (41 of 44 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended, Sociology and Global Studies majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly two-page reaction papers
40% Twenty-page seminar paper
20% Exams - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55399/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2017
Spring 2020 | SOC 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime and Human Rights (65578)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001GLOS 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on an LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates to themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended, Sociology and Global Studies majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104H+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly two-page reaction papers
40% Twenty-page seminar paper
20% Exams - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65578/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2017
Spring 2020 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment and Corrections (65905)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (65 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The purpose of this class is to develop a working understanding of the "sociology of punishment." To that end, the course focuses on three interrelated questions: How do various social factors (the economy, culture, crime, media, race relations, etc.) shape the development of criminal punishment? Why does punishment differ across time and place? How do penal laws, practices, and institutions affect individuals, groups, and communities? The course combines lectures and small and large group discussions. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4105+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- 0A
The purpose of this class is to develop a working understanding of the "sociology of punishment." To that end, we will focus on three interrelated questions: What are the sources of punishment? Why does punishment differ across time and place? How do penal laws, practices, and institutions affect individuals, groups, and communities? We will also study how the legal system (and non-state organizations) should serve victims of crime. This class combines readings, podcasts, fiction, and films.
- Grading:
- 70% of the course grade will be from the exams;30% will be from the reaction papers and class attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes, reaction papers, and final exam.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-74 Pages Reading Per Week.
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65905/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4147 Section 001: Sociology of Mental Health & Illness (66015)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to give you an overview of the ways a sociological perspective informs our understanding of mental health and illness. While sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and others all deal with issues of mental illness, they often approach the topic in very different ways. In general, a sociological perspective tends to focus on aspects of the social environment that we often ignore, neglect, or take for granted. It calls attention to how society or groups are organized, who benefits or is hurt by the way things are organized, and what beliefs shape our behaviors. In viewing mental illness, sociologists have primarily challenged dominant views of mental illness, examined how social relationships play a role in mental illness, questioned the goals and implications of mental health policy and researched how mental health services are organized and provided. prereq: Soc 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4147+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to give an overview of sociological perspectives of mental health and illness. As a part of this course we will critically examine issues surrounding mental health and illness by situating them in a broader social context including: social relationships, social structures, and social institutions. Throughout the semester we will address key topics including how mental health is defined in different contexts, the role of social stigma, and policies and health services surrounding mental health and illness.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66015/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (54729)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (39 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4162+Spring2020
- Class Description:
Welcome to our interactive criminal procedure class!
A final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal procedure law in our interactive journey through the criminal process. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing your CPI
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from all majors and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice for all, and social order.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal concepts and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly non-cumulative short answer exam (60%); weekly case briefs (10%); weekly discussion analysis essay (30%) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54729/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Deviance Emphasis -- Gender, Sex & Crime (65814)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (28 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4190+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This seminar course examines crime and criminal justice as gendered phenomena. It explores how notions of different types of masculinity and femininity are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and our understandings of both. Because gender is relational, we will not only focus on women, but the relationship between crime and masculinity drawing on social theories of gender, power, and identity. The readings and lectures will incorporate a broad range of interdisciplinary empirical work and myriad theoretical perspectives.
- Grading:
- 35% Seminar Participation and Moderation 35%25% Response Papers20% Presentations25% Final Paper
- Class Format:
- 80% Seminar Class Discussions; 5 % Film/Video; 15% Class Presentations
- Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week; Response Papers; 1 Presentation; 1 Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65814/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (65577)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course recommended; soph or above; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC4246+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- What do you do when you get sick? Where do you go? Who provides your medical care? In this course we will discuss why the answers to these basic questions are actually quite complex. This course is designed to introduce students to medical sociology and will examine issues surrounding health, illness and healing from a sociological perspective. Throughout the course we will cover numerous topics including: the social construction of health and illness, healthcare providers, the healthcare system - including contemporary debates regarding healthcare reform - and the social determinants of health inequalities.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-75 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65577/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (54730)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examines the interaction between human society and the natural environment, focusing on the contemporary and global situation. Takes the perspective of environmental sociology concerning the short-range profit-driven and ideological causes of ecological destruction. Investigates how society is reacting to that increasing destruction prereq: 1001 recommended or a course on the environment, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC4305+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- The human species has exerted a large and increasing influence upon its surrounding natural environment. In last two hundred years, this influence has mushroomed. The human population has multiplied enormously, as has its consumerism and its use of technology to extract resources and dump waste back into the environment. Our planet is like a spaceship, "Spaceship Earth;" it can only support a limited amount of human activities. Human society is now pushing the limits of the planetary ecological systems. Our impact is so strong that our current geological era is now called the Anthropocene--the era of humans being the most powerful ecological influence. We are causing massive degradation of the water, land, atmosphere and extinction of other species.
Core questions for this class - Why is it so difficult for human society to learn to live with the limits imposed by the ecological systems of the planet? What fundamental changes do we need to make in order to create a type of human society that can co-exist with a healthy ecology for a long time? These are the basic questions asked by Environmental Sociology, the basis of this course. Growth of population, increasing affluence and more effective extractive technology are the immediate material factors of our devastating impact on the environment. But beyond these material factors lie many social causes. Human society has a strong tendency to ignore environmental problems. These denial tendencies are caused by sociological factors such as social organization, political processes, profit-hungry economic production, insatiable consumer demand, and beliefs that ignore science and disregard the environment. The course examines these various sociological factors that drive our environmental impact and considers ways they might be changed to create a more sustainable form of society. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Those with an interest in the sustainability of humanity
- Learning Objectives:
- Study the interaction patterns between human society and the natural and built environment.
- Grading:
- Student presentations, exercises, quizzes, midterm and final exam.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions and short essays
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30 pages of reading per week plus occasional exercises and student group presentations.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54730/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2017
Spring 2020 | SOC 4411 Section 001: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (65756)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 40 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Graduate and honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and, to a degree, length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Prereq: Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC4411+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. - Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65756/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Spring 2020 | SOC 4411H Section 001: Honors: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (65757)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 8 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Graduate and honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and, to a degree, length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Honors students registering for Soc 4411H: Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor. Prereq: Honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC4411H+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. - Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65757/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Spring 2020 | SOC 4461 Section 001: Sociology of Ethnic and Racial Conflict (65579)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We will examine conceptual and theoretical approaches to the sociological study of ethnic and racial conflict around the globe, looking at ethnicity and race as distinctive but overlapping social constructions of collective identity that underpin patterns of social conflict and systems of power and privilege. We will also explore the difference between race and ethnicity, the various ways in which racial, ethnic, and national identities are constructed in different countries, individual versus group approaches to the study of prejudice and discrimination, and the racialization of ethnic and religious groups prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?campo145+SOC4461+Spring2020
- Class Description:
We will examine conceptual and theoretical approaches to the sociological study of ethnic and racial conflict around the globe, looking at ethnicity and race as distinctive but overlapping social constructions of collective identity that underpin patterns of social conflict and systems of power and privilege. We will also explore the difference between race and ethnicity, the various ways in which racial, ethnic, and national identities are constructed in different countries, individual versus group approaches to the study of prejudice and discrimination, the racialization of ethnic and religious groups, and genocide. In analyzing the sources of ethnic and racial conflicts in different nation-states, we will examine the role played by racism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia, situating particular cases of conflict in North America, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia in the contexts of colonialism, slavery, globalization, democratization, nation-state formation, and transnational migration. This class will also provide a broad understanding of conflict and illustrate how conflict among racial, ethnic, and national identities manifest themselves in a multitude of arenas. Finally, we will analyze different approaches to reducing ethnic and racial conflicts, including cosmopolitanism, federalism, and global governance.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with some background in Sociology and other related social sciences, especially those who have taken other courses concerning race and ethnicity. However, any student that has an interest in learning about race, ethnicity, and nationalism and willing to put the effort in may register as well.
- Learning Objectives:
- The course aims to get you to think critically about issues of racial and ethnic conflict in different parts of the globe and to situate these conflicts within broader historical processes, such as colonialism, capitalist development, and nation-state formation,
- Grading:
Weekly Reflections (15 total): 2 points each (15x2=30 points)
In-depth Response Papers (6 total): 10 points each (10x6=60 points)
Final Project Proposal: 10 points
Final Project Sources and Summaries: 30 points
Final Poster Project: 30 points
Final Project Write Up: 30 points
Final Project Office Hours Meeting: 15 points
Final Project Class Notes: 15 points
Participation: 25 points
Total Points for the class: 250
(Set this entry as the default text for instructor-less sections.)- Exam Format:
- No Exams
- Class Format:
- Lectures, videos, speakers, and group activities
- Workload:
This class will require a good amount of reading where a typical week can consist of 50-80 pages of readings. This will not always be the case as videos will sometimes be assigned but it is the student's responsibility to set an appropriate amount of time to read. It is important to note that as the semester progresses, there will be less reading, however, it is vital that we read-heavy at the beginning of the semester in order to situate the contexts of race, ethnicity, and nationalism. I have also selected readings that are written more straight forward and not dense so the reading will be easier.
Weekly reflection papers are 3 paragraphs of reflecting on that week's readings and lecture activities that involve connecting the materials to the student's personal experience. In-depth response papers are 1-2 pages of formal writing that involve critically thinking about the week's readings. There are only 6 in-depth response papers and are due biweekly starting week 3.
There are no final papers nor exams. Instead, there is a poster project with several mini assignments leading up to the final project to help students get a little work done throughout the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65579/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 December 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4511 Section 001: Sociology of Children & Youth (65580)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 28 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course examines the lives of youth in today's society. It explores the influence of social contexts, institutions, social structures, and social location (e.g. social class, race, gender) on youth experiences and differential opportunities and outcomes. The course also considers how youth act as agents in their own lives and shape their social worlds and society. Additionally, the course looks at some of the problems or challenges that contemporary children, adolescents, and young adults encounter, and considers social policies and interventions aimed to address these and support young people. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC4511+Spring2020
- Class Description:
What is it like to be a young person in the U.S. today? How is it different than in the past or in other societies? By taking a sociological view, we can see the importance of the social contexts in which children and youth live. Using a variety of different readings and resources we will explore the influence of social contexts, institutions, social structures, and social location (e.g. social class, race, gender) on youth experiences and how they affect differential opportunities and outcomes. In doing so, we will not only recognize that children and youth are shaped by their social contexts, but also how youth act as agents in their own lives, shaping their social worlds and society. Additionally, the course looks at some of the problems or challenges that contemporary children, adolescents, and young adults encounter, and considers social policies and interventions aimed to address these issues and support young people.
- Learning Objectives:
- To better understand how and why the meaning and experiences of childhood and youth vary across social contexts.To recognize the active role that children play in making sense of and influencing their social worldsTo describe the challenges and inequalities children and youth face and identify strategies for improving young people's lives.
- Grading:
- 10% Quizzes70% Projects/Major Assignments20% Participation
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
20% Film/Video
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 40-75 Pages Reading Per Week3 Major Assignments/ProjectsPresentationsDiscussion LeadingQuizzes or reading reflections possible
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65580/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 January 2020
Spring 2020 | SOC 4521 Section 001: Love, Sex, & Marriage (55279)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4521H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (30 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. What can sociology and related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects? More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. prereq: [1001 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4521+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates.
- Grading:
- 20% Exam 120% Exam 220% Exam 325% In-class writings15% Final Paper
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55279/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2018
Spring 2020 | SOC 4521H Section 001: Honors: Love, Sex, & Marriage (55289)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4521 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 5 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. What can sociology and related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects? More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. Honors students registering for Soc 4521H: Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. - Interview a current sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the professor. prereq: Honors
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for sociology honors. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4521H+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Exam 120% Exam 220% Exam 325% In-class writings15% Final Paper
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55289/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2018
Spring 2020 | SOC 4821 Section 001: Measuring the Social World: Concepts and Analysis (65581)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session02/14/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 44001/21/2020 - 02/13/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-126
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (28 of 28 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, you will develop practical social science data analysis skills for use in the non-profit or corporate workplace or in a graduate program of research. You will assess the measurement of important social concepts, like race, health, or education, in large social surveys, and the strengths and weaknesses of those different measurement techniques. You will conduct data analysis on large datasets (see, e.g., www.ipums.org) using a statistical software program, such as STATA. You will develop a substantive, empirical final project (poster and paper) based on your analysis. prereq: SOC 3801 or equiv, and SOC 3811 or equivalent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4821+Spring2020
- Class Description:
In this course, students will come to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the ways in which social concepts have been measured in important, large-scale data sets. The course will include extensive class discussion, a number of guest speakers, and substantial class time in a computer lab doing hands-on work with STATA or SPSS. Students will gain deep familiarity with the data sources available through www.ipums.org. We will also discuss basics of presenting results from the analysis of quantitative data. Using their quantitative analysis skills and a deep understanding of measurement issues, students will develop a substantive, empirical final project using one of the above data sets.
This course fits at the intersection between the sociology department's social statistics course (Soc 3811), its sociology methods course (Soc 3801), and substantive courses on topics such as race, class, gender, health, and education. Students will deepen their understanding of how ascribed and achieved social statuses are operationalized in real social science data and research, strengthening substantive knowledge. At the same time, students will apply the training they gained in their statistics and methods classes, thus enhancing their understanding of that material and their ability to use it. Students will become proficient in learning new data sets, getting the data on to their computer, producing high quality quantitative information, presenting this clearly, and thoughtfully describing what the data do and do not show. The combination of skills developed in this course has very practical applications, whether in the non-profit or corporate workplace or in moving forward with a quantitative or qualitative graduate program of research.
This course can be used toward earning a bachelor's of science in sociology. Course goals are consistent with the Student Learning Outcomes in which students master a body of knowledge and a mode of inquiry.The data are hosted by projects at the Minnesota Population Center and students will benefit from guest speakers who work on creating and maintaining these data bases. As students become experts in the hands-on use of the web-based data extraction technology, they will develop practical skills and knowledge useful for handling other data sources.
- Grading:
In-class participation and engagement = 20% of grade
Base Group presentations = 20
Detailed plan for empirical project (due week 12) = 10
Draft of poster (due week 14) = 10% of grade
Draft of write-up (at least 5 pages; due week 14) = 10% of grade
Final poster (presentation is during the scheduled time of the final) = 15
Final write-up (5-8 pages; due finals week) = 15% of grade- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class
- Class Format:
This class is organized into three sections. A substantive introduction to how and why we might measure ascribed and achieved statuses; a hands-on look at a number of large-scale survey/census data sets to understand how these master statuses are actually measured; and a concentrated time in which to develop and finalize an independent project.
Based on interest, students will be assigned to a Base Group of 3-4 students. Each Base Group will focus on a single core concept throughout the course (e.g., race, gender, families, education, migration, occupations, or health) and will have classwork and homework assignments targeted to the concept and collaborative with their Base Group. Each Base Group will be responsible for achieving a broad and deep understanding of material related to the concept and will serve as a resource on that topic for others.
Section 1: Concepts and Conceptualization - What are we trying to measure? Why? This portion of the class will have substantive readings, lectures, and in-class discussions about the Base Group concepts, including how other sociologists have conceptualized the concept and reasons for studying this aspect of the social world.
Section 2: Data Resources - In this section of the class, we will go through each of the data resources. Each data resource will be covered on a Thursday and then the following Tuesday. Thursdays will be devoted to getting an overview of the data from a guest speaker, extracting and opening the data, and creating Base Group reports on the primary concepts. On Tuesdays, each Base Group will give a 4-5 minute presentation about ways in which their concept has been measured in the data, pros and cons of each way of measuring, and any cross-time or cross-data set issues. After the presentations, students will complete in-class worksheets with the data to master data manipulation and analysis.
Section 3: Prepare and Present New Analyses - The final section will include time devoted to students finalizing their own projects, as well as lectures and discussions on how to effectively present results from studies using quantitative data. Final projects will include empirical analyses of relationships between course concepts. Students will develop and present analyses which include univariate and multivariate descriptive and inferential statistics, including a discussion of the strengths and limitations of the data, measures, and methods used.- Workload:
- Consistent with university guidelines, students should expect to spend 6 hours a week outside of class doing work for this class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65581/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2018
Spring 2020 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (52136)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 54 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4966W+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course will guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. The class will structure your work as you select your topic, write a draft, and polish your paper. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will also help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and career choices, developing resumes, and getting ready for job interviews. Presentations and discussions by students are organized in class to help them learn from each other. This is a writing intensive class with a total of six writing assignments. The class is organized into three parts.Part One (weeks 1-3) is a recap of sociological knowledge. What is sociology? What are the key elements of a sociological analysis? What are career choices for a sociology major? These three questions are focused in lectures and in-class discussions. The last lecture is a description of three options from which each student chooses for his/her senior project paper.Part Two (weeks 4-6) is focused on expectations and requirements of your major project. This project should be the capstone expression of your "sociological imagination." It should show the knowledge, skills, and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. Examples of each of the three different kinds of a major project paper are discussed in lectures.Part Three (weeks 7-14) is designed for the development and finalization of your senior project paper. Each student is required to schedule individual meetings with your chosen Instructor to discuss the issues and challenges that the students encounter during their work progress toward the completion of the senior project paper.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major in the senior year.
- Learning Objectives:
- To complete senior project paper, a requirement for graduation.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lectures20% Writing exercises50% Community engagement and major project paper
- Workload:
- Less than 20 Pages Reading Per Week, Four writing exercises (1-5 pages) and One major project paper (12-18 pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52136/1203
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Capstone Experience: Seminar (54587)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (54 of 54 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4966W+Spring2020
- Class Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a portfolio of self-presentation materials and sociological analyses based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your capstone portfolio by providing structure, advice, and encouragement. Successful completion of the analytic portion of your portfolio shows mastery of the skills and perspectives of your field of study. Along the way, we will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civil engagement.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Seniors with a major in Sociology
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
- Active class participation in activities, discussion, and in-class writing (20% of grade)Capstone Portfolio (60% of grade) -- Includes resume, personal statement, paper analyzing CEL site, and paper analyzing interviewCommunity-Engaged Learning (20% of grade)
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
40% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54587/1203
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (52139)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 16 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects. prereq: [4977V or instr consent], 3701, 3801, 3811, at least 9 additional upper div soc cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4978V+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course is required for Honors students in sociology. It builds on the Proseminar I. Students will continue work on their honors theses. They will conduct data collection and/or analyze data, write and revise the final sections of their theses: results, discussion (linking findings back to the literature and to theoretical expectations), and conclusions. One component will be a presentation of findings at the Annual Sociology Research Institute. Participants will finally integrate the different sections of their theses, revise the entire text, and present their findings in class.
- Learning Objectives:
- Conducting empirical research; relating findings back to literature and theory; writing a sociological research paper; presenting findings
- Grading:
- 80% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Discussion student presentations and mutual editing - Workload:
- 10 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52139/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 5101 Section 001: Sociology of Law (65899)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: graduate student
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Sociology PhD student through 12/4/19. Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC5101+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective. Graduate students and honors students will meet with the professor outside of class every other week. Graduate students are expected to take a leadership role in the class, read supplemental material, and write a full-length research review on an area of the Sociology of Law that is of particular interest to them.
- Grading:
- Online reading quizzes (14): 24%Midterm: 12%Final: 12%Paper components (policy brief, annotated bibliography, rough draft): 15%Final paper draft: 20%Group presentation: 7%Participation: 10%
- Class Format:
- Most classes are a mix of lecture, video, and discussion. Discussion is focused on the content of, and connections among, course readings. Some days toward the end of the semester will be devoted to group presentations of current events related to law.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65899/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 5104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (65582)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 4104H Section 001GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001GLOS 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (1 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Soc PhD student through 12/4/19. Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC5104+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly two-page reaction papers
40% Twenty-page seminar paper
20% Exams - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65582/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2017
Spring 2020 | SOC 5221 Section 001: Sociology of Gender (65900)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 3221 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 4 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Gender is something so fundamental to our lives, to our identities, and how we interact with others that we often take it for granted. However, understandings of gender vary across time and place, and even within cultures, making it clear that our understandings of gender are not universal or timeless. In this class, we will examine how gender intersects with race and sexuality, as well as how it impacts areas of our lives such as child socialization, family structure, the media, intimate relationships, and the workplace.
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Soc PhD student through 12/4/19. Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC5221+Spring2020
- Class Description:
This course examines gender through an interdisciplinary perspective. We will explore how we all ‘do gender' and how this performance varies across time and space. The course draws from literature on the United States as well as from transnational perspectives to critically study the gendered patterns produced by institutions in our society. These patterns reveal how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, nation, class, religion and sexuality in complex ways. We will also engage with academic literature examining how gender shapes our lives throughout the life course including child socialization, family structure, the media, intimate relationships, and the workplace.
- Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate a good understanding of feminist sociological theories on gender in society.
Recognize and compare local and global perspectives on gender constructions through sociological theories.
Understand how gender intersects and is closely linked with various power hierarchies in society such as race, class, sexuality.
- Grading:
- 20%-Attendance, participation, presentations.50%-Two exams over the course of the semester.30%-Research paper on one of the course themes.
- Exam Format:
- Two exams over the course of the semester. These exams will include short answer as well as essay-type questions.
- Class Format:
- Lectures, videos, group discussions and student-led presentations
- Workload:
- about 50-60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65900/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 5455 Section 001: Sociology of Education (65583)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- OLPD 5041 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue 04:40PM - 07:20PMUMTC, East BankAppleby Hall 204
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 3 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Structures and processes within educational institutions. Links between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly as these relate to educational change. prereq: 1001 or equiv or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?miksc001+SOC5455+Spring2020
- Class Description:
This course is designed to introduce you to a specialty field within the discipline of sociology. Education has been an area of focus within sociology since the earliest years of the discipline. Indeed, classical sociology viewed education as integral to the formation and operation of society. Using contemporary literature we build on/critique/reimagine the scholarly understandings of educational institutions.
The course will use a K-20 approach to explore structures and processes within educational institutions from Kindergarten through college, including how those structures are experienced by groups based on ethnicity, gender identity and class. It also probes the linkages between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly as these relate to educational change.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the sociology of education (either with a K-12 focus; postsecondary/higher education focus, or both).
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- There are no exams.
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
50% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
15% Student Presentations- 15% Lecture
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20-30 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65583/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (52795)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 915
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC8001+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This class offers support for completing the preliminary examination in Sociology, by providing structure, peer and instructor review of drafts, and ways to improve one's writing. For those who have already completed their prelim, the class will provide support for the prospectus or another writing project (e.g., a journal article or a grant application).
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in Sociology usually take this class in the Spring of their third year.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about how to improve their writing, how to be an effective peer reviewer, and ways to make writing a more successful and satisfying experience.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Sessions will be spent discussing students' drafts and sharing writing experiences.
- Workload:
- Students will write their prelim exams or work on another writing project. They will also read a short book by Howard Becker, Writing for Social Scientists. How to Start and Finish your Thesis, Book, or Article.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52795/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (54218)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8011+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course is for Sociology graduate students (and others with instructor consent) who are preparing to teach college-level courses. The core goal is the development of the syllabus and teaching plan. Along the way we consider practical and ethical issues involved in college teaching, academic freedom, and engaging a diverse classroom. We also engage different models for teaching and learning appropriate for different course formats and sizes: lecturing, leading discussions and active learning exercises. We also consider methods and practices for the evaluation of student learning (testing, assignments) and for assessing the effectiveness of our own teaching. Prerequisite: Soc grad student or instructor consent.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Soc grad student in second year or later, planning to teach.
- Learning Objectives:
- Objectives for the class involve: planning of the class goals and scope; syllabus development; teaching approach; evaluation strategies, developing a teaching statement.
- Grading:
- Grades for the course are tied to small weekly assignments (10%) as well as three large projects: the syllabus (45%), the teaching statement (20%), and a collectively developed session on teaching issues at SRI (25%).
- Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- Seminar style organization with weekly discussion and projects.
- Workload:
- Average 30 pages of reading/weekSmall weekly assignmentsThree larger projects (syllabus, teaching statement, SRI session)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54218/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (65584)
- Instructor(s)
- Christopher Uggen (Proxy)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- By instructor consent. Click on these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Spring2020 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2020
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65584/1203
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Spring 2020 | SOC 8090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Getting Your Paper Published (65781)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- By instructor consent. 5 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click on these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC8090+Spring2020
- Class Description:
Graduate students in this course will submit a paper to an academic journal by the end of the semester.
Students should start the semester with (1) a research project that is essentially completed but (2) a manuscript describing that research that has not been started or is not very far along. The objective of the course is to help students develop a strong, persuasive, and publishable research manuscript.
The class is open to students who use any methodological and theoretical approaches, who study any substantive topic, and who are from any discipline or program.
Throughout the class, students will develop their manuscripts through writing and revising based on the instructor's and their classmates' feedback and examples.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any graduate student who has essentially completed some research project but who does not have a well developed manuscript describing that research.
- Learning Objectives:
- Fully experiencing the process of developing a research paper that is of the style and quality sufficient to submit to an academic journal.
- Grading:
- Students will be evaluated based on (1) their work developing a research manuscript for submission to an academic journal and (2) the quality of their feedback on their classmates' manuscripts.
- Exam Format:
- Not applicable.
- Class Format:
- Each class session will consist of in depth discussions of one or two students' manuscripts, which the class will read ahead of time.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65781/1203
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC8090_Spring2020.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 January 2020
Spring 2020 | SOC 8090 Section 004: Topics in Sociology -- Advanced Topics in Sociological Research & Writing (66218)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click on these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC8090+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This is a unique, one-time only grad seminar on the craft of writing. The goals of this class are threefold: 1. Identify good writing, 2. Explore what makes writing good, and 3. Practice good writing. To those ends, we'll read and discuss good writing, including fiction, narrative non-fiction, and social science. We will also meet with professional writers and editors.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This 3-credit seminar is reserved for sociology graduate students, and my consent is required for enrollment. There are no prerequisites.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66218/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8111 Section 001: Criminology (65586)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 15 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of theoretical developments and empirical research. Underlying assumptions, empirical generalizations, and current controversies in criminological research.
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for Sociology PhD students. Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8111+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- DESCRIPTION This seminar offers a graduate-level foundation of theory and new empirical research in sociological criminology. Our focus is definitive statements from important theoretical traditions, critical empirical tests of these theories, critiques of the theories or the research generated by them, public criminology, and attempts to translate theory into policy. You will read and discuss a host of classic and cutting-edge research articles throughout the semester, but I've tried to limit the number of required readings to about five per week. The recommended readings are all exemplary work on the topic that should be on your reading lists but won't be discussed in our weekly meetings unless student interest is very high. I have put a lot of my own work on this syllabus not because it is exemplary (it is not) but so that I can share reviews and backstage details about the research and publication process that may be helpful to you. The Kubrin volume offers an excellent introductory overview of this research literature, while also helping to fill gaps in coverage.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- The course is recommended for students who wish to teach, research, and engage with (professional, public, policy, and critical) criminology.
- Learning Objectives:
- OBJECTIVES The course will help you develop a clear and up-to-date understanding of the dominant theoretical traditions in criminology. This knowledge is absolutely fundamental to teaching criminology at the college level and to developing graduate reading lists and publishing research in the area. We will work through empirical pieces by many of the best sociological criminologists. As you develop your own research, it is useful to see how others have translated propositions into testable hypotheses, devised appropriate methodologies to test them, and presented the results to diverse audiences. The course is also intended to stimulate your thinking about questions at the intersection of science and public policy. These include how we produce our knowledge, its relevance to lives outside the academy (and penitentiary), and the utility of crime theories and criminologists. Such big-picture considerations may help you to choose the level of abstraction at which you work and the contributions you would like to make as teachers and researchers. I'll also encourage you to developing your own goals, mission, and orientation to the field (e.g., I study crime, law, punishment, and deviance because I believe that good science can light the way to a more just and peaceful world). Finally, a graduate seminar should encourage your professional development as you transition from student to independent social scientist. I will share anonymous reviews, letters from funding agencies and journal editors, and other materials that may show you another side of the research and publication process.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
50% Discussion
20% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65586/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality -- Things Fall Apart: Polarization and Precarity (65587)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Fri 11:45AM - 02:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for Sociology PhD students through 12/18/19. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC8290+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This seminar will explore the social roots (and branches) of political polarization in everday experiences and representations of class and race, highlighting intersections with on- and offline gender conflicts, debt and inequality, the opioid crisis and the "mood economy," mass incarceration and the culture of fear.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Social science and humanities graduate students with some grounding in social theory looking for a deeper understanding of the intersection between economic insecurity and political and cultural polarization.
- Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- Readings with weekly discussion posts, short lectures and focused discussion. Lots of collaborative whiteboard work. Students will have the option of choosing shorter reading reports plus a term paper or writing 8 longer weekly memos instead.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65587/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8540 Section 001: Topics in Family Sociology -- Patriarchy, Power, & Pay: Families in History (66571)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 15 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Families and mental health; families, work, and the labor market; historical/comparative research on the family. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Notes:
- 4 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ruggl001+SOC8540+Spring2020
- Class Description:
This seminar will explore the sources of revolutionary changes in family life, including the marriage boom and bust, the rise of divorce and cohabitation, and the decline of multigenerational families. Although the course will focus primarily on the United States, we will also examine family trends in other parts of the world. We will examine the impact on families of factors including shifting norms and values; the rise of wage labor (first among men and then among women); inequality; and contraception and abortion.
Each week we take up a different aspect of family change with classic and recent scholarship that highlights the state of knowledge with regard to that topic. The required readings must be read by all of us. The
"recommended for further reading" selections may be read by those who have a particular interest in that area, but they will not be discussed in class.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students interested in families, especially those interested in changes in families and in family demography.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will gain an understanding of the literature and debates in the field.
- Grading:
- Class participation 25%Discussion questions and in-class presentations 25%Final Project 50%No tests or finals.
- Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- Seminar
- Workload:
- The readings will consist of several articles each week, and students will write either a review essay or an original research paper and introduce the discussion at least once.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66571/1203
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ruggl001_SOC8540_Spring2020.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8607 Section 001: Migration & Migrants in Demographic Perspective (66820)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (15 of 15 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- With fertility and mortality, migration is one of three core population processes. This course provides a graduate-level treatment of major theoretical and empirical debates in demographic/population research on migration and migrants. It examines topics like why and how people migrate, who migrates and who does not, and the effects of migration in migrant-receiving and migrant-sending areas. Along the way, it links to a number of related topics, including the impacts of migration on migrants themselves, the role of the state and policies governing migration and incorporation, and transnationalism. A common thread throughout is connecting these topics to issues of population size, composition, and change. While this course contains "demographic" in the title and fulfills requirements for graduate trainees and the population studies minor in the Minnesota Population Center, it is necessarily interdisciplinary in scope and draws from research in economics, demography/population studies, human geography, history, political science, population health, public policy, and sociology. Credit will not be granted if the student has already completed a Soc 8090 topics course with the same title.
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Soc PhD student through 12/4/19. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC8607+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Learning Objectives:
The objectives of this course are to:
1. Introduce students to substantive topics and debates in demographic/population research on migration and migrants.
2. Develop students' capacity to traverse and translate theoretical and empirical literatures on migration and migrants in and across disciplines and areas.
3. Promote interdisciplinary, critical, and timely investigations of and conversations about migration and migrants.
4. Provide students an opportunity to write and present a professional paper on a topic related to migration and migrants that is of interest and useful to them in their current and/or future pursuits.
- Class Format:
- 25% Class participation25% Class facilitation25% Final paper25% Final paper presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66820/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (53156)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (12 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 9 seats reserved for Soc graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC8801+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This class focuses on the logic of research design, linking research questions with methods and analytical strategies at the appropriate level of analysis, understanding the assumptions about the world, the nature of knowledge, and what kinds of knowledge are theoretically valued that are embedded within particular methods (e.g. survey research, ethnography) or methodological approaches (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods). Students will be pushed to go beyond their taken-for-granted understanding of what methods "I'm good at" and which methods and approaches are valuable and helpful for any given area of inquiry.
- Workload:
- It's a graduate class, so expect a medium reading load weekly (2-4 hours), several shorter assignments that ask you to critically assess the methodology of "exemplar" pieces, and a final paper of 15-20 pages.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53156/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 September 2017
Spring 2020 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (52265)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (16 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC8811+Spring2020
- Class Description:
Many of the questions that we wish to answer in the social sciences address outcomes that are limited and fixed in their answer choices. For example, do Americans agree that Atheists share a common vision of American society? How did the Great Recession affect employment inequalities across racial groups? Who do happy people compare themselves to? Which social class does the child of a blue-collar worker end up in? How frequently do adolescents use marijuana? Questions such as these cannot be appropriately answered using linear regression models, requiring more advanced techniques which will be covered extensively in Soc8811.
This course will focus on applied statistics and primarily deal with regression models in which the dependent variable is categorical: binary, nominal, ordinal, count, etc. As a catalyst for the course, we will consider flexible methods developed for introducing nonlinearities into the linear regression framework. Specific models to be addressed include: logit, probit, generalized ordered logit, multinomial logit, Poisson, negative binomial, zero inflated, fractional response, LOWESS, kernel weighted local polynomial, and mixture models.
Throughout the course, we will address common statistical issues that require special consideration when applied to nonlinear regression models, including: the calculation of predictions, interpretation of coefficients, interaction, and mediation. We will also become familiarized with techniques developed for applied research: model fit, selection, and robustness, joint hypothesis testing, weighting, clustering, and poststratification for complex survey design, and missing data.
Soc8811 covers statistical methods for analyzing social data and is designed for graduate students in the social sciences. Students are assumed to have a background equivalent to Soc5811 and thus have familiarity with linear regression models. The course will be taught in Stata, but students will have the opportunity to instead use R if they prefer.- Learning Objectives:
1. Produce, interpret, and report results from complex statistical models
2. Understand how to apply data analysis to substantive research questions, and effectively present results to a general interest academic audience
3. Develop strategies and competency to conduct future studies of advanced techniques in quantitative methods
4. Build a robust, reproducible workflow to move from raw data to numerical and visual information placed in a final paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52265/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2019
Spring 2020 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, & Mobility: Population Modeling (65636)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 2-3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- 1 seats reserved for Sociology PhD student through 12/4/19. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?helgertz+SOC8890+Spring2020
- Class Description:
Populations are made up of people whose lives are changing all the time: growing up; moving around; having kids; gaining and losing jobs and spouses; entering and leaving schools and prisons; getting sick; and dying. This course covers population modeling techniques from the demographic tradition, organized around these kinds of life changes. These techniques excel at describing social and epidemiological changes occurring along multiple time scales simultaneously;
identifying the inequalities lurking beneath population averages; and figuring out what population a research question is really about. The course assumes no prior knowledge of demography and will cover a range of applications from across the social and health sciences.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with basic knowledge of demographic methods and with an interest to acquire more breadth and depth in this topic. A prerequisite is the course PA5301 (Population Methods & Issues for the United States and the Global South).
- Grading:
- 5 Assignments (50%)3 Research proposals (40%)Class participation (10%)
- Exam Format:
- Assignments: They will largely, but not exclusively, take the form of problem sets. Assignments will be distributed at the end of class in a given week, and will be due at the beginning of class the following week.Research proposals: These are essays about how you will use methods covered in class to answer your own research questions. For the first two (week 5 and 10), the student will write about a method discussed to that point. For the last (week 15), the student will either write about a method discussed during the final weeks of class, or revise a previously submitted one, allowing to explore the topic even more in depth.Class participation: Weekly participation in class is expected. Not only in person but through participating in class discussion.
- Class Format:
- The class is discussion and activity based. While each class will contain teacher-lead lecturing, each week's class assumes that you have done the readings and come ready to participate.
- Workload:
- Required readings for each class will be between 50-100 pages, with an additional 50-100 pages of suggested readings.Each assignment consists of 4-6 problems for the student to solve, using methods discussed in class. Each problem may consist of several questions.Each research proposal should be around 1,000 words
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65636/1203
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/helgertz_SOC8890_Spring2020.docx
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (16867)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (230 of 232 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC1001+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- The "sociological imagination" is understanding what our society is by imagining what it could be. This concept runs through each of the topics covered in this course: culture, socialization, gender, race, deviance, work, inequality, family, religion, politics, and globalization. The class focuses on both the stable and changing aspects of social institutions, providing a realistic framework of when and how individuals can create social change. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
10% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style films, guest speakers - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16867/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2019 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (16874)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (228 of 232 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1001+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
30% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Short answer format
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion videos - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16874/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2019 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (16878)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-110
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (115 of 116 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. For details about the course go to: classinfo.umn.edu/ and search for the course number.
- Class Description:
- Sociology offers a unique lens through which we can examine the world around us. In this course you will develop a perspective that will allow you to analyze the social world in a way that reveals the hidden and/or overlooked social forces that shape our lives. This approach, the sociological imagination, will enable you to explore how social forces influence the ways we view and navigate our social world. We will discuss how sociologists use theory and research to better understand important social issues such as inequalities of race, class, gender, sexualities and how social order and social change are possible. We will discuss how society affects individuals and in turn how individuals can affect society. The instructor for this course, Jane VanHeuvelen, will be a new faculty member starting in Fall 2019.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16878/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (17508)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 220
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- 3 seats reserved for CLA honors sophomores 18 seats reserved for CLA honors freshman 4 seats reserved for honors freshman Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC1011V+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. This honors section provides an opportunity for more intensive discussion and for hands-on learning with original field research projects.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: participation/activities/presentations - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion videos, in-class exercises, student presentations, field research projects - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17508/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2019 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (19891)
- 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 Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (139 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19891/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 1912 Section 001: Body, Culture, and Society (33512)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Seminar
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-136
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 20 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Many of us think about our bodies from a very personal level. We wonder if our body is too thin or too heavy, whether we are too short or too tall, healthy or unhealthy, and whether or not our body is "normal" or "abnormal." However, questions and answers regarding our bodies are often settled beyond our individual views. In this course, we will take a sociological perspective in thinking about the body. We will use our sociological imaginations to assess how notions of the body have been shaped by broader societal and cultural processes. We will draw from numerous frameworks and theories to explore the intersection of the body and several topics, including: identity, gender, media, race/ethnicity, sports, medicine, technology and public policy.
- Class Notes:
- For details about the course go to: classinfo.umn.edu/ and search for the course number.
- Class Description:
- Many of us think about our bodies from a very personal level. We wonder if our body is too thin or too heavy, whether we are too short or too tall, healthy or unhealthy, and whether or not our body is "normal" or "abnormal." However, questions and answers regarding our bodies are often settled beyond our individual views. In this course, we will take a sociological perspective in thinking about the body. We will use our sociological imaginations to assess how notions of the body have been shaped by broader societal and cultural processes. We will draw from numerous frameworks and theories to explore the intersection of the body and several topics, including: identity, gender, media, race/ethnicity, sports, medicine, technology and public policy. The instructor for this course, Jane VanHeuvelen, will be a new faculty member starting in Fall 2019.
- Class Format:
- Classes will consist of a mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-60 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33512/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Structural Inequalities: Race & Housing in MN (33595)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3090+Fall2019
- Class Description:
Minnesota is among the worst states in the nation in terms of racial inequalities. Disparities in housing cause and create these racial inequalities. Why does Minnesota have racial inequalities in housing? In this course, we will use hands-on learning (community engaged learning, empirical data about case studies, guest speakers, and group work) as well as readings, lectures, and discussions. We will investigate structural and systemic processes related to the creation and maintenance of the current highly-unequal situation, then look at impacts of housing inequalities on other aspects of life such as wealth, health, and education. The final project is an empirical case study prepared for state, tribal, and/or local leaders and policy makers.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- People who have some prior experience with sociological perspectives and have interest in doing community engaged learning. This is a great class for experiential learners.
- Grading:
- Grading is primarily based on engagement in individual and small group projects, working with a community engaged learning partner, and written work (including the final project case study).
- Exam Format:
- Any exams will be in short answer format.
- Class Format:
- Small group and large group discussions, guest speakers, some lectures, emphasis on and support for developing an in-depth project, connection of class material to community engaged learning site.
- Workload:
- Estimated 8-12 hours per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33595/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 March 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Under the Influence: Drink, Culture & Society (33709)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC3090+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- If you want to understand a society, look at what it is obsessed with. This course provides a broad view of the role of drinking in social life, using alcohol as a prism through which we can begin to understand a great deal about moral and social divides in our society and different ways of understanding youth, risk and belonging. Why does our popular culture simultaneously mythologize and pathologize drinking? How does American culture differ from others in terms of alcohol use and attitudes about it? Why has drinking become such a central part of college life, and with what consequences? How are gender, class, ethnicity and community reflected in our attitudes about drinking and our attempts to control the behavior of others?
- Grading:
- 40% reflection papers20% journals/response writing20% attendance/participation10% quizzes
- Exam Format:
- 10% Quizzes
20% Journal
40% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-120 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Presentation(s)
6 Special Project(s)
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Weekly in-class questions to engage reading ("quizzes", sort of) and regular short but engaged and careful blog-style writing ("special projects"). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33709/1199
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC3090_Fall2019.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 March 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (17882)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (127 of 135 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For details about the course, go to: classinfo.umn.edu/ And search for the course number.
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 75% three exams (25% each)
- Exam Format:
- Three multiple choice and short answer exams, and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17882/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 February 2016
Fall 2019 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (17883)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC3102+Fall2019
- Class Description:
This course concerns the social and legal origins of crime control. Students will critically examine criminal justice systems from three interrelated themes: status, criminalization, and social control. Specifically, students will respond to the following questions: What role does social status play in our criminal justice system? Who and what gets criminalized and how does this relate to status? How are social controls stratified across the U.S., and how do they relate to status?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in understanding how criminal justice outcomes become patterned by race, class, and gender will find this course interesting.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) critically examine policing, court, and penal practices that lead to patterned outcomes by race, class, and gender; (2) locate current criminal justice trends and practices within a larger historical perspective
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point earned or loss being one percentage point of your final grade. (Students will find it easy to calculate their standing in the class.)Essays: five, 1-page, double-spaced essays (10pts each)Model: in-class theoretical models of violence (5pts each)Project: presentation of material--no more than 5 minutes (25pts); typewritten explanation of presentation (15pts)
- Exam Format:
- There will not be exams; however, see the "Grading" section for details about course assignments.
- Class Format:
- My approach in class involves tethering abstract theories and concepts to everyday human practices with the goal of showing how social theory works in real life. I use a lot of pictures, video, and audio to show culture in action and to interrogative existing theories and possibly integrate theory whenever possible. We want to better understand and explain our social world.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17883/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2018
Fall 2019 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (19668)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (52 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Why does inequality exist? How does it work? These are the essential questions examined in this class. Topics range from welfare and poverty to the role of race and gender in getting ahead. We will pay particular attention to social inequities – why some people live longer and happier lives while others are burdened by worry, poverty, and ill health. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3201+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course examines the basic concepts and theories sociologists use to describe and explain social stratification and inequality. The textbook for the class is Social Stratification and Inequality. Lectures will focus on the contents of selected chapters that all students are required to read. There are twelve short, in-class quizzes (50% of final grade), and each of which has five simple questions about the contents of the chapter lectured in the week prior to the quiz. Ten best of the quizzes are recorded, or students may miss any two quizzes. For a term-paper study project (50% of the final grade), each student is required to conduct interviews of two families about their relative standings in the American stratification system. For this term project, students are requested to submit (1) a study outline of 1-2 pages (5% of final grade), which describes the plan of the study about which families to be studied, how to conduct the interviews/observations, and what to be focused in these interviews/observations; and (2) the term paper (8-10 pages, 45% of final grade), which reports and analyzes the results of interviews/observations. NO final exam.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major or undergraduate student needing a sociology/social science course to fulfill the degree requirement.
- Learning Objectives:
- To obtain a sociological understanding of stratification and inequalities in the United States in a global perspective.
- Grading:
- 05%, Class attendance.50%, Best ten out of the 12 quizzes.05%, Study outline of 2 double-space pages.40%, Term paper of 10 double-space pages.
- Exam Format:
- No exam. But each quiz is one page of 5 T/F or multiple-choice questions.
- Class Format:
- 95% Lecture
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
2 Pages for a study outline - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19668/1199
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2019.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3211W Section 001: Race and Racism in the US (18981)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (39 of 42 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible - some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sara0028+SOC3211W+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- "Race" has been an important of American history, but we try to talk about a "post-racial" society in the 21st century. This class will cover the origins of race (and racism), before diving into race in American history and the consequences this history has for contemporary race relations. We will discuss what exactly "race" is and isn't, why race and racism are central to American politics and culture, and how "race"
in the post-Civil Rights Era and the 21st century has both declined and grown in significance. - Class Format:
- Active participation and discussion are encouraged in this class environment. Students should expect in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Students interested in this course can expect to read 10-30 pages of academic work per week; in addition, we will be writing and revising paper work over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18981/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2017
Fall 2019 | SOC 3241 Section 001: Sociology of Women's Health: Experiences from Around the World (33149)
- 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 Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (40 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Health care is a fundamental right, but access to it is not shared evenly by all. This course considers women's and men's health needs, and how health systems assign priority to those needs. The course also covers how differences in health policy, national medical systems, levels of wealth, and cultural contexts around the world affect women's health and treatment and their experiences of wellness and illness. Women are taking an active role in shaping healthy societies. The final portion of this course looks at the goals and successes of women's movements in the health sphere. Throughout the course, there will be an emphasis on how sociological approaches to health differ from medical or epidemiological approaches, the advantages of the sociological approaches, and the respective advantages and disadvantages of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to studying women's health. Pre-req: Soc majors and minors must register A-F; Soc 1001 recommended.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC3241+Fall2019
- Class Description:
This course takes a sociological approach to gender, health and illness. We begin by considering the respective advantages of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to studying women's health. We then address the questions of the major health differences between men and women, how they vary around the world, and why they exist. We also consider how differences in national medical systems affect women's health.
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33149/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (20569)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3246+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This class is about the past, present, and future of why people die. Why did infectious diseases rapidly seem to disappear--and will they come back? How have historical changes in social organization and interaction with the natural environment changed when and how we die, and what do medical advances, climate change, and persistent inequalities imply for what we might die of in the future?We will:* Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease* Analyze how that transformation occurred differently in different parts of the world, and why it matters* Consider to what extent mortality can--or can't--be further eradicated.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on three written essays and regular (approximately weekly) reading quizzes.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- Substantial reading; regular quizzes based on readings (lowest two dropped); three essays
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20569/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2018
Fall 2019 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (20146)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (48 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?joh07820+SOC3251W+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Numerous scholars in the social sciences have noted pervasive inequalities in the United States. These inequalities often manifest within the realms of education, health, income, wealth (among others) and often cut sharply along the lines of race, gender, and class. This course will examine the cultural processes through which such durable inequality can persist despite widespread (although not-near total) belief in egalitarian ideals in the United States. We will discover, through engagement with scholarly work spanning from the early 20th century until our current moment, how racial, classed, and gendered social positions and identities saturate every aspect of social life - our perception, our routines, our values, and even the way we carry our bodies through the world. Both during class time and within class assignments, students will use such accumulated knowledge to account for why social power remains unequally distributed in the United States.
List of assigned authors in the course include (but is not limited to): W.E.B DuBois, Dorothy Smith, Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlee Crenshaw, Pierre Bourdieu, and others.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- All students who have an interest in grappling with the deep sources/consequences of social inequality, especially if they have already become interested in the sociological discipline, are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will gain an entry-level understanding of essential works in sociology which explain the cultural nature and operation of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States.
In service of the above objective, students will learn strategies for how to digest and comprehend academic texts and their theoretical content.
Students will gain experience in working with other students and the instructor in a seminar (rather than purely lecture) format to review and apply course texts.
Students will develop the ability to translate sociological texts and theory into their surrounding social contexts, using it to analyze a social problem of their choosing in a course paper.
Students will learn how to develop and revise a medium length
(10-12 page) paper, and, consequently, a sociologically-informed argument, throughout multiple drafts and across several weeks. - Grading:
- Students will be evaluated on a mixture of class participation, 2-3 short answer and essay-based reading quizzes, and several components (an articulation of topic, an outline with provision sources, a peer-reviewed draft, and the final paper) of a 10-12 page paper due in segments throughout the term.
- Exam Format:
- There is no final exam for the class. A final paper will be due during the final exam period of the semester.
- Class Format:
- Classes will include the following activities:-A mixture of short "mini-lectures" to introduce various readings-Small and large group discussion, low-stakes writing activities, and other strategies designed to assist students' comprehension and application of course readings-Occasional films demonstrating course concepts-Paper workshops to help students revise their writing as needed.
- Workload:
- Students should expect to dedicate two to three hours a week to course readings in addition to several additional hours during weeks before major assignments and quizzes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20146/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (20907)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (47 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For details about the course go to: classinfo.umn.edu/ and search for the course number.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces central theories and debates about formal organizations. Much of modern life occurs within organizations and involves interacting with a wide variety of complex, interconnecting organizations. Many of us were born inside an organization, you are pursuing your education inside an organization, many of you will spend most of your adult life working for organizations, and most of us will end our lives in, and be buried by, organizations. We work hard and craft expressions of our self-identity to gain access to some organizations (e.g. Greek communities, medical school) and we conform our behavior to avoid others (e.g. prison).In this course, we will think critically about the key features of organizations, and we will assess the reciprocal relationships between organizational features and individual behaviors. We will address the origins of organizations, why society has organizations, how authority and compliance are maintained within organizations, how organizations create and reduce inequalities, the nature of organizational success and failure, and the relationship between individuals, organizations, and society. The instructor for this course, Tom VanHeuvelen, will be a new faculty member starting in Fall 2019.
- Class Format:
- A mixture of lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30-70 pages reading per week. Because this is a writing intensive course, a substantial portion of the final grade will be based on writing. You will receive substantial feedback on writing assignments and be expected to revise your written work in response.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20907/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 March 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3417W Section 001: Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization (33086)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3415W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 23 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce students to three of the world's most powerful global institutions -- the World Bank (IBRD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and one fairly weak one, the United Nations, and its many affiliated agencies such as UNHCR (for refugee support). The course will emphasize three dimensions: We will look behind their doors to understand their daily practices; we will learn about the political, economic, environmental, and cultural terrain in which they operate and which they help to create; and we will observe them in key sites in the global South and North
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC3417W+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course explores some of the most powerful global institutions: the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and the United Nations. We will look behind their closed doors to understand their decision-making practices and power dynamics; we will dig deep into case studies of controversial issues that surround them, such as struggles over intellectual property rights, mounting debt and income inequality, the right to dump waste in other countries, and the right to fair housing and a living wage for all. We will analyze the rise of various forms of resistance and alternative agendas being pursued around the world, challenging the power structures of these global institutions.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Someone who is interested in global processes and practices, how institutions (of prominence) come into being, how they learn, gain and assert power, and how people and governments respond. The focus is on the question: What is global social justice and how can it be enacted.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
5% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
25% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
3% Student Presentations
2% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60-75 pages reading, most weeks
25-30 pages writing in the form of short papersshort in-class presentationsparticipation in discussion
1 Special Project - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33086/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities & Social Change (33087)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (44 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The core themes of this class will provide an essential toolkit for approaching broad questions about social justice, culture, work, housing and service provision on multiple levels and across the globe. This course will have units on economic development, inequality, the interaction between design and human action, inclusive and exclusive cultural formations, crime and cultures of fear, social control and surveillance. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For details about the course go to: classinfo.umn.edu/ and search for the course number.
- Class Description:
- Who you are is in many ways where you are. Our friendships and romantic lives, our work opportunities and political engagement, and our sense of self and relationship to society are inextricably connected to the type of community in which we live. In this course we will attend to the sociology of place, focusing specifically on cities and communities. We will examine how cities relate to many core fields of sociology:
inequality, race and ethnicity, self and identity, deviance and social control, work and occupations, immigration, globalization, and social networks, for example. We will consider differences between communities, such as the rural-urban divide, and we will consider differences within cities, including segregation, neighborhood effects, and the history of urbanization. We will engage with foundational sociological theories of urbanization and contemporary empirical studies. By the end of this course, you will have developed a critical understanding of the role that cities and communities play in maintaining social order and enabling social change. The instructor for this course, Tom VanHeuvelen, will be a new faculty member starting in Fall 2019. - Class Format:
- A mixture of lecture and discussion.
- Workload:
- 30-70 pages reading per week. Because this is a writing intensive course, a substantial portion of the final grade will be based on writing. You will receive substantial feedback on writing assignments and be expected to revise your written work in response.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33087/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 March 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (33088)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3511H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (42 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3511+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations.Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include:
- Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session.
- Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour).
- Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading
- Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper.
- Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor.
- Grading:
- A-FS/N
- Exam Format:
- Quiz Format: multiple choice, Exam Format: short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-70 Pages Reading Per Week
8-16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly quizzes (most but not all weeks) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33088/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3511H Section 001: Honors: World Population Problems (33089)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3511 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 5 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3511H+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations.Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include:
- Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session.
- Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour).
- Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading
- Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper.
- Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33089/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3671 Section 001: Chinese Society: Culture, Networks, & Inequality (33150)
- 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 Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 140
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 28 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of cultures, social networks, and socioeconomic inequalities in post-1980 China. In addition to lectures, the instructor will show video clips about various backgrounds of China and group discussions will be organized to exchange opinions about issues of common interest. Students will gain a basic understanding of how Chinese society operates today. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3671+Fall2019
- Class Description:
The aim of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of cultures, social networks, and socioeconomic inequalities in China today. The instructor will give lectures on these topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. In addition, videos about various backgrounds of China will be shown. Through this course, students will gain a basic understanding of how Chinese society operates today with a focus on the central importance of social relations. Soc1001 "Introduction to Sociology" is recommended.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Undergraduate students interested in Chinese society as a sociology/social science course.
- Learning Objectives:
- Obtain a basic level of understanding of how Chiese society operates.
- Grading:
- 60% term paper (5% 2-page outline, 5% oral presentation in class, 50% written paper)
30% quizzes (five quizzes covering contents lectured in the first five weeks)
10% in class participation and discussion. - Exam Format:
- Quizzes and term paper, no final exam.
- Class Format:
- Mainly lectures, with a one-time oral presentation of student's outline of his/her term paper.
- Workload:
- Reading: fist five weeks: only lecture notes, 20 pages per week; afterward, 25 pages of the required textbook per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33150/1199
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3671_Fall2019.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3671_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (19897)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (75 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors through 4/26/19. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3701+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Social theories help us understand society and how it works. In this class, we cover the development of social theory from the classical and founding works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary ideas such as feminism, rational choice, racism, and post-modernity.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and all those with an interest in the subject matter
- Learning Objectives:
- Throughout this class, we have three goals: to learn to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; to use this work to better understand the social world; and to develop our own capacity to talk and write about the world using ideas from theory.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
20% Attendance (in-class sign-up on group discussion sheets)(one point per class)
20% Written Homework (100 to 150 word response to the designated reading question for that class period, submitted by website after class) (one point per submission for 20 submissions)
10% In-class Presentations (two at 5 points each)Other Grading Information: The class will break up into 10 groups and each group will make two presentations about the readings. - Exam Format:
- The questions will include multiple-choice, short-answer and essay.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
15% Discussion
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s) (2 minutes per student for each presentation)
20 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19897/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2018
Fall 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (16886)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (77 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for Soc majors through 4/26/19. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC3701+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to current theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns, including: What holds human societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are social identities created, sustained or transformed, and to what effect? Where is society headed in the future? The goals of the course are to deepen students' understanding of the significance of such questions and to provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the late 19th century to the present. For present and future sociology majors, the course provides an indispensable background for subsequent work in the discipline. For all others, it provides an invitation to think about some of the most vital questions that confront us all as reflective and self-aware members of our communities and our world. The course design is premised on the idea that the best way to learn and understand social theory is by seeing its connection to contemporary issues and concerns. Therefore, the primary theory readings in this course are paired with writings that illustrate the relevance of these theories to contemporary concerns or that directly apply the theories to current issues and questions.
- Grading:
- 35% Exam 1
35% Exam 2
30% In-class writings - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16886/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2018
Fall 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (20897)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 05:00PM - 08:20PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (43 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Soc majors through 4/26/19. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3701+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Social theory helps us to make sense from chaos, revealing core logics of development, change, meaning and domination which structure the bewildering, messiness of human experience. This class works closely with texts by a handful of great theorists who have created particularly illuminating, even world-changing ways of seeing. Reading extracts from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Patricia Hill Collins, Dorothy Smith, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard we will concentrate on readings around notions of power: economic, racist, colonial, patriarchal, bureaucratic, and discursive. You should improve your ability to think, read, and LIVE critically, able to better recognize and evaluate assumptions underlying "common sense" statements about how societies work. I believe that theoretical competence comes when you learn to enjoy intellectual creativity and risk-taking, and so we will spend considerable class time using debate and role-playing to loosen up those Minnesota inhibitions. Reading will not be extensive in terms of number of pages, but I will expect you to wrestle energetically before class with texts that can sometimes be both dense and abstract. Most of the required reading reports and other assignments will be self published by students on the class blog, which will enrich the depth and scope of class debate.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in social theory and up for grappling with these texts. Artists, scientists, cultural studies students, senior students - all are very welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- To understand the theoretical roots of primary scholarly traditions and debates shaping contemporary social sciences and humanities. To gain confidence and skill in reading and expressing abstract thought.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 40% exams, quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries. 20% class citizenship and blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Exam Format:
- Quotation identification and analysis. Comparison of theories and/or application to historical & contemporary phenomena.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-30 pages of (difficult) reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20897/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 May 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (35286)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus and details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory .
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is recommended for students who are comfortable independently reading advanced academic texts, as we will be engaging deeply with original theoretical writing dating back to the 1700s through our online class discussions and reading journals. The readings can take a significant amount of time, as students are expected to cite their sources and deconstruct passages throughout the semester. A sample text that illustrates the level of reading required can be accessed here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35286/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 August 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (33184)
- 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 Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (70 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is at the intersection of macro and micro sociology, linking social structures, interpersonal relationships and interactions, attitudes, values and the self-concept. Principles of social psychology are drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. This course covers a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC3721+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Principles of Social Psychology Social psychology lies at the intersection of "macro" and 'micro" sociology. By drawing on both sociology and psychology, it illuminates the dynamic linkages of social organization, interaction processes, attitudes, and the self. Students will learn principles drawn from different theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. The course covers a broad range of topics as well as diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). The class shows the relevance of social psychology to contemporary social problems and issues, including inequality (based on gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, wealth), discrimination, torture, and terrorism.
- Grading:
- 20% short paper
30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
10% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- Short essay.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33184/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 October 2016
Fall 2019 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (16884)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (90 of 112 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Lab sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research and the components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, indexes and scales, reliability and validity, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, the logic of comparison(s), and research ethics. This is followed by introducing students to research designs used in social science research, including ethnography, ethnomethodology, case and comparative case studies, comparative historical and archival methods, content analysis, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and experiments and their variants. The course concludes by considering several critical bookends, including data analysis and various tools and tricks of the trade.
- Grading:
10% Attend and participate in class discussion
10% Recall key terms and details
20% Find relevant sources of research
30% Interpret and compare different types of evidence
30% Justify and critique common research practices
- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings (available online)
20% Workshop term paper - Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2 exams
Daily in-class writing exercises
2 term papers, 5-6 pages each - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16884/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2018
Fall 2019 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (18728)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (55 of 56 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Lab sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Written Homework
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- Short answer and brief essay.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
2 exams
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18728/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2019 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (16817)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 5811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (214 of 214 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Lab sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3811+Fall2019
- Class Description:
Quantitative data can reveal the social world - or disguise it. This class will teach methods of describing, displaying, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data so that it can reveal, not disguise, social patterns. We will cover: (1) descriptive statistics and principles of good graphing; (2) methods of transforming data to make its patterns visible; (3) the probability theory that lets us use samples to learn about populations; (4) principles of causal inference; and (5) methods for relating multiple variables to understand their relationships.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Grading:
- 48% Data Analysis Assignments45% Quizzes7% Learning Reflections
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsMultiple ChoiceShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture and large-group activities50% Computer Labs
- Workload:
- 10-35 pages reading per week (note: textbook reading is slow because it requires stopping to do practice problems along the way); weekly quizzes; 3 longer analytical memos. SOC 5811 students do all the SOC 3811 work plus three additional course meetings to discuss more advanced topics and some additional advanced problems on the data analysis assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16817/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (19680)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (4 of 4 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19680/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (18748)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (57 of 54 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in creating, reproducing, and shaping class, gender, and race inequalities. An array of reading materials will be assigned including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and give a class presentation during the course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18748/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Deviant Behavior (33094)
- 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 Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (56 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course considers why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how norms, values, and rules are made and enforced. We will discuss basic concepts that cut across deviance theories and research, including social control, subcultures and deviant careers. We will explore theories of and societal reaction to deviant behavior. We will also discuss methodology and how the "social facts" of deviance are determined and disseminated. Finally, we will examine case studies addressing crime, organizational and occupational deviance, substance use, sexuality, body image, and more. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?steel158+SOC4111+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- What kinds of behaviors and characteristics come to be considered "deviant", and what are the various ways society responds to control them? This course will take a deep dive into the various sociological explanations for how deviance is socially constructed and enforced, and the consequences and implications for doing so. The course will cover a wide range of topics, from classical theories of deviance and social control to post-structural theories of normalization and governance, while placing an emphasis on the role of the body and embodied experience in everyday life in order to highlight the consequences of control and how it can be resisted. Specifically, we will take a focused look at drugs and drug use as a form of deviance and control that impresses upon the lived body, and use this to understand the role of the State, cultural norms and stigma, the law, and social institutions in controlling the range of experiences and behaviors of the living body in society.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33094/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4135 Section 001: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (34724)
- 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 Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course deals with diverse types of white-collar crime (high status, occupational, organizational crimes), their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will read some of the outstanding literature on these issues and explore well-known cases in depth. There will be lectures and discussion in the classroom. We will explore what white-collar crime teaches us about the nature and explanation of crime and about the nature of criminal justice and other government social control. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent]; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Attention to white collar crime and criminals has exploded in recent history, largely due to a number of high profile and massive corporate fraud cases. Given our nation's current economic situation, it is critical to continue and expand the study of white collar crime and criminals. In the course, we will discuss (1) definitions and types, (2) causes and consequences, and (3) control of white collar crime. Do sociological theories of criminal behavior explain white collar crime? What harm is caused by white collar crime? Are penalties imposed upon white collar criminals fair? Should we change anything about the way the criminal justice system handles white collar crime and criminals? These topics will be explored through lecture and discussion, to include a few case studies, videos and guest speakers.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations -------- In addition, a 10-page paper of high quality to qualify for honors credit - Exam Format:
- Combination of multiple choice and short-answer questions
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
3-5 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34724/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Fall 2019 | SOC 4141 Section 001: Juvenile Delinquency (33095)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged Learning
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (56 of 74 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course offers an overview of social theory and research on youth crime and delinquency. We start by critically examining the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next, we study the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing delinquency and punishment among groups such as gang members. We then trace youth experiences in the juvenile justice system, from policing, to juvenile court, to probation, and institutionalization. Throughout, we analyze the success or failure of key programs implemented in attempts to prevent or reduce delinquency. prereq: [SOC 3101 or 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs detailing delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33095/1199
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 June 2017
Fall 2019 | SOC 4141H Section 001: Honors: Juvenile Delinquency (33096)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 4 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course offers an overview of social theory and research on youth crime and delinquency. We start by critically examining the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next, we study the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing delinquency and punishment among groups such as gang members. We then trace youth experiences in the juvenile justice system, from policing, to juvenile court, to probation, and institutionalization. Throughout, we analyze the success or failure of key programs implemented in attempts to prevent or reduce delinquency. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: honors student, [SOC 3101 or 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141H+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs detailing delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based Media - Workload:
- 120 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33096/1199
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 June 2017
Fall 2019 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Sociology of Killing (33097)
- 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 Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide a broad overview of the sociology of murder- the intentional, malicious killing of one human by another. This course will go beyond what we see about murder regularly in the media and on popular TV shows and movies. Students will be exposed to a scientific study of homicide. Key topics include the history and laws of murder; information and data sources on murder; demographic attributes of victims and offenders; different types of murder, including among others domestic, serial, mass, and gang-related murder; biological, sociological and psychological theories of the causes of murder; and the strategies involved in the criminal investigation of homicide. prereq: jr, or sr, or grad student, or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC4149+Fall2019
- Class Description:
>will provide a broad overview of the sociology of murder- the intentional, malicious killing of one human by another. This course will go beyond what we see about murder regularly in the media and on popular TV shows and movies.
This course is about murder - a particularly grisly topic for some. Please be advised that during the semester, students will view/watch gruesome images and discuss graphic portrayals of crimes. This course assumes that students enrolling in this class are capable of tolerating this dark subject matter.
- Learning Objectives:
- To understand biological, sociological, and psychological explanations for the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
- To understand and be able to critique the various sources of information on homicide as well as what these sources tell us about offenders, victims, weapons, locations, types, and motives of homicide in the United States.
- To understand the stages, patterns, processes, offenders, victims, and settings of homicide.
- To understand how society and the criminal justice system react to the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
- To understand biological, sociological, and psychological explanations for the occurrence of homicide in the United States.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33097/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (20148)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Welcome to our interactive criminal law class!All parts of our class aim to help you develop your own "criminal law imagination" (CLI) By this I refer to your ideal blaming and punishing regime. We spend our Wednesday afternoons together interrogating the following questions that make up your CLI:
1. What's criminal law and what's it good for?2. Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are?3. What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics include defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age)4. Criminal homicide5. Criminal homicide6. Criminal sexual conduct7. Immigration crimes8. Cyber crimeA final word: You'll probably learn some actual criminal law in our interactive journey through the topics in the list. Good for you. But, remember our goal is above all to work on developing your CLI. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- If you're an Upper Division undergraduate from all majors and you're interested in becoming a more intelligent consumer of our criminal blaming and punishing regime, then you've found the right class. That regime is a very rough engine of social control, a last resort after families, belief systems, schools, and other non criminal social institutions fail. It's also the most expensive and most invasive instrument to affect human behavior in the digital age of the US version of a constitutional democracy, committed to the the values of human dignity, individual autonomy, equal justice, and social order.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation measured mainly by discussion and SRS ("Clicker)" polling
90% Weekly quizzes that cover reading and discussion - Exam Format:
- 40%, short answer quiz on each week's assigned reading (no notes or books allowed); 20%, analysis of week's assigned cases (take home); 40%, reaction essay based on the day's discussion topic (open book and notes)
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- About 35 pages of reading every week. Hey! There are no research papers, reports, or other writing requirements. This is so you have time to read thoroughly and know well the content of the assigned pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20148/1199
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4311 Section 001: Power, Justice & the Environment (33098)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4311 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 38 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to the theoretical and historical foundations of environmental racism and environmental inequality more broadly. We will examine and interrogate both the social scientific evidence concerning these phenomena and the efforts by community residents, activists, workers, and governments to combat it. We will consider the social forces that create environmental inequalities so that we may understand their causes, consequences, and the possibilities for achieving environmental justice prereq: SOC 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4311+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on some of the world's most perplexing ecological and social problems, helping students to understand them from a sociological perspective that emphasizes the significance of class, race, gender, and power in the making of these problems. Specifically, we will take a close look at energy, consumption, and production processes that have created the serious climate change position the planet is in, the many institutions of power that help reproduce this complex problem, and the alternative paths taken to remake the world in more ecologically safe and socially just ways. We will explore the roles of scientists, NGOs, regulatory agencies, private firms, and social movements around the world to help us understand how dimensions of this problem have been created, challenged, and potentially resolved.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Someone who is interested in understanding the pressing social and ecological problems of the world, particularly climate change, its causes and solutions, from a sociological perspective that emphasizes power relations.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
5% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
25% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
3% Student Presentations
2% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60-75 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing in the form of short papersshort in-class presentationsparticipation in discussion
1 Special Project - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33098/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4315 Section 001: Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide (33099)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 5315 Section 001GLOS 4315 Section 001GLOS 5315 Section 001JWST 4315 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (22 of 22 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation and addresses cases from around the globe and different historical settings. prereq: SOC 1001 or 1011V recommended, A-F required for Majors/Minors.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC4315+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation. After an introduction to the concept of genocide, theories of collective memory and the toolbox of transitional justice, we will examine cases from around the globe and different historical settings. These will include the Holocaust, the legacies of State terror in Spain and Latin America, the aftermath of Stalinist mass violence in Eastern Europe and American First Nations' struggles for memory and justice.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the long lasting legacies of mass violence, and the quest for justice, truth and memory.
- Grading:
- See syllabus
- Class Format:
- This course will be conducted as a combined lecture and discussion course. Students will also participate in online discussions, attend one field trip, and do regularly in-class exercises (such as role-playing of diverse constituencies involved in post-atrocity scenarios).
- Workload:
In addition to active participation in discussions, regular reading of aprox. 30-40 pages per week and posting of discussion questions which will be shared with the class through Moodle, students will be required to complete short in-class writings based on the readings, write two 4-5 page, critical essays, complete one mid-term exam and an end of semester essay.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33099/1199
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/abaer_SOC4315_Fall2019.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/abaer_SOC4315_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4551 Section 001: Sociology of Sexualities (33102)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4551H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course we will examine social theories and sociological research on the topic of sexuality. We will explore the concept of sexuality as it intersects with race, gender, age, and class. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of sociological implications of sexuality in the United States. This course is intended to help you develop your analytical and critical thinking skills. You will be asked to move beyond your own experience and perspectives to sociologically analyze and evaluate over-simplified explanations of past and contemporary issues as they appear in our course readings. prereq: Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4551+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Sexualities is an advanced survey course covering social scientific approaches to the study of sexual attitudes, behaviors and identities. The course challenges students to examine taken-for-granted beliefs about the naturalness of various sexual phenomena and deepens students' understanding of how various social forces shape people's sexual lives. The course will focus on the diversity of thought, behavior and lived experience of individuals with regard to sexuality.
- Grading:
- 25% Quizzes
75% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 exams each counting 25% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, author-quote matching, essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly in-class writings on the course readings - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33102/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Fall 2019 | SOC 4551H Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Sexualities (33103)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4551 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 4 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course we will examine social theories and sociological research on the topic of sexuality. We will explore the concept of sexuality as it intersects with race, gender, age, and class. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of sociological implications of sexuality in the United States. This course is intended to help you develop your analytical and critical thinking skills. You will be asked to move beyond your own experience and perspectives to sociologically analyze and evaluate over-simplified explanations of past and contemporary issues as they appear in our course readings. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor. prereq: Honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4551H+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Sexualities is an advanced survey course covering social scientific approaches to the study of sexual attitudes, behaviors and identities. The course challenges students to examine taken-for-granted beliefs about the naturalness of various sexual phenomena and deepens students' understanding of how various social forces shape people's sexual lives. The course will focus on the diversity of thought, behavior and lived experience of individuals with regard to sexuality. Honors students will read a monograph in the sociology of sexualities and complete a written summary/critique of the book and a brief (5-8 minute) in-class presentation on it.
- Grading:
- 10% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% In-class Presentations
60% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 exams each counting 20% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, author-quote matching, essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 70-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s)
Other Workload: weekly in-class writings on the course readings - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33103/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 December 2013
Fall 2019 | SOC 4703 Section 001: A Nation Divided: Identity, Precarity, & Polarization (33849)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 15 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how individuals and groups experience and understand current economic and political polarization in their daily lives. Our explorations will roam across changes in media and popular culture, work, religion, family, and social movements. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC4703+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- It's a time of fierce oppositions. Faith versus science, MSNBC vs Fox. Social movements like #BlackLivesMatter, LGBTQIA rights, and Me Too compete with anti-feminist men's movements and white supremacist mobilization. What can a sociological lens reveal about the social roots of political polarization? Beneath the political turbulence, the rich are richer, the poor poorer, and the idea of one enormous "middle class" more mythical then ever. How does increasing inequality, insecurity and debt shape our political perspectives? And within this unequal nation, how do everyday experiences of family and friendship, work and leisure, popular culture and religion lead us towards different political ideas and identities? Let's explore together.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested - we will be applying some social theory, but will give a chance to everyone to learn or revisit the theories first.
- Learning Objectives:
- To use reading, primary research and respectful but lively discussion to gain a strong understanding of the social roots of political and cultural polarization.
- Class Format:
- A mixture of discussion, lecture and group work. Depending on student interest, we may undertake a class project based on in-depth interviews.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33849/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 July 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (17117)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (52 of 54 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC4966W+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course serves as a capstone to your studies in sociology. It is designed to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; to think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of sociology can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University, and to use that knowledge to complete a senior project. The particular focus of this section of the course will be on the "world of work." While the main practical goal of the course is to guide you through the process of doing a senior project (a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors), the central intellectual goal of the course will be to learn about changes in the US economy over the last half century and their implications for the labor market; the new culture of capitalism; different organizational cultures; "life on the job;" and more. All senior projects will need to address some aspect of the sociology of work and will involve both research and your own personal experience/s as a worker, be it through your job, an internship, or service learning. Classes will include a combination of lectures, guest speakers, films, active learning exercises, writing exercises, and engaged discussions of the required readings.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
15% Written Homework
15% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: I require regular, 2 paragraph written commentaries on the readings, which will constitute 15% of your grade. The 'special project' will involve research into the occupation that most attracts you and will be part of your course paper/project - Exam Format:
- none
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers
5% Web Based
20% Service Learning Attendance and active participation in this class are mandatory and crucial. - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Readings will be a core part of this course, as will be research on occupations that interest you. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17117/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Fall 2019 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (17140)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 16 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4977V+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course is the first of a two semester proseminar for honors students who major in sociology. The purpose is to help students develop their honors theses. We will take several steps: (1) think about ties between biography and research agendas by reading biographies of prominent scholars and linking them to their research, develop individual research questions, and write topic statements; (2) identify previous research on the chosen research topics, understand different styles of literature reviews and write literature reviews; (3) identify appropriate research methods, develop research tools and write "methods and data" sections (and clear human subjects approval where needed). This work will form the basis for the completion of each student's individual honors project in the second part of the proseminar in Spring of 2012. Each student will pursue her or his individual project while class work will guide you through the process.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Papers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17140/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 March 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 5315 Section 001: Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide (33104)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4315 Section 001GLOS 4315 Section 001GLOS 5315 Section 001JWST 4315 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (4 of 4 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation and addresses cases from around the globe and different historical settings. prereq: SOC 1001 or 1011V recommended, A-F required for Majors/Minors.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC5315+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation. After an introduction to the concept of genocide, theories of collective memory and the toolbox of transitional justice, we will examine cases from around the globe and different historical settings. These will include the Holocaust, the legacies of State terror in Spain and Latin America, the aftermath of Stalinist mass violence in Eastern Europe and American First Nations' struggles for memory and justice.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the long lasting legacies of mass violence, and the quest for justice, truth and memory.
- Class Format:
- This course will be conducted as a combined lecture and discussion course. Students will also participate in online discussions, attend one field trip, and do regularly in-class exercises (such as role-playing of diverse constituencies involved in post-atrocity scenarios).
- Workload:
In addition to active participation in discussions, regular reading of aprox. 30-40 pages per week and posting of discussion questions which will be shared with the class through Moodle, students will be required to complete short in-class writings based on the readings, write two 4-5 page, critical essays, complete one mid-term exam and an end of semester essay.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33104/1199
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/abaer_SOC4315_Fall2019.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (16823)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (18 of 18 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. Soc 5811 is intended for new graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and students pursuing the Sociology BS degree. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs.
- Class Notes:
- Lab section WILL meet first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC5811+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- 48% Data Analysis Assignments45% Quizzes7% Learning Reflections
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10-35 pages reading per week (note: textbook reading is slow because it requires stopping to do practice problems along the way); weekly quizzes; 3 longer analytical memos. SOC 5811 students do all the SOC 3811 work plus three additional course meetings to discuss more advanced topics and some additional advanced problems on the data analysis assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16823/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 April 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (17997)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 715
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (9 of 9 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- All 9 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC8001+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and exploration of professional careers in this field.
We will discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students get started in thinking about becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities.
We will share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concern. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences in the program. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year graduate students in Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about different types of sociological careers and share experiences that facilitate adaptation to the life of a graduate student.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors or panels of sociologists representing different institutional contexts (e.g. R1 university faculty, faculty at a small liberal arts college, sociologists in research organizations, those who work in government agencies, etc.).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17997/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2019 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (33191)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- By Instructor consent. Click these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2019 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2019
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33191/1199
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Fall 2019 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Secrets of Getting Grants (33192)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phylmoen+SOC8090+Fall2019
- Class Description:
Secrets of Successful Research Proposals: A Hands-On Workshop
This course provides insights and hands-on help in developing a research proposal requesting funding from an external foundation or agency or a within-university opportunity. It will also be helpful to students writing proposals for their dissertation. Research proposals are very similar, whether one is seeking funding or a PhD. This is a collaborative project involving writing and reviewing each piece of a proposal draft and rewriting each piece - several times. The central requirement of the course is participation. Skills to be learned in this workshop include; clarification and communication of ideas orally and in writing; writing in active, interesting voice; ways of making an argument; focusing on big picture in research proposal as well as on exact techniques; building and aligning questions/theories/data/methods/funding possibilities; and broadening issue while simultaneously narrowing scope.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33192/1199
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/phylmoen_SOC8090_Fall2019.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/phylmoen_SOC8090_Fall2016.docx (Fall 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 8171 Section 001: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Human Rights (33160)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Thu 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This seminar will approach human rights issues from a variety of "disciplinary" perspectives, including history, the arts, law, the social sciences, and praxis. Empirical work in the social sciences will receive somewhat greater emphasis. One key focus will be the unique advantages (and disadvantages) of the different perspectives and fruitful ways to combine them to strengthen action that improves human rights situations in countries around the world, including the United States. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC8171+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Why might an individual torture another? Why might genocide emerge? How do people become slaves today? Despite nations worldwide signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, genocide, torture, slavery, economic destitution, and mass displacement persist. Why?In the course, we discuss the complex social forces that impede human rights, with an interest in developing insights about possible strategies to curb widespread human rights violations. We explore (state) policy-focused, (judicial) law-focused, and individual-focused strategies. Among the questions we ask is "why do nations obey human rights, yet in other instances, they flagrantly defy them?" And, we also ask, "Can human rights accommodate cultural norms and values?"Even as human rights violations continue, social movements and activist actions for human rights exist. We discuss the complex and unknown ways in which social change occurs in difficult global circumstances. We examine the varieties of activism in the history of human rights: we turn to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, to Gandhi's Salt March, and William Wilberforce's calls to abolish slavery as a member of the British Parliament. We discuss some of the ways in which human rights and human rights activism produce cultural change.Overall, when discussing human rights, we explore the sociological - the social forces and norms that may contribute to human rights violations and their diminishment - and the political - the global political institutions that validate and diffuse human rights worldwide - and the philosophical - that enable us to examine the complex and various meanings of human rights - but also the psychological - the ways in which human rights partake in stories that involve human vulnerability, collective sacrifice, and inspirational courage.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student who is interested in discussing human rights, with a focus on questions of wide-scale violence against individuals and groups. This includes the topics of genocide, torture, economic destitution, and the displacement of peoples worldwide. Students interested in the law, policy, ethics, global politics, and the sociology and psychology of violence (and other related areas) may find this course helpful.The course is an opportunity for extended discussion and reflection. The course includes an experiential component - a simulation of the United Nations Security Council - as a way to bring themes in the course together, examine how experience differs from perceived international practice, and as a way to trigger further discussion.
- Learning Objectives:
- Explore a human rights problem.Analyze the multiple challenges in a particular human rights context.Discuss the complex and varying meanings of human rights.
- Grading:
- 50% Participation (includes attendance, individual in-class discussion of readings, and general participation)25% Simulation of the United Nations Security Council25% Reflections Paper on the Simulation
*This grading scheme may change. Furthermore, the instructor intends to consult with students in the beginning of the course. - Exam Format:
- There is No exam in the course.
- Class Format:
- The course is discussion-based. While there is lecturing, students are asked to reflect, discuss, and share their thoughts about the issues and questions of the course.
- Workload:
- 20-50 Pages of Reading per Week (excluding the last weeks when conducting the simulation)1 Simulation1 Reflections Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33160/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 August 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 8211 Section 001: The Sociology of Race & Racialization (33161)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 710
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Major theoretical debates. Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to studying U.S. race relations; contemporary and historical experiences of specific racial and ethnic groups.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8211+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to provide graduate students with a broad overview of the major theoretical concepts, questions, paradigms and debates in the study of race, ethnicity, racism and race relations in sociology and other related fields. ?Theories? here will be broadly construed to include everything from formal analytic modeling and testing to cultural critiques of taken-for-granted ontological presuppositions. We will begin with a brief introduction to basic definitional issues, traditional core theoretical frames and primary course concerns. The main body of the course will be devoted to in-depth reading and discussion of key books and articles on the major issues and themes in the field. These will include: explanations of racial/ethnic disparities; racial attitudes research; immigration; assimilation and neoassimilation; critical race theory; race and popular culture; neoliberalism and race; intersectionality; whiteness theory; colorblindness; and multiculturalism. Throughout the twin goals of the course will be to grasp the complicated dynamic processes involved in the construction, reproduction, transformation and contestation of race and ethnicity as well as to stimulate thinking about the broader consequences of these processes and forces for social life taken as a whole.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
50% Discussion
25% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
2 Book Report(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33161/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2013
Fall 2019 | SOC 8390 Section 001: Topics in Political Sociology -- Global Migrations (33194)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics with common focus on social underpinnings of political behavior/change. Topics specified in Class Schedule. Sample topics: democracy and development, international legal and political systems, power and protest in advanced capitalist states, xenophobia and international migration, and civil society and democracy.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8390+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- The study of human migrations is today more global, more interdisciplinary, and more focused on the varied causes and consequences of movement itself. Migration Studies field is thus no longer limited to nation-building narratives or to discussions of race and ethnicity in a few 'nations of immigrants' such as the U.S. or Canada. This course explores issues related to migration from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and will compare and connect diverse migration trends around the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America). Students will critically engage with various paradigms on the geopolitical, racial and gender power dynamics that anchor migration outcomes while interpreting each migration from global perspectives.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduates in the social sciences interested in global population movements and geopolitical.
- Exam Format:
- No exam. Major research paper due at the end of the semester
- Class Format:
- seminar
- Workload:
- 50-60 pages of reading per week; weekly responses to the assigned readings
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33194/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 8412 Section 001: Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (33162)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (15 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to theoretical/methodological foundations of social network analysis. Concepts/principles, measurements, computer techniques. Applications to friendships, communities, workteams, intra-/inter-organizational relations, international systems. Focuses on network visualizations.
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8412+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This seminar introduces social network analysis to graduate students, emphasizing its theoretical, substantive, and methodological foundations. Our collective goal is to acquire a sufficient grasp of the contemporary network literatures to pursue independent advanced study, and ultimately, to contribute original research results to our disciplines. Specifically, we'll identify key network concepts and principles; examine data collection, measurement, and computer analysis techniques; and investigate applications in sociology, organization studies, political science, public administration, and related disciplines. Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. Based on the summer survey of registered students' substantive interests, we'll concentrate on social capital, communication, personal networks, learning and innovation diffusion, intra- and interorganizational relations, social movements and collective action, political networks, international systems, and small world and Internet dynamics. About an hour of each class will be spent on network methodologies. The principles that students learn in this course will enable them to study advanced topics of their own choosing. Wasserman & Faust's encyclopedic Social Network Analysis provides our primary text, with required and background articles and chapters selected from the research literatures of several disciplines. Students will learn how to perform basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using the UCINET computer package. We'll also explore network visualizations using spatial plotting programs.
- Grading:
- Leading a class discussion
(10%), preparing a discussion guide (10%), four best of five computer assignments (40%), course paper
(40%). - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
20% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper
5 Computer assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33162/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 May 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (17143)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 680
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Notes:
- 9 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8701+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course offers a graduate level introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory. Purposes are: (1) to provide an overview of the ideas of leading sociological theorists and schools; (2) to help understand the emergence of oeuvres from a sociological perspective; (3) to examine their theories in terms of current day debates (e.g., general versus situational theory; structure-agency problem; micro-macro link; causality); and (4) to see the potential of sociological theory as it informs empirical sociological research. (5) In addition, the course links together classical and contemporary theorists. This will challenge course participants to recognize continuities and change in the history of sociological theory. Most of all, this course ought to be exciting. Each week we will explore new, challenging, and potentially rewarding terrain. Each unit can, of course, only offer an introduction that will come to fruition after more intense dedication to individual theorists and schools over the years of your graduate training and beyond.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for first year graduate students in Sociology. A few seats are open to other students upon request.
- Learning Objectives:
- See course description above.
- Grading:
- 65% Reports/Papers
15% In-class Presentations20% Class Participation (and mastery of readings, verified by class discussion and regular short answer quizzes)Other Grading Information: Attendance and active participation are necessary conditions for anyone striving for a grade of "A-" or better. - Exam Format:
- No formal exams, but regular short answer quizzes about recent required class readings.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations These are but approximations. - Workload:
- 120-160 Pages Reading Per Week
30-40 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Papers
2 Presentations
6 Quizzes Other Workload: These are but approximations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17143/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 March 2019
Fall 2019 | SOC 8852 Section 001: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnographic Practicum (33163)
- 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 Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Ethnographic practice involves two core activities: engaging people in their own space and time, and separating yourself enough from the fieldwork site to write about observations and experiences with some degree of analytical distance and theoretical sophistication. Ethnographers are always both participant and observer, although some of them -- often those who start off as insiders at a site from the beginning -- will be more practically or emotionally enmeshed in a fieldwork site than others. This seminar emphasizes both these core activities: students develop the practice of shuttling constantly between fieldwork site and writing field notes and analysis. Complementing the field work will be reading and discussion of classic and contemporary ethnographies. Each student will undertake his or her own fieldwork project, learning how to generate field notes that include rich description and coherent, flexible analysis. These projects should generate a useful body of qualitative data, as well as an intensive, hands-on experience of the design, research process, and analysis of ethnography. Prerequisites: graduate student, and completion of SOC 8801, or instructor consent.
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for sociology graduate students, and 2 reserved for graduate students from other units who have completed Soc 8801. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC8852+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33163/1199
Summer 2019 | SOC 1001 Section 301: Introduction to Sociology (83039)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/20/2019 - 08/23/2019Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- See course details at https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/introduction-sociology
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83039/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Summer 2019 | SOC 1001 Section 302: Introduction to Sociology (83052)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/20/2019 - 08/23/2019Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (31 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- See course details at https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/introduction-sociology
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83052/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Summer 2019 | SOC 1101 Section 301: Law, Crime, & Punishment (87435)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk06/10/2019 - 08/02/2019Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (14 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Description:
This introductory course seeks to develop a basic understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the U.S. over time, as well as critical awareness of the current situation on the ground, based on cutting-edge theories in philosophy, sociology and criminology.
We will begin the course by familiarizing ourselves with the empirical data on crime and punishment, with a focus on the exceptionally high crime and incarceration rates in the U.S. We will examine the data with a "critical eye," that is, learn to appreciate the value of quantitative data as well as its limitations, and develop the skills necessary to distinguish between reliable data and propaganda.
We will then move on to the more theoretical segment of the course, during which we will examine and explore various theories in crime and punishment. We will address questions such as: why are there such exceptionally high crime rates in the U.S.? how come race plays such a significant role when it comes to putting people behind bars? what is it about suburbia that makes it America's safest environment? why do we punish in the first place, and how have prisons become our default, taken-for-granted method of punishing? We will conclude the course with a transition from the macro and abstract to the micro and concrete: we will examine crime and punishment in the mundane, quotidian, everyday life; our life.
As an online, 21st century course, it attempts to utilize technology in creative, accessible, user-friendly ways. You will create short videos, listen to podcasts, and create a podcast of your own for your final assignment. More generally, as a strong believer in joy as the ultimate educational instrument, the course is designed to provide you with a meaningful, challenging and enjoyable experience.
- Grading:
- The grading breakdown for the course will be as follows (For a total of 1000 pts for the course).:A Weekly Mini-Assignment related to the readings (2-3 questions; answers limited to 250 words in total) [14*25=350pts]One Video-Assignment [50pts]Three Exams (integrative short essays, limited to a 1,000 words) [3*100=300pts]Final (podcast) Assignment [300pts]*** Please keep in mind that all of the above is subject to change, as the course syllabus and design have not yet been finalized ***
- Exam Format:
- There will be no exams in this course
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87435/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 March 2019
Summer 2019 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (82811)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/10/2019 - 08/02/2019Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-135
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tabor027+SOC3251W+Summer2018
- Class Description:
- Numerous scholars in the social sciences have noted pervasive inequalities in the United States. These inequalities often manifest within the realms of education, health, income, wealth (among others) and often cut sharply along the lines of race, gender, and class. This course will examine the cultural processes through which such durable inequality can persist despite widespread (although not-near total) belief in egalitarian ideals in the United States. We will discover, through engagement with scholarly work spanning from the early 20th century until our current moment, how racial, classed, and gendered social positions and identities saturate every aspect of social life - our perception, our routines, our values, and even the way we carry our bodies through the world. Both during class time and within class assignments, students will use such accumulated knowledge to account for why social power remains unequally distributed in the United States.
List of assigned authors in the course include (but is not limited to): W.E.B DuBois, Dorothy Smith, Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlee Crenshaw, Pierre Bourdieu, and others.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- All students who have an interest in grappling with the deep sources/consequences of social inequality, especially if they have already become interested in sociology as a perspective, are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- -Students will gain an entry-level understanding of essential works in sociology which explain the cultural nature and operation of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States.
-In service of the above objective, students will learn strategies for how to digest and comprehend academic texts and their theoretical content.
-Students will gain experience in working with other students and the instructor in a seminar (rather than purely lecture) format to review and apply course texts.
-Students will develop the ability to translate sociological texts and theory into their surrounding social contexts, using it to analyze a social problem of their choosing in a course paper.
-Students will learn how to develop and revise a medium length (10-12 page) paper, and, consequently, a sociologically-informed argument, throughout multiple drafts and across several weeks.
- Grading:
- Students will be evaluated on a mixture of class participation, 2-3 short answer and essay-based reading quizzes, and several components (an articulation of topic, an outline with provision sources, a peer-reviewed draft, and the final paper) of a 10-12 page paper due in segments throughout the term.
- Exam Format:
- There is no final exam for the class. A final paper will be due during the final exam period of the semester.
- Class Format:
- Classes will include the following activities:-A mixture of short "mini-lectures" to introduce various readings-Small and large group discussion, low-stakes writing activities, and other strategies designed to assist students' comprehension and application of course readings-Occasional films demonstrating course concepts-Paper workshops to help students revise their writing as needed.
- Workload:
- Students should expect to dedicate four to six hours a week to course readings in addition to several additional hours during weeks before major assignments and quizzes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82811/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 February 2019
Summer 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (83084)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/20/2019 - 08/23/2019Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83084/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Summer 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 302: Social Theory (83116)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/20/2019 - 08/23/2019Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (18 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83116/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Summer 2019 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (82864)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/10/2019 - 08/16/2019Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 440
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gunth031+SOC3811+Summer2018
- Class Description:
Quantitative literacy skills refer to a set of competencies needed to accurately work with data expressed numerically. While pure mathematics includes resolving the truth or falsity of abstract numerical relationships, quantitative literacy entails working with quantitative information in various contexts. In 3811, students will develop their quantitative literacy by learning how to (1) accurately describe, interpret, and analyze numerical data from social research, (2) apply numerical data to assess and develop research hypotheses, and (3) communicate statistical information by using plain language and effective visual figures.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student looking to dive deeper into what it takes to work with numerical data from social science research. SOC 3811 does not require prior knowledge of statistics, research methods, or any of the software used in Lab. However, this class is recommended for students with a strong interest in developing a systematic understanding of the world and a willingness to work hard during the Summer semester.
- Learning Objectives:
- * Organize numerical data in frequency tables and percentage distributions.* Assess numerical data through its measures of central tendency (median, median, and mode) and measures of dispersion (such as range, mean deviation, and standard deviation).* Inferring properties of a population using numerical data from an observed sample of that population (statistical inference)* Understand and apply statistical techniques (multivariate analysis) for examining the relationship between two different attributes of a sample (what statisticians call ‘variables').* Formulate a statistical hypothesis based on numerical data.* Assess the quality of a numerical analysis (connection between research hypothesis and the numerical data) and its delivery (organization and presentation).* Apply basic skills in Excel and Statistical Software (Stata or R).
- Grading:
- 20% Weekly In-Class Quizzes20% Weekly Lab Exercises20% Two Project Memos10% Midterm 110% Midterm 220% Attendance and participationNo final exam
- Exam Format:
- Evaluations include: a) calculation problems, b) multiple choice questions, c) short answer responses where students will draw conclusions from statistical analyses and explain results.
- Class Format:
- Class time will include lecture, discussion, and exercises to practice the material. Weekly lab attendance is required and will offer time to practice and work on major assignments using university software.
- Workload:
- SOC 3811 requires concurrent enrollment in a lab section and is a 4-credit course. Under UMN policy, the student workload per undergraduate credit is expected to be three hours per credit per week. Therefore, you should expect a workload of at least 12 hours per week (including lecture and labs). Each week there will be two 110-minute lectures and a 105-minute lab. Therefore, you should expect approximately 7 hours per week of work outside of scheduled class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82864/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 March 2019
Summer 2019 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (87453)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/10/2019 - 08/02/2019Tue, Thu 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-224
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1001V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching and analyzing television shows. We will critically examine how several television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the "war on drugs," mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, prisoner "re-entry," and the death penalty. Students may contact the instructor or the department for more information.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Recommended prerequisites: Soc1001 or 1001V, 1101, 3101 or 3102. Disclosure: The shows we watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language.
- Exam Format:
- This course does not have exams, but may include short quizzes.
- Class Format:
- During class, we will use a mix of materials: tv shows, podcasts, blog posts, news articles and media, policy briefs, scholarly research, and guest speakers. I encourage student engagement through a variety of methods, like in-class writing activities, class-wide discussions, small-group discussions, and think-pair-share activities.
- Workload:
- In addition to reading for this course, students will be responsible for viewing several episodes of tv shows between courses. There will be regular assignments building to a final blog post on a topic related to course content.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87453/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 February 2019
Summer 2019 | SOC 4246 Section 301: Sociology of Health and Illness (83040)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 14 wk05/20/2019 - 08/23/2019Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to the importance of health and illness in people's lives, how social structures impact who gets sick, how they are treated, and how the delivery of health care is organized. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the major issues in the sociology of health and illness, and understand that health and illness are not just biological processes, but profoundly shaped by the organization of society. prereq: One sociology course or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- See course details at https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/sociology-health-and-illness
- Class Description:
- This course provides a topical overview and introduction to important sociological perspectives on health and illness. We will identify and critically evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that influence health outcomes and health disparities by demographic group. Over the semester, we will analyze a variety of readings on health, including qualitative and quantitative empirical studies, medical sociology theory, public health reports, and mainstream news articles, in order to delve deeper into the sociological meanings of health. The course will cover topics ranging from health policy and the U.S. health system in the international context to health social movements to bioethics and biotechnology. By the end of the course, you will have a firm grasp on the connections between medical sociology, the broader disciplinary concerns of sociology, and the pragmatic concerns of health issues.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in learning about sociological understandings of health, illness, the body, and the medical field, including the logics and consequences of various cultural understandings and institutional approaches to defining and managing health and illness in society.
- Learning Objectives:
- - Demonstrate an understanding of a broad overview of the field of sociology of health and illness.- Examine the cause and cultural impact of socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, immigrant status, and gender health disparities.- Synthesize contemporary research and current events in the areas of health and illness to define their implications of current U.S. health policy.- Critically analyze the social implications of health and illness.- Discuss the connections between medical sociology, the broader disciplinary concerns of sociology, and the pragmatic concerns of health issues.
- Grading:
- Discussion Points - 200 pts
Reading Journals - 75 pts
Midterm Exam - 225 pts
Peer Writing Group - 100 pts
Research Paper - 400 pts
Total = 1000 pts
- Exam Format:
- Online
- Class Format:
- Online
- Workload:
- Weekly readings, online lectures, and online discussion posts; regular reading journal entries; 1 midterm exam; and a final research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83040/1195
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 March 2019
Spring 2019 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (52035)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (210 of 232 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Wednesday discussion sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC1001+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- The "sociological imagination" is understanding what our society is by imagining what it could be. This concept runs through each of the topics covered in this course: culture, socialization, gender, race, deviance, work, inequality, family, religion, politics, and globalization. The class focuses on both the stable and changing aspects of social institutions, providing a realistic framework of when and how individuals can create social change. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
10% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style films, guest speakers - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52035/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2019 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (52038)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (215 of 232 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmbell+SOC1001+Spring2019
- Class Description:
This course concerns the social and legal origins of crime control. Students will critically examine criminal justice systems from three interrelated themes: status, criminalization, and social control. Specifically, students will respond to the following questions: What role does social status play in our criminal justice system? Who and what gets criminalized and how does this relate to status? How are social controls stratified across the U.S., and how do they relate to status?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in understanding how criminal justice outcomes become patterned by race, class, and gender will find this course interesting.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) critically examine policing, court, and penal practices that lead to patterned outcomes by race, class, and gender; (2) locate current criminal justice trends and practices within a larger historical perspective
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point earned or loss being one percentage point of your final grade. (Students will find it easy to calculate their standing in the class.)Essays: five, 1-page, double-spaced essays (10pts each)Model: in-class theoretical models of violence (5pts each)Project: presentation of material--no more than 5 minutes (25pts); typewritten explanation of presentation (15pts)
- Exam Format:
- There will not be exams; however, see the "Grading" section for details about course assignments.
- Class Format:
- My approach in class involves tethering abstract theories and concepts to everyday human practices with the goal of showing how social theory works in real life. I use a lot of pictures, video, and audio to show culture in action and to interrogative existing theories and possibly integrate theory whenever possible. We want to better understand and explain our social world.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53172/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (55193)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (48 of 49 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. The class will also class consider the future of race relations in the U.S. and evaluate remedies to racial inequality.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmbell+SOC3211W+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will begin by talking generally about the basic structure of racial formations in the contemporary U.S., the mechanisms by which they are reproduced, and possibilities for resistance and change. In the second part of the course, we will turn to the issue of popular representations of people of color in the US. We will look specifically at how African American, Asian American Latino and Native American women and men are portrayed in popular culture. We will look at how these images are related to racial inequality and how they shape the way that we think about particular groups in American society. In the Third part of the course, we will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. These units will focus especially on the experiences of Asian and Mexican immigrants. The objective in these units is both to learn more about these groups and also to consider what their experiences reveal with respect to the challenges racial and ethnic formations present for conventional, individualistic understandings of citizenship, group membership and social justice. The course will then conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Grading:
- Writing intensive course, 2 exams, 3 papers, in class writing.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and short answer
- Class Format:
- 40% lecture, 30% film, 30% discussion
- Workload:
- 50-75 pages of reading per week on average. Less at the beginning, more at the end. 3 papers, one of which will be revised over the course of the semester, in-class writing assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55193/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2017
Spring 2019 | SOC 3215 Section 001: Supercapitalism: Labor, Consumption & the Environment in the New Global Economy (66255)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 3681 Section 001GLOS 3215 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 125
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Far-reaching transformations of the global economy over the last seventy years in the realms of labor, consumption and the environment. The movement away from regulated national economies to a more fully integrated global economy; changing patterns and organization of production, employment, consumption, and waste disposal; rise of supercapitalism: a new culture of market rule over society and nature.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3215+Spring2019
- Class Description:
Manifestations of the new global economy are everywhere. From the jeans you buy at your favorite shopping mall to the place mats you purchase at Target, most of the items we consume here in the United States are made somewhere else. Global production networks link consumers of fresh green beans in Britain with horticulturalists, pickers, and exporters in Zambia. And it isn't only products that move around the globe; so do people. Thanks to immense economic inequalities, upper and even middle class families in Europe, Japan, Canada and the U.S. enjoy the cheap and plentiful labor of Eastern European, Filipino, and Honduran nannies, housecleaners, and gardeners. Even diverse forms of "waste" associated with consumption and production from metal scrap to plastics to discarded electronics to a city's garbage have become global commodities as giant container ships make it economical to transport items unwanted in richer countries for use as raw materials in poorer ones, albeit at a high cost to human health and the environment.
How did this new global economy come to be, what forces are responsible for these changes, how has it impacted working people, consumers and ecosystems, and with what ethical and political implications?
In this course, we will focus on the changes that have taken place in the global economy over the last half-century (and occasionally more) in the realms of labor, consumption, and the environment. We will examine the economic theories, institutional changes, technological developments and practices that have undergirded them. We will focus heavily on transformations in forms of work, as well as ecological implications of global capitalism. Our mode of exploration will be both historical and contemporary. We will examine the movement away from the relatively regulated national economies of the 1940s-1960s to a more fully integrated global economy; changing patterns and organization of production, distribution, consumption, and waste disposal; the rise of neoliberalism; and the shift in the U.S. from "managerial capitalism to shareholder capitalism". Some of the substantive topics we will explore include the globalization of mass consumption and the rise of new middle classes in Turkey, China, India, and elsewhere; the culture of the "new" capitalism; the growing "precarity" and insecurity of work at all levels; the environmental changes global capitalism has wrought; recent economic and political crises in Europe and the United States; and alternatives to the "business-as-usual" economy.
- Learning Objectives:
- Well after this class is over, I want you to be able to utilize the perspectives and knowledge you have acquired during the course to understand the everchanging nature of the global political economy.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on lectures, films, and a lot of in-class discussion. From the outset, I want you to know that (a) this course is very reading intensive, and (b) I expect you to do all of the readings all of the time. Active participation in this class is very important.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66255/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Spring 2019 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (54214)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (41 of 42 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3251W+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
60% Papers (3 papers, 20% each)
20% Final Exam
20% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Exam
3 Papers (8-10 pages each) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54214/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 September 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3412 Section 001: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (55608)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks.' prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 23 seats reserved for sociology BS majors through 11/27/2018. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hamil639+SOC3412+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. The principles that students learn in this course will enable them to study advanced network topics of their choosing.About half of the class meetings will be devoted to learning and practicing network analysis methods. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using the UCINET computer package. We'll also explore network visualizations using NetDraw, a spatial plotting program. Computer programming skill is not a prerequisite for this courseThe course is conducted in lecture, discussion, and lab formats. Class meetings consist of three types of activities: (1) an overview of the main aspects of a topic, in a formal presentation by the instructor; (2) open discussions among all participants of key issues, applications to empirical research, and potential directions for future developments; and (3) laboratory sessions in network data analysis methods, led by the instructor and TA. Labs will be held on Wednesdays. Students should bring their laptops to the lab sessions to analyze network data.
- Grading:
- 4 Assignments, 20 points each / 80 points total / 80% of overall grade
8 in-class assignments, 2.5 points each / 20 points total / 20% of overall grade
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams. Students will be assessed on four UCINET data assignments throughout the semester.
- Class Format:
- The class will be a combination of lecture and lab sections.
- Workload:
- Students should expect to read approximately 15-30 pages per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55608/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (66092)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (55 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Work is central to individuals, economy, and society. This course introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. We will look at what makes a good job good, a bad job bad, and impacts of joblessness on society. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3421W+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Work is of centrality to individuals, economy, and society. This course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. Students are expected to satisfy three course requirements: (1) read the required and recommended texts and participate in class discussions organized to exchange opinions about issues of work in America today; (2) take in-class quizzes designed to review some of lectured topics and discussed issues; and (3) develop three essays on problems of work described on this syllabus. This is a writing intensive course, and the development of the three essays has a heavy weight in the final course grade. There will not be a cumulative in-class exam. The prerequisite is Soc1001 ?Introduction to Sociology.? Instructor's permission is required if students do not have taken this course.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any sociology or non-sociology students interested in the class as part of their major requirement. Soc 1001 "Introduction to Sociology" is the prerequisite.
- Learning Objectives:
- Full version please read Class Description. Briefly, learning about American workplace, sociological perspectives of work and occupation, and kinds of jobs in the USA.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
15% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Quiz and papers, no exam.
- Class Format:
- 90% Lecture
10% Discussion - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66092/1193
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Spring2019.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3446 Section 001: Comparing Healthcare Systems (66718)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (57 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examination of national health systems from an international comparative perspective, emphasizing social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical dimensions of healthcare policies and programs to deliver services and their impacts on the health of population groups. The comparative approach will enable students to acquire a better understanding of the problems and potential for reforming and improving US healthcare delivery. Pre-req: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3446+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Examination of national health systems from an international comparative perspective, emphasizing social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical dimensions of healthcare policies and programs to deliver services and their impacts on the health of population groups. The comparative approach will enable students to acquire a better understanding of the problems and potential for reforming and improving US healthcare delivery.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students in liberal arts, health sciences, business, and related fields who are interested in learning about careers in healthcare, research on interorganizational systems, or public policy making.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course enables student to develop skills in understanding different sides of controversial issues, to improve their critical reasoning abilities, and to acquire ethical standards for participating in society as thoughtful, well informed, and engaged citizens. Students who successfully complete the course will be able to read, interpret, and understand information and analyses of international healthcare systems. Students will ponder ethical issues of privacy, efficiency, and equity in healthcare systems. They will enhance their abilities to communicate effectively by developing analyses and arguments both orally and in writing. Not least, the course lays a foundation for life-long learning about healthcare and searching for productive strategies to use in their personal and professional lives. The numerous objectives of this course are highly relevant for subsequent careers in a variety of healthcare fields, including management, administration, finance, planning, and policy making.
Key learning objectives include:- Analyze the historical development, organization, financing, and delivery of public and private health services in comparative international healthcare systems.
- Identify key components in theories explaining healthcare organizations, professions, and delivery systems of diverse nations.
- Demonstrate understanding of the impacts of social, organizational, political, economic, cultural, and ethical factors on international healthcare systems.
- Critically analyze healthcare system programs and organizations by using international case studies in shorter writing assignments.
- Produce a broader analysis comparing international healthcare systems in a longer course
- Exam Format:
- No exams!
- Class Format:
- Classes meet twice a week for 75 minutes are conducted in lecture, discussion, small group activity, and video format. Class meetings consist of four types of activities: (1) an overview of the main aspects of a topic, in formal presentations by the instructor and occasional guest speakers; (2) open discussions among all participants of key issues, applications to empirical research, and potential directions for future developments; and (3) small group exercises such as debates and role-playing activities; and (4) short video clips on healthcare practices and policies.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66718/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 November 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities & Social Change (68651)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-228
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The core themes of this class will provide an essential toolkit for approaching broad questions about social justice, culture, work, housing and service provision on multiple levels and across the globe. This course will have units on economic development, inequality, the interaction between design and human action, inclusive and exclusive cultural formations, crime and cultures of fear, social control and surveillance. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course will draw on theories and research in sociology, history and urban studies to explore the phenomenon of urbanism and the rise of "cities," investigating the causes and consequences of that rise. We will cover topics like modernization and the changing conceptions of place and community in the modern world, the urban-rural divide, suburbanization, segregation and gentrification, and the right to the city. Throughout the course, we will investigate the ways that race, class, gender, and religion shape the urban experience. While the class will be more heavily focused on the US context, international comparisons will be included throughout. Since this is a writing intensive (W) course, students will develop their insights into cities and urban life through writing, including ethnographic exercises in the Twin Cities, reading and film reports, exams, and a term paper. Students will have the opportunity to produce a well-written and well thought-out term paper, following a three-stage planning, drafting, and revision process over several weeks.See here for more info http://classinfo.umn.edu/?x500=frost166&term=1193
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
20% Reading and film reports
30% Exams
40% Term paper - Exam Format:
- Essay exams
- Class Format:
- Mix of lecture, large and small group discussion, independent writing, and multimedia activities
- Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Reading/Film Reports
2 Exams
1 Paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68651/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 November 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3505 Section 001: Migrations: People in Motion (68576)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3705 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Students in this course will tackle debates related to migration from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and will compare and connect diverse migration trends around the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America). Students will critically engage with various paradigms on the geopolitical, racial, and gender power dynamics that anchor migration processes and outcomes. Why would the movement of individuals from some parts of the world (often from the least developed regions to the highly developed Western nations) create such strong and highly charged debates? How are cross border social and economic relations of individuals and households maintained and perpetuated? What are particular governments doing to either encourage or hinder these movements? How are current migrations different from earlier eras? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore the above questions through academic and policy published literature. prereq: Soph, jr, or sr
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68576/1193
Spring 2019 | SOC 3507 Section 001: Immigration to the United States: Beyond Walls (66871)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (41 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Immigration is one of the most politically and emotionally charged issues in the United States today. It is also poorly understood. Assumptions, myths, and misinformation about US immigration and immigrants are routinely and increasingly manifested in acrimonious political debates, news stories and sound bites, and our daily conversations and interactions with one another in the very communities in which we live and work. At the same time, US immigration and immigrants have been, are, and will continue to be an essential and vibrant part of our lived and shared experiences as individuals and communities, Minnesotans and Americans, and global citizens.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3507+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66871/1193
Spring 2019 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (55501)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3511H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (42 of 49 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3511+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations.
Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include:- Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session.
- Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour).
- Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading
- Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper.
- Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor.
- Grading:
- A-FS/N
- Exam Format:
- Quiz Format: multiple choice, Exam Format: short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-70 Pages Reading Per Week
8-16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly quizzes (most but not all weeks) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55501/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3511H Section 001: Honors: World Population Problems (66110)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3511 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 6 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for sociology honors through 11/26/18. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3511H+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations.
Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include:- Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session.
- Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour).
- Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading
- Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper.
- Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66110/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3613V Section 001: Honors: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (66257)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411 Section 001SOC 4411H Section 001SOC 5411 Section 001SOC 3613W Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (4 of 4 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- The course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. - Interview a current sociology/Global Studies graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the professor.
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for sociology honors until Nov 20. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613V+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters. As in all of our sociology courses, honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding in their written assignments, oral participation, and course activities.
- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Class Format:
- lectures, films, guest speakers, class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write weekly commentaries that demonstrate your understanding of the readings, write one short paper, and write a 6-8 page, research-based policy brief on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66257/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (66256)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411 Section 001SOC 4411H Section 001SOC 5411 Section 001SOC 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (49 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 30 seats reserved for sociology majors through Dec 3, 2018. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613W+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters. As in all of our sociology courses, honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding in their written assignments, oral participation, and course activities.
- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Class Format:
- lectures, films, guest speakers, class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write weekly commentaries that demonstrate your understanding of the readings, write one short paper, and write a 6-8 page, research-based policy brief on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66256/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (52058)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 20 seats reserved for sociology majors through 11/27/2018. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3701+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Social theories help us understand society and how it works. In this class, we cover the development of social theory from the classical and founding works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary ideas such as feminism, rational choice, racism, and post-modernity.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and all those with an interest in the subject matter
- Learning Objectives:
- Throughout this class, we have three goals: to learn to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; to use this work to better understand the social world; and to develop our own capacity to talk and write about the world using ideas from theory.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
20% Attendance (in-class sign-up on group discussion sheets)(one point per class)
20% Written Homework (100 to 150 word response to the designated reading question for that class period, submitted by website after class) (one point per submission for 20 submissions)
10% In-class Presentations (two at 5 points each)Other Grading Information: The class will break up into 10 groups and each group will make two presentations about the readings. - Exam Format:
- The questions will include multiple-choice, short-answer and essay.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
15% Discussion
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s) (2 minutes per student for each presentation)
20 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52058/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (55191)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:50AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 20 seats reserved for sociology majors through 11/27/2018. Click the link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC3701+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to current theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns, including: What holds human societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are social identities created, sustained or transformed, and to what effect? Where is society headed in the future? The goals of the course are to deepen students' understanding of the significance of such questions and to provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the late 19th century to the present. For present and future sociology majors, the course provides an indispensable background for subsequent work in the discipline. For all others, it provides an invitation to think about some of the most vital questions that confront us all as reflective and self-aware members of our communities and our world. The course design is premised on the idea that the best way to learn and understand social theory is by seeing its connection to contemporary issues and concerns. Therefore, the primary theory readings in this course are paired with writings that illustrate the relevance of these theories to contemporary concerns or that directly apply the theories to current issues and questions.
- Grading:
- 35% Exam 1
35% Exam 2
30% In-class writings - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55191/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (66258)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For course syllabus and details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/oes-courses/social-theory .
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66258/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2019 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (52052)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (119 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC3801+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- The research methods course teaches you to understand, critique, and plan sociological research. This course introduces you to both qualitative and quantitative research designs. The course is intended for sociology majors and it should be taken before you begin your major project. We will use lectures, discussions, lab exercises, short weekly assignments, and a few small outside-of-class "hands-on" research assignments to get a feel for a variety of research methods. In addition to exams and the activities listed above, students will prepare a research proposal as their final project for the course.
- Grading:
20% Special Projects
20% Laboratory Evaluation
20% Other EvaluationOther Grading Information: homework; 40% examinations- Exam Format:
- Short answer and brief essay.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
2 exams
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52052/1193
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2019 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (52017)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (141 of 145 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3811+Spring2019
- Class Description:
Quantitative data can reveal the social world - or disguise it. This class will teach methods of describing, displaying, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data so that it can reveal, not disguise, social patterns. We will cover: (1) descriptive statistics and principles of good graphing; (2) methods of transforming data to make its patterns visible; (3) the probability theory that lets us use samples to learn about populations; (4) principles of causal inference; and (5) methods for relating multiple variables to understand their relationships.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Grading:
- 33% Quizzes33% Problem sets33% Analytical memos
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsMultiple ChoiceShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture and large-group activities50% Computer Labs
- Workload:
- 10-35 pages reading per week; quizzes most weeks; 5 shorter problem sets; 3 longer analytical memos
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52017/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2016
Spring 2019 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Social Statistics (53259)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology major.
- Learning Objectives:
- See full description under Class Description. Briefly, this is a requirement for a sociology major. You will learn basic quantitative analytic skills useful for senior thesis and a future research job.
- Grading:
- 10% Class attendance50% Problem solving assignments40% Midterm exam !05% End of course extra credit
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10 pages per week reading (textbook and lecture notes)Weekly problem solving lab and assignment3 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53259/1193
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (54639)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (3 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for sociology honors until 11/19/18. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54639/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2019 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (52651)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52651/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2019 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (66434)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (32 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended, Sociology and Global Studies majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mave0013+SOC4104+Spring2019
- Class Description:
Why are some human rights violations, but not others, criminalized in international law? How have countries responded to human rights violations? Why do people participate in mass atrocities and how have they been punished? How has human rights discourse influenced international and national criminal justice?
This course applies a sociological perspective to human rights discourse, efforts to criminalize human rights violations, and consequences of these efforts. To begin, we will analyze the construction of international human rights ideals, laws, and institutions since the mid 20th century and consider how human rights discourse is employed to frame particular acts as deviant and criminal law as an appropriate response. Second, we will analyze institutional responses to violations of international criminal law (i.e., transitional justice mechanisms), including prosecutions, truth commissions, and amnesties. To examine why and how state and non-state actors have opted to pursue transitional justice mechanisms, we will dig in to a variety of case histories, including the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, Rwanda, Darfur, South Africa, and Argentina. Here, we will also discuss the consequences of interventions for remembering past violence and preventing future violence.- Grading:
- 2 exams (15% each), 2 short papers (15% each), reading responses & class participation (40%)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66434/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 May 2016
Spring 2019 | SOC 4108 Section 001: Current Issues in Crime Control (66628)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (50 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC4108+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Race, Crime, Policing, and Punishment: Exploring Black America's Agency & ResistanceWith the rise of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and increasingly loud critiques of mass incarceration from both liberals and conservatives, the U.S. criminal system is once again "on trial" in popular opinion and the mass media. Is our current system of policing and punishment "racist"and the product of whites' racial resentment in the post civil rights era? This special topics seminar examines social scientific understandings of the relationships between race, crime, policing, and punishment in the U.S. during the 21st century.The seminar centers on three recent, path-breaking books on the intersection of race, crime, policing, and punishment and written by scholars of color. (These books are Locking Up Our Own, Big House on the Prairie, and The Chosen Ones.) All question the "standard story" of mass incarceration and race, focusing in particular on black agency, resistance, and redemption.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students looking to dive deeper into the history of contemporary policing and punishment. Most students should have already taken Soc 3101 and/or Soc 4105 or Soc 4125.
- Grading:
- 3 Short Essay Exams + 1 Final Paper
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture50% Discussion
- Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week3 Exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66628/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Killing (69525)
- Instructor(s)
- Bobby Bryant (Proxy)Ann Miller (Proxy)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (48 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological, legal, psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. Normal killings contrasted with pathological types. Mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, terrorist killings. prereq: jr or sr or grad student or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69525/1193
Spring 2019 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (55198)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (47 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4162+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Course Content: Balance between government power to enforce criminal laws and individuals' right to be let alone by the government in a constitutional democracy. Topics include: police power to stop and frisk, arrest, search, interrogate, and identify suspects; right to a lawyer; remedies for constitutional violations; social science, the courts, and the law of criminal procedure. Teaching methods: Read and discuss U.S. Supreme Court and other cases. Textbooks and other reading: Samaha, Criminal Procedure 9th edition (earlier editions won't do). Audience: Upper division undergraduates in all departments and colleges.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal concepts and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly non-cumulative short answer exam (60%); weekly case briefs (10%); weekly discussion analysis essay (30%) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55198/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2017
Spring 2019 | SOC 4170 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Human Rights, Trafficking, and Business Regulation (66095)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 5170 Section 001GLOS 4406 Section 001GLOS 5170 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (42 of 44 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cultural values and practices in a globalized world. Role of international law. Immigration, terrorism, Americanization, and structure of international legal system. prereqs: 1001 or 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4170+Spring2019
- Class Description:
What is international law, where does it come from, and how does it work? Does it have a real impact on the day-to-day lives of individuals? When is it followed; when is it ignored? This course takes a broad sociological view of international law. We begin with an analysis of the actors and processes that constitute international law and then focus on particular substantive areas, including human rights, economic development, environmental concerns, trafficking, and drug interdiction.The course grade is based on two take-home exams, one paper (draft and final), and a group presentation. Graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
Undergraduate juniors or seniors majoring in Law, Criminology & Deviance or Global Studies; Masters students studying Human Rights
- Learning Objectives:
Deepen understanding of the "social construction of reality" by exploring gaps in a system in which nationallaws regulate globalphenomena, including crime, human rights violations, health, and business.
Explore "American exceptionalism," its pros and cons, and its implications.
Gain entrée into different ways of thinking about the world through sociological theories of globalization.
Become more informed about the world and international law.
Develop critical thinking and writing and presentation skills.- Grading:
- 10% Reading Reflections20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Essay
15% Class Participation/Peer Review
15% Group Presentation - Exam Format:
- In-class short essay exams
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture, film clips, audio clips
50% Discussion of readings, in-class assignments10% Group presentations and guest speakers - Workload:
- 60-75 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Group presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66095/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Deviance Emphasis -- Sociology of Violence: Bedrooms, Backyards & Bars (66505)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC4190+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course looks at violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas - bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. Students will wrestle with definitions of violence and the circumstances in which behavior is or isn't categorized as violent. A major theme will be how violence operates as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Subtopics intersecting violence include: cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the patterns of and social motives for violence will find this course interesting.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) critically discuss perspectives on violence; (2) differentiate types of violence; and (3) critically discuss social motives associated with violent behaviors and events.
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point earned or loss being one percentage point of your final grade. (Students will find it easy to calculate their standing in the class.)Essays: five, 1-page, double-spaced essays (10pts each)Model: in-class theoretical models of violence (5pts each)Project: presentation of material--no more than 5 minutes (25pts); typewritten explanation of presentation (15pts)
- Exam Format:
- There will not be exams; however, see the "Grading" section for details about course assignments.
- Class Format:
- My approach in class involves tethering abstract theories and concepts to everyday human practices with the goal of showing how social theory works in real life. I use a lot of pictures, video, and audio to show culture in action and to interrogative existing theories and possibly integrate theory whenever possible. We want to better understand and explain our social world.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66505/1193
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/walkerml_SOC4190_Spring2019.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (55199)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4305 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (41 of 49 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examines the interaction between human society and the natural environment, focusing on the contemporary and global situation. Takes the perspective of environmental sociology concerning the short-range profit-driven and ideological causes of ecological destruction. Investigates how society is reacting to that increasing destruction prereq: 1001 recommended or a course on the environment, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC4305+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- The human species has exerted a large and increasing influence upon its surrounding natural environment. In last two hundred years, this influence has mushroomed. The human population has multiplied enormously, as has its consumerism and its use of technology to extract resources and dump waste back into the environment. Our planet is like a spaceship, "Spaceship Earth;" it can only support a limited amount of human activities. Human society is now pushing the limits of the planetary ecological systems. Our impact is so strong that our current geological era is now called the Anthropocene--the era of humans being the most powerful ecological influence. We are causing massive degradation of the water, land, atmosphere and extinction of other species.
Core questions for this class - Why is it so difficult for human society to learn to live with the limits imposed by the ecological systems of the planet? What fundamental changes do we need to make in order to create a type of human society that can co-exist with a healthy ecology for a long time? These are the basic questions asked by Environmental Sociology, the basis of this course. Growth of population, increasing affluence and more effective extractive technology are the immediate material factors of our devastating impact on the environment. But beyond these material factors lie many social causes. Human society has a strong tendency to ignore environmental problems. These denial tendencies are caused by sociological factors such as social organization, political processes, profit-hungry economic production, insatiable consumer demand, and beliefs that ignore science and disregard the environment. The course examines these various sociological factors that drive our environmental impact and considers ways they might be changed to create a more sustainable form of society. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Those with an interest in the sustainability of humanity
- Learning Objectives:
- Study the interaction patterns between human society and the natural and built environment.
- Grading:
- Student presentations, exercises, quizzes, midterm and final exam.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions and short essays
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30 pages of reading per week plus occasional exercises and student group presentations.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55199/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2017
Spring 2019 | SOC 4521 Section 001: Love, Sex, & Marriage (66096)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4521H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (47 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. What can sociology and related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects? More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. prereq: [1001 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4521+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates.
- Grading:
- 20% Exam 120% Exam 220% Exam 325% In-class writings15% Final Paper
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66096/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 4521H Section 001: Honors: Love, Sex, & Marriage (66111)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4521 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 6 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. What can sociology and related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects? More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. Honors students registering for Soc 4521H: Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. - Interview a current sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the professor. prereq: Honors
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for sociology honors through 11/19/2018. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4521H+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Exam 120% Exam 220% Exam 325% In-class writings15% Final Paper
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66111/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 4881 Section 001: Population Studies Research Practicum (66444)
- 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 Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 430
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Students enrolled in this course will gain hands-on experience with population studies research by (1) working under the mentorship of an individual researcher or a research team at the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) and (2) attending and reflecting in writing on MPC's weekly research seminar. In addition, students in the course will meet weekly with the instructor to discuss their research experiences and to develop and present a final research poster.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC4881+Spring2019
- Class Description:
The University of Minnesota is among the most vibrant and productive research universities in the country. Its faculty are leaders and pioneers in many scientific (including social scientific) fields, and the university annually attracts tens of millions of dollars in federal and private research support. However, undergraduate students often have a hard time connecting to the research going on around them in a way that improves their skills, provides valuable experiences to them, or helps them explore their professional interests.
SOC 4881 is designed to meaningfully connect undergraduate students to an ongoing population studies research project, to see that project through from the "idea stage" to a finished product, and to explore scientific research as a potential career option. (Population studies, by the way, is an interdisciplinary field of study that uses demographic data and methods to describe, explain, and predict social phenomena.) In spring 2019, students in SOC 4881 will investigate the impact of having race-, gender-, and/or class-atypical names - e.g., a woman named "Michael" or an African-American named "Julio" - on people's educational attainments, marital outcomes, occupational attainments, income, and longevity. This a project that will draw on prior research in sociology, economics, public policy, and demography to study issues related to discrimination and bias in various institutional settings.
Students in SOC 4881 will be involved in every phase of the project - including problem formulation; literature review and critique; decisions about conceptualization and measurement; empirical analyses; writing; and the presentation and publication of results. Each week, students will also listen to a research presentation at the Minnesota Population Center and reflect on the presentation in a way that will further their exposure to all phases of the research process. Along the way, students will also learn about ethical issues as they pertain to population and social scientific research; how research projects are funded; how scientists present, discuss, and critique one another's work; and how scientific publishing works. Finally, students will develop specific skills in the analysis of quantitative data.
Spring 2019 is the first time SOC 4881 has been offered. The preliminary syllabus is posted on the course web page at www.rob-warren.com/4881. Going forward, student course evaluations for the most recent version of SOC 4881 will also be posted on the course web page.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
This course will be especially valuable for students who are (1) interested in learning more about the scientific research process and/or (2) considering careers in scientific research. It might be most valuable for students interested in social scientific, public health, or population studies research. Students considering attending graduate programs in those fields are especially likely to benefit from the course.
This course will be especially valuable for students who are (1) interested in learning more about the scientific research process and/or (2) considering careers in scientific research. It might be most valuable for students interested in social scientific, public health, or population studies research. Students considering attending graduate programs in those fields are especially likely to benefit from the course.
Students who have not taken undergraduate courses in research methods or statistics may find SOC 4881 more challenging, but they are still welcome to enroll.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students in SOC 4881 will learn how scientific research projects are conceived, defined, funded, and executed and how their results are communicated, evaluated, critiqued, and disseminated.The University of Minnesota has defined several "Student Learning Outcomes" that will be pursued in SOC 4881. These include:- Identifying, defining, and solving problems.- Locating and critically evaluating information.- Mastering a body of knowledge and a mode of inquiry.- Communicating effectively.- Understanding the role of creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression across disciplines.
- Grading:
- Course grades will be determined by:1. Individual written and other assignments (60%)2. Group project assignments (40%)
- Exam Format:
There will be no exams in this course.
- Class Format:
Class sessions will feature a lively mixture of short presentations, visitors/guests, discussions, and group activities. There will be very little lecturing!
- Workload:
SOC 4881 will require about 10 hours of work per week (including 2.5 hours in class each week). The time spent out of class will include watching MPC Seminar presentations (1.0 hours per week), reading, and writing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66444/1193
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC4881_Spring2019.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (52266)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (54 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4966W+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience, which will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your Sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper.
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions most closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) An Extended Reflective Essay on the Uses of Sociology in Public Life. Specific topics could include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change;
the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; and others.3) Service Learning Report or Action Project. This option will involve writing a sociological report based on community service learning with a local community organization of your choice. This paper will be based on a minimum of 30 hours of community service work completed during the course of the semester. The Community Service Learning Center will help you find a place, or if you're already volunteering they will help you formalize this so you can write on it.
Alternatively, instead of writing a report based upon the service experience, the final product will involve working on, and writing about, an actual project of direct relevance or immediate concern to your organization or agency. These projects might involve a variety of tasks such as writing a mission statement or action plan, creating program materials or a grant proposal, working on an evaluation study, or producing publicity information.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
30% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52266/1193
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2019 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Capstone Experience: Seminar (54863)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (54 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC4966W+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience. It will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper. There are two options:
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) An Extended Reflective Essay on the Uses of Sociology in Public Life. Specific topics could include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; and others. - Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Exam Format:
- no exam
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
30% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54863/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2019 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (52269)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (13 of 13 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects. prereq: [4977V or instr consent], 3701, 3801, 3811, at least 9 additional upper div soc cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC4978V+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This second-semester seminar allows us to complete research and writing the senior thesis papers.
- Grading:
- 33% Reports/Papers
33% Written Homework
33% Participation and public presentation - Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- 33% Discussion
33% Small Group Activities
33% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 35+ Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52269/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 September 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 5170 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Human Rights, Trafficking, and Business Regulation (66265)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4170 Section 001GLOS 4406 Section 001GLOS 5170 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (1 of 1 seat filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cultural values and practices in a globalized world. Role of international law. Immigration, terrorism, Americanization, and structure of international legal system.
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for sociology grad through 12/4/18. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC5170+Spring2019
- Class Description:
What is international law, where does it come from, and how does it work? Does it have a real impact on the day-to-day lives of individuals? When is it followed; when is it ignored? This course takes a broad sociological view of international law. We begin with an analysis of the actors and processes that constitute international law and then focus on particular substantive areas, including human rights, economic development, environmental concerns, trafficking, and drug interdiction.The course grade is based on two take-home exams, one paper (draft and final), and a group presentation. Graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of students.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
Undergraduate juniors or seniors majoring in Law, Criminology & Deviance or Global Studies; Masters students studying Human Rights
- Learning Objectives:
Deepen understanding of the "social construction of reality" by exploring gaps in a system in which nationallaws regulate globalphenomena, including crime, human rights violations, health, and business.
Explore "American exceptionalism," its pros and cons, and its implications.
Gain entrée into different ways of thinking about the world through sociological theories of globalization.
Become more informed about the world and international law.
Develop critical thinking and writing and presentation skills.- Grading:
- 10% Reading Reflections20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Essay
15% Class Participation/Peer Review
15% Group Presentation - Exam Format:
- In-class short essay exams
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture, film clips, audio clips
50% Discussion of readings, in-class assignments10% Group presentations and guest speakers - Workload:
- 60-75 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Group presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66265/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (52951)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- Soc grad student or Instr consent. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8001+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- The seminar is designed to give you a chance to explore the "hidden curriculum" of graduate school. This second semester will be devoted to planning and developing large writing projects. Students should have a key writing goal in mind -- often this will be the prelim, but may also be a prospectus, a grant application, or an independent research paper. To facilitate a student-centered focus, the seminar is designed to be open-ended, flexible, and interactive. Depending upon student needs, we will spend some of our class time discussing some of the key milestones students face in the program: the reading list, the preliminary exam, the prospectus, and internal and external grant applications. We also use class time for writing and peer editing.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- The course is designed for graduate students in Sociology working on writing projects. Typically, second-year or third-year students who are working on prelims -- but students at other stages are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- Most concretely, the course provides a structured environment for writing and peer engagement of writing projects. Discussion topics depend upon student needs but often involve a) department milestones including the prelim and prospectus, as well as funding applications; b) how to structure and organize large writing projects; c) paper development for conferences and journals.
- Grading:
- The only requirements are to (1) be there each week; (2) participate; and (3) be reflective. Some reading (often example prelims) occurs early the semester, but the bulk of work involves writing and peer editing.
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- 40% Discussion
60% Writing and peer editing - Workload:
- Weekly goals for writing and peer editing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52951/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 November 2017
Spring 2019 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (54444)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Soc graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8011+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This course is aimed at graduate students preparing to become teachers at the college level. We begin by working to understand the social/political context of teaching, including topics such as ethics, multiculturalism, and academic freedom. Students also learn practical teaching skills to be used when lecturing or leading discussions. Active learning strategies are emphasized as effective tools for engaging a wide variety of adult learners. A major part of the course is the independent development of a course syllabus and related lesson plans and exercises.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology graduate students
- Learning Objectives:
- Develop a sociological understanding of university classrooms Plan a course to teach in the future, including syllabus, assignments, rubrics, and teaching philosophyLearn student-centered teaching methods and backward course design for effective day to day life in the classroomCommunicate some aspect of this learning to the broader UM sociology community at SRI
- Grading:
- To earn an "A" in this course, you must have no more than one unexcused absence; actively partipate during our class sessions, including co-facilitating the discussion twice; turn in all assignments fully complete and on-time; provide thoughtful reviewer comments on your partner's work on time and every time; and your work must show effort and growth. Poor performance on any of these will cause your grade to be lower. You are at risk of failing this course if you have three unexcused absences or do not turn in a major assignment. I will not give an Incomplete except when required by university policy.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on in-class discussion of readings, collaborative preparation of materials such as a teaching statement and syllabus, engagement with guest speakers from around the university, and building a capstone group project to share what we have learned.
- Workload:
- Over the semester, you will hone your CV, create a teaching statement, develop a syllabus for a future class, and write the guidelines and grading rubric for a major assignment for that class. Multiple drafts of each of these will be due at various times during the semester. You will also provide written feedback to other students on their drafts. We also work as a class to create an interesting and meaningful session at the department's SRI conference.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54444/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (66098)
- Instructor(s)
- Douglas Hartmann, PhD (Proxy)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Spring2019 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2019
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66098/1193
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Spring 2019 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Sociology of Punishment (66100)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC8190+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- This seminar is an intensive exploration of the Sociology of Punishment, which David Garland (1990: 10) defines as "that body of thought which explores the relations between punishment and society, its purpose being to understand legal punishment as a social phenomenon and thus trace its role in social life." The course focuses on the following questions, which are at the heart of the Sociology of Punishment: What are the purposes of criminal punishment? What determines the scope and character of criminal punishment? What is the relationship between criminal punishment and culture? What is the relationship between contemporary criminal punishment and social inequality and divisions? Why has imprisonment become the predominant mode of punishment in the United States and other industrial democracies? How do imprisonment and other forms of institutionalization affect prisoners and ex-prisoners? We will have fun.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
70% Discussion
10% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66100/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 8501 Section 001: Sociology of the Family (66101)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical and empirical works from contemporary family sociology. Content varies with instructor. Sample topics: definitions of the family, family roles, family interactions, marriage and divorce, childbearing, parenthood, and cultural variations in families.
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Soc graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC8501+Spring2019
- Class Description:
What is family? The term and concept have become increasingly contested in recent decades, as we witness an empirical shift away from the "traditional" nuclear family toward a broader range of family forms. Policy debates concerning how families form, what families should do for their members, and even what should count as a family. In this course we will examine the empirical reality of family diversity and change and the corresponding theoretical and policy debates. The course will also place considerable emphasis on the relationship between family life and various forms of social inequality, including inequalities of gender, race/ethnicity, social class, sexuality, and nationality. We will conclude by considering possible future directions for "the family."
- Grading:
- Class participation - 25%Discussion questions and in-class presentations - 25%Final Project - 50%
- Exam Format:
- no exam
- Class Format:
The course is a seminar. Students are expected to complete all of the required readings (about 100 pages per week) for each class meeting and participate actively in class discussion. Class sessions will usually begin with some introductory comments by the professor, followed by a student presentation on the assigned readings. We will then engage in a group discussion that will be guided (but not constrained) by the reading questions supplied by the student presenter. There will be one 15-minute break halfway through the class period.
- Workload:
- You are expected to closely read the weekly readings (about 100 pages per week), take notes on them, and come prepared to discuss them. You should budget extra time in the weeks you will lead class discussion so that you can develop a facilitation/discussion plan. You will want to start early in planning your final project. We will devote one class period to "workshopping" student final projects, so students should plan to have a solid start on their projects well before the end of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66101/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2019 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- Contemporary Social Theory (66102)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Notes:
- 8 seats reserved for Soc graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC8790+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- In this graduate seminar, we will read 21st century social theorists and their re-interpretations of well-known 20th century ones (e.g., Du Bois, Fanon, Gramsci, Foucault, Lefebvre), rethinking concepts and categories such as nation/state, race, class, gender, capital, liberal subjectivity, labor, and spatiality, based on new research in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and in minority communities in the U.S. The goal is to appreciate intellectual knowledge production as generated across national boundaries and in underrepresented domains, rather than in isolation, understanding how so-called universal concepts can be challenged and transformed, which can allow for the posing of new questions, theorizations, perspectives, and projects.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- graduate students
- Class Format:
- Discussion based seminar with a short background presentation by the professor
- Workload:
- Each week we will read approximately 200 pages of text, students will submit weekly discussion notes (1-2 pages) which will be shared by all; each week, different students will initiate the discussion by presenting the readings; and the course will end with a final paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66102/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 October 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (53353)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 7 seats reserved for Soc graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC8801+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53353/1193
Spring 2019 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (52399)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8811+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Topics for Spring 2012: logistic regression, event history analysis, and multilevel modeling or structural equation models.
- Grading:
- 3 data analysis papers on the three topics, each 33.3% of the course grade.
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 12 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Data Analysis Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52399/1193
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC8811_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 September 2018
Spring 2019 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, & Mobility: Population Modeling (66103)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC8890+Spring2019
- Class Description:
"He not busy being born is busy dying." -- Bob Dylan
Populations are made up of people whose lives are changing all the time: growing up; moving around; having kids; gaining and losing jobs and spouses; entering and leaving schools and prisons; getting sick; and dying. This course covers population modeling techniques from the demographic tradition, organized around these kinds of life changes. These techniques excel at describing social and epidemiological changes occurring along multiple time scales simultaneously; identifying the inequalities lurking beneath population averages; and figuring out what population a research question is really about. The course assumes no prior knowledge of demography and will cover a range of applications from across the social and health sciences.REGISTRATION NOTE: If you are not a Sociology student, you may need a code to register. Students from all disciplines are welcome in the course. Please email the instructor (ewf@umn.edu) for a registration code if you need one.
- Grading:
- 60% Problem Sets20% Quizzes20% Short Essays
- Exam Format:
- Short quizzes with multiple choice, short answer, or small computations
- Class Format:
- Active lectures and seminar discussion
- Workload:
- Approx. 50 pages reading per week; weekly problem sets; five quizzes; short essays at term end on using the methods in research
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66103/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (17098)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (232 of 232 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC1001+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce basic sociological concepts including theories, methods and common subjects of sociological study including the individual and society, structures of power, social institutions, and social change. We will accomplish this through lectures, readings, assignments and videos.
- Grading:
- 50% Weekly Quizzes (13 total, drop 2 lowest scores)20% Short paper 120% Short paper 210% Class participation and discussion section evaluationOther Grading Information: These percentages are estimates and subject to minor modifications.
- Exam Format:
- Weekly quizzes will ask you to respond to one question on issues discussed in the previous class meetings' lecture AND your assigned reading for the week. You are to respond in short answer (1-2 paragraphs) in class during a 15 minute window on designated quiz days (will be noted in syllabus).
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Discussion10% Film/Video10% In class activities10% In class quiz time - Workload:
- Approximately 50 pages reading per week
20 page writing per term (across 2 papers)
13 quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17098/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (17105)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (231 of 232 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their ?sociological imagination,? in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and ask how and why people interact within these contexts. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make ?sociological sense? of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline?and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
20% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- true false and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17105/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (17109)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (114 of 116 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?frost166+SOC1001+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the sociological imagination -- a way of viewing the events, relationship, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and ask how and why people interact within these contexts. Sociology explores the social conditions that enable and constrain the courses of action that any individual can take, meaning it is often at the forefront of identifying and proposing solutions to major forms of inequality and injustice. Throughout the course, you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. We will examine some of the central concepts and problems that preoccupy sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives.
HTML is allowed. - Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate recognition that everyday experiences, from minor thoughts and interactions to sweeping social problems, are socially constructed. Demonstrate an understanding of key sociological concepts, terms, theories, and perspectives. Evaluate current events, social policies, and personal experiences using sociological concepts, theories, and perspectives. Critically evaluate written arguments by assessing their evidence, methods, and assumptions.
- Grading:
- 30% Exams
35% Papers and Assignments
15% In-Class Activities
20% Lab Section Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Discussion/In-class Activity
15% Film/Video
20% Separate Discussion Sections - Workload:
- 3 Exams
2 Papers
~ 40 Pages of Reading Per Week
~ 20 pages of writing (across 2 papers and shorter writing assignments throughout the semester) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17109/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 April 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (17758)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 220
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (31 of 30 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- 9 seats reserved for CLA honors sophomores 12 seats reserved for CLA honors freshman 4 seats reserved for honors freshman Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC1011V+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This coures is intended to provide an overview of the discipline of sociology including some of the main sub-fields and different theoretical approaches to understanding social life. The course will be a seminars style course where participants will be expected to engage in discussions of assigned readings and extend the ideas learned in the class to current issues of social interest. The course will use a sociological lens to examine U.S. and international social issues.
- Grading:
- 10% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
15% Additional Semester Exams
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Percentages are estimates and subject to slight modification. - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, and essay
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
4 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17758/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (20289)
- 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 Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (140 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20289/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Justice, Health & Good Life in the 21st Century (34406)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 09/24/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 11009/25/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 335
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC3090+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- What does it mean to have justice, health, and the good life in this world? In our attempts to imagine and reimagine the contemporary globe, we examine the challenges to justice, health, and the realization of the good life. We ask questions that affect many in the contemporary world: How is it possible for a person to physically torture another? Why do people obey orders to kill? Why do people discriminate? How do we get our identities? Why do we feel helpless? Why are we humans aware of our ability to cooperate, and yet are alienated from one another? Why is there a rise of mental illness in industrial societies worldwide? Around the world, there are reports of genocide, torture, racism, inequality, crime, poverty, and authoritarian rule. These conditions have sweeping effects on the health of the globe's populations. Drawing on sociological and humanistic perspectives, we seek to answer these questions and explore the possibilities for social change and the realization of the good life for peoples worldwide. The course seeks to examine how social order is produced, and how individuals and groups knowingly - and also unknowingly - enable the emergence of the very threats to life, health, and justice that they fear. We examine how social conformity creates social stability yet also perniciously enables torture, genocide, and inequality, and mental health crises. The course invites learners to explore the multiple ways that human beings can cooperate to mutually enable individuals to express and participate in beauty, truth, love, and health. Throughout the course, you will be asked to discuss how society individually impacts you, and how society contributes to the perpetuation - as well as degradation - of the good life. Students will write a strategy memo connecting justice, health, and the good life and are anticipated to participate in a simulation of the United Nations Security Council and the World Health Organization.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Any student who is interested in any one of three themes of justice, health, or the good life would find this course relevant. The course is meant to increase knowledge about the mutual relationships between justice, health, and the good life. The idea behind the course is to show how thinking about the combination of justice, health, and the good life surprisingly facilitates a deeper understanding of each separately.Students of nursing, medicine, social work, law, ethics, sociology, public health, political science, psychology, and policy (and other related fields) are expected to find this course helpful in advancing their thinking on issues and questions that preoccupy their specific field. The hope is that the course provides students an opportunity to think in new ways about familiar issues within their field.
- Learning Objectives:
- To reveal the inextricable connections between justice, health, and the good life.To explore strategies to advance social justice, medical health, and the good life.To ask why individuals and groups behave in ways that interrelatedly promote injustice and health crises.To understand how individuals, groups, and organizations produce global problems.To imagine new ways to link justice and health to further the good life.
- Grading:
- 30% Participation (includes attendance, blog discussion, polls, individual in-class discussion of readings, and general participation)20% Debate (Simulation) (4-7 minute speech)20% Strategy Memo (class discussion of memo ideas, the sharing of comments, and grading based on honor).30% Simulation of the United Nations Security Council and the World Health Organization
*This grading scheme is not final, as the instructor intends to consult with students in the beginning of the course. - Exam Format:
- There are NO exams in this course.
- Class Format:
- The course is discussion-based. It includes lectures, blogs, activities, and in-class discussion.There are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas.
- Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading per Week (excluding the last weeks, and weeks when the strategy memo and the simulation takes place)15-50 words of Blog Writing Per Week1 Debate1 Strategy Memo1 United Nations Security Council Simulation1 World Health Organization Simulation15-20 Polls to respond to (There are no correct answers).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34406/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 May 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (18143)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (100 of 101 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: There will be three opportunities for extra credit, all of which include writing. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18143/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (20573)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (9 of 9 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101H+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20573/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (18144)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (78 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pieho001+SOC3102+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- ​This course addresses general issues in conceptualizing and controlling criminal behavior. Course content will be particularly concerned with the processes of classification and the construction of criminal behavior relative to other idealized forms of behavior. Some important questions include: How does criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? What is the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, sexuality, and prestige etc. and the classification and controlling of some behaviors versus others?
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
(1) Review paper
(1) Term paper
(1) Group/Individual Project - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18144/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2017
Fall 2018 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (20045)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (78 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Why does inequality exist? How does it work? These are the essential questions examined in this class. Topics range from welfare and poverty to the role of race and gender in getting ahead. We will pay particular attention to social inequities – why some people live longer and happier lives while others are burdened by worry, poverty, and ill health. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3201+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Stratification is the study of social inequality. We will explore sociological theories of stratification through the lens of three questions: 1. Does education reduce inequality--or make it worse?2. Half a century after the legal revolution that was the Civil Rights Movement, why is racial inequality in the United States still so stark?3. What's behind the rise of the 1% all over the world?
- Grading:
- 45% Essays35% Quizzes20% Written Reflections
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- Substantial reading load; regular reading quizzes (lowest two dropped); regular short writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20045/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (19328)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (52 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. The class will also class consider the future of race relations in the U.S. and evaluate remedies to racial inequality.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?maha0134+SOC3211W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
To fully endorse a course called "American Race Relations," we must first interrogate the extent to which racialized groups relate. Through such examination, we will question how race is used as a classificatory system of difference and differential relations of human value and valueness. We will explore how these differences are magnified through processes of racialization and how race is used as a tool for domination through systemic racism producing stark inequalities between groups. It's often said that race may be a social construct, but it is real in its implications. We will discuss the limitations of conceptualizing race as a "social construct" when it has denied many racialized groups access to the social and thus, the possibility humanness. As a class, we will attend to the role of relationality between groups. What factor does race play in esteeming some groups at the expense and further marginalization of others? Without conceptualizing race in relation to other classificatory systems of difference such as a gender, class, indigeneity, sexuality, ability, and citizenship, the study of race relations is incomplete. Hence, we will continuously explore the ways both oppression and privilege multiply based on the entanglement of difference.
- Class Format:
- Active participation and discussion are encouraged in this class environment. Students should expect in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Students interested in this course can expect to read 10-30 pages of academic work per week; in addition, we will be writing and revising paper work over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19328/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 July 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (21287)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3246+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This class is about the past, present, and future of why people die. Why did infectious diseases rapidly seem to disappear--and will they come back? How have historical changes in social organization and interaction with the natural environment changed when and how we die, and what do medical advances, climate change, and persistent inequalities imply for what we might die of in the future?We will:* Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease* Analyze how that transformation occurred differently in different parts of the world, and why it matters* Consider to what extent mortality can--or can't--be further eradicated.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on three written essays and regular (approximately weekly) reading quizzes.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- Substantial reading; regular quizzes based on readings (lowest two dropped); three essays
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21287/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (20574)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (47 of 47 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?upton042+SOC3251W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20574/1189
Fall 2018 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (33508)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (60 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3411W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations.
- Grading:
- Writing Intensive course with short writing assignments and a longer course paper. Instructor feedback provided on partial draft of the course paper. Course grade is based on 3 assignments (20% each) and course paper (40%).. A service learning component is available. An honors option and a sociology major senior paper option are also available.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures (60%), small group discussions and role-playing exercises (20%), videos (15%), and guest speakers (5%).
- Workload:
- About 30-40 pages of articles or book chapter reading per week. 20-25 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33508/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 October 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 3452 Section 001: Education and Society (33488)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (48 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC3452+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is and how schools work, partly because everyone has first-hand experience with schools and the education system. Most people have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others, why some people learn more than others, and what creates systematic group differences in educational outcomes. Beyond that, most people have ideas about how education shapes who knows more, who gets good jobs, and who enjoys a long and happy life. Virtually everyone has opinions about how schools and the education system should be changed or improved.This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about these things. We will critically engage research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. And, we will bring academic materials into direct dialogue with structured experiences in community organizations to enrich our understanding of educational issues. The goal is to better understand how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where inequalities in educational achievements come from; how and why educational experiences and accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved.This is not a course in which I will tell you what is true. Instead, we will collectively draw on our individual backgrounds and experiences; read and discuss research and other scholarship; debate and argue about the issues; consider how academic issues play out in the community; and challenge and transform our ideas. For the class to succeed, we must all be willing to bring our unique backgrounds and experiences into dialogue with academic knowledge and community service activities and to have our ideas and assumptions challenged. We must also all be willing to listen respectfully and carefully to one another, even when we come from different backgrounds or have sharply different views.NOTE #1: This course involves a substantial community-engaged learning component. This is a valuable learning opportunity, but it does require 25 hours during the semester of off-campus community service.NOTE #2: See the web page for the most recent version of the course at: https://www.rob-warren.com/3452.htmlNOTE #3: See the student course evaluations for the most recent version of the course on that same web page.
- Grading:
- 1. Community Engaged Learning (CEL)(130 points, or 65% of course grade)Community-engaged learning (CEL) is a teaching and learning strategy that combines meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.You will do 25 hours of service in a community organization and complete a series of written and other assignments reflecting on your experiences there.2. Writing Assignments: Statements of Beliefs(30 points, or 15% of course grade)There are two writing assignments.First, at the start of the semester you will write an essay about your educational biography, about the factors that contributed to your educational accomplishments, and about the nature of educational inequality in America. Second, at the end of the semester you will write a version of that same essay that focuses on how your views and opinions changed after taking this course. Your will get a chance to write a rough draft of the latter essay and then revise it.3. In-Class Quizzes & Writing Assignments(40 points, or 20% of course grade)There will be a brief quiz or short writing assignment during every class session. They might happen at the beginning, middle, or end of class sessions. Some days, they will ask basic questions about readings or other materials I'll ask you to review before class. Other days, they will ask about activities or discussions that happen in class.4. Extra CreditThere are multiple ways to get extra credit in this course.
- Exam Format:
- There will be no exams in this course.
- Class Format:
- There may be short lectures at the beginning of some class sessions, but mostly the class will be interactive discussions. There will be films, YouTube clips, Skype interviews with authors, and in-class visitors.
- Workload:
- Most of the work of the class involves community-engaged learning. You will serve for 25 hours during the semester at an off-campus organization, and then you will write a series of short papers reflecting on your experiences there in light of class materials and discussions.Beyond that, there are two other short papers and daily in-class quizzes or short writing assignments.For each class session you will need to read something and to consider some online materials.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33488/1189
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC3452_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3503 Section 001: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (33489)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3503H Section 001AAS 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (16 of 16 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, education, ethnic enclaves, family and intergenerational relationships, identity, media, culture, and politics and social action. We will then apply theories and data to understanding two specific cases with particular relevance for Minnesota: Hmong immigrant experiences and transnational adoption. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. prereq: SOC 1001 recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A/F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Quizzes, Exams
40% Papers/Project
20% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33489/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 3503H Section 001: Honors: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (33533)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3503 Section 001AAS 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (4 of 4 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, education, ethnic enclaves, family and intergenerational relationships, identity, media, culture, and politics and social action. We will then apply theories and data to understanding two specific cases with particular relevance for Minnesota: Hmong immigrant experiences and transnational adoption. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly i
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503H+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Quizzes, Exams
40% Papers/Project
20% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33533/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (21290)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 145
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (7 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the global food system. Themes explored include: different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; the global food economy; global food chains; work in the food sector; the alternative food movement; food justice; environmental consequences of food production. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Soc majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters. As in all of our sociology courses, honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding in their written assignments, oral participation, and course activities.
- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Class Format:
- lectures, films, guest speakers, class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write eight commentaries that demonstrate your understanding of the readings, write two short (2-3 page) papers, and write a 1,500 word research based op-ed piece on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21290/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (20295)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (53 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for Soc majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3701+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Social theories help us understand society and how it works. In this class, we cover the development of social theory from the classical and founding works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary ideas such as feminism, rational choice, racism, and post-modernity.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and all those with an interest in the subject matter
- Learning Objectives:
- Throughout this class, we have three goals: to learn to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; to use this work to better understand the social world; and to develop our own capacity to talk and write about the world using ideas from theory.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
20% Attendance (in-class sign-up on group discussion sheets)(one point per class)
20% Written Homework (100 to 150 word response to the designated reading question for that class period, submitted by website after class) (one point per submission for 20 submissions)
10% In-class Presentations (two at 5 points each)Other Grading Information: The class will break up into 10 groups and each group will make two presentations about the readings. - Exam Format:
- The questions will include multiple-choice, short-answer and essay.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
15% Discussion
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s) (2 minutes per student for each presentation)
20 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20295/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (17117)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (78 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 13 seats reserved for Soc majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC3701+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to current theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns, including: What holds human societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are social identities created, sustained or transformed, and to what effect? Where is society headed in the future? The goals of the course are to deepen students' understanding of the significance of such questions and to provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the late 19th century to the present. For present and future sociology majors, the course provides an indispensable background for subsequent work in the discipline. For all others, it provides an invitation to think about some of the most vital questions that confront us all as reflective and self-aware members of our communities and our world. The course design is premised on the idea that the best way to learn and understand social theory is by seeing its connection to contemporary issues and concerns. Therefore, the primary theory readings in this course are paired with writings that illustrate the relevance of these theories to contemporary concerns or that directly apply the theories to current issues and questions.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17117/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2018 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (33491)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (58 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for Soc majors. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC3701+Fall2018
- Class Description:
This course provides a broad overview of the major paradigms of social thought. While we will initially focus on classical theory and the "Big Three"
of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, the emphasis of this course will be on how contemporary thinkers draw upon and modify the classics for modern contexts. With the help of such thinkers, we will tackle such core sociological questions as: What is social theory? How does it differ from the theories applied in "hard" sciences such as physics and biology? What holds society together? How do social networks and institutions endure over time? What is the relationship between the individual and society? How is human thought and behavior shaped by social interaction? What is power, who holds it, and how is it exercised? What are the primary axes of social change? What defines the modernity? Are we living in a post-modern era? Over the course of the semester our goal will be to not only understand a diverse range of theories and thinkers, but to apply them to our own lives and social contexts. In addition to lectures and in-class activities, students will engage in weekly online discussions to hone their own critical sensibilities by identifying and interrogating the key arguments and assumptions of the texts.- Grading:
- 15% Attendance and participation (online and in-person)40% Online discussion posts20% Quizzes25% Final exam
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice; essay
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture, videos, and in-class activities25% Online discussion
- Workload:
- 40-50 pages reading per week5 online discussion posts (300 words each), in addition to commenting on others' posts4 quizzes1 exam
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33491/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 April 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (17115)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (105 of 112 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Lab sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research and the components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, indexes and scales, reliability and validity, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, the logic of comparison(s), and research ethics. This is followed by introducing students to research designs used in social science research, including ethnography, ethnomethodology, case and comparative case studies, comparative historical and archival methods, content analysis, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and experiments and their variants. The course concludes by considering several critical bookends, including data analysis and various tools and tricks of the trade.
- Grading:
10% Attend and participate in class discussion
10% Recall key terms and details
20% Find relevant sources of research
30% Interpret and compare different types of evidence
30% Justify and critique common research practices
- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings (available online)
20% Workshop term paper - Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2 exams
Daily in-class writing exercises
2 term papers, 5-6 pages each - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17115/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (19056)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 56 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Lab sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?steel158+SOC3801+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- How do we know what we know, and what is the role of research in generating sociological knowledge? This class will take a deep dive into sociological approaches to research, and the relationship between theory, methods, and analysis. We will review many of the methods that make sociology a multi-method discipline. We will interrogate the claims that researchers make, and the scope and limitations of various methodological approaches. In this class, students will learn how to identify quality social research, and how to generate their own meaningful research questions.
- Grading:
20% Attend and participate in class & lab discussion
10% Lab journals
50% Exams
20% Final Paper- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings
20% Workshop term paper - Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2-3 exams
Weekly lab journals
1-2 papers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19056/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 April 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (17048)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 5811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (203 of 204 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Lab sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3811+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- For SOC 3811:75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.For SOC 5811:100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- For SOC 3811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.For SOC 5811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17048/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 May 2017
Fall 2018 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (20060)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 1 seat filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Honors students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 1 seat reserved for Sociology Honors major. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20060/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Fall 2018 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (19081)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (54 of 57 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the US legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [[SOC 1001] and [SOC 1101 or 3101 or 3102]] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19081/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Fall 2018 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (21024)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (81 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1001V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4106+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching (and analyzing) television shows. (It is also true that much television misrepresents the nature and consequences of crime and punishment.) We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the social origins and functions of crime, causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the war on drugs, mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, and prisoner re-entry. Featured shows include: The Walking Dead, The Wire, Orange is the New Black, The Shield, and Rectify (the exact line is subject to change). Disclosure. The shows we will watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language. As such, students who may be offended or uncomfortable with such language and themes may not wish to take this course.
- Grading:
- The final exam will be "take home".
- Exam Format:
- 25% Midterm Exam
45% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
45% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21024/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2015
Fall 2018 | SOC 4125 Section 001: Policing America (21115)
- 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 Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (47 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Forms, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of policing/surveillance agencies (formal/informal). Legal limitations, police culture, community relations, aims of policing, state power. prereq: [3101 or 3102 recommended or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC4125+Fall2018
- Class Description:
In the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, it is clear that U.S. policing is in a moment of transition. This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we focus on using a social science lens to understand what policing is and how it influences social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which race and class inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. The course material will cover a different aspect of policing each week, including historical patterns, broken windows policing, gangs in Chicago and skid row in Los Angeles, inequities in who is pulled over by the police while driving, and contemporary efforts to "police the police." Throughout the course, we draw on contemporary media stories, podcast, documentaries, and guest visitors to connect scholarship with the world around us.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
30% Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-150 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21115/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 May 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 4142 Section 001: Adolescents and the Legal System (20577)
- 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 Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (40 of 58 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This is a course covers the legal and social statuses of juveniles in our society. A recurrent theme is the power relationships among minors, their families, social institutions, and the legal system. Issues dealing with delinquent behavior are discussed in terms of different behaviors with which a juvenile justice system has to deal, such as the matter of certification to adult courts, the procedures in different jurisdictions for such matters, and death penalty issues which arose with juveniles and the consequences of several recent Supreme Court cases. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?malmq001+SOC4142+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- An overall focus on issues involving juveniles in our society and how various issues are dealt with in the system of juvenile justice. Topics include: allocation of power among juveniles, families, and the state; problems that arise for juveniles with the school setting and within families; abuse and child neglect; children's rights; and the juvenile court and its origins up to more current problems. Various types of cases and problems that arise in the juvenile justice system will be considered.
- Grading:
- 95% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: exams, 5% class participation
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style videos - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: graduate/law students will be required to write a paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20577/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2018 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (20578)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (60 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- What's criminal law and what's it good for? Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are? What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics: elements of crime that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt; accomplices; criminal attempts; defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age); criminal homicide; criminal sexual conduct. Read and discuss actual cases edited for non lawyers. Intensive class discussion. For upper division undergraduates, all majors.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: weekly exams covering reading and discussion - Exam Format:
- 40%, short answer quiz on each week's assigned reading (no notes or books allowed); 20%, analysis of week's assigned cases (take home); 40%, reaction essay based on the day's discussion topic (open book and notes)
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week. Hey! There are no research or papers required. This is to allow you to time to read thoroughly and know well the content of the assigned pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20578/1189
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (33492)
- 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 Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-108
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health. prereq: One sociology course or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC4246+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Although everyone gets sick and everyone eventually dies there are important social differences in what illnesses people have, how they are treated and cared for, and how long they live. This class introduces you to the key issues in the sociology of health by reading classic and important articles and books in medical sociology. You will then explore a topic in greater depth as part of a class project. We will work collaboratively to build a set of real health and medical records that will be a shared resource for a final class research project. The semester will conclude with students working on an original research project on a topic of your choice using the shared data we have created. The research project will connect the theory from readings to the actual practice and experience of health care. Please contact the instructor for a copy of the syllabus and with questions: eroberts@umn.edu.
- Grading:
- Participation and discussion (20%), Research proposal and bibliography (30%), Research paper (40%), Research presentation (10%)
- Exam Format:
- No exam
- Class Format:
- Lecture, discussion, and collaborative work on research projects. Student presentations.
- Workload:
- 2.5 hours of class time and 6.5 hours of independent work on reading and research in accordance with UMN guidelines (3 hours per week per credit)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33492/1189
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC4246_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC4246_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 October 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 4309 Section 001: Religion in American Public Life: Culture, Politics, & Communities (33493)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4309H Section 001RELS 4309 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (17 of 18 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How diversity/vitality of American religion shape public life. How religious groups engage in political action, foster understandings of democracy/styles of civic participation. Volunteering/service activities. Race, poverty, the family, sexuality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC4309+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Many people think of religion as a private matter, having to do with what people believe about god or the afterlife. But in the United States religion has a strong public presence. That presence is changing, as Americans become less religious (especially in younger generations) and as minority religious groups become more visible.The purpose of this course is to help you understand contemporary American religion, in all its diversity and inter-generational differences. How does religion foster volunteering and civic engagement? How does it shape political partisanship and voting? What issues draw religious people into social movements, why do they care about those issues, and why do our battles over law and social policy take shape the way they do? Religious discourses foster particular understandings of gender, race, citizenship and democracy and religious groups train people in particular styles of civic and political engagement. This is why religion in the United States has such a large -- and contested -- public impact.This course is open to majors and non-majors and fulfills the LibEd requirement for Civic Life and Ethics. The course also helps students build the Core Career Competencies of Analytical and Critical Thinking and Engaging Diversity.
- Learning Objectives:
- Civic Life and Ethics LibEd learning objectives: Civic life is comprised of voluntary, face-to-face arenas of activity that are not controlled by the state, arenas were citizens debate ethics, broadly conceived, and where ideas of the good society are formed, debated, shared, and contested. The civic arena is diverse, with many types of secular and religious organizations. Through its role in civic life, religion is an important and visible arena for the construction of ethical discourse and understandings of the public (and the private) good. This course will help you develop a critical understanding of the ethical claims made by spokespersons for religious organizations, viewpoints, and movements, and assess the role that such claims have in shaping public discourse, legal outcomes, and policy outcomes. In a supportive environment, students will be prompted to consider their own religious and ethical beliefs in light of the range of such views in contemporary American society. Weekly student-led discussions will help you to use the insights of scholarly works to become more critical and educated readers of mass-media-based news about religion in our society. The course emphasizes the diversity and variety of religious and political traditions in the United States, and that religious arenas are only one of many locations for the development of ethical discourse in American life. Career Competencies in Analytical and Critical Thinking and Engaging Diversity: In this course, students will learn how to recognize multiple points of view as valid and evaluate issues from multiple perspectives, and account for their own biases. They will learn to recognize when media or popular discussions of religion in public life do not provide complete information for making an informed assessment, and where to go for more complete information. Students will understand how to appreciate multiple worldviews (including diverse religious and secular viewpoints) and understand how culture and power interact to shape public religious expression -- and responses to that expression.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
50% Other assignments, including 2 in-class presentations (one on a class reading, one on a media account of religion in public life -- for each, students will also turn in a short summary and discussion questions). - Exam Format:
- short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
5-7 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s): Two presentations will be made to your small group (1st on a class reading, 2nd on a media/news account on course-related themes -- for each you will turn in a 1-page summary and discussion questions).HONORS STUDENTS: will do additional work determined in consultation with the professor the first week of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33493/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 4309H Section 001: Honors: Religion in American Public Life - Culture, Politics, & Communities (33535)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4309 Section 001RELS 4309 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How diversity/vitality of American religion shape public life. How religious groups engage in political action, foster understandings of democracy/styles of civic participation. Volunteering/service activities. Race, poverty, family, sexuality. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. · Interview a current Sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the Professor.
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC4309H+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Many people think of religion as a private matter, having to do with what people believe about god or the afterlife. But in the United States religion has a strong public presence. That presence is changing, as Americans become less religious (especially in younger generations) and as minority religious groups become more visible.The purpose of this course is to help you understand contemporary American religion, in all its diversity and inter-generational differences. How does religion foster volunteering and civic engagement? How does it shape political partisanship and voting? What issues draw religious people into social movements, why do they care about those issues, and why do our battles over law and social policy take shape the way they do? Religious discourses foster particular understandings of gender, race, citizenship and democracy and religious groups train people in particular styles of civic and political engagement. This is why religion in the United States has such a large -- and contested -- public impact.This course is open to majors and non-majors and fulfills the LibEd requirement for Civic Life and Ethics. The course also helps students build the Core Career Competencies of Analytical and Critical Thinking and Engaging Diversity.
- Learning Objectives:
- Civic Life and Ethics LibEd learning objectives: Civic life is comprised of voluntary, face-to-face arenas of activity that are not controlled by the state, arenas were citizens debate ethics, broadly conceived, and where ideas of the good society are formed, debated, shared, and contested. The civic arena is diverse, with many types of secular and religious organizations. Through its role in civic life, religion is an important and visible arena for the construction of ethical discourse and understandings of the public (and the private) good. This course will help you develop a critical understanding of the ethical claims made by spokespersons for religious organizations, viewpoints, and movements, and assess the role that such claims have in shaping public discourse, legal outcomes, and policy outcomes. In a supportive environment, students will be prompted to consider their own religious and ethical beliefs in light of the range of such views in contemporary American society. Weekly student-led discussions will help you to use the insights of scholarly works to become more critical and educated readers of mass-media-based news about religion in our society. The course emphasizes the diversity and variety of religious and political traditions in the United States, and that religious arenas are only one of many locations for the development of ethical discourse in American life. Career Competencies in Analytical and Critical Thinking and Engaging Diversity: In this course, students will learn how to recognize multiple points of view as valid and evaluate issues from multiple perspectives, and account for their own biases. They will learn to recognize when media or popular discussions of religion in public life do not provide complete information for making an informed assessment, and where to go for more complete information. Students will understand how to appreciate multiple worldviews (including diverse religious and secular viewpoints) and understand how culture and power interact to shape public religious expression -- and responses to that expression.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
50% Other assignments, including 2 in-class presentations (one on a class reading, one on a media account of religion in public life -- for each, students will also turn in a short summary and discussion questions). - Exam Format:
- short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
5-7 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s): Two presentations will be made to your small group (1st on a class reading, 2nd on a media/news account on course-related themes -- for each you will turn in a 1-page summary and discussion questions).HONORS STUDENTS: will do additional work determined in consultation with the professor the first week of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33535/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 4321 Section 001: Globalize This! Understanding Globalization through Sociology (33494)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4221 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 105
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (15 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Globalization of organizations, political relations, and culture. Dependency, world systems theories. Growth of international nongovernmental organizations, their impact on state policies and civil society. Expansion of international norms. Globalization of popular culture. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4321+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- From the factories of Shenzhen to the high plateaus of La Paz to the trading floors of New York City, people from around the world are becoming increasingly interdependent. This course offers an overview of the processes forcing and encouraging people's lives to intertwine economically, politically, and culturally. We will start with the most basic questions: What is this thing called globalization? What are the forces behind it and how are we involved? Second, we will explore the idea that this latest era of globalization is marked by dramatic transformations in the ways we work, do politics, play, and communicate. We will explore the ideas that capitalism is rapidly transforming, communication and media are altering the way we dream, entertain and engage, and yet, the division between rich and poor has intensified and ecological distress is global. We will learn about the fast-moving world of Wall Street and global-city life, and the creative projects for social and ecological change coming from communities in Jamaica, the U.S., Mexico, India, and South Africa. Throughout, this course will use texts, films, lecture, discussion, and student research and debate, to help us become fluent in diverse world-views, ideas, and trends from around the world.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on short papers, small research projects, presentations and discussion, and regular attendance
- Exam Format:
- no exams
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% participation, discussion, small group work - Workload:
- ~50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
~20 Pages Writing Per Term: two one-page assignments, two five-page papers, one eight-page paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33494/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 4821 Section 001: Measuring the Social World: Concepts and Analysis (33495)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 440
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 30 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, you will develop practical social science data analysis skills for use in the non-profit or corporate workplace or in a graduate program of research. You will assess the measurement of important social concepts, like race, health, or education, in large social surveys, and the strengths and weaknesses of those different measurement techniques. You will conduct data analysis on large datasets (see, e.g., www.ipums.org) using a statistical software program, such as STATA. You will develop a substantive, empirical final project (poster and paper) based on your analysis. prereq: SOC 3801 or equiv, and SOC 3811 or equivalent
- Class Notes:
- 8 seats reserved for Soc BS majors. Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4821+Fall2018
- Class Description:
In this course, students will come to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the ways in which social concepts have been measured in important, large-scale data sets. The course will include extensive class discussion, a number of guest speakers, and substantial class time in a computer lab doing hands-on work with STATA or SPSS. Students will gain deep familiarity with the data sources available through www.ipums.org. We will also discuss basics of presenting results from the analysis of quantitative data. Using their quantitative analysis skills and a deep understanding of measurement issues, students will develop a substantive, empirical final project using one of the above data sets.
This course fits at the intersection between the sociology department's social statistics course (Soc 3811), its sociology methods course (Soc 3801), and substantive courses on topics such as race, class, gender, health, and education. Students will deepen their understanding of how ascribed and achieved social statuses are operationalized in real social science data and research, strengthening substantive knowledge. At the same time, students will apply the training they gained in their statistics and methods classes, thus enhancing their understanding of that material and their ability to use it. Students will become proficient in learning new data sets, getting the data on to their computer, producing high quality quantitative information, presenting this clearly, and thoughtfully describing what the data do and do not show. The combination of skills developed in this course has very practical applications, whether in the non-profit or corporate workplace or in moving forward with a quantitative or qualitative graduate program of research.
This course can be used toward earning a bachelor's of science in sociology. Course goals are consistent with the Student Learning Outcomes in which students master a body of knowledge and a mode of inquiry.The data are hosted by projects at the Minnesota Population Center and students will benefit from guest speakers who work on creating and maintaining these data bases. As students become experts in the hands-on use of the web-based data extraction technology, they will develop practical skills and knowledge useful for handling other data sources.
- Grading:
In-class participation and engagement = 20% of grade
Base Group presentations = 20
Detailed plan for empirical project (due week 12) = 10
Draft of poster (due week 14) = 10% of grade
Draft of write-up (at least 5 pages; due week 14) = 10% of grade
Final poster (presentation is during the scheduled time of the final) = 15
Final write-up (5-8 pages; due finals week) = 15% of grade- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class
- Class Format:
This class is organized into three sections. A substantive introduction to how and why we might measure ascribed and achieved statuses; a hands-on look at a number of large-scale survey/census data sets to understand how these master statuses are actually measured; and a concentrated time in which to develop and finalize an independent project.
Based on interest, students will be assigned to a Base Group of 3-4 students. Each Base Group will focus on a single core concept throughout the course (e.g., race, gender, families, education, migration, occupations, or health) and will have classwork and homework assignments targeted to the concept and collaborative with their Base Group. Each Base Group will be responsible for achieving a broad and deep understanding of material related to the concept and will serve as a resource on that topic for others.
Section 1: Concepts and Conceptualization - What are we trying to measure? Why? This portion of the class will have substantive readings, lectures, and in-class discussions about the Base Group concepts, including how other sociologists have conceptualized the concept and reasons for studying this aspect of the social world.
Section 2: Data Resources - In this section of the class, we will go through each of the data resources. Each data resource will be covered on a Thursday and then the following Tuesday. Thursdays will be devoted to getting an overview of the data from a guest speaker, extracting and opening the data, and creating Base Group reports on the primary concepts. On Tuesdays, each Base Group will give a 4-5 minute presentation about ways in which their concept has been measured in the data, pros and cons of each way of measuring, and any cross-time or cross-data set issues. After the presentations, students will complete in-class worksheets with the data to master data manipulation and analysis.
Section 3: Prepare and Present New Analyses - The final section will include time devoted to students finalizing their own projects, as well as lectures and discussions on how to effectively present results from studies using quantitative data. Final projects will include empirical analyses of relationships between course concepts. Students will develop and present analyses which include univariate and multivariate descriptive and inferential statistics, including a discussion of the strengths and limitations of the data, measures, and methods used.- Workload:
- Consistent with university guidelines, students should expect to spend 6 hours a week outside of class doing work for this class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33495/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (17355)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (57 of 57 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4966W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience, which will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your Sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper.
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions most closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) An Extended Reflective Essay on the Uses of Sociology in Public Life. Specific topics could include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change;
the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; and others.3) Service Learning Report or Action Project. This option will involve writing a sociological report based on community service learning with a local community organization of your choice. This paper will be based on a minimum of 30 hours of community service work completed during the course of the semester. The Community Service Learning Center will help you find a place, or if you're already volunteering they will help you formalize this so you can write on it.
Alternatively, instead of writing a report based upon the service experience, the final product will involve working on, and writing about, an actual project of direct relevance or immediate concern to your organization or agency. These projects might involve a variety of tasks such as writing a mission statement or action plan, creating program materials or a grant proposal, working on an evaluation study, or producing publicity information.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
30% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17355/1189
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (17379)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (14 of 14 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC4977V+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- The Senior Honors Proseminar is designed to help students in the process of reseraching and writing the Honors Thesis in sociology. The first semester ("Proseminar I") is dedicated to a set of interrelated goals: (1) thinking through the relationship between our personal biographies and our intellectual interests; (2) identifying and sharpening research topics and questions; (3) finding the relevant social scientific research, mastering it, and locating our interests in relation to it; (4) producing an initial research proposal; (5) considering and addressing the ethics of research concerning human subjects; and (6) finalizing a plan of research which will guide our research as we work toward the final paper. In the Spring semester ("Proseminar II"), we will be engaged in the process of collecting and analyzing data, polishing our written work into a full thesis paper, and presenting our work.
- Grading:
- 80% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 40% Discussion
40% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Much of the work for the course is done on your own, to further the projects you will outline. Coursework is designed to help you on that path. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17379/1189
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC4977V_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2016
Fall 2018 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (17054)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (6 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. Soc 5811 is intended for new graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and students pursuing the Sociology BS degree. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs.
- Class Notes:
- Lab section will NOT meet first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC5811+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- For SOC 3811:75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.For SOC 5811:100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- For SOC 3811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.For SOC 5811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17054/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 May 2017
Fall 2018 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (18275)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (6 of 6 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- All 6 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC8001+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and exploration of professional careers in this field.
We will discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students get started in thinking about becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities.
We will share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concern. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences in the program. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year graduate students in Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about different types of sociological careers and share experiences that facilitate adaptation to the life of a graduate student.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors or panels of sociologists representing different institutional contexts (e.g. R1 university faculty, faculty at a small liberal arts college, sociologists in research organizations, those who work in government agencies, etc.).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18275/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2018 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology (33496)
- Instructor(s)
- Douglas Hartmann, PhD (Proxy)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (7 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2018 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2018
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33496/1189
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Fall 2018 | SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality -- Whites, Whiteness & Racism: Concepts & Realities (33498)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8290+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This graduate-level course is about whites, whiteness, and racism in theory and practice in the contemporary United States. Course work will involve reading and discussion to understand theoretical approaches and prior findings, as well as community engaged learning to see how course concepts do or do not play out in real life. The course is designed to help students develop and articulate their own understanding of how the social construction of race categories such as "white" works, how whiteness exists and functions as a social and cultural way of being, and how various forms of racism can work within or against these systems and structures.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33498/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (17382)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Notes:
- 6 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8701+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the central traditions, figures and concepts in sociological theory. It is intended primarily for first-year graduate students in Sociology, but it covers work that is widely read and referenced in the social sciences generally. This course covers the work of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Mead, Goffman, Bourdieu, and several other traditions and figures.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for first year graduate students in Sociology. A few seats are open to other students upon request.
- Grading:
- Attendance and participation: 30%Memos and class discussions: 40%Final paper: 30%
- Exam Format:
- None.
- Class Format:
- Orienting lecture from instructor, but mostly seminar format with student leadership.
- Workload:
- Substantial reading. Reading may be longer and (at times) more difficult than you are used to. Please see attached syllabus to gauge average week's reading.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17382/1189
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2022.pdf (Fall 2022)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2017
Fall 2018 | SOC 8721 Section 001: Social Psychology: Micro-Sociological Approaches to Inequalities and Identities (33499)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is basic to an understanding of contemporary social life. This subfield of sociology focuses on social phenomena at the micro-level. Small group dynamics, social interactions, and individual experiences are importantly structured by the macro-structural context, e.g., by socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexuality, and other dimensions of social inequality. At the same time, these and other micro-sociological processes reflect individual-level identities, perceptions, motivations and cognitions. This seminar examines a wide range of social psychological phenomena linked to inequality (e.g., the effects of class, minority status, and gender on disparities in identity, self-concept, and health; the development of status hierarchies in small group interaction; intergroup relations, prejudice, and discrimination). We begin with a consideration of "personal structure," emphasizing the cultural and structural variability of self-conceptions and identities, cognitive processes, and motivation, as well as the biosocial bases of action. These may be considered individual-level "building blocks" of social psychological theories (along with emotions, attitudes, values, and ideologies). We then address prominent theoretical perspectives in social psychology that illuminate the linkages between micro-social contexts of inequality and identity, including symbolic interactionism, exchange theory, structural social psychology ("social structure and personality") and the social psychology of the life course. Social psychological theory and research are foundational to many specialty fields in sociology, including the sociology of the family, education, health, deviance, work, social mobility, social movements, emotions, and the sociology of childhood, youth, and aging. Social psychology is also central to prominent theoretical debates in sociology surrounding the relationship between social structure and agency; individual-level identities, perceptions, moti
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for Soc PhD Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC8721+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Social psychology is basic to an understanding of social life. It includes social phenomena at both the macro and micro-levels, and the connections between them. Social psychology is central to an understanding of the interrelations of structure and agency: individual-level identities, cognitions, goals, and strategies, as they affect, and are influenced by, diverse and unequal social contexts. This seminar starts with a consideration of personal structure, emphasizing the cultural variability of self-conceptions and identities, cognitive processes, emotion and motivation. These may be considered individual-level building blocks of social psychological theories. Prominent theoretical perspectives in social psychology, i.e., symbolic interactionism, exchange theory, and structural social psychology (social structure and personality) illuminate the content of many specialty fields in sociology. This seminar examines interpersonal relationships, networks, small group dynamics, and a wide range of social psychological phenomena linked to inequality (e.g., the effects of class, race/ethnicity, and gender on disparities in self-concept, identity, and health; the development of status hierarchies in small group interaction; social mobility; work conditions; intergroup relations; prejudice and discrimination). Social psychological perspectives on deviance, the life course, and social movements are also examined.
- Grading:
- 20% Leadership of student discusson
20% Other class Participation
60% Term paper - Class Format:
- 33% Lecture
67% Student-led class discussion - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33499/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2018
Fall 2018 | SOC 8735 Section 001: Sociology of Culture (33500)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/importance of culture as dimension of social life. Structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, practice theory. Cultural creation/reception. Identities as cultural formations. Culture/social inequality. Culture and race. Cultural construction of social problems. Culture and globalization.
- Class Notes:
- 7 seats reserved for Soc PhD Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8735+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides a general overview of the rapidly expanding field of the sociology of culture. Culture can be broadly conceived as the symbolic/expressive dimension of social life, but there are ongoing theoretical debates about how to define culture and how to use culture in sociological analysis. We begin with the basic conceptual question about the definition and importance of culture as a dimension of social life. We will then explore a series of theoretical and empirical works that address various aspects of the role of culture in social life. We will examine several distinct approaches to investigating and explaining culture, including structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, and practice theory. We will also devote several weeks to processes of cultural creation and reception, identities as cultural formations, and the relationship between culture and social inequality, among other topics. Throughout the course, we will cast a critical eye on the relationship between theories of culture, empirical evidence on cultural processes, and methods of investigating culture. We will also try to think about the sociology of culture in relation to other fields within the discipline, to consider how cultural theories, methods, and findings can contribute to our understanding of diverse social domains such as education, employment, politics, personal relationships, sexuality, morality, race, and urban life.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33500/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 March 2010
Fall 2018 | SOC 8851 Section 001: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: In-Depth Interviewing (33501)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (12 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Interviewers have opened up other worlds to the sociological imagination and taught us much about the way people think, feel, and make sense of the world as well as of their own identities. We will conduct interviews; transcribe, code, and analyze interview data; and write up interview- based research. We will also consider a range of epistemological, practical, and ethical issues related to interviewing as a research method, reading materials drawn from a broad range of substantive sociological subfields as well as from geography. This course is best suited to graduate students who have an interview-based project in mind and want to acquire the skills for carrying out their research, and students who are considering using interviews in their dissertation research and want to try their hand at interviewing before making a decision. Because this is a hands-on, fieldwork-based course, no auditors are permitted.
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC8851+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33501/1189
Summer 2018 | SOC 1001 Section 301: Introduction to Sociology (83302)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Extended Reg Acad Session05/21/2018 - 08/24/2018Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83302/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Summer 2018 | SOC 1001 Section 302: Introduction to Sociology (83333)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Extended Reg Acad Session05/21/2018 - 08/24/2018Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83333/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Summer 2018 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (82965)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/11/2018 - 08/03/2018Mon, Wed 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-136
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?wulff039+SOC3101+Summer2018
- Class Description:
This course will introduce you to a sociological perspective on crime and punishment in the United States. Three central aspects of the criminal justice process will be discussed. First, this course will start with an account of policing and the courts. Second, we will discuss punishment with a focus on incarceration. Third, we will discuss the causes and consequences of the carceral state.
This course meets the Council on Liberal Education's (CLE) Civic Life and Ethics Theme. That said, this course offers an opportunity to become critically engaged about the world around you and to become more informed in your public life whether when serving on a jury, getting involved in politics, or pursuing a criminal justice career. As a Civic Life and Ethics Theme requirement, this course equips you with analytical skills to evaluate core questions about the criminal justice system such as: What is a crime? Who is a criminal? Is the U.S. system of punishment fair? How does society seek to address racial and ethnic inequalities in the criminal justice system? These questions are not just objective but also ethical and normative and should elicit strong feelings and debate. As we spend this semester examining and discussing these controversies, this course will enable you to learn how to consider broader research evidence from various disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, and law, when analyzing criminal justice patterns and policies.
- Learning Objectives:
- When thinking through these aspects of the criminal justice process, exercising the sociological imagination will be useful for advancing a macro-level understanding of what are typically viewed as micro-level issues that individuals involved in the criminal justice system experience. Throughout the different stages of the criminal justice process race, gender, and socio-economic status play an integral part. The gendered, racialized, and classed nature of crime and punishment will be a central focus of this course. In addition, sociological theories, particularly Durkheim and neo-Marxist perspectives, will be applied to the different units in the class, which will deepen your sociological understanding.
In this course, you will be exposed to the major sociological literature on the criminal justice system through readings and lectures. Further, you will also learn material through class discussion, in-class quizzes, an outside field assignment, and written exams. Through these various approaches to learning, this course will train you how to think sociologically,to interpret and reformulate research findings, and use the research literature to arrive at your own conclusions and construct your own sociological arguments. - Grading:
10% Attendance & Participation
20% Engagement
10% Outside Field Assignment
30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam- Exam Format:
- The two exams (i.e., mid-term and final) will consist of multiple choice and essay questions.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per weekDaily quizzes on the readingsOne 3-5 page outside field assignment2 Exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82965/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 February 2018
Summer 2018 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (83027)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/11/2018 - 08/03/2018Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-127
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tabor027+SOC3251W+Summer2018
- Class Description:
In this course we examine race, class, and gender as axes of stratification, identity, and experience. More importantly, we learn how these and other crucial aspects of social identity intersect to form a complex matrix of privilege and power. Our goal is to understand the multiple and intersecting ways that these concepts shape American society and influence each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions.
This course meets the Diversity and Social Justice in the U.S. theme, the Social Sciences core, and the Writing Intensive.
- Learning Objectives:
In this course, students will:
-Explore the social construction of race, class, gender, as well as ethnicity, sexuality, citizenship, and (dis)ability;
-Consider how race, class, gender, and other dimensions of social organization shape individual experiences and interactions with social institutions such as education, work, medicine, and law;
-Develop and use a 'sociological imagination' to analyze privilege and inequalities;
-Learn how to develop a sociological research question, review relevant literatures, design a project, and write a research proposal
- Grading:
Participation and Attendance = 20% (100 points)
Five Reading Response Memos = 20% (100 points total/20 points per response)
Peer review = 10% (50 points)
Final Paper = 50% (250 points)
- Exam Format:
- n/a
- Class Format:
- Mix of lecture, large and small group discussion, independent writing, and multimedia activities
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read approximately 100 pages per week, which will be a mix of journal articles, book chapters, newspaper articles, and reports. No textbooks -- all reading materials are provided by the instructor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83027/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 March 2018
Summer 2018 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (88000)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Extended Reg Acad Session05/21/2018 - 08/24/2018Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88000/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Summer 2018 | SOC 3701 Section 302: Social Theory (89025)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Extended Reg Acad Session05/21/2018 - 08/24/2018Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/89025/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Summer 2018 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (83082)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/11/2018 - 08/17/2018Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 440
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gunth031+SOC3811+Summer2018
- Class Description:
- The summer 2018 section of this course will feature extensive in-class work opportunities to be completed both individually and in groups, with guidance provided by the instructor / TA. Students will be expected to prepare for work-oriented lecture and lab sections with reading materials and videos before class begins, as traditional lecture delivery will be minimized. Lab will help familiarize students with a range of software tools (including a mix of proprietary and open source products) that you may expect to encounter in professional settings. Before the term begins, students may wish to review basic spreadsheet programs, like Excel or Google Sheets. No textbook purchase necessary.
- Grading:
- 3 examsRegular in-class group workVery brief memo assignments completed outside of classReading and video assignments completed outside of class
- Class Format:
- Active learning with minimal lecture component
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83082/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 February 2018
Summer 2018 | SOC 4108 Section 001: Current Issues in Crime Control (87938)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/11/2018 - 08/03/2018Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-122
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garna029+SOC4108+Summer2018
- Class Description:
This course focuses on alcohol and drug control in the U.S. Using film, literature and popular media - in addition to the rich and fascinating sociological literature on drugs - we will explore the peculiar and perplexing story of U.S. drug control. We will examine the dynamic and ostensibly arbitrary history of alcohol and drug policies, assess current trends in consumption, treatment and punishment, and unpack a concept often used but rarely questioned:
addiction. Ultimately, we will be able to utilize course materials to reflect on our perceptions of - and (in)experience with - drugs and alcohol, question what we take for granted, and explore what we do not know.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87938/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 February 2018
Summer 2018 | SOC 4246 Section 301: Sociology of Health and Illness (83303)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Extended Reg Acad Session05/21/2018 - 08/24/2018Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health. prereq: One sociology course or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides a topical overview and introduction to important sociological perspectives on health and illness. We will identify and critically evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that influence health outcomes and health disparities by demographic group. Over the semester, we will analyze a variety of readings on health, including qualitative and quantitative empirical studies, medical sociology theory, public health reports, and mainstream news articles, in order to delve deeper into the sociological meanings of health. The course will cover topics ranging from health policy and the U.S. health system in the international context to health social movements to bioethics and biotechnology. By the end of the course, you will have a firm grasp on the connections between medical sociology, the broader disciplinary concerns of sociology, and the pragmatic concerns of health issues.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course serves as an elective in the Sociology major. It can also be used as an elective undergraduate/ graduate course.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1) Demonstrate an understanding of a broad overview of the field of sociology of health and illness. 2) Examine the cause and cultural impact of socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, immigrant status, and gender health disparities.3) Synthesize contemporary research and current events in the areas of health and illness to define their implications of current U.S. health policy.4) Critically analyze the social implications of health and illness.5) Discuss the connections between medical sociology, the broader disciplinary concerns of sociology, and the pragmatic concerns of health issues.
- Grading:
- Discussion posts (worth 200 points)Reading journals (worth 75 points)Midterm exam (worth 225 points)Writing group (worth 100 points)Research paper (worth 400 points)Total: 1,000 points
- Exam Format:
- Online midterm exam
- Class Format:
- Online format
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83303/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 February 2018
Spring 2018 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (48770)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (131 of 145 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC1001+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- How​is it possible for​a​person​to ​physically torture another? Why do people obey orders to kill? Why do people discriminate? Around the world, there are reports of genocide, torture, racism, inequality, crime, poverty, mass displacement, political corruption, slavery, and authoritarian rule. But how​havethese​social ​problems emerge​d​? To answer​thisquestion, students are invited to explore how human beings​have ​collectively enable​d​the emergence of​these rampant social ​problems. Drawing on classical and contemporary sociological​perspectives, the course seeks to examine how social order is produced, and how individuals and groups knowingly - and also unknowingly - enable the emergence of the very threats they fear. We examine how social conformity creates social stability yet also perniciously enables torture, genocide, and​widespread ​inequality. The goal​s​of the course are to inspire our sociological imagination - our ability to see how social forces permit and hinder the actions of individuals -​as well asdeepen​our ​understanding about contemporary social problems. The course invites learners to question the ways​in whichthey explain​social ​events​,​and​appreciatethe​multiplicity of ways - as well as - ​​the challenges and complexity - involved in describing​society. Throughout the course, you will be asked to discuss how society individually impacts you, and how you also contribute to the perpetuation - as well as degradation - of society's norms. You are anticipated to discuss readings and contemporary controversies on an online blog, as well as participate in polls and surveys.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for sociology majors, open to others. This course meets the requirements of the Council on Liberal Education's Social Science core and Social Justice theme.
- Learning Objectives:
- To think about the social world and the ways in which the social world shapes human experience.To ask why individuals and groups behave as they do.To understand how social problems emerge.To explore how human thought and perception are by-products of broader social structures.To engage one's sociological imagination.
- Grading:
- 11% Polls (There are no correct answers, full scores given).13% Attendance (Full scores provided for attendance).19% Section and Blog Participation57% Quizzes
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions. All quizzes are conducted online. Quizzes are non-cumulative. There is NO final exam (and no exam during the exam period).
- Class Format:
- Lecture, Discussion, Blogs, Polls, ActivitiesThere are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas.
- Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading per Week5 Quizzes (of approximately 20-23 minutes each)15-50 words of Blog Writing Per Week15-20 Polls to respond to (There are no correct answers).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48770/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 December 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (48773)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (230 of 232 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmbell+SOC1001+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48773/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (48776)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (113 of 116 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC1001+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48776/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (48783)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (31 of 30 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- 7 seats reserved for honors freshman and sophomores, 3 seats for CLA honors freshman, & 15 seats for CLA honors sophomores through 01/12/2018. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmbell+SOC1011V+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course introduces pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. Course aims to foster students` sociological imagination, or their ability to apply sociological theories into their everyday lives. This is a writing intensive course. Students will have an opportunity to obtain feedback on their work in order to improve their writing through revision. Students are also expected to play a greater role in class discussions.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48783/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (51637)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (137 of 140 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51637/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (49934)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (101 of 110 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides an overview of the American criminal justice system. We will analyze the functions and missions of the police, courts, and corrections agencies. We will think critically about the structure of the criminal justice system and the formal and informal rules guiding criminal justice decision-making. The textbook and lectures are designed to help you understand the organization of the criminal justice system. Films and discussions illustrate current issues and debates in criminal justice. Finally, guest speakers will share their experiences and inform us of the practical challenges they face in their daily work. No prior knowledge of the criminal justice system is required.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
13% Reports/Papers
12% Quizzes
25% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 2nd midsemester exam - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style Guest speakers - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 2 quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49934/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 February 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (49935)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walk0938+SOC3102+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- ​This course addresses general issues in conceptualizing and controlling criminal behavior. Course content will be particularly concerned with the processes of classification and the construction of criminal behavior relative to other idealized forms of behavior. Some important questions include: How does criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? What is the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, sexuality, and prestige etc. and the classification and controlling of some behaviors versus others?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the processes by which certain persons and behaviors are criminalized and controlled will find this course useful.
- Learning Objectives:
- Principally, students will learn a set of skills with which they can analyze the social world--to make sense of social behavior without relying upon folk knowledge or what is thought to be "common sense." More specifically, students will learn the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, age, beauty, residence etc., criminalization processes, and social control.
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point earned or loss being on percentage point of your final grade. This way, students will always know precisely where they are in the course. There will be five assignments of varying weight, but the focus will be on the gaining and application of knowledge.
- Exam Format:
- There will be a few short quizzes, a group or individual project, a term paper, two shorter critical papers, and participation points.
- Class Format:
- My pedagogy melds abstract theoretical ideas with everyday human practices, so that students see how social theory applies to their daily lives. Thus, multimedia is key in this class, and we will watch ESPN's 30 for 30 on O.J. Simpson as a method for broaching the classes larger themes.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49935/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (52225)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (47 of 47 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. The class will also class consider the future of race relations in the U.S. and evaluate remedies to racial inequality.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. Our goal is to examine the myriad ways that race structures American society and influences the experiences and life chances of all its members. In the opening sections of the class, we study definitions of race and major theories of how race and racism work in the contemporary U.S. The next unit begins with an overview of the concept of racial identity, and asks how social location impacts one's identity and daily interactions. After inquiring into the general process of identity formation, we look at the specific experiences of whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans. Though our central focus is on race relations in today's society, we also provide a historical overview of the experiences of each group in order to help explain their present-day social status. The next part of the course examines the significance of race in several specific contexts. We look at controversies over race and immigration, race and education, and race and popular culture. We close the class by considering the future of race relations in the U.S., and evaluating remedies to racial inequality.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52225/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (51032)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (45 of 46 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?agui0110+SOC3251W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course is built around the exploration of ideas in the sociology of race, class, and gender. This course will focus on understanding multiple positions, and learning how to refute arguments based on evidence and reasoning. Focus will be given to topics in the sociology of race, class, and gender that carry important political implications.Some of the possible topics include:- What ‘race', ‘class', and ‘gender' are- Understanding racism in the sciences- Sex work, pornography, and radical feminism- Marxism and the alienation of the working class- Intersectional theory- Mass incarceration and prison abolition
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about sociological perspectives on race, class, and gender. Students will also learn how to write argumentative papers, and how to navigate conversations about a variety of sociological topics.
- Grading:
- 60% Writing Assignments
25% Final paper
15% Class participation/ other evaluations - Exam Format:
- Final paper
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Other - Workload:
- Students should expect to complete around 40 pages of readings a week. In addition to the readings, students will have a few writing assignments over the course of the semester, and will be expected to participate in class discussions.
30-45 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Final Paper3 Writing Assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51032/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (66988)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (34 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Political sociology is concerned with the social bases of power and the social consequences of the organization of power, especially how power operates in relationship to various forms of inequality and different institutions. We will explore political socialization, electoral politics and voting, social movements, the media and framing, and politics of inequality, poverty, and welfare. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3301W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Politics and society go together like a horse and carriage, but its hard to tell which is the horse and which the carriage! This course approaches politics from the standpoint of society. Accordingly, it does not focus on the details of the formal political institutions such as voting, legislatures or the presidency. Rather, it focuses on how society organizes around and pushes political questions. For instance, society is divided by social categories such as race, class, gender, age, education, religion, associational membership, wealth. The systemic relations among these categories, equal or unequal, exploitative or cooperative, and so forth, determine the allocation of "goods" and "bads" in society, and therefore many political dynamics. In addition, people and groups have different levels of social capital (connections) and cultural capital (for instance, levels of education and tastes about music, theater, literature, news, sports and alcohol). These different factors help create ideological values such as group and nationalist beliefs. They bear upon how individuals and groups think about the issues that face them and how they do or do not translate these into political issues demanding governmental action. These social factors interact with the type of local and national regime and its placement in global systems to channel conflicts and outcomes. Depending on the openness of the regime, popular pressures can lead to peaceful democratic change, open protests, or revolution.
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
18% Written Homework
2% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- short essay, T/F, multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: This is a writing intensive (W) course. It requires that you develop your term paper in four stages, each of which is submitted for feedback and improvement. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66988/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 February 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 3412 Section 001: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (67265)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (73 of 78 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks.
- Class Notes:
- 30 seats reserved for sociology BS majors through 12/4/2017 Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?almquist+SOC3412+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- SOC 3412 is an introduction to Social Network Analysis (SNA) and will cover the theory of SNA and its applications to real world phenomena. This course will cover basic methods for collecting, modeling and visualizing human social connections, including applications to social media, public health and politics. The course is divided into five parts, beginning with network thinking and ending with an example of how social networks influence voting behavior. Over the course of 15 weeks students will be exposed to how to think relationally, how to visualize social networks, how to collect data on social networks, how to measure and find signal in social networks, and finally how to understand how information/disease/ideas spread over social networks. Last, the student will also be given the opportunity to acquire competency in basic data management and analysis tasks within the R statistical programing environment.Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding and will do so through an honors project (see section on Honors Requirements in the syllabus for full details).
- Grading:
- A-F
- Class Format:
- Lecture
- Workload:
- This class will consist of regular bi-weekly homework and 3 in-class exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67265/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3412H Section 001: Honors: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (67266)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (1 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. This course introduces undergraduate students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, and organizations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual and romantic, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for sociology majors & 2 seats reserved for sociology BS majors through 12/4/2017 Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?almquist+SOC3412H+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- SOC 3412 is an introduction to Social Network Analysis (SNA) and will cover the theory of SNA and its applications to real world phenomena. This course will cover basic methods for collecting, modeling and visualizing human social connections, including applications to social media, public health and politics. The course is divided into five parts, beginning with network thinking and ending with an example of how social networks influence voting behavior. Over the course of 15 weeks students will be exposed to how to think relationally, how to visualize social networks, how to collect data on social networks, how to measure and find signal in social networks, and finally how to understand how information/disease/ideas spread over social networks. Last, the student will also be given the opportunity to acquire competency in basic data management and analysis tasks within the R statistical programing environment.Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding and will do so through an honors project (see section on Honors Requirements in the syllabus for full details).
- Grading:
- A-F
- Class Format:
- Lecture
- Workload:
- This class will consist of regular bi-weekly homework and 3 in-class exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67266/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3417W Section 001: Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization (69767)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3415W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (14 of 14 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization. Emphasizes their daily practices and political, economic, and cultural effects around the world. Politics/business of development. Free market and trade. New transnational professional class. Social activism.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sgenis+SOC3417W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce students to three of the world's most powerful global institutions -- the World Bank (IBRD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) - and one fairly weak one, the United Nations, and its many affiliated agencies such as UNHCR (for refugee support). The course will emphasize three dimensions: We will look behind their doors to understand their daily practices; we will learn about the political, economic, and cultural terrain in which they operate and which they help to create; and we will observe them in key sites in the global South and North. General course themes will include the history, politics, and business of development; the ways that global expertise and experts are created and work within new transnational policy networks; changing global-elite perspectives on poverty and wealth generation, on the "free market," trade, and liberalization; and the workings and politics of transnational social activism. Through readings, lectures, discussions, films, small research projects, and writing assignments, the course will take students to the Wall Street banking sector (from where the Bank and IMF borrow), the Washington, D.C. beltway (where key policies are often formed), the Mekong river delta and the Mexican countryside (where loans and projects have an impact), and to the peacekeeping forces of the UN in Rwanda and their refugee support teams in East Africa, in order to better understand how and why these global institutions have expanded globally and locally, the political order which they try to create, and alternative political forms that emerge in their wake.
Writing Intensive Requirement: The course fulfills the writing intensive requirement and a liberal education theme of global perspectives.
Global Perspectives Theme (CLE): The course also fulfills the CLE criteria for the Global Perspectives theme in that it focuses on the world beyond the U.S. and yet situates the U.S. in a larger, complex mapping of the world. - Grading:
- Eighty percent of the final grade will be based on performance on the papers, weighted somewhat to the paper's length. Papers will be evaluated based on content as well as quality of writing. Twenty percent of the final grade will be based on performance on quizzes, participation in class discussions and debates, and oral presentations.
- Exam Format:
- Written assignments, oral presentations, participation in class discussions and debates.
- Class Format:
- This course will be run as a mix of lecture (to help explain the concepts and readings) and active student research and participation. We will try to understand global institutions and their arenas of power and knowledge from an array of techniques and perspectives, including an historical and relational approach that links changes in the Global South with changes in the Global North. We will watch a few films critically, read texts closely on economic globalization from an ardent advocate and reputable economic journalist, from an ethnographer of the World Bank, scholars of international trade, and from social activists challenging the power of global institutions, militaries, and abusive corporations. Finally, we will conduct our own research projects on a variety of possible topics, such as water privatization, prominent and controversial court cases before the World Trade Organization, and the effects of particular global policies on the lives of people in places such as the Mekong river valleys of Laos and Thailand, the townships of South Africa, the mountains of Bolivia, and perhaps even in the streets of Minneapolis. (Our group research projects will be explained on the first day of class and again later in the course.) Students are expected to participate actively in class discussions, debates, presentations, and small-group research projects. Class attendance and participation (including occasional oral presentations) are required; active engagement in the course work and regular attendance in class are essential for a decent grade.
- Workload:
- We will read an average of approximately 75 pages per week. Around 20 pages of written assignments are due (with 1.5 spacing), consisting of three 4-page papers, one 6-page research-based paper, and short one-page writing assignments, with each assignment reflecting a different type of writing style.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69767/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 November 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3452 Section 001: Education and Society (66989)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-108
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (75 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC3452+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is and how schools work, partly because everyone has first-hand experience with schools and the education system. Most people have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others, why some people learn more than others, and what creates systematic group differences in educational outcomes. Beyond that, most people have ideas about how education shapes who knows more, who gets good jobs, and who enjoys a long and happy life. Virtually everyone has opinions about how schools and the education system should be changed or improved.This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about these things. We will critically engage research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. And, we will bring academic materials into direct dialogue with structured experiences in community organizations to enrich our understanding of educational issues. The goal is to better understand how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where inequalities in educational achievements come from; how and why educational experiences and accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved.This is not a course in which I will tell you what is true. Instead, we will collectively draw on our individual backgrounds and experiences; read and discuss research and other scholarship; debate and argue about the issues; consider how academic issues play out in the community; and challenge and transform our ideas. For the class to succeed, we must all be willing to bring our unique backgrounds and experiences into dialogue with academic knowledge and community service activities and to have our ideas and assumptions challenged. We must also all be willing to listen respectfully and carefully to one another, even when we come from different backgrounds or have sharply different views.
- Grading:
- 1. Community Engaged Learning (CEL)(130 points, or 65% of course grade)Community-engaged learning (CEL) is a teaching and learning strategy that combines meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.You will do 25 hours of service in a community organization and complete a series of written and other assignments reflecting on your experiences there.2. Writing Assignments: Statements of Beliefs(30 points, or 15% of course grade)There are two writing assignments.First, at the start of the semester you will write an essay about your educational biography, about the factors that contributed to your educational accomplishments, and about the nature of educational inequality in America. Second, at the end of the semester you will write a version of that same essay that focuses on how your views and opinions changed after taking this course. Your will get a chance to write a rough draft of the latter essay and then revise it.3. In-Class Quizzes & Writing Assignments(40 points, or 20% of course grade)There will be a brief quiz or short writing assignment during every class session. They might happen at the beginning, middle, or end of class sessions. Some days, they will ask basic questions about readings or other materials I'll ask you to review before class. Other days, they will ask about activities or discussions that happen in class.4. Extra CreditThere are multiple ways to get extra credit in this course.
- Exam Format:
- There will be no exams in this course.
- Class Format:
- There may be short lectures at the beginning of some class sessions, but mostly the class will be interactive discussions. There will be films, YouTube clips, Skype interviews with authors, and in-class visitors.
- Workload:
- Most of the work of the class involves community-engaged learning. You will serve for 25 hours during the semester at an off-campus organization, and then you will write a series of short papers reflecting on your experiences there in light of class materials and discussions.Beyond that, there are two other short papers and daily in-class quizzes or short writing assignments.For each class session you will need to read something and to consider some online materials.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66989/1183
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC3452_Spring2018.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 September 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3505 Section 001: Migrations: People in Motion (66990)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3705 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 23 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Students in this course will tackle debates related to migration from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and will compare and connect diverse migration trends around the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America). Students will critically engage with various paradigms on the geopolitical, racial, and gender power dynamics that anchor migration processes and outcomes. Why would the movement of individuals from some parts of the world (often from the least developed regions to the highly developed Western nations) create such strong and highly charged debates? How are cross border social and economic relations of individuals and households maintained and perpetuated? What are particular governments doing to either encourage or hinder these movements? How are current migrations different from earlier eras? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore the above questions through academic and policy published literature. prereq: Soph, jr, or sr
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3505+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- How is transnationalism or cross border social and economic relations maintained and perpetuated? How are these relations affecting identity? How is current transnationalism different from earlier migration? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore these questions through theoretical and case study based literature on the subject. The first part of the course provides a historical overview on migration over the last two centuries. The second section centralizes identity in terms of transnational or dispersed communities. The aim of this section is to introduce the complex web of culture, agency and structure in play when dealing with migration. The third section presents case studies on the social and economic relations of transnational communities. The nature of family connections across borders and the economic ties of those who migrated with their families in the home country is discussed. The role of gender in these relations is also explored. The final section of the course deals with the role of the nation-state in transnational migration.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Written Homework
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 65 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66990/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2013
Spring 2018 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (66991)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class is an introduction to the contemporary issues that accompany such dramatic population change, including fertility change, disease experiences, migration as opportunity and challenge and human-environment conflict. Further, we will examine the roles of global organizations, national governments, and culture in shaping and reshaping populations. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sgarcia+SOC3511+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- In 1800 the world's population reached 1 billion people for the first time, then took just over a century to double to 2 billion in the 1920s. In the twentieth century the world's population grew 400%. In the 21st century the world's population is expected to grow another 50% so that world population will near 11 billion. Different countries have experienced these changes in quite different ways, and will continue to do so. For example, in the year 2000 Japan and Nigeria had similar populations but in the next 50 years Japan's population will shrink 20% and Nigeria's will double. In the United States the Asian and Hispanic-origin populations will triple in size, median age will increase to 40 (in 1900 it was less than 20) and the share of the country living in rural areas will fall below 10% (in 1800 it was over 90%). This class introduces you to the dramatic changes in world population in the recent past, and the continuing demographic change occurring in the United States and around the world. You will learn about the fundamental demographic processes of mortality, fertility, migration, population aging. We will explore these processes in global perspective, with additional attention given to regional differentiation, primarily by comparing less- and more-developed countries. Key population-level theories, concepts, trends, and policies will be discussed. We will explore demographic processes and changes as both cause and effect of other social changes and structures. Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- A-FS/N
- Exam Format:
- Demographic profile of country; book report; reading quizzes
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-70 Pages Reading Per Week
8-16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: weekly quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66991/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3681 Section 001: Gender and the Family in the Islamic World (52229)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3681 Section 001GWSS 3681 Section 001RELS 3716 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Experiences of Muslim women/families from historical/comparative perspective. Gender/family power relations in colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education/health, paid work, human rights, and Islamic feminism. prereq: At least soph; 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3681+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. It aims to expand the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East to highlight the complex and diverse everyday experiences of women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical Western representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminism debates.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
50% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52229/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (48793)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (37 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 20 seats reserved for sociology majors through 11/27/2017 Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3701+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Social theory helps us to make sense from chaos, revealing core logics of development, change, meaning and domination which structure the bewildering, messiness of human experience. This class works closely with texts by a handful of great theorists who have created particularly illuminating, even world-changing ways of seeing. Reading extracts from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Patricia Hill Collins, Dorothy Smith, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard we will concentrate on readings around notions of power: economic, racist, colonial, patriarchal, bureaucratic, and discursive. You should improve your ability to think, read, and LIVE critically, able to better recognize and evaluate assumptions underlying "common sense" statements about how societies work. I believe that theoretical competence comes when you learn to enjoy intellectual creativity and risk-taking, and so we will spend considerable class time using debate and role-playing to loosen up those Minnesota inhibitions. Reading will not be extensive in terms of number of pages, but I will expect you to wrestle energetically before class with texts that can sometimes be both dense and abstract. Most of the required reading reports and other assignments will be self published by students on the class blog, which will enrich the depth and scope of class debate.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 40% exams, quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries. 20% class citizenship and blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Exam Format:
- Quotation identification and analysis. Comparison of theories and/or application to historical & contemporary phenomena.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-30 pages of (difficult) reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48793/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2018 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (52221)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:50AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 20 seats reserved for sociology majors through 11/27/2017 Click the link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC3701+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Social theory formulates responses to core questions and concerns of inequality, power, difference, belonging and integration in modern society. What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are individuals shaped and constrained by the society in which they live? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? Is the social order shaped mostly by the economic system and how it organizes resources (e.g. capitalism), or is it by ideas, cultural currents, and emotional forces? This course will provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the mid-19th century to the present. The goal of this course is for students to master this body of knowledge and at the same time develop their analytical skills in order to grapple with such questions in the social world we live in. The assignments, in-class activities, and exams are intended to develop and strengthen the students' ability to do so.
- Grading:
- 2 Midterms (40%)
Final Exam (25%)
Reading Responses (25%)
In-class assignments/Participation (10%) - Exam Format:
- All exams will be a combination of essay and short answer and questions. They will cover content from course readings, lectures, films and in-class discussions and activities. Midterm I will cover materials up to Week 5. Midterm II will cover materials from Week 6 to Week 11. The final exam is cumulative and comparative.
- Class Format:
Class sessions will consist of lectures complemented by class discussion, video excerpts, and in-class exercises. We will frequently use small-group discussions to give you a chance to discuss the readings in a less structured environment and help you understand the material as we proceed.
- Workload:
- In addition to weekly reading assignments, students in this class are expected to submit 9 reading responses over the course of the semester. These reading responses are one-page reflections that demonstrate your understanding of the assigned material and help you create the habit of forging connections between various readings and ideas.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52221/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (52222)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Wed 05:30PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (58 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology majors through 11/27/2017 Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?augus170+SOC3701+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Grading:
- 3 Engagement Papers - 30% (10% each)Reflections on Classmates' Papers - 10%Midterm Exam - 25%Final Exam - 25%Attendance & Participation - 10%
- Exam Format:
- Midterm contains multiple choice and short answer; Final exam contains multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture30% Discussion10% Small Group Activities10% Film
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52222/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (48787)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (108 of 116 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory how-to guide for conducting and evaluating social scientific research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing the various components of research design, including: philosophical and theoretical foundations, research topics and questions, conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, index and scale construction, reliability and validity, data collection and sources, sampling, comparisons across groups and over time, and research ethics. This is followed by developing an understanding how these components are packaged together in various ways into research designs, including: experiments and quasi-experiments, ethnography, case studies, interviews and focus groups, ethnosurveys and surveys, content analysis, archival and comparative-historical research, and more. The course concludes by considering issues of workflow in social scientific research, including issues related to the organization, cleaning, and analysis of data.
- Grading:
- Attendance (10%); 5-6 assignments (10%); 2 exams (30%); 3 papers (50%)
- Exam Format:
- 2 in-class exams
- Class Format:
- 67% lecture; 33% lab/discussion section
- Workload:
- 20-50 pages reading/week; 5-6 assignments; 2 exams; 3 papers
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48787/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 September 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (48752)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (120 of 120 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3811+Spring2018
- Class Description:
Quantitative data can reveal the social world - or disguise it. This class will teach methods of describing, displaying, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data so that it can reveal, not disguise, social patterns. We will cover: (1) descriptive statistics and principles of good graphing; (2) methods of transforming data to make its patterns visible; (3) the probability theory that lets us use samples to learn about populations; (4) principles of causal inference; and (5) methods for relating multiple variables to understand their relationships.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Grading:
- 33% Quizzes33% Problem sets33% Analytical memos
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsMultiple ChoiceShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture and large-group activities50% Computer Labs
- Workload:
- 10-35 pages reading per week; quizzes most weeks; 5 shorter problem sets; 3 longer analytical memos
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48752/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Social Statistics (50022)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (57 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?almquist+SOC3811+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- SOC 3811 is an introduction to statistical thought with a focus on methods and techniques used in the social sciences. Note that many (if not all) of the methods and techniques discussed in this course can be equally applied to the physical or engineering sciences even though the examples drawn from the social sciences. Students are not expected to become expert statisticians, but they are expected to gain an understanding of how statistics can be used to address problems within the social sciences. Further, students will become knowledgeable and critical consumers of statistical information that appear in everyday life, such as in the media or work place. Last, the student will also be given the opportunity to acquire competency in basic data management and analysis tasks within the R statistical programing environment.This course will cover basic methods for describing data, performing basic statistical tests and understanding conditional modeling approaches. Specifically we will discuss key metrics of data analysis such as the mean, median and mode, as well as expose the student to visualizations of data such as the histogram or bar-plot. Basics of statistical tests will be discussed, including basic exposure to hypothesis testing and statistical significance. Last, basic exposure to statistical (or probability) modeling will be discussed with an emphasis on linear models.The overall structure of this class is as follows: (1) introduction to and overview of data, (2) statistical inference, and (3) statistical models. Theme one will focus on introduction to the managing and manipulation of data, to the measuring and metrics used to understand data, and to the visualization of data. Theme two will focus on the introduction to key statistical concepts such as population and sample data and the basics of statistical inference. Last, the third theme will focus on statistical (probability) models and basic methods for describing and modeling conditional distributions.
- Grading:
- Homework 30%, labs 10% and end exams 60% (lowest grade in each category will be dropped).
- Exam Format:
- 3 inclass exams.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and lab.
- Workload:
- Weekly course readings, biweekly homeworks, weekly labs and 3 exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50022/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (51502)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51502/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2018 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (49398)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (56 of 56 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [1001; 1101 or 3101 or 3102] recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49398/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2018 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (52230)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001GLOS 5104 Section 001SOC 4104H Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (52 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly two-page reaction papers
40% Twenty-page seminar paper
20% Exams - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52230/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime and Human Rights (52231)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001GLOS 5104 Section 001SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (7 of 7 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104H+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly two-page reaction papers
40% Twenty-page seminar paper
20% Exams - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52231/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 4109 Section 001: Domestic Criminal Violence (52233)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (55 of 58 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Survey of research on family violence within criminological framework. Definition of domestic violence. Empirical/theoretical approaches. Response of social control agencies. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?rselmini+SOC4109+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides an overview of the key issues concerning domestic violence as a crime and as a social problem. We will discuss the nature and feature of violence in the family and in other settings, with a focus on intimate partner violence, child abuse, elder abuse, and in dating relationships. The course will also explore how violence against vulnerable people takes different shapes across the world and is related to some cultural practices and traditions (like child marriages and sexual exploitation and trafficking of women and children). In the first part of the course students will examine these various concepts of domestic criminal violence and become familiar with the debates surrounding it. We will discuss new findings from several national and international studies on rape, female homicide, violence against men as a new concern, and violence through the Internet. We will try to understand how to explain this form of violence, comparing sociological and psychological perspectives. Features of victims and offenders and the nature and extent of domestic criminal violence will also be examined, with reference to the major victimization surveys -- and other kinds of research -- carried out in the US, Canada, and selected European countries. In the final part of the course we will focus on social and criminal justice system responses to domestic criminal violence, paying particular attention to understanding what works in preventing and controlling it. Some parts of the course will offer a comparative perspective, paying attention to international debates and research.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam
20% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation Other Grading Information: There are 3 short exams, each counts 20%, a short paper (20%), 5 quizzes and multiple choice (each counts 2%) - Exam Format:
- short essay questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: 1 short paper (5-10 pages) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52233/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2014
Spring 2018 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Deviant Behavior (66992)
- 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 Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (33 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/nature of deviant behavior. Social processes associated with deviant careers and social reintegration. Relationship of deviant behavior to social control. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walk0938+SOC4111+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course covers conceptions of deviance and social process related to identifying and engaging in deviant behavior. Students will be asked to conduct a study of deviance--to engage in and examine the effects of deviance internally and socially.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the processes by which certain persons and behaviors are deemed "deviant" and controlled will find this course useful.
- Learning Objectives:
- Principally, students will learn a set of skills with which they can analyze the social world--to make sense of social behavior without relying upon folk knowledge or what is thought to be "common sense." More specifically, students will learn the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, age, beauty, residence etc., labeling processes, and social control.
- Grading:
- The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point earned or loss being on percentage point of your final grade. This way, students will always know precisely where they are in the course. There will be five assignments of varying weight, but the focus will be on the gaining and application of knowledge.
- Exam Format:
- There will be a few short quizzes, a group or individual project, a term paper, two shorter critical papers, and participation points.
- Class Format:
- My pedagogy melds abstract theoretical ideas with everyday human practices, so that students see how social theory applies to their daily lives. Thus, multimedia is key in this class, and we will watch the movie "Kids" as a method for broaching the classes larger themes.
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66992/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Killing (48784)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Fri 12:30PM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-102
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (67 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological, legal, psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. Normal killings contrasted with pathological types. Mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, terrorist killings. prereq: jr or sr or grad student or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?malmq001+SOC4149+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Sociological, legal, and psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. The topic of "normal" killings is contrasted with various pathological types. Criminological data on homicides from national and sectional data are presented. Legal approaches to homicides are contrasted with criminological and clinical approaches. Subtopics covered include: mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, and terrorist killings.
- Workload:
- 3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: (2 mid-term examinations and a cumulative final examination) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48784/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 October 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (52235)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (36 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4162+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Course Content: Balance between government power to enforce criminal laws and individuals' right to be let alone by the government in a constitutional democracy. Topics include: police power to stop and frisk, arrest, search, interrogate, and identify suspects; right to a lawyer; remedies for constitutional violations; social science, the courts, and the law of criminal procedure. Teaching methods: Read and discuss U.S. Supreme Court and other cases. Textbooks and other reading: Samaha, Criminal Procedure 9th edition (earlier editions won't do). Audience: Upper division undergraduates in all departments and colleges.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal concepts and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly non-cumulative short answer exam (60%); weekly case briefs (10%); weekly discussion analysis essay (30%) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52235/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Deviance Emphasis -- Gangs & Youth Violence Around the World (67308)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- [1101, 3101 or 3102] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?rselmini+SOC4190+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67308/1183
Spring 2018 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (51562)
- 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 Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (81 of 80 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health. prereq: One sociology course or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC4246+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Although everyone gets sick and everyone eventually dies there are important social differences in what illnesses people have, how they are treated and cared for, and how long they live. This class introduces you to the key issues in the sociology of health by reading classic and important articles and books in medical sociology. You will then explore a topic in greater depth as part of a class project. We will work collaboratively to build a set of real health and medical records that will be a shared resource for a final class research project. The semester will conclude with students working on an original research project on a topic of your choice using the shared data we have created. The research project will connect the theory from readings to the actual practice and experience of health care. Please contact the instructor for a copy of the syllabus and with questions: eroberts@umn.edu.
- Grading:
- Participation and discussion (20%), Research proposal and bibliography (30%), Research paper (40%), Research presentation (10%)
- Exam Format:
- No exam
- Class Format:
- Lecture, discussion, and collaborative work on research projects. Student presentations.
- Workload:
- 2.5 hours of class time and 6.5 hours of independent work on reading and research in accordance with UMN guidelines (3 hours per week per credit)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51562/1183
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC4246_Spring2018.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC4246_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 October 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (52236)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4305 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (42 of 46 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examines how natural/built environments influence human behavior/social organization. Focuses on microenvironments/their influence on individuals. Impact of macroenvironments on societal organization. Environmental movements. prereq: 1001 or environmental course recommended, [soc majors/minors must register A-F]
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC4305+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- The human species has exerted a large and increasing influence upon its surrounding natural environment. In last two hundred years, this influence has mushroomed. The human population has multiplied enormously, as has its consumerism and its use of technology to extract resources and dump waste back into the environment. Our planet is like a spaceship, "Spaceship Earth;" it can only support a limited amount of human activities. Human society is now pushing the limits of the planetary ecological systems. Our impact is so strong that our current geological era is now called the Anthropocene--the era of humans being the most powerful ecological influence. We are causing massive degradation of the water, land, atmosphere and extinction of other species.
Core questions for this class - Why is it so difficult for human society to learn to live with the limits imposed by the ecological systems of the planet? What fundamental changes do we need to make in order to create a type of human society that can co-exist with a healthy ecology for a long time? These are the basic questions asked by Environmental Sociology, the basis of this course. Growth of population, increasing affluence and more effective extractive technology are the immediate material factors of our devastating impact on the environment. But beyond these material factors lie many social causes. Human society has a strong tendency to ignore environmental problems. These denial tendencies are caused by sociological factors such as social organization, political processes, profit-hungry economic production, insatiable consumer demand, and beliefs that ignore science and disregard the environment. The course examines these various sociological factors that drive our environmental impact and considers ways they might be changed to create a more sustainable form of society. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Those with an interest in the sustainability of humanity
- Learning Objectives:
- Study the interaction patterns between human society and the natural and built environment.
- Grading:
- Student presentations, exercises, quizzes, midterm and final exam.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions and short essays
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30 pages of reading per week plus occasional exercises and student group presentations.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52236/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 4411 Section 001: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (66993)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 5411 Section 001SOC 4411H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (37 of 45 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Graduate and honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and, to a degree, length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC4411+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. - Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66993/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 4411H Section 001: Honors: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (67267)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411 Section 001SOC 5411 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 6 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Graduate and honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and, to a degree, length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC4411H+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. - Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67267/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (49005)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (52 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC4966W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience. It will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper. There are two options:
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) An Extended Reflective Essay on the Uses of Sociology in Public Life. Specific topics could include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; and others. - Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Exam Format:
- no exam
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
30% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49005/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Major-Project Seminar (51789)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (52 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC4966W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course serves as a capstone to your studies in sociology. It is designed to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; to think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of sociology can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University, and to use that knowledge to complete a senior project. The particular focus of this section of the course will be on the "world of work." While the main practical goal of the course is to guide you through the process of doing a senior project (a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors), the central intellectual goal of the course will be to learn about changes in the US economy over the last half century and their implications for the labor market; the new culture of capitalism; different organizational cultures; "life on the job;" and more. All senior projects will need to address some aspect of the sociology of work and will involve both research and your own personal experience/s as a worker, be it through your job, an internship, or service learning. Classes will include a combination of lectures, guest speakers, films, active learning exercises, writing exercises, and engaged discussions of the required readings.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
15% Written Homework
15% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: I require regular, 2 paragraph written commentaries on the readings, which will constitute 15% of your grade. The 'special project' will involve research into the occupation that most attracts you and will be part of your course paper/project - Exam Format:
- none
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers
5% Web Based
20% Service Learning Attendance and active participation in this class are mandatory and crucial. - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Readings will be a core part of this course, as will be research on occupations that interest you. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51789/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (49009)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (13 of 13 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects. prereq: [4977V or instr consent], 3701, 3801, 3811, at least 9 additional upper div soc cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC4978V+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49009/1183
Spring 2018 | SOC 5104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (52546)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001GLOS 5104 Section 001SOC 4104 Section 001SOC 4104H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories and future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, and compensation programs.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC5104+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors and graduate students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly two-page reaction papers
40% Twenty-page seminar paper
20% Exams - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52546/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 September 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 5411 Section 001: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (66994)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411 Section 001SOC 4411H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (3 of 4 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Graduate and honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC5411+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. - Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66994/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Spring 2018 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (49706)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- Grad SOC major or Instr consent. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8001+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- The seminar is designed to give you a chance to explore the "hidden curriculum" of graduate school. This second semester will be devoted to planning and developing large writing projects. Students should have a key writing goal in mind -- often this will be the prelim, but may also be a prospectus, a grant application, or an independent research paper. To facilitate a student-centered focus, the seminar is designed to be open-ended, flexible, and interactive. Depending upon student needs, we will spend some of our class time discussing some of the key milestones students face in the program: the reading list, the preliminary exam, the prospectus, and internal and external grant applications. We also use class time for writing and peer editing.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- The course is designed for graduate students in Sociology working on writing projects. Typically, second-year or third-year students who are working on prelims -- but students at other stages are welcome.
- Learning Objectives:
- Most concretely, the course provides a structured environment for writing and peer engagement of writing projects. Discussion topics depend upon student needs but often involve a) department milestones including the prelim and prospectus, as well as funding applications; b) how to structure and organize large writing projects; c) paper development for conferences and journals.
- Grading:
- The only requirements are to (1) be there each week; (2) participate; and (3) be reflective. Some reading (often example prelims) occurs early the semester, but the bulk of work involves writing and peer editing.
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- 40% Discussion
60% Writing and peer editing - Workload:
- Weekly goals for writing and peer editing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49706/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 November 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (51284)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 9 seats reserved for Soc graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8011+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course is for Sociology graduate students (and others with instructor consent) who are preparing to teach college-level courses. The core goal is the development of the syllabus and teaching plan. Along the way we consider practical and ethical issues involved in college teaching, academic freedom, and multiculturalism. We also engage different models for teaching and learning appropriate for different course formats and sizes: lecturing, leading discussions and active learning exercises. We also consider methods and practices for the evaluation of student learning (testing, assignments) and for assessing the effectiveness of our own teaching. Prerequisite: Soc grad student or instructor consent.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Soc grad student in second year or later, planning to teach.
- Learning Objectives:
- Objectives for the class involve: planning of the class goals and scope; syllabus development; teaching approach; evaluation strategies.
- Grading:
- Grades for the course are tied to small weekly assignments (10%) as well as three large projects: the syllabus (45%), the teaching statement (20%), and a collectively developed session on teaching issues at SRI (25%).
- Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- Seminar style organization with weekly discussion and projects.
- Workload:
- Average 30 pages of reading/weekSmall weekly assignmentsThree larger projects (syllabus, teaching statement, SRI session)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51284/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 November 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (66998)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Spring2018
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66998/1183
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Migration and Migrants in Demographic Perspective (66999)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC8090+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course provides a graduate-level treatment of major theoretical and empirical debates in demographic research on migration and migrants, and considers questions such as: i) why people migrate (or not) and how migration decisions are made; ii) the effects of migration in sending and receiving societies, iii) the role of the state, including migration and integration policies, iv) the effects of migration on migrants themselves, including linking to debates on assimilation, integration and social exclusion, and v) measuring and modeling migration in empirical research. Although this course comes with "demographic" in the title and fulfills one of the seminar requirements for graduate trainees and the population studies minor at the Minnesota Population Center, as the above questions make clear, it is necessarily much broader in scope, and draws from quantitative and qualitative research in economics, demography, human geography, history, political science, population health, public policy, and sociology.
- Grading:
- Attendance/Participation; Final paper and presentation
- Exam Format:
- N/A
- Class Format:
- 25% lecture; 75% student-led discussion
- Workload:
- Weekly readings and student-led discussions; Final Paper and presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66999/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 September 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 8101 Section 001: Sociology of Law (66995)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 15 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law and society. In-depth review of research on why people obey the law, of social forces involved in creation of law (both civil and criminal), procedures of enforcement, and impact of law on social change.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8101+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- The course will provide an overview of basic sociological theories of law, classical and contemporary. It will also address current issues such as globalization of law, local interpretation and knowledge, legal consciousness, law and collective memory. There will be room to address interests of graduate students related to their dissertation projects. Throughout, the sociology of law will be treated in relation to other social phenomena (e.g., family and life course, organizations, development, human rights, crime and punishment).
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology and other disciplines such as law, public policy, management, anthropology, and political science.
- Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic ideas from the sociology of law, learn to apply them to themes of students' special interest.
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on course participation, leading discussions, brief notes on readings and one seminar paper.
- Exam Format:
- N/A
- Class Format:
- Seminar: Brief lecturing interchanged with seminar discussion.
- Workload:
- Workload in line with typical graduate seminar.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66995/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 October 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 8211 Section 001: The Sociology of Race & Racialization (66996)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Major theoretical debates. Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to studying U.S. race relations; contemporary and historical experiences of specific racial and ethnic groups.
- Class Notes:
- 6 seats reserved for sociology grad students. Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC8211+Spring2018
- Class Description:
Race in the contemporary United States is a complex, dynamic, "moving target" so to speak. In this seminar, we will explore the changing dimensions of the contemporary construct of race through a sociological framework. Topics to be discussed in the class this term include: race, globalization and Asian Americans, multiracial identity and the color line, mass incarceration and racial caste, race and beauty work, transnational adoption, race and sports, whiteness and social class, black immigrants & black identity, environmental racism, and the future of race in the U.S.
To explore these issues, we will read a book or collection of articles a week. Students will do weekly response papers on the readings (~ 2 pages), lead discussions, and complete a major term paper on a topic of their choice by the end of the term. In addition to covering the material in the readings, we will also begin each class with a 20-30 minute discussion of racial issues and controversies currently in the news (this term we'll probably end up discussing the 2016 election quite a bit). We'll then weave our discussion of these issues into our exploration of the readings for the week.
Participation from students from a variety of disciplines is welcomed! Please email me with any questions at elogan@umn.edu. The working syllabus for the class is found below.
- Grading:
- 30% Class Participation (including co-leading 1-2 discussions)30% Reflection Papers (10 out of 12 weeks)40% Final Paper (components include ideas in progress, preliminary bibliography, rough draft, and final version, ~ 20 pages)
- Exam Format:
- none
- Class Format:
- 20% Student Presentations (of Readings & Discussion Questions)10% Lecture (Brief overview of topic by Professor)
70% Discussion (of Weekly Readings and Current Racial Topics) - Workload:
- 225 Pages Reading Per Week (generally 1 book)
1 Final Paper (~ 20 pages)
10 Reading Response Papers (1-2 pages)30-40 pages of Writing Total - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66996/1183
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/elogan_SOC8211_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2015
Spring 2018 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (50119)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 14 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 9 seats reserved for Soc graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC8801+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This class focuses on the logic of research design, linking research questions with methods and analytical strategies at the appropriate level of analysis, understanding the assumptions about the world, the nature of knowledge, and what kinds of knowledge are theoretically valued that are embedded within particular methods (e.g. survey research, ethnography) or methodological approaches (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods). Students will be pushed to go beyond their taken-for-granted understanding of what methods "I'm good at" and which methods and approaches are valuable and helpful for any given area of inquiry.
- Workload:
- It's a graduate class, so expect a medium reading load weekly (2-4 hours), several shorter assignments that ask you to critically assess the methodology of "exemplar" pieces, and a final paper of 15-20 pages.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50119/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 September 2017
Spring 2018 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (49141)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (12 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8811+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Topics for Spring 2012: logistic regression, event history analysis, structural equation models.
- Grading:
- 3 data analysis papers on the three topics, each 33.3% of the course grade.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 12 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49141/1183
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC8811_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Spring 2018 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, & Mobility: Population Modeling (66997)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC8890+Spring2018
- Class Description:
"He not busy being born is busy dying." -- Bob Dylan
Populations are made up of people whose lives are changing all the time: growing up; moving around; having kids; gaining and losing jobs and spouses; entering and leaving schools and prisons; getting sick; and dying. This course covers population modeling techniques from the demographic tradition, organized around these kinds of life changes. These techniques excel at describing social and epidemiological changes occurring along multiple time scales simultaneously; identifying the inequalities lurking beneath population averages; and figuring out what population a research question is really about. The course assumes no prior knowledge of demography and will cover a range of applications from across the social and health sciences.REGISTRATION NOTE: If you are not a Sociology student, you may need a code to register. Students from all disciplines are welcome in the course. Please email the instructor (ewf@umn.edu) for a registration code if you need one.
- Grading:
- 60% Problem Sets20% Quizzes20% Short Essays
- Exam Format:
- Short quizzes with multiple choice, short answer, or small computations
- Class Format:
- Active lectures and seminar discussion
- Workload:
- Approx. 50 pages reading per week; weekly problem sets; five quizzes; short essays at term end on using the methods in research
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66997/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 November 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (13986)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1001+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
30% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Short answer format
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion videos - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13986/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (13993)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their ?sociological imagination,? in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and ask how and why people interact within these contexts. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make ?sociological sense? of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline?and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
20% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- true false and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13993/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (13997)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 10/24/2017Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 35010/25/2017Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 510/26/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC1001+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students' critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for sociology majors, open to others. This course meets the requirements of the Council on Liberal Education's Social Science core and Social Justice theme.
- Grading:
- Tests 40%Lab projects 30%Lecture attendance/participation 15%Lab attendance/participation 15%
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture40% Lab/discussion
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week15 Pages Writing Per Term3 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13997/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC1001_Fall2017.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (14677)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1011V+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course introduces pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. Course aims to foster students` sociological imagination, or their ability to apply sociological theories into their everyday lives. This is a writing intensive course. Students will have an opportunity to obtain feedback on their work in order to improve their writing through revision. Students are also expected to play a greater role in class discussions.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
10% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
18 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14677/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (17469)
- 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 Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17469/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 1911 Section 001: Climate Change and Society (35197)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Seminar
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Course Catalog Description:
- Over the past 150 years, the burning of fossil fuels to power industrial expansion has brought many benefits, but has also caused a terrible problem: global climate change (GCC). If humanity continues to emit large amounts of greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it will get hit with intensifying disasters. From a sociological viewpoint, why has this situation come about and what can we do to solve it? Can we create a sustainable world with prosperity for all? This is the most important long-range question for our age. The course presents and discusses the most important social (including political, economic and cultural) problems involved in solving this huge problem. Work consists of mostly of discussing and writing paragraphs on each topic and reading, plus two class presentations, and a few quizzes and two exams.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC1911+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Workload:
- Work consists of mostly of reading, discussing and writing paragraphs on each topic; plus two class presentations, and a few quizzes and two exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35197/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (15081)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% In-Class Quizzes
30% In-Class Midterm Exam
30% Take-Home Final Essay
10% Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answers and essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-120 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15081/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 August 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (17960)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the US criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the US. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101H+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% In-Class Quizzes
30% In-Class Midterm Exam
30% Take-Home Final Essay
10% Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answers and essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-120 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17960/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 August 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (15082)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-104
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walk0938+SOC3102+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- ​This course addresses general issues in conceptualizing and controlling criminal behavior. Course content will be particularly concerned with the processes of classification and the construction of criminal behavior relative to other idealized forms of behavior. Some important questions include: How does criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? What is the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, sexuality, and prestige etc. and the classification and controlling of some behaviors versus others?
- Workload:
- ​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
(1) Review paper
(1) Term paper
(1) Group/Individual Project - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15082/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (17164)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Why does inequality exist? How does it work? These are the essential questions examined in this class. Topics range from welfare and poverty to the role of race and gender in getting ahead. We will pay particular attention to social inequities – why some people live longer and happier lives while others are burdened by worry, poverty, and ill health. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3201+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Stratification is the study of social inequality. We will explore sociological theories of stratification through the lens of three questions: 1. Does education reduce inequality--or make it worse?2. Half a century after the legal revolution that was the Civil Rights Movement, why is racial inequality in the United States still so stark?3. What's behind the rise of the 1% all over the world?
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on writing assignments and regular quizzes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17164/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (16336)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. The class will also class consider the future of race relations in the U.S. and evaluate remedies to racial inequality.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?rajas011+SOC3211W+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- "Race" has been an important of American history, but we try to talk about a "post-racial" society in the 21st century. This class will cover the origins of race (and racism), before diving into race in American history and the consequences this history has for contemporary race relations. We will discuss what exactly "race" is and isn't, why race and racism are central to American politics and culture, and how "race" in the post-Civil Rights Era and the 21st century has both declined and grown in significance.
- Class Format:
- Active participation and discussion are encouraged in this class environment. Students should expect in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Students interested in this course can expect to read 10-30 pages of academic work per week; in addition, we will be writing and revising paper work over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16336/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 May 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 3215 Section 001: Supercapitalism: Labor, Consumption & the Environment in the New Global Economy (35198)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3215 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 04:30PM - 05:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Far-reaching transformations of the global economy over the last seventy years in the realms of labor, consumption and the environment. The movement away from regulated national economies to a more fully integrated global economy; changing patterns and organization of production, employment, consumption, and waste disposal; rise of supercapitalism: a new culture of market rule over society and nature.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3215+Fall2017
- Class Description:
Manifestations of the new global economy are everywhere. From the jeans you buy at your favorite shopping mall to the place mats you purchase at Target, most of the items we consume here in the United States are made somewhere else. Global production networks link consumers of fresh green beans in Britain with horticulturalists, pickers, and exporters in Zambia. And it isn't only products that move around the globe; so do people. Thanks to immense economic inequalities, upper and even middle class families in Europe, Japan, Canada and the U.S. enjoy the cheap and plentiful labor of Eastern European, Filipino, and Honduran nannies, housecleaners, and gardeners. Even diverse forms of "waste" associated with consumption and production from metal scrap to plastics to discarded electronics to a city's garbage have become global commodities as giant container ships make it economical to transport items unwanted in richer countries for use as raw materials in poorer ones, albeit at a high cost to human health and the environment.
How did this new global economy come to be, what forces are responsible for these changes, how has it impacted working people, consumers and ecosystems, and with what ethical and political implications?
In this course, we will focus on the changes that have taken place in the global economy over the last half-century (and occasionally more) in the realms of labor, consumption, and the environment. We will examine the economic theories, institutional changes, technological developments and practices that have undergirded them. We will focus heavily on transformations in forms of work, as well as ecological implications of global capitalism. Our mode of exploration will be both historical and contemporary. We will examine the movement away from the relatively regulated national economies of the 1940s-1960s to a more fully integrated global economy; changing patterns and organization of production, distribution, consumption, and waste disposal; the rise of neoliberalism; and the shift in the U.S. from "managerial capitalism to shareholder capitalism". Some of the substantive topics we will explore include the globalization of mass consumption and the rise of new middle classes in Turkey, China, India, and elsewhere; the culture of the "new" capitalism; the growing "precarity" and insecurity of work at all levels; the environmental changes global capitalism has wrought; recent economic and political crises in Europe and the United States; and alternatives to the "business-as-usual" economy.
- Learning Objectives:
- Well after this class is over, I want you to be able to utilize the perspectives and knowledge you have acquired during the course to understand the everchanging nature of the global political economy.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on lectures, films, and a lot of in-class discussion. From the outset, I want you to know that (a) this course is very reading intensive, and (b) I expect you to do all of the readings all of the time. Active participation in this class is very important.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35198/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (35708)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3246+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This class is about the past, present, and future of why people die. Why did infectious diseases rapidly seem to disappear--and will they come back? How have historical changes in social organization and interaction with the natural environment changed when and how we die, and what do medical advances, climate change, and persistent inequalities imply for what we might die of in the future?Reading historical classics in population health and conducting hands-on data analyses, we will:* Explore the causes and consequences of a historic worldwide transformation in death and disease* Analyze how that transformation occurred differently in different parts of the world, and why it matters* Consider to what extent mortality can--or can't--be further eradicated.
- Grading:
- Grades will be primarily based on three writing and data analysis assignments. We will also have occasional quizzes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35708/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (17961)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3251W+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
45% Papers (3 papers, 15% each)
15% Group Presentation
20% Final Exam
20% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam
3 Papers
1 Group Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17961/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2015
Fall 2017 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (17964)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Family has long been a significant experience in human societies; much of what we understand ourselves to be, arises in family life. But family also varies widely in composition across time and place. We will learn how sociologists study and understand families theoretically, as social institutions, as well as sites and sources of social problems. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?noble207+SOC3501+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17964/1179
Fall 2017 | SOC 3613V Section 001: Honors: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (35746)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about/relate to food.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613V+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters. As in all of our sociology courses, honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding in their written assignments, oral participation, and course activities.
- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Class Format:
- lectures, films, guest speakers, class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write eight commentaries that demonstrate your understanding of the readings, write two short (2-3 page) papers, and write a 1,500 word research based op-ed piece on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35746/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (35745)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from a sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about and relate to food. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613W+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters. As in all of our sociology courses, honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding in their written assignments, oral participation, and course activities.
- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Class Format:
- lectures, films, guest speakers, class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write eight commentaries that demonstrate your understanding of the readings, write two short (2-3 page) papers, and write a 1,500 word research based op-ed piece on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35745/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (17476)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC3701+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17476/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2017 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (14006)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3701+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Social theories help us understand society and how it works. In this class, we cover the development of social theory from the classical and founding works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary ideas such as feminism, rational choice, racism, and post-modernity. Throughout this class, we have three goals: to learn to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; to use this work to better understand the social world; and to develop our own capacity to talk and write about the world using ideas from theory.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations Other Grading Information: Two mini-papers about the readings each about 3 to 4 pages in length. 25 answers (about 1/3 page in length) to reading questions for each class. They class will break up into 10 groups and each group will make one presentation about the readings. - Exam Format:
- The exams are designed to evaluate your mastery of the concepts and ideas covered by the readings, lectures and discussions. The questions will include short-answer and essay. The midterm exam is worth 150 points and the final exam is 250 points.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
17% Discussion
3% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
25 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Workload may change depending upon the degree of teaching assistant support available - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14006/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2017 | SOC 3701 Section 301: Social Theory (18138)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18138/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2017 | SOC 3701 Section 302: Social Theory (36841)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36841/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2017 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (14003)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC3801+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- The research methods course teaches you to understand, critique, and plan sociological research. This course introduces you to both qualitative and quantitative research designs. The course is intended for sociology majors and it should be taken before you begin your major project. We will use lectures, discussions, lab exercises, short weekly assignments, and a few small outside-of-class "hands-on" research assignments to get a feel for a variety of research methods. In addition to exams and the activities listed above, students will prepare a research proposal as their final project for the course.
- Grading:
20% Special Projects
20% Laboratory Evaluation
20% Other EvaluationOther Grading Information: homework; 40% examinations- Exam Format:
- Short answer and brief essay.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
2 exams
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14003/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Fall2017.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC3801_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (16034)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-109
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gunth031+SOC3801+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- ​Imagine this course as a civilian's guide to social research. We'll focus on the development, conduct, and dissemination of scholarship in a way that prepares you to complete a major project in sociology, but we'll also build the tools you'll need to evaluate truth claims that circulate in everyday public life and politics. Learn how to identify quality social research and put it to work. Defend it from skeptics. Think responsibly about its effects. Our assignments will help you mobilize several different types of existing research in order to answer a range of sociological questions.
- Grading:
10% Attend and participate in class discussion
10% Recall key terms and details
20% Find relevant sources of research
30% Interpret and compare different types of evidence
30% Justify and critique common research practices
- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings (available online)
20% Workshop term paper - Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2 exams
Daily in-class writing exercises
2 term papers, 5-6 pages each - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16034/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (13936)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 5811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3811+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- For SOC 3811:75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.For SOC 5811:100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- For SOC 3811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.For SOC 5811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13936/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 May 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 4090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Black to the Future: Race & Visions of Tomorrow (35420)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 225
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmbell+SOC4090+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- The discipline of sociology has a central concern with understanding race in the US, but despite our disciplinary desire to predict future social trends, we do not often spend time examining popular visions of the future. Still scholars, novelists, filmmakers and social movements alike often construct visions of the future through claims about what will happen, what could happen, or what should happen. Using a diverse array of sources, this course will look specifically at the kinds of racial futures that are anticipated, feared and hoped for. We will read sociological texts, examine the use of allegory and parables by historians and social scientists, look at the visions set forth by social movements, and dissect future-oriented films and fiction all toward understanding the sociology of race in the US.
We will explore constructions of the future to examine what kinds of racial futures social movements and scholars/writers imagine and use that to illustrate the areas of concern of race-based social movements and sociological scholarship on race. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone with an interest in the sociology of race and social movements or exploring science fiction/speculative fiction as a genre. Previous sociology courses will be helpful.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students should leave this course with a working knowledge of sociological perspectives on race and social movements. Students should also end the course with a solid understanding of how sociologists approach visions of the future.
- Exam Format:
- essay
- Class Format:
- lecture, discussion, group work
- Workload:
- Students should expect to read about 75-100 pages per week in addition to any outside film or art viewings assigned. There will be a big final project that can be fulfilled in a number of ways using various media. This will be presented at the end of the term. Students should expect to do a significant amount of writing in this course including weekly assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35420/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (17179)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17179/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Fall 2017 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (16064)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [1001; 1101 or 3101 or 3102] recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16064/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Fall 2017 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (17966)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Nature/types of crime. Problems in measuring incidence/trends. Review of sociological theories of crime causation. Implications for crime prevention/control. prereq: [3101 or 3102 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam; 30% Final Exam; 10% Class Participation (for students who seek honors credit in this class only: a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected [possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered]).
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17966/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 4102H Section 001: Honors: Criminology (35066)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Nature/types of crime. Problems in measuring incidence/trends. Review of sociological theories of crime causation. Implications for crime prevention/control. prereq: Honors student, [3101 or 3102 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102H+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam; 30% Final Exam; 10% Class Participation (for students who seek honors credit in this class only: a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected [possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered]).
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35066/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment and Corrections (34680)
- 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 Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Correctional strategies such as prison, probation, and parole. Theories/structures of diversion, probation, parole, and other community corrections programs. U.S. penal policies/practices compared with those in other countries. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4105+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of core penal institutions in the United States. We examine the origins, functions, and effects of incarceration from the 19th century to the present; the culture and social relations in male and female prisons; and the causes and consequences of America's extraordinary prison boom. Along with imprisonment, we study the birth and transformation of "community corrections" (e.g., parole, probation, and drug treatment). This class combines readings, lectures/discussions, and films.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 75% of the course grade will be from the exams. 25% will be from the reaction papers and class attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes and two exams.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 75-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: This class has a heavy reading load. However, the readings are interesting and straightforward (mostly ethnographies and histories). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34680/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 March 2014
Fall 2017 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (34681)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1001V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4106+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching (and analyzing) television shows. (It is also true that much television misrepresents the nature and consequences of crime and punishment.) We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the social origins and functions of crime, causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the war on drugs, mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, and prisoner re-entry. Featured shows include: The Walking Dead, The Wire, Orange is the New Black, The Shield, and Rectify (the exact line is subject to change). Disclosure. The shows we will watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language. As such, students who may be offended or uncomfortable with such language and themes may not wish to take this course.
- Grading:
- The final exam will be "take home".
- Exam Format:
- 25% Midterm Exam
45% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
45% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34681/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2015
Fall 2017 | SOC 4125 Section 001: Policing America (34929)
- 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 Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Forms, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of policing/surveillance agencies (formal/informal). Legal limitations, police culture, community relations, aims of policing, state power. prereq: [3101 or 3102 recommended or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC4125+Fall2017
- Class Description:
In the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, it is clear that U.S. policing is in a moment of transition. This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we focus on using a social science lens to understand what policing is and how it influences social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which race and class inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. The course material is divided into four units. In the first, we cover the history of formal policing in the U.S. and the turn toward the war on drugs. We then consider an ethnography of policing in Los Angeles'
"skid row" in the 2000s. The third section explores broader patterns of surveillance and control, focusing in particular on policing gender, class, schools, and terror. Our final section considers present-day efforts to reform the police (or "police the police"). Throughout the course, we draw on contemporary media stories, podcast, documentaries, and guest visitors to connect scholarship with the world around us.- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
30% Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-150 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34929/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 January 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 4141 Section 001: Juvenile Delinquency (34682)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged Learning
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Childhood/delinquency. Measuring extent/distribution of delinquent behavior. Applying theories to relationships within family, school, peer group. Institutional responses to delinquency. Evaluating programs for treatment, prevention, control. prereq: [3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs detailing delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34682/1179
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 June 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 4141H Section 001: Honors: Juvenile Delinquency (35123)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Childhood/delinquency. Measuring extent/distribution of delinquent behavior. Applying theories to relationships within family, school, peer group. Institutional responses to delinquency. Evaluating programs for treatment, prevention, control. prereq: honors student, [3101 or 3102 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141H+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency, along with discussion of cutting-edge controversies and policy issues. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs detailing delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based Media - Workload:
- 120 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35123/1179
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 June 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 4142 Section 001: Adolescents and the Legal System (17970)
- 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 Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Fri 12:30PM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 225
- Course Catalog Description:
- This is a course covers the legal and social statuses of juveniles in our society. A recurrent theme is the power relationships among minors, their families, social institutions, and the legal system. Issues dealing with delinquent behavior are discussed in terms of different behaviors with which a juvenile justice system has to deal, such as the matter of certification to adult courts, the procedures in different jurisdictions for such matters, and death penalty issues which arose with juveniles and the consequences of several recent Supreme Court cases. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?malmq001+SOC4142+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- An overall focus on issues involving juveniles in our society and how various issues are dealt with in the system of juvenile justice. Topics include: allocation of power among juveniles, families, and the state; problems that arise for juveniles with the school setting and within families; abuse and child neglect; children's rights; and the juvenile court and its origins up to more current problems. Various types of cases and problems that arise in the juvenile justice system will be considered.
- Grading:
- 95% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: exams, 5% class participation
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style videos - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: graduate/law students will be required to write a paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17970/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2017 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (17971)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- What's criminal law and what's it good for? Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are? What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics: elements of crime that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt; accomplices; criminal attempts; defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age); criminal homicide; criminal sexual conduct. Read and discuss actual cases edited for non lawyers. Intensive class discussion. For upper division undergraduates, all majors.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: weekly exams covering reading and discussion - Exam Format:
- 40%, short answer quiz on each week's assigned reading (no notes or books allowed); 20%, analysis of week's assigned cases (take home); 40%, reaction essay based on the day's discussion topic (open book and notes)
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Homework Assignment(s)
13 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17971/1179
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 August 2011
Fall 2017 | SOC 4461 Section 001: Sociology of Ethnic and Racial Conflict (17976)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Effects of ethnic migration and of social movements. Construction of ethnic/national identities. Questions of citizenship. Rise of transnational movements, how they help shape racial/ethnic conflicts. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?aminzade+SOC4461+Fall2017
- Class Description:
We will examine conceptual and theoretical approaches to the sociological study of ethnic and racial conflict around the globe, looking at ethnicity and race as distinctive but overlapping social constructions of collective identity that underpin patterns of social conflict and systems of power and privilege. We will also explore the difference between race and ethnicity, the various ways in which racial, ethnic, and national identities are constructed in different countries, individual versus group approaches to the study of prejudice and discrimination, and the racialization of ethnic and religious groups. In analyzing the sources of ethnic and racial conflicts in different nation-states, we will examine the role played by racism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia, situating particular cases of conflict in North America, Africa, Latin America, and Asia in the contexts of colonialism, slavery, globalization, democratization, nation-state formation, and transnational migration. Using a comparative and historical approach, we will also examine the racialization of ethnic and religious groups, how different countries formulate immigration policies and address issues of immigrant incorporation, exclusion, and citizenship, and the conditions under which conflicts turn violent, leading to ethnic cleansing and genocide. Finally, we will analyze different approaches to reducing ethnic and racial conflicts, from affirmative action and reparations to cosmopolitanism, federalism, and global governance.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with some background in Sociology, especially those who have taken other courses concerning race and ethnicity.
- Learning Objectives:
- The course aims to get you to think critically about issues of racial and ethnic conflict in different parts of the globe and to situate these conflicts within broader historical processes, such as colonialism, capitalist development, and nation-state formation,
- Grading:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17976/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/aminzade_SOC4461_Fall2017.doc
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 May 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 4551 Section 001: Sociology of Sexualities (35011)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sexual attitudes, behaviors, identities. Taken-for-granted beliefs about naturalness of sexual phenomena. How social forces shape sexual lives. Diversity of thought, behavior, lived experience with regard to sexuality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?upton042+SOC4551+Fall2017
- Class Description:
In this course we will examine social theories and sociological research on the topic of sexuality. We will explore the concept of sexuality as it intersects with race, gender, and class. The course will be divided into three different sections. We will begin by defining sexuality, with a focus on the history of sexuality. Second, we will explore theories of sexuality. The third section of the course will focus on applying these theories through looking closely at contemporary issues and sexuality in film and other popular culture. The course is designed to give you a basic understanding of sociological implications of sexuality in the United States.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35011/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 April 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (14251)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4966W+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- The purpose of this course is to assist students in fulfilling CLA's senior project requirement, the 'capstone' of the undergraduate career. Enrollment is limited to student majors in Sociology. The class provides a structure and guided format for completing the senior project. There will be two options: the research option and the service learning option. For the first, students select a topic, formulate a research question, read on the topic, conduct preliminary research, and write up lessons learned from the experience. Emphasis will be on the preparation, reading, and thought that goes into research, less so the implementation, as time is limited. Students can also choose the `service learning' option, in which they will be required to do community service learning and to write either a field research paper or an action project paper based on their work with participating community organizations. The final project will build on the values of critical thinking, effective communication, diversity, and social responsibility that are cultivated in sociology. Course readings provide guidelines about how to ask sociological questions, and the ethical questions concerning research. Course work requires intense individual engagement in the design of a project, and active class discussion of the issues students face in the process.
- Grading:
- 90% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
30% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14251/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (14275)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC4977V+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This is the first course in a two-semester sequence designed to help honors students majoring in sociology prepare their senior projects research papers. Throughout this semester, we review key issues in the design of social research as students work on their independent projects. Specific activities in this semester of the course sequence include development of a research topic, exploring and reviewing relevant existing literature, applying for human subjects approval, putting together a faculty committee for the project, and completing first drafts of the literature review and methods sections of the research paper. Some students may begin data collection in the fall, but data collection and analysis, as well as the write-up and presentation of the final paper, are the main activities of the spring course. Students must take both courses in the sequence.
- Grading:
Class participation 15%, topic statements 10%, completed IRB form 10%, preliminary bibliography 20%, methods section draft 20%, literature review draft 25%.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
80% Discussion - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14275/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2016
Fall 2017 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (13942)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. Soc 5811 is intended for new graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and students pursuing the Sociology BS degree. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs.
- Class Notes:
- 15 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC5811+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and students from other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Acquire knowledge of basic statistical principles and computation methods, applied to real social data. Ability to read and understand articles that analyze social data.
- Grading:
- For SOC 3811:75% Three Exams25% Two computer data analysis assignments.For SOC 5811:100% Three computer data analysis assignments.
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- For SOC 3811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 2 computer problem sets; 3 exams.For SOC 5811:10-35 PowerPoint slides reading per week; 3 computer problem sets; no exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13942/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 May 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (15224)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 11 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC8001+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and exploration of professional careers in this field.
We will discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students get started in thinking about becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities.
We will share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concern. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences in the program. - Who Should Take This Class?:
- First year graduate students in Sociology.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn about different types of sociological careers and share experiences that facilitate adaptation to the life of a graduate student.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors or panels of sociologists representing different institutional contexts (e.g. R1 university faculty, faculty at a small liberal arts college, sociologists in research organizations, those who work in government agencies, etc.).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15224/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (34683)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5-3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2017
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP
had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34683/1179
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Genocide & Mass Violence: Causes & Consequences (34684)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC8190+Fall2017
- Class Description:
Despite the existence of a legal definition brought forward by the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, the concept of genocide is at times expanded by scholars, victim groups and activists to encompass different categories and methods of extreme violence, including state terror against political enemies, war crimes and other massive human right violations committed by state and non-state actors. In this course, we will address definitional and theoretical problems that have emerged in the study of large scale political violence and its repercussions over the last decades. We will a) trace the history of the concept of genocide, the UN Convention and its connection to the Holocaust and the post-World War II order b) examine the work of classic and recent authors who discuss Cases examined in the course include the Holocaust, colonial genocide in North America, the Armenian genocide, State terror in Spain and in the Southern Cone and Stalinist crimes in Eastern Europe.
0ADespite the existence of a legal definition brought forward by the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, the concept of genocide is at times expanded by scholars, victim groups and activists to encompass different categories and methods of extreme violence, including state terror against political enemies, war crimes and other massive human right violations committed by state and non-state actors. In this course, we will address definitional and theoretical problems that have emerged in the study of large scale political violence and its repercussions over the last decades. We will a) trace the history of the concept of genocide, the UN Convention and its connection to the Holocaust and the post-World War II order b) examine the work of classic and recent authors who discuss the Cases analyzed in the course include the Holocaust, colonial genocides in North America, the Armenian genocide, State terror in Spain and in the Southern Cone and Stalinist crimes in Eastern Europe.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34684/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 8311 Section 001: Political Sociology (35010)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social dimensions of political behavior and social origins of different forms of the state. How various theoretical traditions--Marxist, Weberian, and feminist--address key issues in political sociology, including citizenship, revolution, state formation, origins of democracy, welfare state, and fascism.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?aminzade+SOC8311+Fall2017
- Class Description:
This introduction to political sociology focuses on the social bases of power and various dimensions of the exercise of power in the modern world. It explores debates concerning the nature of state power in contemporary societies and takes a comparative/historical perspective on key long-term processes of political change. The goal is to develop an understanding of these debates and a capacity to link them to concrete problems of social research and political practice. The focus is on historically informed approaches to the politics of state formation, nation building, colonialism, imperialism, democratization, globalization, citizenship, and contentious politics. The first two weeks of the course address debates over the concept of power, examining socio-economic and cultural dimensions of power and the relationship between power, interests, and knowledge. The following three weeks examine different theories of the state and various aspects of state power, including the relationship between nation-states, globalization, multinational corporations, and digital technologies. We then spend two weeks examining the politics of nation-building and citizenship and the operation of processes of inclusion and exclusion in national political communities, with a focus on immigration policies. The subsequent eight weeks survey debates over the impact of the internet on political participation and democracy, authoritarian populism and the future of democracy, the politics of food and agricultural development, the political sociology of colonialism and imperialism, the relationship between political parties, social movements, and political change, and the role of emotions in electoral and non-electoral politics.
The topics and readings reflect my own interests and expertise, but you should feel free to pursue other areas of interest. The written assignments give you an opportunity review key theoretical debates in your own areas of interest and to think about how the concepts and theories discussed in our seminar relate to research and political practice in these areas.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- To gain a better understanding of key debates in political sociology and of the theories and empirical research that speaks to these debates and to develop a global and historically informed perspective on key political issues.
- Learning Objectives:
- Critically evaluate different theoretical perspectives, assess empirical evidence supporting and critiquing these perspectives, and develop a global and comparative/historical approach to the study of political sociology
- Grading:
Although you will not receive a participation grade in this course, you are expected to come to class prepared to discuss the readings and to send weekly discussion questions. Your final grade will be based on the two essays, each of which is worth 40% of your final grade and a policy brief, which is worth 20% of your final grade. Late papers will be graded down one-third of a grade for every day late, i.e. an A
will become an A- and a B+ will become a B if the paper is one day late. In order to get a grade of B+ or higher in this course, you must attend all of the seminars or provide a legitimate excuse for your absence (e.g. a health problem or family emergency) and submit discussion questions every week. If you are going to miss a class, please let me know in advance. In the case of a borderline grade (e.g. between a B+ and A-), your final grade will be determined by my judgment of the quantity and quality of classroom participation and the quality of your weekly discussion questions. No incompletes will be given for this course.The grades for your three papers will be based on the following criteria:
·Substance: Does the paper address the questions, show an awareness of the central ideas and debates in the required readings, and make connections among the readings and to relevant class discussions and presentations? Are the ideas original?
·Evidence: Are statements accurate and are opinions adequately supported by evidence? Are relevant examples provided? Are sources identified and appropriately documented?
·Organization: Is the structure of the paper clear, with an introduction, development, and conclusion?
Is each paragraph coherent? Are transitions from one idea to the next logical?
·Mechanics: Is the sentence structure correct? Are sentences awkward? Are there errors in the use of verbs, pronouns, modifiers, word usage, punctuation, and spelling?- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Discussion of required readings, videos, mini-lectures, active learning exercises
- Workload:
- In addition to the two required papers and the policy brief, you are required to submit weekly discussion questions, based on debates, arguments, and evidence presented in the required readings, which should be no more than 1-2 pages double-spaced. These questions will help to facilitate a coherent and focused seminar discussion by identifying what you found to be the most illuminating, surprising, provocative, problematic, or confusing points in the readings, making connections among different readings, and connecting the readings to your own research.The questions should help us to discuss conceptual and methodological claims, identify assumptions, compare arguments, assess evidence, and identify silences in the readings.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35010/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/aminzade_SOC8311_Fall2017.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/aminzade_SOC8311_Fall2015.docx (Fall 2015)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 April 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 8412 Section 001: Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (34686)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to theoretical/methodological foundations of social network analysis. Concepts/principles, measurements, computer techniques. Applications to friendships, communities, workteams, intra-/inter-organizational relations, international systems. Focuses on network visualizations.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8412+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This seminar introduces social network analysis to graduate students, emphasizing its theoretical, substantive, and methodological foundations. Our collective goal is to acquire a sufficient grasp of the contemporary network literatures to pursue independent advanced study, and ultimately, to contribute original research results to our disciplines. Specifically, we'll identify key network concepts and principles; examine data collection, measurement, and computer analysis techniques; and investigate applications in sociology, organization studies, political science, public administration, and related disciplines. Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. Based on the summer survey of registered students' substantive interests, we'll concentrate on social capital, communication, personal networks, learning and innovation diffusion, intra- and interorganizational relations, social movements and collective action, political networks, international systems, and small world and Internet dynamics. About an hour of each class will be spent on network methodologies. The principles that students learn in this course will enable them to study advanced topics of their own choosing. Wasserman & Faust's encyclopedic Social Network Analysis provides our primary text, with required and background articles and chapters selected from the research literatures of several disciplines. Students will learn how to perform basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using the UCINET computer package. We'll also explore network visualizations using spatial plotting programs. Doctoral students in the Department of Sociology may use this course to fulfill their advanced methods requirement.
- Grading:
- Leading a class discussion
(10%), preparing a discussion guide (10%), four best of five computer assignments (40%), course paper
(40%). - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
20% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper
5 Computer assignments - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34686/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 8551 Section 001: Life Course Inequality & Health (34687)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Seminar examines the changing life course in its social and historical context, including theoretical principles, methodologies, and policy implications. Focus on key societal institutions that offer unequal opportunities and constraints, depending on social class, race/ethnicity, and gender. Unequal access to age-graded social roles and resources shape the course of development, and in doing so, they have profound impacts on health. We will consider how inequality in the family, education, work, the military, and in the health care & criminal justice systems influence health behaviors and outcomes at different ages and life stages. prereq: grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC8551+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- 0A
This seminar will examine the life course paradigm, its origins, and its broad influence on the social sciences and social policy, with special focus on inequality and health. We will be examining theoretical and empirical work inspired by the life course paradigm, featuring structural sources of inequality throughout the life course in major institutional contexts of development (e.g., family, education, work, criminal justice) and their impacts on long-term cumulative processes that promote resilience or vulnerability. Emphasis is on recent studies, conceptual and methodological challenges in understanding the nexus of life course inequality and health, promising directions for future research, and implications for policy, including health policy. By presenting key life course concepts, research strategies, and empirical exemplars, it will provide students with the intellectual tools to assess how inequality throughout the life course is reflected in individual well-being and what might be done to reduce the health risks associated with life course inequalities.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology, demography, social psychology, public health, and related disciplines.
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will gain familiarity with theoretical and empirical literature relating to life course inequality and health, as well as emerging research questions and approaches. The term paper will enable the student to delve deeply into a selected subject of interest, and the student-led seminars will heighten students' skills in leading, and contributing to, small group discussions. This seminar fosters a multidisciplinary orientation, as it draws on literature from multiple fields and typically attracts students from diverse departments in the university.
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on class participation (participation in, and leading some seminar discussions) (50%) and a term paper (10% oral presentation; 40% written document).
- Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- Class Format. Each seminar will be divided into segments:
(1) An introduction by the instructor, indicating key issues and debates, the broader intellectual context, important works, and implications.(2) A student-led discussion. Seminars are the place for lively exploration of ideas. The student leader will bring up issues related to the required readings, and prepare several questions related to the readings and topics for each seminar. They should stimulate critical and evaluative discussion. I provide some examples for illustration (these are general in character; they need to be specified and elaborated for each topic:
How does the concept in question (e.g., age norm, turning point, etc.) enhance our understanding of life course inequality and health? Is the concept precise and clear? Somewhat vague or ill-defined? How has it been measured or operationalized? How has it stimulated empirical research? How might it be extended or elaborated?
What examples of historical variability, inter- or intra-societal variation clarify or extend our understanding of life course concepts?
In addressing the readings, you might ask, is the author's central argument well justified (logically, empirically, etc.)?How does the selection help us to understand specific life course inequalities (which you identify) and their consequences for health? How can the concepts be applied to life course phenomena other than those explicitly considered in the selection you read? Can the empirical findings be generalized to other phenomena? To other times and places? Are there gaps or unaddressed issues which should be considered? Does the selection raise questions amenable to future empirical investigation? Does it provide information or data relevant to social policy? How does the reading address your particular interests?
All students should be prepared to actively participate in the discussion. To do this, it is necessary to read each required selection, consider the issues/questions raised by the seminar leaders, and be ready to bring new questions and issues into the discussion.
(3) The last 20 minutes of some seminars will be devoted to a discussion of term papers. Early in the semester, these segments will focus on term paper topics and issues to be considered. Presentations of the papers at the end of the term may be in the same format as a round table discussion, or may be a more formal presentation with powerpoint. Allow 20 minutes for the presentation itself; 5 minutes for questions and discussion. - Workload:
- Approximately 50-60 pages of reading per week, and a term paper.
Students may choose one of the following term paper options:A. An analysis of a life course concept of your choosing (for example, cohort, transition, trajectory, generation, age grading, age norm, age identity pathway, agency, cumulative disadvantage, accentuation, resilience, or others). Trace the development of the concept historically; indicate how it has been useful in promoting understanding of processes relevant to an understanding of life course inequality and health; describe how it has inspired empirical research; discuss its limitations; and indicate the kinds of research that are necessary to further illuminate its application. (approximately 20 double-spaced pages of text; in addition, include an abstract and a reference list).
B. A journal-type article on a topic related to the study of life course inequality and health, involving the analysis of data of your choice, qualitative or quantitative. (approximately 20 double-spaced pages of text; additional materials include abstract, footnotes, reference list, figures and tables).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34687/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (14278)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8701+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the central traditions, figures and concepts in sociological theory. It is intended primarily for first-year graduate students in Sociology, but it covers work that is widely read and referenced in the social sciences generally. This course covers the work of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Mead, Goffman, Bourdieu, and several other traditions and figures.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Required for first year graduate students in Sociology. A few seats are open to other students upon request.
- Grading:
- Attendance and participation: 30%Memos and class discussions: 40%Final paper: 30%
- Exam Format:
- None.
- Class Format:
- Orienting lecture from instructor, but mostly seminar format with student leadership.
- Workload:
- Substantial reading. Reading may be longer and (at times) more difficult than you are used to. Please see attached syllabus to gauge average week's reading.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14278/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2017.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2022.pdf (Fall 2022)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2017
Fall 2017 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Ethnographic Practicum (34688)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Thu 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC8890+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34688/1179
Summer 2017 | SOC 1001 Section A97: Introduction to Sociology (88311)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Extended Reg Acad Session05/22/2017 - 08/25/2017Off Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style percent videos, 10% written reports - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88311/1175
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Summer 2017 | SOC 1001 Section A98: Introduction to Sociology (88948)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Extended Reg Acad Session05/22/2017 - 08/25/2017Off Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style percent videos, 10% written reports - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88948/1175
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
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 Session06/12/2017 - 08/04/2017Mon, Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson 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
Summer 2017 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (82838)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/12/2017 - 08/04/2017Mon, Wed 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-224
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mave0013+SOC3101+Summer2017
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to engage students in a sociological analysis of the ?American Criminal Justice system.? We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision (i.e., probation and parole). Throughout the course, we will investigate the relationships between criminal punishment and ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. Specific topics include the social construction of crime and criminals, whether criminal justice policies, practices, and institutions are ?just,? and unique characteristics of American criminal justice. No prior knowledge of the criminal justice system is required. The course meets two university requirements: the Council on Liberal Education's (CLE) Social Science Core and the Civic Life and Ethics Theme. As such, this course will address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the critical framework of Liberal Education and provide tools to evaluate moral questions relating to punishment.
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 75% three exams (25% each)
- Exam Format:
- Three multiple choice and short answer exams, and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- ~100 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82838/1175
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 February 2016
Summer 2017 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (82902)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/12/2017 - 08/04/2017Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?maha0134+SOC3251W+Summer2017
- Class Description:
This course introduces students to the social, historical, political and theoretical contexts that shape our conceptions of race, gender, and class. Though the title of this course is free of spelling errors, there exists the potential for intersectional inaccuracies. The separation of race, class, and gender by commas implies that these parts of identity are uncooperative. Race, gender, class, sexuality and other dimensions of identity are relational and function within a broader, dynamic matrix comprised intersecting identities. Additive models of social difference do little to recognize the simultaneity of inequality. To "bring race into the conversation," is not license to silence other instruments (gender, sexuality, class) playing within an orchestra of oppression. Intersectional analyses of race, gender, and class require scholars to acknowledge how various forms of social difference work in concert with one another to produce and reproduce social inequalities and a multiplicative model of marginalization. Multiple forms of marginalization involve teamwork. Through such co-operation and cooperation, oppressions build off one another in cumulative,"multiplicative," and in some cases, exponential fashion. Hence, a more accurate title for this course could be racegenderclasssexualityindigeneityabilitycitizenship3.
In this course we will study the inextricable links between race, gender and class, as well as other dimensions of social difference, while ensuring that the other instruments playing in orchestras of oppression are not silenced. Students will explore both the stability and variability of race, gender, and class as dimensions of social difference. In addition to analyzing the role of race, gender, class, and other dimensions of social difference as independent conditioning forces, students will also examine the level of cooperation required between these social constructs to produce and reproduce inequality. The content of this course urges students to form a relational (as opposed to autonomous) conception of gender, race, and class to better grasp their existence as social constructs.
This course meets the following Council on Liberal Education requirements: Diversity and Social Justice in the U.S. theme, theSocial Sciences core, and the Writing Intensive core. This course contributes to the acquisition of a liberal education, helping students gain a broad understanding of the subject, including factual knowledge, the theoretical foundations of that knowledge, and its associated key modes of inquiry.
- Grading:
- Writing assignments = 30%
Mid-term paper = 30%
Final exam = 30%
Attendance and participation = 10% - Exam Format:
- Final paper
- Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82902/1175
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 April 2017
Summer 2017 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities & Social Change (88109)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/12/2017 - 08/04/2017Tue, Thu 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-224
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social, economic, cultural foundations of modern city. Theories/models of urbanism from Wirth to Sassen. Migration/ethnic enclaves. Racial segregation, social control. Urban social movements. Urban-suburban divide. Decline of urban liberalism. "Brazilianization" of American city. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?karak014+SOC3451W+Summer2017
- Class Description:
- Using sociology, along with history and urban studies this course, will follow the rise of "cities". We will study the great scholars of urbanism, including Wirth, Engels, DuBois, Castells and Sassen, to apply their models to topics such as the rise of modernism, the city as a milieu of design and consumption, ecological sustainability, the urban-suburban divide, and the contemporary "Brazilianization" of the American city.
- Learning Objectives:
- What makes a space urban? How can we make sense of urbanism? How are cities different than the countryside, how are they interlinked? We will start our summer-long journey with these questions that have informed scholars of the urban, people who both theorized about and influenced the making of cities. In order to make sense of the urban phenomenon we will historicize it, as social scientists usually do. We will look at the idea of the polis, following it in medieval European towns and industrial cities. Reading visions of architects and designers will help us investigate the link between modernity, modernism, and cities, as well as the suburban dream and its critiques. Before the midterm we will see how people, who will of course be raced, classed and gendered fit in our historicized model of cities and discuss how our backgrounds influence, and contribute to the urban experience. In the second half, we will do some weaving and connect the world by looking at global cities, unequal urban development, and deconstruct the notion of development itself, through cases of Turkey and Brazil. Lastly, we will tackle with gentrification, city as a space of consumption, and nostalgia.;Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-;Times New Roman">
- Grading:
- 24% Midterm36%Short Response Papers10%Participation30%Final Paper
- Exam Format:
- Midterm consists of short answer questions, a short essay and comparison. It is a tool to assess how we are doing in class, and if we are ready to move ahead or linger some more on previous subjects.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Discussion
35% Other Style writing exercises, films and other in-class activities. - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Session
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam, 1 Final Paper Short Response Papers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88109/1175
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/karak014_SOC3451W_Summer2017.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 April 2017
Summer 2017 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (82959)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/12/2017 - 08/18/2017Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-213
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?stewa777+SOC3811+Summer2017
- Class Description:
Statistics are powerful tools for studying society. For some sociologists, they are one of the best ways to understand broad trends across time, space, and social groups. For others, they are the kind of elite, technological wizardry that turns people into numbers and blinds us to important sociological questions about who decides what we "know" about the world. Some of us think math is fascinating, and some got into this business because we don't speak math. This class tackles both sides. We want to provide you with the skills you need to understand and use statistical analyses, but also to think about where and when these skills are best put to use. The University of Minnesota is especially concerned that students spend time in the classroom "doing the work of the field, not just reading about it," and so we will take a hands-on approach to working with real life data. By the end of this class, students will be able to:
- Find statistical information, interpret what it tells us, and decide whether to believe it
- Manage data and do basic statistical analyses with a computer program
- Interpret the output from that program and clearly communicate that information to other people using plain language and effective visual figures
Whether you plan to go to graduate school, go into a data-driven job such as policy analysis or non-profit work, or just want to be a better consumer of information, these skills should serve you well. This course also fulfills UMN's Mathematical Thinking Core. We will be discussing the math behind each statistical concept as both a body of knowledge that is worth understanding on its own and a logical tool that can help us work through real-world problems. While we will be working through a few calculations to do this, the point of these exercises will be to improve your ability to explain what a particular process does to our data and how we should interpret the results.
"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write." - H.G. Wells
"No one man should have all that power." - Kanye West
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on three major assignments, three in-class exams, attendance, and participation in both class and lab.
- Exam Format:
- The point of learning statistics is to understand and explain the substantive meaning behind the math. Exams will include some calculation problems and multiple choice questions to measure knowledge of the concepts, but the majority of questions will be short answer responses where students will draw conclusions from statistical analyses and explain results.
- Class Format:
- Class time will include lecture, discussion, and exercises to practice the material. Weekly lab attendance is required and will offer time to practice and work on major assignments using university software.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82959/1175
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
Summer 2017 | SOC 4246 Section A97: Sociology of Health and Illness (88312)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Extended Reg Acad Session05/22/2017 - 08/25/2017Off Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health. prereq: One sociology course or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is relevant to anyone interested in topics of health and illness, medical sociology, health policy, and a career in medicine or public health.
- Exam Format:
- There will be one short and long essay midterm exam and one 12-15 page final research paper.
- Class Format:
- This class is taught online. All interaction with the professor and classmates is virtual through online discussion forums and other interactive technologies.
- Workload:
- This course averages 50-75 pages of reading per week with weekly online forum discussion posts about the readings. There are additional assignments and reflection journals intermittently through the semester with a midterm exam and a final research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88312/1175
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2017
Summer 2017 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (82618)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/12/2017 - 08/18/2017Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-111
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?manni224+SOC4966W+Summer2017
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience, which will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your Sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper.
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions most closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) An Extended Reflective Essay on the Uses of Sociology in Public Life. Specific topics could include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change;
the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; and others.3) Service Learning Report or Action Project. This option will involve writing a sociological report based on community service learning with a local community organization of your choice. This paper will be based on a minimum of 30 hours of community service work completed during the course of the semester. The Community Service Learning Center will help you find a place, or if you're already volunteering they will help you formalize this so you can write on it.
Alternatively, instead of writing a report based upon the service experience, the final product will involve working on, and writing about, an actual project of direct relevance or immediate concern to your organization or agency. These projects might involve a variety of tasks such as writing a mission statement or action plan, creating program materials or a grant proposal, working on an evaluation study, or producing publicity information.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
30% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82618/1175
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (49155)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC1001+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49155/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (49158)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC1001+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce basic sociological concepts including theories, methods and common subjects of sociological study including the individual and society, structures of power, social institutions, and social change. We will accomplish this through lectures, readings, assignments and videos.
- Grading:
- 50% Weekly Quizzes (13 total, drop 2 lowest scores)20% Short paper 120% Short paper 210% Class participation and discussion section evaluationOther Grading Information: These percentages are estimates and subject to minor modifications.
- Exam Format:
- Weekly quizzes will ask you to respond to one question on issues discussed in the previous class meetings' lecture AND your assigned reading for the week. You are to respond in short answer (1-2 paragraphs) in class during a 15 minute window on designated quiz days (will be noted in syllabus).
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Discussion10% Film/Video10% In class activities10% In class quiz time - Workload:
- Approximately 50 pages reading per week
20 page writing per term (across 2 papers)
13 quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49158/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (49161)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion Sections 22, 23, 24 will NOT meet the first week of class. Section 25 WILL meet the first week. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their ?sociological imagination,? in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and ask how and why people interact within these contexts. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make ?sociological sense? of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline?and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
20% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- true false and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49161/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (49170)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 225
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC1011V+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49170/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (52468)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers15% Written Assignments20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52468/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Immigration to the U.S.: Beyond Walls (67164)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 5090 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3090+Spring2017
- Class Description:
The topic of immigration--including the labels used to describe this phenomenon--is one of the most politically and emotionally charged issues in the United States and in other parts of the world today. This course provides an extensive overview of the causes, characteristics, and consequences of immigration to the United States. It begins by assessing current levels and trends, perceptions and rhetoric, and polices. Drawing from disciplines across the social sciences, it then moves to understand the diverse and interconnected demographic, economic, environmental, political, and sociocultural drivers. This is followed by examining the composition of immigration flows, as well as the characteristics immigrants themselves. The course then considers the implications of immigration for a range of domains and, in the process, dispels a number of prevalent and politicized myths. Throughout, students will be encouraged and guided through the process of unpacking the many layers, nuances, and contradictions involved in immigration to the United States from multiple vantage points in the social sciences.
- Grading:
- Participation (20%); facilitation (20%); 2 exams (20% each); 1 paper (20%)
- Exam Format:
- 2 in-class written exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 50-75 pages reading/week; see grading above
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67164/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- On Drugs: Pleasures, Panics & Punishment (67380)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3090+Spring2017
- Class Description:
The course offers a deep immersion in the literature on comparative drug cultures and interventions from an interdisciplinary perspective (drawing primarily on sociology, psychology, and history) - giving them a strong grasp of this body of knowledge and requiring them to understand and compare the approaches of different disciplines and interdisciplinary theoretical traditions through application to this topic.
Deep immersion in the literature on comparative drug cultures and interventions exposes the students to radically different orientations to substance use, which in turn serve as a lens on themes of spirituality, self-control, medicine and more in societies from diverse pre-Colombian American civilizations, ancient Babylon, Greece, and Rome, to contemporary differences between the abstinence orientation of US drug policy and the harm reduction philosophy more institutionalized in Switzerland, Portugal, and Canada, for example.
- Grading:
- Exam Format:
- Class Format:
- Workload:
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67380/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3090 Section A94: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Neighborhoods (67165)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline CourseTopics Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/201712:00AM - 12:00AMOff Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
This course is an introduction to the empirical works, theories and methods employed in the study of American Neighborhoods. It takes on a largely Sociological bent to this problem, but will include a discussion of the current state of the art across the multiple disciplines which study the effects and importance of neighborhoods in the United States. As this is a survey course, we will attempt to synthesize the ecological effect of neighborhoods as it relates to Urban environments, with a particular focus on environmental impact, racial segregation, migration, definitions (Geographers and other researcher's attempt to describe the effects of "place" and "space" on neighborhoods), the social network approach to neighborhoods and, finally, the applications of ecological thinking in crime, health and education. Throughout this course we will spend time learning about the various data-types used to understand neighborhoods from US Census data to ethnographic records of neighborhoods. We will spend several weeks becoming familiar with US Census data, Tableau software for mapping neighborhoods and R for performing mapping and statistical analysis of neighborhood data. Students will also engage in an ethnographic study of their own neighborhood, where they will be asked to employ the tools in Tableau and R to further understand their local area.
- Grading:
- Discussions (20%), Weekly 1-page Reflective Essay, and Digital Reflective Essays (20%), Labs (15%), Final Project (45%)
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Labs, Discussion, some Lecture.
- Workload:
- 50-100 pages of reading/weeks, see grading above.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67165/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (50398)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: There will be three opportunities for extra credit, all of which include writing. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50398/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (52770)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the US criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the US. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101H+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52770/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (50399)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?garna029+SOC3102+Spring2017
- Class Description:
This course seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States on the basis of various sociological theories. It is a class in the sociology of crime and punishment, and as such, seeks to develop the students' "sociological imagination" and "critical thinking", itself an overused cliché that ought to be critically thought of.
The course is divided into two parts: The first, Crime,
and the second, Social Control. In the first, we will examine theories which explain crime in general and the exceptionally high crime rates in the U.S. more specifically, with an emphasis on race and space. The second part of the course begins with a short overview of the philosophical debates over punishment, which center on two fundamental questions: Why punish? And how? From the philosophy of punishment we move on to the sociology of punishment, which asks who is being punished, by whom, and for what reasons; such questions will be examined in the context of mass incarceration and the war on drugs, again, with an emphasis on race.This course by no means attempts to cover all or even most theories about crime and punishment;
rather, it privileges depth over breadth, and focuses on a selection of theories and texts that are fundamental (most), thought-provoking (all) and exciting to read (we hope).- Grading:
- 2 take-home assignments - 25% each (total of 50%)4 quizzes - 10% each (40%)In-class assignments (10%)
- Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week4 Quizzes2 Take-home assignments (2-3 pages)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50399/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 January 2017
Spring 2017 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (67166)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. The class will also class consider the future of race relations in the U.S. and evaluate remedies to racial inequality.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmbell+SOC3211W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial "problems" by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will begin by talking generally about the basic structure of racial formations in the contemporary U.S., the mechanisms by which they are reproduced, and possibilities for resistance and change. In the second part of the course, we will turn to the issue of popular representations of people of color in the US. We will look specifically at how African American, Asian American Latino and Native American women and men are portrayed in popular culture. We will look at how these images are related to racial inequality and how they shape the way that we think about particular groups in American society. In the Third part of the course, we will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. These units will focus especially on the experiences of Asian and Mexican immigrants. The objective in these units is both to learn more about these groups and also to consider what their experiences reveal with respect to the challenges racial and ethnic formations present for conventional, individualistic understandings of citizenship, group membership and social justice. The course will then conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.
- Grading:
- Writing intensive course, 2 exams, 3 papers, in class writing.
- Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and short answer
- Class Format:
- 40% lecture, 30% film, 30% discussion
- Workload:
- 50-75 pages of reading per week on average. Less at the beginning, more at the end. 3 papers, one of which will be revised over the course of the semester, in-class writing assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67166/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (51698)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3251W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
45% Papers (3 papers, 15% each)
15% Group Presentation
20% Final Exam
20% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam
3 Papers
1 Group Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51698/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2015
Spring 2017 | SOC 3311W Section 001: Hard Times & Bad Behavior: Homelessness & Marginality in the United States (67167)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Course Catalog Description:
- As we read about hobos and sailors, opium users and saloon girls, and contemporary experiences on the streets, we trace themes about marginality in the US, such as rootlessness produced by labor market, the love-hate relationship between elites and marginal populations in popular culture, and the complex mixture of freedom and deprivation of people on the edge. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3311W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- A cultural approach to homeless and marginality in the United States Please read carefully! (1) Please be aware that this class may differ considerably from what you might expect from the subject matter. This is neither a "social problems" nor criminology class, ?The homeless? and ?homelessness? are not approached as ?problems? from a policy perspective. Instead we trace the recurring mobility and placenessness of the very poor as a core element of the historical experience and cultural imaginary of the United States. (2) It will be helpful to have taken Soc 3701 Social Theory or similar theory classes which give you an introduction to the core ideas of Marx and Foucault. Hard Times and Bad Behavior examines several zones of US "low life" through the first-person accounts of impoverished Americans themselves, as well as those of the reformers, academic experts, authors, and musicians who have interpreted, analyzed, or condemned them. Reading about hobos, "street arabs," saloon girls, and reformers we will trace some enduring themes. Examples are the rootlessness produced by the American labor market, the love-hate relationship between elites and marginal populations in popular culture, and the complex mixture of freedom and deprivation experienced by people living on the edge. In a typically complex mixture of structural constraint and cultural agency, migration and transience have represented both terrible dispossession and a certain liberation for homeless Americans. Often forced to move by unemployment, penal and relief systems, they made worlds of their own. Our historical study of the cultural, economic and political aspects of homelessness and related forms of marginality takes us through topics such as great tramp scare, the homeless orphans and street prostitutes of old New York, the hobo phase of the "Wobblies" (the IWW), Charlie Chaplin's "Little Tramp," the mass street and shanty homelessness of Great Depression, and the return of large-scale homelessness in the neoliberal era and the Great Recession. We study both the different ways elites and ?experts? have represented, pathologized, and managed the very poor in different eras, and the simultaneous cultural mining of both homelessness and drug use by the Beats, Bob Dylan, punks, and other strands of US counterculture. The course will develop students? theoretical toolkits, using insights from the Marxian tradition (particular on how poverty is shaped by shifting economic and class structures over time), the Birmingham school of cultural studies, as well as Foucauldian work on social control and deviance. This class takes its writing-intensive designation seriously! We will spend plenty of class time working with drafts and learning skills to improve your descriptive and analytical writing. My aim is to increase not only your skill level but your pleasure in self-expression.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67167/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2014
Spring 2017 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (52727)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements. Challenges facing movement organizations. Relationship between movements and political institutions. Role of movements in bringing about social change. Theoretical issues, case studies. prereq: 1001 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC3322W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course covers the origins, dynamics and consequences of social movements and collective action. This includes the challenges facing social movement participants and social movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and political institutions, and the role of movements in bringing about change. We will explore both theoretical issues and grounded case studies in our discussions and reading.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
20% Journal
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
5% Film/Video
35% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 30-60 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 development papers, leading to 1 final paper.
2 Presentations
10 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52727/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC3322W_Spring2023.pdf (Spring 2023)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (67168)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-107
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3411W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations.
- Grading:
- Writing Intensive course with short writing assignments and a longer course paper. Instructor feedback provided on partial draft of the course paper. Course grade is based on 3 assignments (20% each) and course paper (40%).. A service learning component is available. An honors option and a sociology major senior paper option are also available.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures (60%), small group discussions and role-playing exercises (20%), videos (15%), and guest speakers (5%).
- Workload:
- About 30-40 pages of articles or book chapter reading per week. 20-25 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67168/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 October 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (67170)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Work is central to individuals, economy, and society. This course introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. We will look at what makes a good job good, a bad job bad, and impacts of joblessness on society. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3421W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Work is of centrality to individuals, economy, and society. This course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. Students are expected to satisfy three course requirements: (1) read the required and recommended texts and participate in class discussions organized to exchange opinions about issues of work in America today; (2) take in-class quizzes designed to review some of lectured topics and discussed issues; and (3) develop three essays on problems of work described on this syllabus. This is a writing intensive course, and the development of the three essays has a heavy weight in the final course grade. There will not be a cumulative in-class exam. The prerequisite is Soc1001 ?Introduction to Sociology.? Instructor's permission is required if students do not have taken this course.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 90% Lecture
10% Discussion - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67170/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2014
Spring 2017 | SOC 3503 Section 001: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (52118)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001SOC 3503H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-142
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of Asian American identities, families/communities. Racial/ethnic identity formation, immigration, intergenerational relationships, dating/family formation, transnational adoption, popular culture, educational/work experiences, ethnic enclaves/activism. prereq: 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Quizzes, Exams
40% Papers/Project
20% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52118/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3503H Section 001: Honors: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (52476)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001SOC 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-142
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of Asian American identities, families/communities. Racial/ethnic identity formation, immigration, intergenerational relationships, dating/family formation, transnational adoption, popular culture, educational/work experiences, ethnic enclaves/activism. prereq: 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503H+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the course will begin with a brief introduction to the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and sociological theories about incorporation and racial stratification. We will then examine the diversity of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, gender, and class variations. Other topics of focus include racialization and discrimination, identity,education, mental health, ethnic enclaves and ethnic economies, family and intergenerational relationships, media and culture, food, and politics and social action. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how a sociological perspective sheds light on the lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Quizzes, Exams
40% Papers/Project
20% Class Participation and Presentations - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per WeekQuizzes Possible
2 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52476/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (70832)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F, credit will not be granted if credit has been received for 3511H
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC3511+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course explores population dynamics in global perspective. Students will learn major population theories and measures. We will closely examine the ways in which people enter and leave populations -- by birth, death, or migration. We will explore societal differences in these phenomena and investigate their causes and consequences. In particular, we will explore differences in the population situations in highly developed and less developed nations, and differences between subgroups within societies. Within-country differences in population processes exist along gender, race, and social class lines. Key population policies will be discussed.
- Grading:
- no exams, only weekly reading quizzes and book critique papers.
- Exam Format:
- 40% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
40% Quizzes
5% Attendance Other Grading Information: "special projects" are devising several questions for book authors with whom we will have in-person or web chats after we read their books - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: weekly quizzes, a book critique (a draft and final for a total of 15 pages). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/70832/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3613V Section 001: Honors: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (53249)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about/relate to food.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613V+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters. As in all of our sociology courses, honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding in their written assignments, oral participation, and course activities.
- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Class Format:
- lectures, films, guest speakers, class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write eight commentaries that demonstrate your understanding of the readings, write two short (2-3 page) papers, and write a 1,500 word research based op-ed piece on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53249/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (53250)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from a sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about and relate to food. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, "sustainable" sushi. What meanings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their ingredients grown, and what are the social and environmental impacts? Who prepares these dishes and who eats them? This course is built on two central premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food is profoundly relational, connecting different groups of people and places; and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations through a sociological and political-economic analysis of food. This course takes a cross-cultural, historical, and transnational perspective to the study of the agrifood system. Among the themes we explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; social class and consumption; work in the food sector; the global food economy; the idea of "food justice"; and the environmental consequences of food production. We will also study social movements seeking to change the food system. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological and global perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so "everyday" that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from and why, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social and political-economic relationships involved in our food encounters. As in all of our sociology courses, honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of understanding in their written assignments, oral participation, and course activities.
- Grading:
- A-F, no incompletes
- Class Format:
- lectures, films, guest speakers, class discussion.
- Workload:
- Students can expect to read between 60-80 pages a week, write eight commentaries that demonstrate your understanding of the readings, write two short (2-3 page) papers, and write a 1,500 word research based op-ed piece on a course-related topic. The writing-intensive course is also heavily discussion-based, and attendance and active participation are required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53250/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3681 Section 001: Gender and the Family in the Islamic World (67171)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GWSS 3681 Section 001GLOS 3681 Section 001RELS 3716 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Experiences of Muslim women/families from historical/comparative perspective. Gender/family power relations in colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education/health, paid work, human rights, and Islamic feminism. prereq: At least soph; 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3681+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. It aims to expand the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East to highlight the complex and diverse everyday experiences of women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical Western representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminism debates.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
50% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67171/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (49180)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: hhttp://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3701+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Social theories help us understand society and how it works. In this class, we cover the development of social theory from the classical and founding works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary ideas such as feminism, rational choice, racism, and post-modernity. Throughout this class, we have three goals: to learn to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; to use this work to better understand the social world; and to develop our own capacity to talk and write about the world using ideas from theory.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations Other Grading Information: Two mini-papers about the readings each about 3 to 4 pages in length. 25 answers (about 1/3 page in length) to reading questions for each class. They class will break up into 10 groups and each group will make one presentation about the readings. - Exam Format:
- The exams are designed to evaluate your mastery of the concepts and ideas covered by the readings, lectures and discussions. The questions will include short-answer and essay. The midterm exam is worth 150 points and the final exam is 250 points.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
17% Discussion
3% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
25 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Workload may change depending upon the degree of teaching assistant support available - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49180/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2017 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (67162)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click the link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC3701+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Theories are tools to help us understand and negotiate the world better. Because our social life is messy, sociological theories can never be as exact as the theories that physicists or mathematicians use. But good theories can help us see things that we did not (or could not) see before. In this class, we cover a range of social thought, from the classical works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary theories of the social world. We emphasize three main goals: learning to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; using work to better understand the social world around us; and along the way developing our own theoretical perspectives.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
65% Additional Semester Exams
5% Attendance
10% Journal Other Grading Information: Journals are interactive, built around on-line discussion forum. - Exam Format:
- Four in-class tests covering discrete course modules.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Interactive discussion of student work. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67162/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2017 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (67163)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Thu 05:30PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to contemporary theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3701+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Social theories help us understand society and how it works. In this class, we cover the development of social theory from the classical and founding works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary ideas such as feminism, rational choice, racism, and post-modernity. Throughout this class, we have three goals: to learn to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; to use this work to better understand the social world; and to develop our own capacity to talk and write about the world using ideas from theory.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations Other Grading Information: Two mini-papers about the readings each about 3 to 4 pages in length. 25 answers (about 1/3 page in length) to reading questions for each class. They class will break up into 10 groups and each group will make one presentation about the readings. - Exam Format:
- The exams are designed to evaluate your mastery of the concepts and ideas covered by the readings, lectures and discussions. The questions will include short-answer and essay. The midterm exam is worth 150 points and the final exam is 250 points.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
17% Discussion
3% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
25 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Workload may change depending upon the degree of teaching assistant support available - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67163/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2017 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (69306)
- 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 Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-108
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social psychology is at the intersection of macro and micro sociology, linking social structures, interpersonal relationships and interactions, attitudes, values and the self-concept. Principles of social psychology are drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. This course covers a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC3721+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Principles of Social Psychology Social psychology lies at the intersection of "macro" and 'micro" sociology. By drawing on both sociology and psychology, it illuminates the dynamic linkages of social organization, interaction processes, attitudes, and the self. Students will learn principles drawn from different theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. The course covers a broad range of topics as well as diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). The class shows the relevance of social psychology to contemporary social problems and issues, including inequality (based on gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, wealth), discrimination, torture, and terrorism.
- Grading:
- 20% short paper
30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
10% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- Short essay.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69306/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 October 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (49174)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory how-to guide for conducting and evaluating social scientific research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing the various components of research design, including: philosophical and theoretical foundations, research topics and questions, conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, index and scale construction, reliability and validity, data collection and sources, sampling, comparisons across groups and over time, and research ethics. This is followed by developing an understanding how these components are packaged together in various ways into research designs, including: experiments and quasi-experiments, ethnography, case studies, interviews and focus groups, ethnosurveys and surveys, content analysis, archival and comparative-historical research, and more. The course concludes by considering issues of workflow in social scientific research, including issues related to the organization, cleaning, and analysis of data.
- Grading:
- Attendance (10%); 5 assignments (15%); 2 exams (15% each); 3 papers (15% each)
- Exam Format:
- 2 in-class exams
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33%; Lab/Discussion Section - Workload:
- 20-50 pages reading/week; 5 assignments; 2 exams; 3 papers
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49174/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (49135)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3811+Spring2017
- Class Description:
Quantitative data can reveal the social world - or disguise it. This class will teach methods of describing, displaying, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data so that it can reveal, not disguise, social patterns. We will cover: (1) descriptive statistics and principles of good graphing; (2) methods of transforming data to make its patterns visible; (3) the probability theory that lets us use samples to learn about populations; (4) principles of causal inference; and (5) methods for relating multiple variables to understand their relationships.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Grading:
- 33% Quizzes33% Problem sets33% Analytical memos
- Exam Format:
- ComputationsMultiple ChoiceShort Answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture and large-group activities50% Computer Labs
- Workload:
- 10-35 pages reading per week; quizzes most weeks; 5 shorter problem sets; 3 longer analytical memos
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49135/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Social Statistics (50504)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Grading:
- 70% Midterm Exam
30% Problem Solving - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50504/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2014
Spring 2017 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (52273)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52273/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2017 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (49833)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between US law and global law and concepts of justice. prereq: [1001; 1101 or 3101 or 3102] recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49833/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2017 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (67173)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104H Section 001GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001GLOS 5104 Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly two-page reaction papers
40% Twenty-page seminar paper
20% Exams - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67173/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime and Human Rights (67174)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001GLOS 5104 Section 001SOC 5104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104H+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence.
- Grading:
- 40% Weekly two-page reaction papers
40% Twenty-page seminar paper
20% Exams - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- About 80 pages reading per week plus exams and writing assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67174/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (67175)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1001V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4106+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching (and analyzing) television shows. (It is also true that much television misrepresents the nature and consequences of crime and punishment.) We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the social origins and functions of crime, causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the war on drugs, mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, and prisoner re-entry. Featured shows include: The Walking Dead, The Wire, Orange is the New Black, The Shield, and Rectify (the exact line is subject to change). Disclosure. The shows we will watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language. As such, students who may be offended or uncomfortable with such language and themes may not wish to take this course.
- Grading:
- The final exam will be "take home".
- Exam Format:
- 25% Midterm Exam
45% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
45% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67175/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2015
Spring 2017 | SOC 4125 Section 001: Policing America (67177)
- 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 Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Forms, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of policing/surveillance agencies (formal/informal). Legal limitations, police culture, community relations, aims of policing, state power. prereq: [3101 or 3102 recommended or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC4125+Spring2017
- Class Description:
In the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, it is clear that U.S. policing is in a moment of transition. This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we focus on using a social science lens to understand what policing is and how it influences social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which race and class inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. The course material is divided into four units. In the first, we cover the history of formal policing in the U.S. and the turn toward the war on drugs. We then consider an ethnography of policing in Los Angeles'
"skid row" in the 2000s. The third section explores broader patterns of surveillance and control, focusing in particular on policing gender, class, schools, and terror. Our final section considers present-day efforts to reform the police (or "police the police"). Throughout the course, we draw on contemporary media stories, podcast, documentaries, and guest visitors to connect scholarship with the world around us.- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
30% Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-150 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67177/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 January 2017
Spring 2017 | SOC 4135 Section 001: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (69268)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4135H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Causes/consequences of white-collar crime. Control issues, including public perception, legislation, criminal law responses (enforcement, sentencing, punishment), and alternative control mechanisms. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4135+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course deals with different types of white-collar crime, their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will learn from outstanding literature, videos, and guest speakers and explore cases in depth. The course is divided into two parts. Part I. distinguishes different types of white-collar crime (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, conflict of interest, and corruption). We also distinguish between upper class, occupational, and organizational crimes in private and government sectors. We explore their causation and the damage they cause. We compare white-collar crime with street crime. Do we need special theories to explain white-collar crime? We also take a look at parallels between corporate crime and the involvement of white-collar workers in state organized crimes such as genocide. Part II. deals with the perception, legislation, and control of white-collar crime. How does the public view white-collar crime? What are the chances that legislatures will take steps against white-collar offending? Under what conditions are they likely to criminalize behavior? We then follow the criminal justice process, based on a collection of articles and on a number of concrete cases. We look at police and prosecution, the role of defense attorneys, the sentencing decisions of judges, and the way defendants experience the response of the criminal justice system. We finally learn about innovative and alternative strategies and responses to white-collar crime. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations -------- In addition, a 10-page paper of high quality to qualify for honors credit - Exam Format:
- Combination of multiple choice and short-answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) ---- plus honors credit paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69268/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4135H Section 001: Honors: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (69270)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4135 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Causes/consequences of white-collar crime. Control issues, including public perception, legislation, criminal law responses (enforcement, sentencing, punishment), and alternative control mechanisms. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4135H+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course deals with different types of white-collar crime, their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will learn from outstanding literature, videos, and guest speakers and explore cases in depth. The course is divided into two parts. Part I. distinguishes different types of white-collar crime (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, conflict of interest, and corruption). We also distinguish between upper class, occupational, and organizational crimes in private and government sectors. We explore their causation and the damage they cause. We compare white-collar crime with street crime. Do we need special theories to explain white-collar crime? We also take a look at parallels between corporate crime and the involvement of white-collar workers in state organized crimes such as genocide. Part II. deals with the perception, legislation, and control of white-collar crime. How does the public view white-collar crime? What are the chances that legislatures will take steps against white-collar offending? Under what conditions are they likely to criminalize behavior? We then follow the criminal justice process, based on a collection of articles and on a number of concrete cases. We look at police and prosecution, the role of defense attorneys, the sentencing decisions of judges, and the way defendants experience the response of the criminal justice system. We finally learn about innovative and alternative strategies and responses to white-collar crime. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations -------- In addition, a 10-page paper of high quality to qualify for honors credit - Exam Format:
- Combination of multiple choice and short-answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) ---- plus honors credit paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69270/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Killing (49171)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Fri 12:30PM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-105
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological, legal, psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. Normal killings contrasted with pathological types. Mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, terrorist killings. prereq: jr or sr or grad student or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?malmq001+SOC4149+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Sociological, legal, and psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. The topic of "normal" killings is contrasted with various pathological types. Criminological data on homicides from national and sectional data are presented. Legal approaches to homicides are contrasted with criminological and clinical approaches. Subtopics covered include: mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, and terrorist killings.
- Workload:
- 3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: (2 mid-term examinations and a cumulative final examination) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49171/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 October 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (67178)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4162+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Course Content: Balance between government power to enforce criminal laws and individuals' right to be let alone by the government in a constitutional democracy. Topics include: police power to stop and frisk, arrest, search, interrogate, and identify suspects; right to a lawyer; remedies for constitutional violations; social science, the courts, and the law of criminal procedure. Teaching methods: Read and discuss U.S. Supreme Court and other cases. Textbooks and other reading: Samaha, Criminal Procedure 9th edition (earlier editions won't do). Audience: Upper division undergraduates in all departments and colleges.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal conceptsl and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly non-cumulative short answer exam (60%); weekly case briefs (10%); weekly discussion analysis essay (30%) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67178/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 January 2015
Spring 2017 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (52367)
- 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 Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health. prereq: One sociology course or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC4246+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Although everyone gets sick and everyone eventually dies there are important social differences in what illnesses people have, how they are treated and cared for, and how long they live. This class introduces you to the key issues in the sociology of health by reading classic and important articles and books in medical sociology. You will then explore a topic in greater depth as part of a class project. We will work collaboratively to build a set of real health and medical records that will be a shared resource for a final class research project. The semester will conclude with students working on an original research project on a topic of your choice using the shared data we have created. The research project will connect the theory from readings to the actual practice and experience of health care. Please contact the instructor for a copy of the syllabus and with questions: eroberts@umn.edu.
- Grading:
- Participation and discussion (20%), Research proposal and bibliography (30%), Research paper (40%), Research presentation (10%)
- Exam Format:
- No exam
- Class Format:
- Lecture, discussion, and collaborative work on research projects. Student presentations.
- Workload:
- 2.5 hours of class time and 6.5 hours of independent work on reading and research in accordance with UMN guidelines (3 hours per week per credit)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52367/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC4246_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/eroberts_SOC4246_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 October 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (67179)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 125
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examines how natural/built environments influence human behavior/social organization. Focuses on microenvironments/their influence on individuals. Impact of macroenvironments on societal organization. Environmental movements. prereq: 1001 or environmental course recommended, [soc majors/minors must register A-F]
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC4305+Spring2017
- Class Description:
Over the past 150 years, human society's damage to its local and global environment has increased dramatically. Nowadays, those environmental harms are more and more coming back to harm humans as well as other species. If we keep on this way, human society will suffer increasing disasters and not be sustainable into the future. This course explores why this situation has come about and what we can do about it. Three factors: growth of population, affluence and technology, causing more resource withdrawals from and polluting inputs into the environment, are the immediate causes of its decline. The social sciences explain why we have often ignored the issue, even if we have clear natural science knowledge of the problem, and as a result, failed to head off predictable environmental disasters. The current global scale of environmental change presents even bigger risks, but also great opportunities to learn how to cooperate to better manage our "Spaceship Earth."
- Grading:
- Grading for this course is based primarily on short essays and exercises.
- Exam Format:
- No exams. Five short pop quizzes.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30 pages of reading per week plus essay/exercise and one student group presentation.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67179/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4315 Section 001: Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide (67728)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4315 Section 001GLOS 5315 Section 001SOC 5315 Section 001JWST 4315 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- Course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation and addresses cases from around the globe and different historical settings. prereq: SOC 1001 or 1011V recommended, A-F required for Majors/Minors.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC4315+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation and addresses cases from around the globe and different historical settings. These will include the Holocaust, the legacies of State terror in Latin America, the aftermath of Stalinist mass violence in Eastern Europe and American First Nations' struggles for memory and justice.
- Grading:
- See syllabus
- Class Format:
- This course will be conducted as a combined lecture and discussion course. Students will also participate in online discussions, attend one field trip, and do regularly in-class exercises (such as role-playing of diverse constituencies involved in post-atrocity scenarios).
- Workload:
In addition to active participation in discussions, regular reading of aprox. 30-40 pages per week and posting of discussion questions which will be shared with the class through Moodle, students will be required to complete short in-class writing based on the readings, write two 4-5 page, critical essays, complete one mid-term exam and an end of semester essay.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67728/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/abaer_SOC4315_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/abaer_SOC4315_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4521 Section 001: Love, Sex, & Marriage (67180)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Love, romance, dating, mate selection. Sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, related public policy debates. Current U.S. practices in historical/cross-cultural context. prereq: [1001 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?augus170+SOC4521+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Why do we love whom we love? How do we express this excruciating and enthralling personal sentiment? In what ways does our social location influence the answers to these questions? Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu says, "Love is...a way of loving one's own destiny in someone else and so of feeling loved in one's own destiny." In this class, we will learn how he and other social scientists make sense of intimate human relationships, and what this looks like in the contemporary United States. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. We will also learn about current issues and policy debates regarding intimate relationships, with the goal of improving our understanding and ability to critically assess multiple points of view on each issue. While the focus will be on contemporary American society, current U.S. practices will be placed in a historical and cross-cultural context.
- Grading:
- 30% 4-Paragraph Reading Reflections (5 total)20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam20% Reading Extension Presentation
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- about 50 pages of reading per week5 4-paragraph reading reflections2 tests1 presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67180/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 October 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (49404)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4966W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience, which will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your Sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper.
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions most closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) An Extended Reflective Essay on the Uses of Sociology in Public Life. Specific topics could include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change;
the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; and others.3) Service Learning Report or Action Project. This option will involve writing a sociological report based on community service learning with a local community organization of your choice. This paper will be based on a minimum of 30 hours of community service work completed during the course of the semester. The Community Service Learning Center will help you find a place, or if you're already volunteering they will help you formalize this so you can write on it.
Alternatively, instead of writing a report based upon the service experience, the final product will involve working on, and writing about, an actual project of direct relevance or immediate concern to your organization or agency. These projects might involve a variety of tasks such as writing a mission statement or action plan, creating program materials or a grant proposal, working on an evaluation study, or producing publicity information.
- Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
30% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49404/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/liebler_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Major-Project Seminar (52810)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC4966W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience. It will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper. There are two options:
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) An Extended Reflective Essay on the Uses of Sociology in Public Life. Specific topics could include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; and others. - Grading:
- 60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper - Exam Format:
- no exam
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Visiting Speakers
30% Small Group Activities and writing exercises - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52810/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (49427)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects. prereq: [4977V or instr consent], 3701, 3801, 3811, at least 9 additional upper div soc cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4978V+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49427/1173
Spring 2017 | SOC 5090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Immigration to the U.S.: Beyond Walls (67194)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 3090 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Undergrad soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC5090+Spring2017
- Class Description:
The topic of immigration--including the labels used to describe this phenomenon--is one of the most politically and emotionally charged issues in the United States and in other parts of the world today. This course provides an extensive overview of the causes, characteristics, and consequences of immigration to the United States. It begins by assessing current levels and trends, perceptions and rhetoric, and polices. Drawing from disciplines across the social sciences, it then moves to understand the diverse and interconnected demographic, economic, environmental, political, and sociocultural drivers. This is followed by examining the composition of immigration flows, as well as the characteristics immigrants themselves. The course then considers the implications of immigration for a range of domains and, in the process, dispels a number of prevalent and politicized myths. Throughout, students will be encouraged and guided through the process of unpacking the many layers, nuances, and contradictions involved in immigration to the United States from multiple vantage points in the social sciences.
- Grading:
- Participation (20%); facilitation (20%); 2 exams (20% each); 1 paper (20%)
- Exam Format:
- 2 in-class written exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 50-75 pages reading/week; see grading above
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67194/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 5315 Section 001: Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide (68492)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4315 Section 001SOC 4315 Section 001GLOS 5315 Section 001JWST 4315 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- Course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation and addresses cases from around the globe and different historical settings. prereq: SOC 1001 or 1011V recommended, A-F required for Majors/Minors.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC5315+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation and addresses cases from around the globe and different historical settings. These will include the Holocaust, the legacies of State terror in Latin America, the aftermath of Stalinist mass violence in Eastern Europe and American First Nations' struggles for memory and justice.
- Class Format:
- This course will be conducted as a combined lecture and discussion course. Students will also participate in online discussions, attend one field trip, and do regularly in-class exercises (such as role-playing of diverse constituencies involved in post-atrocity scenarios).
- Workload:
In addition to active participation in discussions, regular reading of aprox. 30-40 pages per week and posting of discussion questions which will be shared with the class through Moodle, students will be required to complete short in-class writing based on the readings, write two 4-5 page, critical essays, complete one mid-term exam and an end of semester essay.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68492/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/abaer_SOC4315_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (50152)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue 01:15PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Fall: Sample topics for this 1-credit weekly course for new sociology graduate students: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals. Spring: This 1-credit course meets weekly with the purpose of advancing toward completion a piece of written work for each seminar participant (i.e. preliminary exam, grant proposal, or in-process journal article). Students will need to set writing goals for themselves, report regularly on their progress, and share their work with the group for critique and feedback.
- Class Notes:
- Grad SOC major or Instr consent. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8001+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50152/1173
Spring 2017 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (51980)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 715
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8011+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course is aimed at graduate students preparing to become teachers at the college level. We begin by working to understand the social/political context of teaching, including topics such as ethics, multiculturalism, and academic freedom. Students also learn practical teaching skills to be used when lecturing or leading discussions. Active learning strategies are emphasized as effective tools for engaging a wide variety of adult learners. A major part of the course is the independent development of a course syllabus and related lesson plans and exercises.
- Grading:
- To earn an "A" in this course, you must have no more than one unexcused absence; actively partipate during our class sessions, including co-facilitating the discussion twice; turn in all assignments fully complete and on-time; provide thoughtful reviewer comments on your partner's work on time and every time; and your work must show effort and growth. Poor performance on any of these will cause your grade to be lower. You are at risk of failing this course if you have three unexcused absences or do not turn in a major assignment. I will not give an Incomplete except when required by university policy.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on in-class discussion of readings, collaborative preparation of materials such as a teaching statement and syllabus, engagement with guest speakers from around the university, and building a capstone group project to share what we have learned.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51980/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2015
Spring 2017 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (67187)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click these links for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- The seminar is designed as a year-long 3-credit course (with 1.5 academic credits awarded for fall and 1.5 credits in spring).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67187/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 February 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Human Rights (67188)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC8090+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67188/1173
Spring 2017 | SOC 8090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Black Experience (67189)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmbell+SOC8090+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67189/1173
Spring 2017 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Race, Crime & Punishment (67182)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC8190+Spring2017
- Class Description:
With the rise of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and increasingly loud critiques of mass incarceration from both liberals and conservatives, the U.S. criminal system seems to be "on trial" in popular opinion and the mass media. Is our current system of punishment "racist" and are we at the "end" of mass incarceration? This special topics seminar examines social scientific understandings of the relationships between race, crime, and punishment in the U.S. during the 21st century. The seminar centers on relatively recent, path-breaking books on the intersection of punishment and race/ethnicity, class, and gender.
The course draws from the sociology of punishment, which sees the criminal justice system as a social institution rather than simply a mechanical response to crime. We focus on a wide array of social control forms (including police, courts, bail, prisons and community supervision, drug treatment, schools, and immigration detention). The core concerns aree key questions at the heart of the punishment and society scholarship: What determines the scope and character of criminal punishment? What is the role of crime, the social construction of law, and policing practices? How do imprisonment and other forms of penal control affect prisoners and ex-prisoners? For all of these questions, we will pay particular attention to the intersection of punishment and social inequalities, particularly the ways in which punishment reproduces divides based on race, class, gender, and national origin.
- Grading:
- Students' grade will be based on weekly participation in class discussions and a final research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67182/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 January 2017
Spring 2017 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (50676)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8801+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course covering some of the most commonly used research methods in sociology and related disciplines. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and evidence, and how various methods contribute to the development or testing of social theories by gathering and analyzing various forms of evidence. We will also pay attention to the (often implicit) underlying epistemological assumptions or commitments embedded in various methodological approaches. The course seeks to equip students with the ability to evaluate empirical social scientific work based on a range of methodological traditions, but is not focused on detailed training in any individual method. Such training is best obtained through advanced methods courses and/or through active involvement in research projects under the guidance of experienced investigators or mentors/advisors. The course will challenge students to refine their own ideas about how to link their areas of interest with concrete plans for empirical research. Course Objectives o To learn the basics of how research is conducted using different sociological methods. o To develop awareness of the knowledge claims and standards of evidence that underpin various methodological approaches. o To develop the ability to critically evaluate scholarship that uses various methods. o To gain experience in translating general research interests and ideas about research design and evidence into a proposal for a research project that carefully and thoughtfully links research questions, theoretical framing, choice of method(s), and specific plans for data collection and analysis.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
40% Written Homework
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 75% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
8 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50676/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2014
Spring 2017 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (49563)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: recommend 5811 or equiv; graduate student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8811+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Topics for Spring 2012: logistic regression, event history analysis, structural equation models.
- Grading:
- 3 data analysis papers on the three topics, each 33.3% of the course grade.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 12 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49563/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC8811_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Spring 2017 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Interviewing (67184)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC8890+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- In depth-interviewing remains a fascinating research method for social scientists. This involves the study of human behavior through observation as well as through question-based data collection. In-depth interviewing allow us to unveil the complex lived experiences of individuals and communities as the researcher digs deeply into the everyday practices, choices and constraints individuals face in their private and public lives. This course presents to the students ground-breaking techniques as well as interview-based published work while also requiring each student to pursue an original interview-based project that will be completed over the course of the semester.Students will thus learn about in-depth interviewing by designing, executing, coding, analyzing and writing up their own projects. There will be a constant dialogue amongst us on the strengths, weaknesses and the complexity of in-depth interviewing as a research methodology and we will apply this critique to student projects over the course of the semester.This course is appropriate for students whose research project is interview-based or those interested in trying out interviewing as they explore multiple forms of research methods. As this is a hands-on course that requires students to do interviews, auditing is not allowed.
- Grading:
-
10% Research Proposal
10% Peer review memo on research proposals
20% Memo on interviews/Transcriptions/transcripts
20% Participation
40% Final Paper
- Class Format:
- Seminar
- Workload:
- 50-70 pages reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67184/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 8890 Section 002: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, & Mobility: Population Modeling (67185)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC8890+Spring2017
- Class Description:
"He not busy being born is busy dying." -- Bob Dylan
Populations are made up of people whose lives are changing all the time: growing up; moving around; having kids; gaining and losing jobs and spouses; entering and leaving schools and prisons; getting sick; and dying. This course covers population modeling techniques from the demographic tradition, organized around these kinds of life changes. These techniques excel at describing social and epidemiological changes occurring along multiple time scales simultaneously; identifying the inequalities lurking beneath population averages; and figuring out what population a research question is really about. The course assumes no prior knowledge of demography and will cover a range of applications from across the social and health sciences.REGISTRATION NOTE: If you are not a Sociology student, you may need a code to register. Students from all disciplines are welcome in the course. Please email the instructor (ewf@umn.edu) for a registration code if you need one.
- Grading:
- 60% Problem Sets20% Quizzes20% Short Essays
- Exam Format:
- Short quizzes with multiple choice, short answer, or small computations
- Class Format:
- Active lectures and seminar discussion
- Workload:
- Approx. 50 pages reading per week; weekly problem sets; five quizzes; short essays at term end on using the methods in research
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67185/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 November 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (14138)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1001+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
30% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Short answer format
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion videos - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14138/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (14145)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmbell+SOC1001+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style percent videos, 10% written reports - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14145/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (14149)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. prereq: Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Discussion sections will NOT meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC1001+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the field of sociology. Sociology is the study of human actions and social relations, and the broader patterns of social order that result from them. The course is organized in three parts: we first study social identity and interaction, then how social institutions shape the world we live in. The final section of the course is devoted to understanding how the social world changes. The course involves lecture and lab/discussion sections. Lectures are designed to introduce you to the central ideas and theories of the field and to extend and develop the concepts introduced in reading. Labs allow smaller groups to discuss and apply these ideas more concretely.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
5% Quizzes
5% Attendance
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
10% Laboratory - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
8-10 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14149/1169
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC1001_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (14868)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 230
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1011V+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course introduces pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. Course aims to foster students` sociological imagination, or their ability to apply sociological theories into their everyday lives. This is a writing intensive course. Students will have an opportunity to obtain feedback on their work in order to improve their writing through revision. Students are also expected to play a greater role in class discussions.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
10% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
18 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14868/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (18311)
- 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 Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18311/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 June 2015
Fall 2016 | SOC 1905 Section 001: Freshman Seminar -- Whites, Whiteness, & Racism (33984)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman SeminarTopics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 20
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC1905+Fall2016
- Class Description:
In this class, we will learn about "white" as a racial category, examine whiteness as a cultural category, and explore how these relate to various forms of racism and privilege.- Grading:
- 40% of grade is based on a project that integrates photographs and essays to illustrate understanding of course concepts. 25% of grade is based on the respectful engagement in discussion of course topics.35% of grade is based on other course work such as quizzes and homework assignments.
- Class Format:
- Discussion, lecture, and guest speakers.
- Workload:
- Students should expect to spend 9 hours a week on any 3 credit class, including 2.5 hours of time in the classroom.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33984/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 March 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3003 Section 001: Social Problems (33985)
- 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 Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- 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/?elogan+SOC3003+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- In this course, we will engage in a sociological examination of major social problems facing the contemporary U.S. In each unit, we explore the origins and causes of different social problems, seek to understand how they impact individuals, groups, and the society as a whole, and evaluate remedies that have been tried, as well as untried ones that hold particular promise. We begin the class by asking how an issue becomes defined as a social problem, discuss the social construction of reality and deviance, and consider the primary frameworks under which societies have organized their responses to different social problems. In the next sections of the course, we focus on major controversies surrounding the American family, crime and punishment, the distribution of wealth & income, the degradation of the environment, health care and medicine. The tools we will utilize include sociological texts, newspaper articles, and documentary films. Students will write two short position papers, take a midterm and a final, and do a group presentation on a pressing social problem of their choice. *Note* there is no textbook for the course, but students should expect to purchase a sizable coursepack.
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- true/false and essay
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
8-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33985/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Fall 2016 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- A Human Right to Healthcare - in Europe & the U.S. (34536)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 5090 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in class schedule. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmuckenh+SOC3090+Fall2016
- Class Description:
This topics course will be taught by visiting sociology professor, Johanna Muckenhuber from University of Graz, Austria.
This course is designed with the aim that the students get to know the Austrian health care system and the problems migrants and refugees face in the access to the health care system and that they get to know in detail and reflect about the problems migrants and refugees face in the U.S. Students will discuss the problems and they will learn to discuss the topic not just from a sociological point of view but also from a Human Rights perspective. We will discuss and analyze the effects of cultural differences between health professionals and patients and we will discuss the differences and similarities we can find between Austria and the U.S. In addition, we will reflect on a regular basis about the cultural differences we experience in the course of our interaction with a university teacher from Europe, with students from the U.S., and perhaps also other countries of origin.
The course will be divided into three consecutive phases:
Phase 1 of the course introduces you to the sociology of health illness, including topics such as the social, political, economic and cultural context which have an influence on health and illness: influences on access to health care services: patients' practices in seeking help: health literacy and the intersection of social status, gender a migratory status in people's association with health. Phase 1 will also cover international differences in health care services and the implications of these differences on health and illness. Didactically, Phase 1 introduces you to the foundational readings in the field; this phase is therefore more reading intensive than the following two.
In Phase 2, students will be divided into subgroups. You will organize a focus group discussion in the class with a part of the students as participants and a part of you will conduct the focus group. The topic of the focus group discussion will be "The problems of migrants in the access to health care services". The aim will be to analyze the way students frame this problems and how you discuss the problem as a human rights problem. Phase 2 will conclude with my lecture on a human rights perspective on constraints to the access to health care.
In phase 3, you will get the opportunity to analyze and discuss the transcript of the focus group as well as extracts of interviews of my own research project together with me. I will present also transcripts of interviews and of a focus group with students which I will conduct in Austria. I will lead the discussion and give inputs in particular concerning the Austrian context compared to the U.S. context. This will give you the opportunity to get insights in real empirical social research and to get insights in the Austrian health care systems.
During the first and the second phase of the course you will be asked to develop your own research projects about the intersection of social determinants of health the access to health care services. You may choose to rely on literature and an investigation of the state of the art, but you may also choose to work with the results of the focus groups and with the interview transcripts. In regular office meetings, I will mentor students and support them in the finding process of both existing research and in formulating their own research questions.
In the last meetings of the course you will be asked to present your own research projects. We will discuss the projects in the course and you will get my feedback. The discussions will always have the focus on the human rights perspective. The full papers will be due at the end of the semester so that the final grades can be in according to the grading schedule. Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 35% - 3 Papers (10% the 1st paper, 10% the second paper and 15% the third paper)
15% - Group Presentation
20% - Midterm Exam
15% - Class Participation
15% - Reading JournalRegarding the paper, there will be three deadlines. First, you will be asked to write down the research question and the bibliography and you will get a feedback from me. Then, you will be asked to turn in the analysis of the focus group discussion or the interviews (depending on your choice for your research project). At this point in time you will get a second feedback. Finally, you will be asked to turn in the final paper. - Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 25% - Lecture
10% - Film/Video
15% - Small Group Activities
50% - Discussion- 25% - Lecture
- Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing per Term
1 Exam
1 Paper
1 Group Presentation- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34536/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 May 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (15288)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% In-Class Quizzes
30% In-Class Midterm Exam
30% Take-Home Final Essay
10% Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answers and essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-120 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15288/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 August 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (33986)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the US criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the US. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101H+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% In-Class Quizzes
30% In-Class Midterm Exam
30% Take-Home Final Essay
10% Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answers and essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-120 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33986/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 August 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (15289)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Thu 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barr0325+SOC3102+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- What is crime? What is the extent and nature of crime in the U.S.? How do sociological theories help us understand criminal offending? How do we attempt to control crime? Do these efforts work? In this course, students will evaluate crime, criminal behavior and responses to crime from a sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed on how sociological theories and research impact criminal justice policy.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style small groups - Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4-6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 5 quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15289/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2015
Fall 2016 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (17738)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Why does inequality exist? How does it work? These are the essential questions examined in this class. Topics range from welfare and poverty to the role of race and gender in getting ahead. We will pay particular attention to social inequities – why some people live longer and happier lives while others are burdened by worry, poverty, and ill health. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3201+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course examines the basic concepts and theories sociologists use to describe and explain social stratification and inequality. The textbook for the class is Social Stratification and Inequality. Lectures will focus on the contents of selected chapters that all students are required to read. There are twelve short, in-class quizzes (50% of final grade), and each of which has five simple questions about the contents of the chapter lectured in the week prior to the quiz. Ten best of the quizzes are recorded, or students may miss any two quizzes. For a term-paper study project (50% of the final grade), each student is required to conduct interviews of two families about their relative standings in the American stratification system. For this term project, students are requested to submit (1) a study outline of 1-2 pages (5% of final grade), which describes the plan of the study about which families to be studied, how to conduct the interviews/observations, and what to be focused in these interviews/observations; and (2) the term paper (8-10 pages, 45% of final grade), which reports and analyzes the results of interviews/observations. NO final exam.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
50% Quizzes Other Grading Information: 10% "Special Projects" is for a study outline of 1-2 pages. - Exam Format:
- No exam. But each quiz is one page of 5 T/F or multiple-choice questions.
- Class Format:
- 85% Lecture
10% Discussion
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: "Special Projects" is the study outline. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17738/1169
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2016.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2014
Fall 2016 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (16749)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3211W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. The class will also class consider the future of race relations in the U.S. and evaluate remedies to racial inequality.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. Our goal is to examine the myriad ways that race structures American society and influences the experiences and life chances of all its members. In the opening sections of the class, we study definitions of race and major theories of how race and racism work in the contemporary U.S. The next unit begins with an overview of the concept of racial identity, and asks how social location impacts one's identity and daily interactions. After inquiring into the general process of identity formation, we look at the specific experiences of whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans. Though our central focus is on race relations in today's society, we also provide a historical overview of the experiences of each group in order to help explain their present-day social status. The next part of the course examines the significance of race in several specific contexts. We look at controversies over race and immigration, race and education, and race and popular culture. We close the class by considering the future of race relations in the U.S., and evaluating remedies to racial inequality.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16749/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 August 2013
Fall 2016 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (33987)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-108
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?upton042+SOC3251W+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33987/1169
Fall 2016 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (18314)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Political sociology is concerned with the social bases of power and the social consequences of the organization of power, especially how power operates in relationship to various forms of inequality and different institutions. We will explore political socialization, electoral politics and voting, social movements, the media and framing, and politics of inequality, poverty, and welfare. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3301W+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Politics and society go together like a horse and carriage, but its hard to tell which is the horse and which the carriage! This course approaches politics from the standpoint of society. Accordingly, it does not focus on the details of the formal political institutions such as voting, legislatures or the presidency. Rather, it focuses on how society organizes around and pushes political questions. For instance, society is divided by social categories such as race, class, gender, age, education, religion, associational membership, wealth. The systemic relations among these categories, equal or unequal, exploitative or cooperative, and so forth, determine the allocation of "goods" and "bads" in society, and therefore many political dynamics. In addition, people and groups have different levels of social capital (connections) and cultural capital (for instance, levels of education and tastes about music, theater, literature, news, sports and alcohol). These different factors help create ideological values such as group and nationalist beliefs. They bear upon how individuals and groups think about the issues that face them and how they do or do not translate these into political issues demanding governmental action. These social factors interact with the type of local and national regime and its placement in global systems to channel conflicts and outcomes. Depending on the openness of the regime, popular pressures can lead to peaceful democratic change, open protests, or revolution.
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
18% Written Homework
2% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- short essay, T/F, multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: This is a writing intensive (W) course. It requires that you develop your term paper in four stages, each of which is submitted for feedback and improvement. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18314/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3309 Section 001: Atheists & Others: Religious Outsiders in the United States (33988)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- RELS 3624 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Course Catalog Description:
- What does it mean to be an atheist in the United States today? Atheists comprise a small percentage of the American population, but one with an increasingly visible presence in popular culture, political discourse, & everyday life. How do atheists organize into groups oriented toward identity-formation, social connection, and political action? prereq: 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC3309+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- What does it mean to be an atheist in the United States today? Atheists comprise a small percentage of the American population, but one with an increasingly visible presence in popular culture, political discourse, and everyday life. How do atheists compare with other non-religious Americans? How do atheists organize into groups oriented toward identity-formation, social connection, and political action? What are Americans' attitudes toward atheists, atheism, and non-belief, and are these attitudes changing? The course will promote a critical examination of the changing landscape of religious non-belief in the United States, placing contemporary American atheism in a sociological and historical context. Throughout the course, we focus on the varieties of religious and non-religious experience and engage with sociological debates about secularization in the late-modern context.
- Grading:
- Discussion/Book group Assignments - 30%
Midterm - 30%
Final - 30%
Participation - 10% - Exam Format:
- A combination of short answer and short essay questions.
- Class Format:
- The class is primarily lecture-based, but with numerous in-class group activities and discussions.
- Workload:
- In a typical week, there will be 30-50 pages of reading assigned, but a there are few weeks where we will focus on book length pieces and those weeks closer to 80-100 pages will be assigned. There are no full-length papers, but students will be required to summarize some of the readings and help run book group-style discussions two times in the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33988/1169
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/edgell_SOC3309_Fall2016.doc
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3452 Section 001: Education and Society (33989)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC3452+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. We all have opinions about how schools could be improved and about other public policies related to education. ~~~~~ This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and the instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. ~~~~~ We all enter the course with unique and valuable experiences and perspectives. We will all be challenged by seriously engaging the scholarship of sociologists of education and others. ~~~~~ This is not a course in which the instructor simply tells students what is true. It is a course in which the class --- as a collective --- draws on their own backgrounds and experiences, reads and discusses research and other scholarship, debates and argues about the issues, and transforms their ideas. ~~~~~ Students who take this class must be willing to bring their backgrounds and experiences into dialogue with empirical research and to have their ideas and assumptions challenged.
- Grading:
- There will be a series of short papers (mainly summarizing the main points of the readings); some in-class activities (like days when students lead class by organizing debates or discussions); a required service-learning component; and probably some extra credit opportunities. There will be NO exams.
- Exam Format:
- There will not be exams in this course.
- Class Format:
- There may be short lectures at the beginning of some class sessions, but mostly the class will be interactive: discussions, debates, student-led engagement with course material. Films, YouTube clips, Skype interviews with authors, perhaps in-class visitors ... all will be more common than lectures.
- Workload:
- Students will be expected to read a fair amount in this course (e.g., a book or multiple articles per week) There will be frequent but short written assignments; a few independent student projects; and days when students are expected to lead discussion or moderate debates.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33989/1169
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC3452_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 July 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (33990)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 131A
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Families in contemporary American society. Historical/cross-cultural comparisons. Interrelationships of families with other social institutions. Race, class, and gender in shaping family experiences. Topics may include marriage, divorce, childbearing, parenthood, family violence, gay/lesbian families. prereq: 1001 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?brum0078+SOC3501+Fall2016
- Class Description:
This course focuses on understanding the experience of families in the United States from a sociological perspective. We begin by considering definitions of "the family" and common theoretical frames sociologists use to study families. After an historical overview of changes in family life, we will concentrate on contemporary families. We will study the institution of the family as both "private" and "public." Specifically, we will study the current trends in the processes of family formation (e.g., dating, cohabitation, marriage, childbearing and adoption), the "work" of families (e.g., housework, emotional labor, caring for children and other relatives), and the dissolution or transformation of families (e.g., divorce, widowhood, children leaving home). Throughout the course, we will look carefully at variations in family structures and experiences across race, class, gender, age, and sexuality. We will also study family policies and current debates over topics such as same-sex marriage, non-marital childbearing, and "helicopter parenting."
- Grading:
14% Reading Comprehension Quizzes (via LearnSmart)
16% Attendance and Participation
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Final Paper
- Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and Short-Answer
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion
20% Films - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper (12-18 Pages)
2 Exams - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33990/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 March 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (17486)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F, credit will not be granted if credit has been received for 3511H
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eroberts+SOC3511+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- In 1800 the world's population reached 1 billion people for the first time, then took just over a century to double to 2 billion in the 1920s. In the twentieth century the world's population grew 400%. In the 21st century the world's population is expected to grow another 50% so that world population will near 11 billion. Different countries have experienced these changes in quite different ways, and will continue to do so. For example, in the year 2000 Japan and Nigeria had similar populations but in the next 50 years Japan's population will shrink 20% and Nigeria's will double. In the United States the Asian and Hispanic-origin populations will triple in size, median age will increase to 40 (in 1900 it was less than 20) and the share of the country living in rural areas will fall below 10% (in 1800 it was over 90%). This class introduces you to the dramatic changes in world population in the recent past, and the continuing demographic change occurring in the United States and around the world. You will learn about the fundamental demographic processes of mortality, fertility, migration, population aging. We will explore these processes in global perspective, with additional attention given to regional differentiation, primarily by comparing less- and more-developed countries. Key population-level theories, concepts, trends, and policies will be discussed. We will explore demographic processes and changes as both cause and effect of other social changes and structures. Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- A-FS/N
- Exam Format:
- Demographic profile of country; book report; exam.
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-70 Pages Reading Per Week
8-16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: weekly quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17486/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3671 Section 001: Contemporary Chinese Society: Culture, Networks, & Inequality in China (33991)
- 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
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3911 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of cultures, social networks, and socioeconomic inequalities in post-1980 China. In addition to lectures, the instructor will show video clips about various backgrounds of China and group discussions will be organized to exchange opinions about issues of common interest. Students will gain a basic understanding of how Chinese society operates today. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3671+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- The aim of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of cultures, social networks, and socioeconomic inequalities in China today. The instructor will give lectures on these topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. In addition, videos about various backgrounds of China will be shown, and group discussions will be organized to exchange opinions about issues of common interest. Through this course, students will gain a basic understanding of how Chinese society operates today. Soc1001 "Introduction to Sociology" is recommended.
- Grading:
- 60% term paper
30% quizzes
10% in class participation and discussion. - Exam Format:
- Quizzes and term paper, no final exam.
- Class Format:
- Lecture and group discussion
- Workload:
- 30-page readings a week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33991/1169
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3671_Fall2016.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3671_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (18334)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC3701+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18334/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2016 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (14158)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3701+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Social theory helps us to make sense from chaos, revealing core logics of development, change, meaning and domination which structure the bewildering, messiness of human experience. This class works closely with texts by a handful of great theorists who have created particularly illuminating, even world-changing ways of seeing. Reading extracts from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Patricia Hill Collins, Dorothy Smith, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard we will concentrate on readings around notions of power: economic, racist, colonial, patriarchal, bureaucratic, and discursive. You should improve your ability to think, read, and LIVE critically, able to better recognize and evaluate assumptions underlying "common sense" statements about how societies work. I believe that theoretical competence comes when you learn to enjoy intellectual creativity and risk-taking, and so we will spend considerable class time using debate and role-playing to loosen up those Minnesota inhibitions. Reading will not be extensive in terms of number of pages, but I will expect you to wrestle energetically before class with texts that can sometimes be both dense and abstract. Most of the required reading reports and other assignments will be self published by students on the class blog, which will enrich the depth and scope of class debate.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 40% exams, quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries. 20% class citizenship and blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Exam Format:
- Quotation identification and analysis. Comparison of theories and/or application to historical & contemporary phenomena.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-30 pages of (difficult) reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14158/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2016 | SOC 3701 Section A91: Social Theory (34984)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Off Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34984/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2016 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (14155)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Written Homework
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- Short answer and brief essay.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 pages of reading per week
10-12 pages of writing per semester
2 exams
2 papers critically evaluating the evidence for claims made by a professional sociologist
11 homework worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14155/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 March 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (16394)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory how-to guide for conducting social scientific research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social scientific research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations; research topics, questions, and hypotheses; and ethics. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement; primary and secondary data collection and sources; sampling; and the logic of comparison across groups and over time. This is followed by familiarizing students with research designs most often used in social scientific research, including experiments and quasi-experiments, surveys and ethnosurveys, interviews and focus groups, case studies, participant observation, ethnography, comparative-historical methods, and content analysis. The course concludes by considering issues of workflow in social scientific research, including issues related to the organization, cleaning, and analysis of data.
- Grading:
- Attendance (10%); Assignments/Homeworks (15%); 3 Exams (15% each); Final Paper/Research Proposal (30%)
- Exam Format:
- 3 exams, one every 5 weeks.
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33%; Lab/Discussion Section - Workload:
- Approximately 25-50 pages reading per week; 3 exams; 1 final paper/research proposal (20-35 pages total, including bibliography/references)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16394/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 March 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (14087)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 5811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3811+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Grading:
- 25% Laboratory Evaluation
75% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Three exams during semester - Exam Format:
- Computation of statistics problems
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14087/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 March 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (17769)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17769/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Fall 2016 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (16431)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16431/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Fall 2016 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (33993)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Nature/types of crime. Problems in measuring incidence/trends. Review of sociological theories of crime causation. Implications for crime prevention/control. prereq: [3101 or 3102 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam; 30% Final Exam; 10% Class Participation (for students who seek honors credit in this class only: a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected [possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered]).
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33993/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 4102H Section 001: Honors: Criminology (33994)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Nature/types of crime. Problems in measuring incidence/trends. Review of sociological theories of crime causation. Implications for crime prevention/control. prereq: Honors student, [3101 or 3102 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102H+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam; 30% Final Exam; 10% Class Participation (for students who seek honors credit in this class only: a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected [possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered]).
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33994/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Deviant Behavior (33995)
- 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 Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/nature of deviant behavior. Social processes associated with deviant careers and social reintegration. Relationship of deviant behavior to social control. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4111+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33995/1169
Fall 2016 | SOC 4114 Section 001: Women & the Criminal Justice System (33996)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 220
- Course Catalog Description:
- Historical/current explanations for female criminality. Current trends in women's participation in crime, their treatment in the legal system. prereq: recommend 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33996/1169
Fall 2016 | SOC 4142 Section 001: Juvenile Law (33997)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 430
- Course Catalog Description:
- Evolution of juvenile court. Organizational relationships among court, police, and other agencies. Policies regarding serious and status offenders. Intake, diversion, pretrial detention, waiver to adult court, and sentencing. Conflicts over due process and treatment. Movements to abolish juvenile justice system. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?malmq001+SOC4142+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- An overall focus on issues involving juveniles in our society and how various issues are dealt with in the system of juvenile justice. Topics include: allocation of power among juveniles, families, and the state; problems that arise for juveniles with the school setting and within families; abuse and child neglect; children's rights; and the juvenile court and its origins up to more current problems. Various types of cases and problems that arise in the juvenile justice system will be considered.
- Grading:
- 95% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: exams, 5% class participation
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style videos - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: graduate/law students will be required to write a paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33997/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2016 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (33998)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- What's criminal law and what's it good for? Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are? What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics: elements of crime that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt; accomplices; criminal attempts; defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age); criminal homicide; criminal sexual conduct. Read and discuss actual cases edited for non lawyers. Intensive class discussion. For upper division undergraduates, all majors.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: weekly exams covering reading and discussion - Exam Format:
- 40%, short answer quiz on each week's assigned reading (no notes or books allowed); 20%, analysis of week's assigned cases (take home); 40%, reaction essay based on the day's discussion topic (open book and notes)
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Homework Assignment(s)
13 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33998/1169
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 August 2011
Fall 2016 | SOC 4170 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Human Rights, Trafficking, and Business Regulation (33999)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4406 Section 001GLOS 5170 Section 001SOC 5170 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cultural values and practices in a globalized world. Role of international law. Immigration, terrorism, Americanization, and structure of international legal system. prereqs: 1001 or 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4170+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course takes a broad sociological look at both international law and global culture. Students will consider particular international laws, such as the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and also look at international legal institutions, such as Interpol, the International Criminal Court, and the International Court of Justice. Students will explore the effect of international law on civil and political rights, economic rights, rules of war, child labor, female genital cutting, and immigration. Finally, students will engage critical questions such as the likely implications of "opting out" of international law and the circumstances under which international law is likely to lead to real changes. The course grade is based on two take-home exams, one paper, and a short documentary project.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
25% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: documentary - Exam Format:
- take-home exam
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion video/audio presentations - Workload:
- 60-75 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 10-15 minute documentary - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33999/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 July 2009
Fall 2016 | SOC 4311 Section 001: Power, Justice & the Environment (34000)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4311 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Global debates over how nature is produced, consumed, degraded, sustained, and defended. Analytics of race/class. Politics of North-South relations. prereq: SOC 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC4311+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on some of the world's most perplexing ecological/social problems, helping students to understand them from a sociological perspective that emphasizes the significance of class and race in the making of these problems. We take a close look at compelling case studies, such as the creation of a nuclear landscape in the U.S. Southwest; the colonization of the Amazon rainforest; the production of types of nature at U.S. theme parks and African nature reserves; and the global transformation of food production. We also explore the roles of scientists, NGOs, regulatory agencies, private firms, and social movements in the Brazilian Amazon, Tanzania, the U.S., India, and Laos, in order to help us understand how such problems are created and potentially resolved.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
5% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
25% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
3% Student Presentations
2% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34000/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2012
Fall 2016 | SOC 4411 Section 001: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (34002)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411H Section 001SOC 5411 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Course Catalog Description:
- Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Graduate and honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and, to a degree, length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC4411+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. - Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34002/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 4411H Section 001: Honors: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (34003)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411 Section 001SOC 5411 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Course Catalog Description:
- Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Graduate and honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and, to a degree, length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC4411H+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. - Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34003/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 4451 Section 001: Modern Sport: Its Power & Paradoxes (18336)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4451H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How sport is socially organized, what role(s) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life in general. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC4451+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport - how it is socially organized, what role (or roles) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful, paradoxical, and poorly understood institutions in the modern world. The first unit of the course provides a theoretical framework and broad historical context for making social sense of these paradoxes and of the phenomenon of sport itself. The second unit then explores what it is like to "play" various sports, the determinants of participation and success, and the general impacts of such involvement. These ideas are illustrated throughout the course using examples from intercollegiate athletics and the dynamics of race and sport in contemporary American society. Two main themes structure the second half of the course. The first is the culture and political economy of elite-entertainment sport; the second involves issues of globalization and cross-cultural exchange focusing on Olympic sport in China. Together, all of these units are intended to capture the basic structure, function, and broad social significance of a cultural form that is too often naively celebrated, trivialized, or simply dismissed by both scholarly and public audiences alike.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
10% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
10% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- 2 in-class midterms; terms and definitions, MC, and one or two short essays
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18336/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2012
Fall 2016 | SOC 4451H Section 001: Honors: Modern Sport: Its Power & Paradoxes (18411)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4451 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Course Catalog Description:
- How sport is socially organized, what role(s) it plays in society, what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC4451H+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport?how it is socially organized, what role (or roles) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful, paradoxical, and poorly understood institutions in the modern world. The first unit of the course provides a theoretical framework and broad historical context for making social sense of these paradoxes and of the phenomenon of sport itself. The second unit then explores what it is like to ?play? various sports, the determinants of participation and success, and the general impacts of such involvement. These ideas are illustrated throughout the course using examples from intercollegiate athletics and the dynamics of race and sport in contemporary American society. Two main themes structure the second half of the course. The first is the culture and political economy of elite-entertainment sport; the second involves issues of globalization and cross-cultural exchange focusing on Olympic sport in China. Together, all of these units are intended to capture the basic structure, function, and broad social significance of a cultural form that is too often naively celebrated, trivialized, or simply dismissed by both scholarly and public audiences alike. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18411/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Fall 2016 | SOC 4461 Section 001: Sociology of Ethnic and Racial Conflict (34004)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Effects of ethnic migration and of social movements. Construction of ethnic/national identities. Questions of citizenship. Rise of transnational movements, how they help shape racial/ethnic conflicts. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?aminzade+SOC4461+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- We will examine conceptual and theoretical approaches to the sociological study of race and ethnicity, looking at race and ethnicity as distinctive but overlapping social constructions of collective identity that underpin patterns of social conflict and systems of power and privilege. We will also explore the difference between race and ethnicity, the construction, maintenance, and transformation of ethnic and racial identities, the sources of racial and ethnic conflicts, including genocides, white privilege and race blindness, and the nature of racist ideology. Using a comparative and historical approach, we will analyze the impact of macro-historical forces, including colonialism, slavery, globalization, democratization, nation-state formation, and transnational immigration, on ethnic and racial dynamics and conflicts. These issues will be addressed via the study of cases of ethnic and racial conflict from around the globe, including North America, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 65-75 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34004/1169
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/aminzade_SOC4461_Fall2017.doc (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2016 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (14418)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?aminzade+SOC4966W+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This section is a community service learning version of the senior projects course that is designed to provide students with an opportunity to think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociology major can be used in lives and careers outside of the University. The course will explore the role of sociological knowledge, research, and thought in contemporary American public life. The focus will be on how those outside the academy (e.g. journalists, judges, lawmakers, probation officers, etc.) have used, ignored, or misused sociological knowledge. Instead of traditional research projects, students will be encouraged to conduct projects that are more engaged and applied in nature. Specifically, students will be required to do community service learning and to write either a field research paper or an action project paper based on their work with participating community organizations. The final project will build on the values of critical thinking, effective communication, diversity, and social responsibility that are cultivated in sociology.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: paper proposals, outlines and drafts - Class Format:
- 33% Lecture
33% Discussion
33% Service Learning paper development and one on one meetings with instructors - Workload:
- 25-30 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: one final paper with preparatory drafts along the way - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14418/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 November 2015
Fall 2016 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (14442)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4977V+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This is the first course in a two-semester sequence designed to help honors students majoring in sociology prepare their senior projects research papers. Throughout this semester, we review key issues in the design of social research as students work on their independent projects. Specific activities in this semester of the course sequence include development of a research topic, exploring and reviewing relevant existing literature, applying for human subjects approval, putting together a faculty committee for the project, and completing first drafts of the literature review and methods sections of the research paper. Some students may begin data collection in the fall, but data collection and analysis, as well as the write-up and presentation of the final paper, are the main activities of the spring course. Students must take both courses in the sequence.
- Grading:
Class participation 15%, topic statements 10%, completed IRB form 10%, preliminary bibliography 20%, methods section draft 20%, literature review draft 25%.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
80% Discussion - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14442/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 5090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- A Human Right to Healthcare - in Europe & the U.S. (34929)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- SOC 3090 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Undergrad soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jmuckenh+SOC5090+Fall2016
- Class Description:
This topics course will be taught by visiting sociology professor, Johanna Muckenhuber from University of Graz, Austria.
This course is designed with the aim that the students get to know the Austrian health care system and the problems migrants and refugees face in the access to the health care system and that they get to know in detail and reflect about the problems migrants and refugees face in the U.S. Students will discuss the problems and they will learn to discuss the topic not just from a sociological point of view but also from a Human Rights perspective. We will discuss and analyze the effects of cultural differences between health professionals and patients and we will discuss the differences and similarities we can find between Austria and the U.S. In addition, we will reflect on a regular basis about the cultural differences we experience in the course of our interaction with a university teacher from Europe, with students from the U.S., and perhaps also other countries of origin.
The course will be divided into three consecutive phases:
Phase 1 of the course introduces you to the sociology of health illness, including topics such as the social, political, economic and cultural context which have an influence on health and illness: influences on access to health care services: patients' practices in seeking help: health literacy and the intersection of social status, gender a migratory status in people's association with health. Phase 1 will also cover international differences in health care services and the implications of these differences on health and illness. Didactically, Phase 1 introduces you to the foundational readings in the field; this phase is therefore more reading intensive than the following two.
In Phase 2, students will be divided into subgroups. You will organize a focus group discussion in the class with a part of the students as participants and a part of you will conduct the focus group. The topic of the focus group discussion will be "The problems of migrants in the access to health care services". The aim will be to analyze the way students frame this problems and how you discuss the problem as a human rights problem. Phase 2 will conclude with my lecture on a human rights perspective on constraints to the access to health care.
In phase 3, you will get the opportunity to analyze and discuss the transcript of the focus group as well as extracts of interviews of my own research project together with me. I will present also transcripts of interviews and of a focus group with students which I will conduct in Austria. I will lead the discussion and give inputs in particular concerning the Austrian context compared to the U.S. context. This will give you the opportunity to get insights in real empirical social research and to get insights in the Austrian health care systems.
During the first and the second phase of the course you will be asked to develop your own research projects about the intersection of social determinants of health the access to health care services. You may choose to rely on literature and an investigation of the state of the art, but you may also choose to work with the results of the focus groups and with the interview transcripts. In regular office meetings, I will mentor students and support them in the finding process of both existing research and in formulating their own research questions.
In the last meetings of the course you will be asked to present your own research projects. We will discuss the projects in the course and you will get my feedback. The discussions will always have the focus on the human rights perspective. The full papers will be due at the end of the semester so that the final grades can be in according to the grading schedule. Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 35% - 3 Papers (10% the 1st paper, 10% the second paper and 15% the third paper)
15% - Group Presentation
20% - Midterm Exam
15% - Class Participation
15% - Reading JournalRegarding the paper, there will be three deadlines. First, you will be asked to write down the research question and the bibliography and you will get a feedback from me. Then, you will be asked to turn in the analysis of the focus group discussion or the interviews (depending on your choice for your research project). At this point in time you will get a second feedback. Finally, you will be asked to turn in the final paper. - Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 25% - Lecture
10% - Film/Video
15% - Small Group Activities
50% - Discussion- 25% - Lecture
- Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing per Term
1 Exam
1 Paper
1 Group Presentation- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34929/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 May 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 5170 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Human Rights, Trafficking, and Business Regulation (36012)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4170 Section 001GLOS 4406 Section 001GLOS 5170 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cultural values and practices in a globalized world. Role of international law. Immigration, terrorism, Americanization, and structure of international legal system.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC5170+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36012/1169
Fall 2016 | SOC 5411 Section 001: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (34006)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411 Section 001SOC 4411H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Graduate and honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- 2 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC5411+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Graduate students in this combined class are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. - Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34006/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 5455 Section 001: Sociology of Education (17930)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- OLPD 5041 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 04:40PM - 07:20PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 120
- Course Catalog Description:
- Structures and processes within educational institutions. Links between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly as these relate to educational change. prereq: 1001 or equiv or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?klouis+SOC5455+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Structures and processes within educational institutions; linkages between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly related to educational change. Focus on issues of race, class and equity, both within the U.S. and internationally.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
30% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: on-line discussions - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion Student presentations, role plays, movie clips, etc. - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17930/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 June 2014
Fall 2016 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Social Statistics for Graduate Students (14093)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. Soc 5811 is intended for new graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and students pursuing the Sociology BS degree. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with a strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc majors must register A-F. 5811 is a good social statistics foundation course for MA students from other programs.
- Class Notes:
- 11 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC5811+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for sociology graduate students and undergraduate honors students. It meets for lectures with SOC3811, but has a separate weekly lab session. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three papers involve statistical analyses of social datasets.
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15 Pages Reading Per Week
45 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14093/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 March 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (15455)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Fall: Sample topics for this 1-credit weekly course for new sociology graduate students: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals. Spring: This 1-credit course meets weekly with the purpose of advancing toward completion a piece of written work for each seminar participant (i.e. preliminary exam, grant proposal, or in-process journal article). Students will need to set writing goals for themselves, report regularly on their progress, and share their work with the group for critique and feedback.
- Class Notes:
- 11 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC8001+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15455/1169
Fall 2016 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (34008)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click these links for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2016 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- The seminar is designed as a year-long 3-credit course (with 1.5 academic credits awarded for fall and 1.5 credits in spring).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34008/1169
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Secrets of Getting Grants: A Hands-On Workshop (34016)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 8 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phylmoen+SOC8090+Fall2016
- Class Description:
Secrets of Getting Grants: A Hands-On Workshop
This course provides insights and hands-on help in developing a research proposal requesting funding -- from within the university or from an external foundation or government agency. The class will also be useful for those writing dissertation proposals. Strategies for compelling research proposals are the same - whether the goal is funding or a PhD. Class participants will gain a broad overview of the proposal writing and review process, including the importance of fit with the objectives of a funding organization (or one's dissertation committee). Each student will craft their own research proposal, receiving considerable feedback throughout that process. This is a learned skill -- you too can write a clear and hopefully compelling proposal! The three course requirements are 1) a question/issue you want to investigate; 2) active participation in this workshop style class; and 3) willingness to revise, revise, and revise your work. Successfully completing this workshop won't guarantee funding, but you will have a clearer, better developed proposal for research!- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34016/1169
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/phylmoen_SOC8090_Fall2016.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/phylmoen_SOC8090_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 June 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 8111 Section 001: Criminology (34009)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of theoretical developments and empirical research. Underlying assumptions, empirical generalizations, and current controversies in criminological research.
- Class Notes:
- 10 seats reserved for sociology graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8111+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- DESCRIPTION This seminar offers a graduate-level foundation of theory and new empirical research in sociological criminology. Our focus is definitive statements from important theoretical traditions and critical empirical tests of these theories. In addition, we consider critiques of the theories or the research generated by them and attempts to translate theories into policy. You will read a host of challenging research articles throughout the semester, but I've tried to limit the number of required readings to about five per week. The recommended readings are all exemplary work on the topic that should be on your reading lists but won't be discussed in our weekly meetings unless student interest is very high. I have put a lot of my own work on this syllabus not because it is exemplary (it is not) but so that I can share reviews and backstage details about the research and publication process that may be helpful to you. The required Kubrin volume offers an excellent introductory overview of this research literature, while also helping to fill gaps in coverage. OBJECTIVES The course will help you develop a more nuanced understanding of the dominant theoretical traditions in criminology. This knowledge is absolutely fundamental to teaching criminology at the college level and to developing graduate reading lists and publishing research in the area. We will work through empirical pieces by many of the best sociological criminologists. As you develop your own research, it is useful to see how others have translated propositions into testable hypotheses, devised appropriate methodologies to test them, and presented the results to diverse audiences. The course will stimulate your thinking about questions at the intersection of science and public policy. These include how we produce our knowledge, its relevance to lives outside the academy (and penitentiary), and the utility of crime theories and criminologists. Such big-picture considerations may help you to choose the level of abstraction at which you work and the contributions you would like to make as teachers and researchers. For example, I study crime, law, and deviance because I believe that good science can light the way to a more just and safer world. I'll encourage you to developing your own goals, mission, and orientation to the field. Finally, a graduate seminar should encourage your professional development as you make the transition from student to independent social scientist. I will share anonymous reviews, letters from funding agencies and journal editors, and other materials that may show you another side of the research and publication process.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
50% Discussion
20% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34009/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (14445)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8701+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the central traditions, figures and concepts in sociological theory. It is intended primarily for first-year graduate students in Sociology, but it covers work that is widely read and referenced in the social sciences generally. This course covers the work of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Mead, Goffman, Bourdieu, and several other traditions and figures.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14445/1169
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2016.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2022.pdf (Fall 2022)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 May 2010
Fall 2016 | SOC 8731 Section 001: Sociology of Knowledge (34011)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Knowledge and related terms (ideology, stereotype, prejudice, belief, truth). Variation of knowledge across social groups/categories (e.g., gender, race, class, generation, nationality); institutions (e.g., politics, law, science); and societies across time and space. Power, rituals, institution, networks, and knowledge. Genealogy of theories. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8731+Fall2016
- Class Description:
Content: Knowledge will be explored from diverse perspectives. We will consider the relationship between knowledge and related terms such as ideology, stereotype, prejudice, belief, and truth, different ways of thinking about knowledge with a focus on comparisons between groups, categories (e.g., gender, race, class, generation, nationality), institutions (family, politics, law, science), and societies across time and space, the relationship between power and knowledge and the role of rituals for knowledge, and the genealogy of theories of knowledge. In addition to a core of common readings, each student will adopt a specific area of knowledge or topic (e.g., terrorism, war, race, gender roles, technology, crime, punishment, law, welfare, family, management, democracy), examine the form and content knowledge about this issue takes in different social contexts, and consider how different sociological theories help us make sense of these patterns.
- Grading:
- 1. Each student is expected to write one brief (2 to 3-page-) paper at the outset, in which you present the empirical pattern/trend of special interest to you (5 percent of total grade).
- 2. Students are also required to write five two-page papers in preparation of selected approaches/sessions, in which you consider how each approach could help explain or interpret your pattern or topic of your interest (5 percent each). These papers are due each Monday before the session at which the topic is up. In general, you should be prepared at each session to present ideas about how "your pattern" can be interpreted or explained in terms of the theory under discussion.
- 3. Students are expected to read two of the assigned books, of which only chapters are required for all, or two other books listed in this syllabus completely. I would like you to write a book review of these books, in the style of reviews in the American Journal of Sociology or Contemporary Sociology.
The review is due two days before the session is up in which we discuss the book. Each of these reviews is worth 10 percent of your grade.- 4. Students are expected to write a 17 to 20-page seminar paper (like all the other papers this should be double spaced, 12-pitch). The form this paper takes may vary depending on your particular interests. It should be determined during office hours by the end of the fifth week of the semester (50 percent).
- Finally, active participation by each student and full attendance are required for all who wish to receive an "A" grade in this seminar.
- Exam Format:
- N/A
- Class Format:
Organization of class: We will read and discuss literature along the lines of different theoretical ideas or substantive topics. Our sessions are, for the most part, organized along a number of schools of thought that favor different concepts and ways of thinking about knowledge. In most weeks, each school will be represented by one exemplary book. Yet, each student will begin with a topic of his or her choice, ideally related to a dissertation theme or to some other theme in which you have a profound interest (examples may be: a group's knowledge about opportunities and ideals in America [American Dream], other racial groups, management strategies, the state of (post-) modernity; ideas about the state of education and students, sexuality and human reproduction, crime and punishment, past evils [e.g., slavery, genocide, Holocaust] or past regimes [e.g., Communism in Eastern Europe; the Cultural Revolution in the PRC], the government and how it works). You may be interested in one of these areas of knowledge (or others) as held by "people in the street" or by professional groups or by social scientists or by other categories of actors in which you have a specific interest). Maybe you have a book, a paper or some other source that shows empirical patterns or trends in the area of knowledge you are interested in. Any such pattern may serve as a baseline. As we go through the course you may then explore how the different theoretical approaches "work" if you were to apply them to your theme.
Each session will be divided into two parts. In the first part we will discuss the assigned readings. In the second part we will consider how the ideas entailed in these readings can help us make sense of the empirical patterns you have chosen.- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34011/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
Fall 2016 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Discourse Theory & Methodologies:Thematic Approach (34012)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue 12:30PM - 03:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- 11 seats reserved for sociology graduate students Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC8890+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34012/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 February 2016
Summer 2016 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (82614)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/13/2016 - 08/08/2016Mon, Wed 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-213
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- No class on Monday, July 4th (University closed). Last class on Monday, August 8th. Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dele0068+SOC1001+Summer2016
- Class Description:
- This course explores how social relationships, or interactions between human beings, have influenced (and continue to influence) our lives and the world around us. We will examine some of society's most pressing problems in detail, seeking to identify the social forces involved in creating them. Throughout the course, you will be asked to consider how society affects your life and how, in turn, your own actions affect the society around you. Sociology offers students a wide array of topics and approaches that equip the curious mind to understand the surrounding world. Because the analytical skills and approaches we develop can be applied to all kinds of relationships between human beings, learning sociology will equip you to think critically about almost any situation. In providing a new way to see and understand the world, sociology prepares you to be a better thinker in school, in family life, and in the workplace. Furthermore, because sociology explores the social conditions that enable and constrain the courses of action that any individual can take, it is often at the forefront of identifying and proposing solutions for major forms of inequality and injustice.
Special note: No class on Monday, July 4th (University closed). Last class on Monday, August 8th.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style percent videos, 10% written reports - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82614/1165
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 May 2016
Summer 2016 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (82850)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/13/2016 - 08/05/2016Tue, Thu 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 260
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?horow035+SOC3101+Summer2016
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce students and focus on the three main stages of the American Criminal Justice system from a critical perspective: policing and arrest, punishment, and causes and consequences of the carceral state. The course is designed to familiarize students with these broad topical areas and to explore the decision-making process and the equality of treatment that takes place within the American Criminal Justice system. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and of the Social Sciences.Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice, through critical framework of Liberal Education.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam, 30% Final Exam, 20% quizzes and participation.
- Exam Format:
- Both essay and multiple choice questions on midterm and final, equally weighted.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 2-3 readings per class
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82850/1165
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 April 2016
Summer 2016 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (82938)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/13/2016 - 08/05/2016Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?manni224+SOC3251W+Summer2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82938/1165
Summer 2016 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (83062)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/13/2016 - 08/19/2016Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Soc 1001 recomended. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background who have completed Soc 3801 are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?stewa777+SOC3811+Summer2016
- Class Description:
Statistics are powerful tools for studying society. For some sociologists, they are one of the best ways to understand broad trends across time, space, and social groups. For others, they are the kind of elite, technological wizardry that turns people into numbers and blinds us to important sociological questions about who decides what we "know" about the world. Some of us think math is fascinating, and some got into this business because we don't speak math. This class tackles both sides. We want to provide you with the skills you need to understand and use statistical analyses, but also to think about where and when these skills are best put to use. The University of Minnesota is especially concerned that students spend time in the classroom "doing the work of the field, not just reading about it," and so we will take a hands-on approach to working with real life data. By the end of this class, students will be able to:
- Find statistical information, interpret what it tells us, and decide whether to believe it
- Manage data and do basic statistical analyses with a computer program
- Interpret the output from that program and clearly communicate that information to other people using plain language and effective visual figures
Whether you plan to go to graduate school, go into a data-driven job such as policy analysis or non-profit work, or just want to be a better consumer of information, these skills should serve you well. This course also fulfills UMN's Mathematical Thinking Core. We will be discussing the math behind each statistical concept as both a body of knowledge that is worth understanding on its own and a logical tool that can help us work through real-world problems. While we will be working through a few calculations to do this, the point of these exercises will be to improve your ability to explain what a particular process does to our data and how we should interpret the results.
"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write." - H.G. Wells
"No one man should have all that power." - Kanye West
- Grading:
- Grades will be based on three major assignments, three in-class exams, attendance, and participation in both class and lab.
- Exam Format:
- The point of learning statistics is to understand and explain the substantive meaning behind the math. Exams will include some calculation problems and multiple choice questions to measure knowledge of the concepts, but the majority of questions will be short answer responses where students will draw conclusions from statistical analyses and explain results.
- Class Format:
- Class time will include lecture, discussion, and exercises to practice the material. Weekly lab attendance is required and will offer time to practice and work on major assignments using university software.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83062/1165
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
Summer 2016 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (88008)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/13/2016 - 08/08/2016Mon, Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-224
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- No class on Monday, July 4th (University closed). Last class on Monday, August 8th. Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mave0013+SOC4104+Summer2016
- Class Description:
Why are some human rights violations, but not others, criminalized in international law? How have countries responded to human rights violations? Why do people participate in mass atrocities and how have they been punished? How has human rights discourse influenced international and national criminal justice?
This course applies a sociological perspective to human rights discourse, efforts to criminalize human rights violations, and consequences of these efforts. To begin, we will analyze the construction of international human rights ideals, laws, and institutions since the mid 20th century and consider how human rights discourse is employed to frame particular acts as deviant and criminal law as an appropriate response. Second, we will analyze institutional responses to violations of international criminal law (i.e., transitional justice mechanisms), including prosecutions, truth commissions, and amnesties. To examine why and how state and non-state actors have opted to pursue transitional justice mechanisms, we will dig in to a variety of case histories, including the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, Rwanda, Darfur, South Africa, and Argentina. Here, we will also discuss the consequences of interventions for remembering past violence and preventing future violence.- Grading:
- 2 exams (15% each), 2 short papers (15% each), reading responses & class participation (40%)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88008/1165
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 May 2016
Summer 2016 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (82615)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Extended Regular Session06/13/2016 - 08/24/2016Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 260
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- No class on Monday, July 4th or Monday, August 22nd. Last class on Wednesday, August 24th. Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?step0310+SOC4966W+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- This course serves as a capstone to your studies in sociology. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity, and social responsibility in public life. The first goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all sociology majors. This project and related materials require you to reflect on the role of sociological knowledge in the contemporary world and to connect your sociological knowledge to a community-based senior research project. The second goal is for you to connect a sociological perspective to your professional and civic life following graduation. Classes will include a combination of lectures, active learning exercises, writing exercises to help you prepare your main paper, and discussions of the required readings.
Special note: No class on Monday, July 4th or Monday, August 22. Last class on Wednesday, August 24th. - Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
20% Written assignments
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
30% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 15-25 Pages Writing Per Term
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82615/1165
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Spring 2016 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (46535)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC1001+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
30% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Short answer format
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion videos - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46535/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (46538)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?siguru+SOC1001+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course introduces to the student pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Issues on how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of ourselves as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by our membership in society. We will examine this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures to better appreciate the dynamics of social and power relations in our everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain current and past socio-political and economic structures. It also centralizes the importance of change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change.
Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. - Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Other Evaluation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion
30% Other Style - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46538/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (46541)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC1001+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46541/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (46550)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC1011V+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This coures is intended to provide an overview of the discipline of sociology including some of the main sub-fields and different theoretical approaches to understanding social life. The course will be a seminars style course where participants will be expected to engage in discussions of assigned readings and extend the ideas learned in the class to current issues of social interest. The course will use a sociological lens to examine U.S. and international social issues.
- Grading:
- 10% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
15% Additional Semester Exams
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Percentages are estimates and subject to slight modification. - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, and essay
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
4 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46550/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 April 2011
Spring 2016 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (60481)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with general understanding of some main theoretical perspectives/empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies/contemporary criminology.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60481/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 June 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Global Perspective on Women's Health (58401)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 03/11/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 13503/21/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 205
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soph or above or instr consent; 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC3090+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Health care is a fundamental right, but access to it is not shared evenly by all. This course focuses first on differences in health policy around the world, and how such policies affect women's health and treatment. It then explores how wealth, poverty, and culture affect women's health in different communities. Women are taking an active role in shaping healthy societies; the final portion of the course looks at the goals and successes of women's movements in this area.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58401/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Climate Change: Causes, Effects & Solutions (67746)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soph or above or instr consent; 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3090+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Welcome to the Climate Change: Causes, Effects & Solutions! Today, media often carry headlines warning the public of the dangers of human-induced global climate change. New signs of global warming, such as retreating mountain glaciers and shrinking Arctic Ocean ice cover, are reported. At the same time there are claims and accusations that global warming is just a hoax. On the socio-political front too, there are conflicting positions about what needs to be done if anything about global climate change. Even amongst those who accept that global warming is occurring, there is little consensus about how to mitigate the human impacts and at what cost. In this course, we will examine global warming from a social science perspective. The goal of the politics portion of the course is to identify our options for lessening the risks posed by climate change, in particular by reducing our emissions of greenhouse-effect gasses, and to examine the social and cultural barriers against and pathways toward accomplishing such counter-measures.
- Class Format:
- 85% Lecture
5% Discussion
5% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67746/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 December 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (50501)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: There will be three opportunities for extra credit, all of which include writing. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50501/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (68035)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC3101+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to help students develop an introductory understanding of the criminal punishment system in the United States. We study law enforcement, courts, prisons, jails, parole, and capital punishment. Additionally, we analyze the relationships between criminal punishment and social processes, including: ethnic, racial and class inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam,
30% Final Exam,
30% Quizzes,
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (3 quizzes, 1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture,
5% Film/Video,
40% Discussion,
5% Small Group Activities,
5% Guest Speakers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68035/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (50502)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?rselmini+SOC3102+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- The course addresses general issues in definition, understanding and features of criminal behavior and social control. During the course students will discuss questions like: what is a "criminal behavior" and who has the power to give this definition? Which are the most important theories in understanding and explaining crime? How do criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? The first part of the course is mainly devoted to the analysis of theories and their development - from the "Delinquent Man" by Cesare Lombroso to current attempts to explain crime. The second part focuses on some types of criminal behaviors, especially gangs, street crime, violent crime and gender violence. The course ends with a section on recent tendencies in criminalization and on some specific forms of social control, from the more traditional (policing) to more recent forms of urban control (control through technology, community crime prevention and architectural control). The course uses a variety of reading materials (including case studies and newspaper articles) and involves small group discussion of film/video. In each section we will pay attention to comparisons across countries and to how criminal behavior - and its definition - changes in different contexts.
- Grading:
- 80% Midterm Exam
10% Quizzes
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation Other Grading Information: There will be 4 interim exams, each counts 20% . - Exam Format:
- Short answers and short essays
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week 4 Exams
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50502/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (56937)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3251W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
45% Papers (3 papers, 15% each)
15% Group Presentation
20% Final Exam
20% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- 1 exam, True/False and Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam
3 Papers
1 Group Presentation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56937/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (67759)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements. Challenges facing movement organizations. Relationship between movements and political institutions. Role of movements in bringing about social change. Theoretical issues, case studies. prereq: 1001 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3322W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about why and how movements arise and take shape, the dilemmas and challenges for making a movement organization and keeping it going, the relationship between social movements and established political parties and institutions, the transition from movement to non-governmental organization (NGO) or other formalized association, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long- term and short-run impact. To illustrate these theoretical concepts, we will read a number of articles about social movements in one region of the world: East Asia (Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore). This region is of great economic importance but does not have the presence or at least historical depth of the liberal democratic state compared the US and Western Europe, the usual sites for cases of social movement study. Studying social movements in this relatively un-analyzed context will help clarify many existing theories and suggest directions for new theories and concept.
- Grading:
- 10% Midterm Exam
10% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
5% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: This is a writing intensive course. The student writes the paper in three sections, gets peer and instructor feedback on each, and then combines them into the full final paper. - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short essay
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
14 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67759/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2013
Spring 2016 | SOC 3412 Section 001: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (68233)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduces theories/methods for studying social networks, ties connecting people, groups, organizations. Friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal/terrorist, Internet networks.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3412+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, organizations, and nations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. We investigate network analysis as a distinctive perspective from which to view, understand, and act in an increasingly interdependent world. This course gives student skills to see different sides of controversial issues, develop their critical reasoning abilities, and form ethical standards to participate in society as thoughtful, well-informed, and engaged citizens. Students will be learn how to read, interpret, and create social network diagrams, and to understand how these maps reveal detailed connections among social actors. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using a computer package. Computer programming skill is NOT a prerequisite. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. This course meets the University of Minnesota's Technology and Society Theme requirement.
- Grading:
- Course grade is determined by highest scores on 4 of 5 social network data analysis assignments (60%) and a course paper not to exceed 3,000 words (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture & discussions on Tuesdays, data analysis laboratory on Thursdays.
- Workload:
- One article + one chapter from a textbook on social network data analysis per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68233/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3412H_Spring2016.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3412H Section 001: Honors: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (68234)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduces theories/methods for studying social networks, ties connecting people, groups, organizations. Friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal/terrorist, internet networks. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3412H+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, organizations, and nations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. We investigate network analysis as a distinctive perspective from which to view, understand, and act in an increasingly interdependent world. This course gives student skills to see different sides of controversial issues, develop their critical reasoning abilities, and form ethical standards to participate in society as thoughtful, well-informed, and engaged citizens. Students will be learn how to read, interpret, and create social network diagrams, and to understand how these maps reveal detailed connections among social actors. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using a computer package. Computer programming skill is NOT a prerequisite. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. This course meets the Universities Technology and Society CLE Theme requirement.
- Grading:
- Course grade is determined by highest scores on 4 of 5 social network data analysis assignments (60%) and a course paper not to exceed 3,000 words (40%).
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- Lecture & discussions on Tuesdays, data analysis laboratory on Thursdays.
- Workload:
- One article + one chapter from a textbook on social network data analysis per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68234/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3412H_Spring2016.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities & Social Change (67760)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social, economic, cultural foundations of modern city. Theories/models of urbanism from Wirth to Sassen. Migration/ethnic enclaves. Racial segregation, social control. Urban social movements. Urban-suburban divide. Decline of urban liberalism. "Brazilianization" of American city. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3451W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Description: This course will use a combination of sociology, history, first-person accounts, and film to follow the rise of urbanism in Europe and the United States. We will read key texts by some of the great scholars and shapers of urban life, including Louis Wirth, Walt Whitman, Engels, W.E.B. DuBois, Guy DeBord, Jane Jacobs, Sharon Zukin and David Harvey, and apply their models to topics including the phenomnology of urban life, segregation and social control, the city as artistic milieu, ecological sustainability, the urban-suburban divide, and the contemporary "Brazilianization" of the American city. Lectures and group work, blogged discussions and reading reports, and qualitative fieldwork in the Twin Cities will help the students to develop their insights into cities and urban life. This process will culminate in a substantial term paper, developed through a three-stage planning, drafting, and revision process over several weeks.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 20% Official Blog Entries 10% ethnographic exercise 10% first exam 10% second exam 10% first polished draft 25% final paper 15% class and blog citizenship.
- Exam Format:
- Mostly long answer.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture, 40% Discussion. 30% writing exercises, films and other in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: 50-75 pages of reading per week, 45 pages of writing per semester. There will be 2 exams, up to 4 quizzes and one term paper. Final projects incorporating artwork, music, or fiction may also be approved subject to consultation with the professor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67760/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2016 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (69809)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Families in contemporary American society. Historical/cross-cultural comparisons. Interrelationships of families with other social institutions. Race, class, and gender in shaping family experiences. Topics may include marriage, divorce, childbearing, parenthood, family violence, gay/lesbian families. prereq: 1001 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?fisc0326+SOC3501+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course is an adventure into family life from a sociological perspective! The course is centered around four important questions: (1) We will begin with the obvious, "What is family?"; (2) Secondly, we will ask, "What are the myths and realities of family life?"; (3) Thirdly, "What challenges are families currently facing?"; and (4) Finally, "What policies assist and protect family life? What policies undermine families?" Interestingly, these questions are by no means easily addressed; to do so we will examine the family historically, theoretically, sociologically, culturally, politically, and economically. As the semester continues we will consider family life in several contexts: socioeconomic status, work, gender, ethnicity and race, marriage and dating, children, divorce, violence, and formations. We will look to develop an understanding of how "family" affects the individual and social life, and in turn, how it is influenced, reinforced, and changed by social forces. In this endeavor we will employ the "sociological imagination" and distinguish between "personal troubles" and public issues" (Mills, 1959) to understand the family as both an individual experience and a social institution.
- Grading:
- There will be several grading/learning opportunities in this class. We will have several essay exams as well as a special project. For the special project you will read a biography of your choice and write a paper analyzing the individual's family experiences from a sociological perspective. Secondly, you will create a "family crest" to represent their experiences of family life creatively and symbolically.
- Exam Format:
- Exams will be essay format.
- Class Format:
- The course will consist of about 50% lecture and 30% film and video presentations. The remainder of the class will be devoted to class discussions.
- Workload:
- There will be approximately 50 pages of reading per week; three non-cumulative essay exams and one final special project.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69809/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3503 Section 001: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (58453)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001SOC 3503H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of Asian American identities, families/communities. Racial/ethnic identity formation, immigration, intergenerational relationships, dating/family formation, transnational adoption, popular culture, educational/work experiences, ethnic enclaves/activism. prereq: 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. It starts by looking at the experiences of second generation Asian American young adults in order to consider questions about who is viewed as American and the ways in which Asian Americans complicate the racial landscape of the contemporary United States. This unit introduces theories of immigration, identity formation, intergenerational relationships, and acculturation, particularly as they pertain to Asian Americans, and that appear throughout the course. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the second unit provides both an overview of the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and examines the contemporary demographics of Asian Americans. This unit emphasizes the diverse experiences of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, cultural, gender, generation, and class variations, as well as historical and contemporary experiences of marginalization, racial othering, and discrimination. The final unit of the class will allow students to apply these theories and data to understanding two specific cases with particular relevance for Minnesota: Hmong immigrant experiences and transnational adoption. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how sociological perspective sheds light on lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
3 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58453/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 December 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 3503H Section 001: Honors: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (60591)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001SOC 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of Asian American identities, families/communities. Racial/ethnic identity formation, immigration, intergenerational relationships, dating/family formation, transnational adoption, popular culture, educational/work experiences, ethnic enclaves/activism. prereq: 1001 recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed informaiton http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC3503H+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. It starts by looking at the experiences of second generation Asian American young adults in order to consider questions about who is viewed as American and the ways in which Asian Americans complicate the racial landscape of the contemporary United States. This unit introduces theories of immigration, identity formation, intergenerational relationships, and acculturation, particularly as they pertain to Asian Americans, and that appear throughout the course. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the second unit provides both an overview of the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and examines the contemporary demographics of Asian Americans. This unit emphasizes the diverse experiences of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, cultural, gender, generation, and class variations, as well as historical and contemporary experiences of marginalization, racial othering, and discrimination. The final unit of the class will allow students to apply these theories and data to understanding two specific cases with particular relevance for Minnesota: Hmong immigrant experiences and transnational adoption. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how sociological perspective sheds light on lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
3 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60591/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 December 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 3505 Section 001: Transnational Migration: Networks of Power and Places (67761)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3705 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 220
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How migration affects sending/receiving societies. How transnationalism or cross-border social/economic relations of individuals/households is maintained/perpetuated. Current debates on transnationalism at this stage of globalization. prereq: Soph, jr, or sr
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC3505+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- How is transnationalism or cross border social and economic relations maintained and perpetuated? How are these relations affecting identity? How is current transnationalism different from earlier migration? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore these questions through theoretical and case study based literature on the subject. The first part of the course provides a historical overview on migration over the last two centuries. The second section centralizes identity in terms of transnational or dispersed communities. The aim of this section is to introduce the complex web of culture, agency and structure in play when dealing with migration. The third section presents case studies on the social and economic relations of transnational communities. The nature of family connections across borders and the economic ties of those who migrated with their families in the home country is discussed. The role of gender in these relations is also explored. The final section of the course deals with the role of the nation-state in transnational migration.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Written Homework
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 65 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67761/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2013
Spring 2016 | SOC 3613V Section 001: Honors: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (69625)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3613W Section 001GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-105
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about/relate to food.
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, wonton soup, creme brulee ? What meanings and feelings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their key ingredients produced? Who prepares these dishes, and who eats them? This course is built on two key premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food involves relationships among different groups of people, and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations and the societies in which they are embedded through a sociological analysis of food. Among the themes this course will explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; class and diet; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food economy; the debate over genetically modified food; and movements toward a more sustainable agriculture. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so ?everyday? that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social relationships involved in our encounters with food. Students can expect to read between 40-70 pages a week (of interesting reading!), produce one short paper and one longer (12-15 page) research paper on a course-related topic, and participate in several out-of-classroom exercises (which will include some write-up) during the course of the semester. The course is heavily discussion based, and active participation is required. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69625/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (69626)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-105
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from a sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about and relate to food. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, wonton soup, creme brulee ? What meanings and feelings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their key ingredients produced? Who prepares these dishes, and who eats them? This course is built on two key premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food involves relationships among different groups of people, and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations and the societies in which they are embedded through a sociological analysis of food. Among the themes this course will explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; class and diet; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food economy; the debate over genetically modified food; and movements toward a more sustainable agriculture. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so ?everyday? that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social relationships involved in our encounters with food. Students can expect to read between 40-70 pages a week (of interesting reading!), produce one short paper and one longer (12-15 page) research paper on a course-related topic, and participate in several out-of-classroom exercises (which will include some write-up) during the course of the semester. The course is heavily discussion based, and active participation is required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69626/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (46584)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/01/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 42505/02/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3701+Spring2016 (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/30/2015)
- Class Description:
- Social theory helps us to make sense from chaos, revealing core logics of development, change, meaning and domination which structure the bewildering, messiness of human experience. This class works closely with texts by a handful of great theorists who have created particularly illuminating, even world-changing ways of seeing. Reading extracts from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Patricia Hill Collins, Dorothy Smith, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard we will concentrate on readings around notions of power: economic, racist, colonial, patriarchal, bureaucratic, and discursive. You should improve your ability to think, read, and LIVE critically, able to better recognize and evaluate assumptions underlying "common sense" statements about how societies work. I believe that theoretical competence comes when you learn to enjoy intellectual creativity and risk-taking, and so we will spend considerable class time using debate and role-playing to loosen up those Minnesota inhibitions. Reading will not be extensive in terms of number of pages, but I will expect you to wrestle energetically before class with texts that can sometimes be both dense and abstract. Most of the required reading reports and other assignments will be self published by students on the class blog, which will enrich the depth and scope of class debate.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 40% exams, quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries. 20% class citizenship and blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Exam Format:
- Quotation identification and analysis. Comparison of theories and/or application to historical & contemporary phenomena.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-30 pages of (difficult) reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46584/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (46585)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:05PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?SOC3701+Spring2016 (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/30/2015)
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46585/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3701 Section A94: Social Theory (60712)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Off Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60712/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (46567)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory how-to guide for conducting social scientific research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social scientific research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations; research topics, questions, and hypotheses; and ethics. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement; primary and secondary data collection and sources; sampling; and the logic of comparison across groups and over time. This is followed by familiarizing students with research designs most often used in social scientific research, including experiments and quasi-experiments, surveys and ethnosurveys, interviews and focus groups, case studies, participant observation, ethnography, comparative-historical methods, and content analysis. The course concludes by considering issues of workflow in social scientific research, including issues related to the organization, cleaning, and analysis of data.
- Grading:
- Attendance (10%); Assignments/Homeworks (15%); 3 Exams (15% each); Final Paper/Research Proposal (30%)
- Exam Format:
- 3 exams, one every 5 weeks.
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33%; Lab/Discussion Section - Workload:
- Approximately 25-50 pages reading per week; 3 exams; 1 final paper/research proposal (20-35 pages total, including bibliography/references)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46567/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 May 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (46223)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-108
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Soc 1001 recomended. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background who have completed Soc 3801 are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC3811+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This is an entry-level social statistics course for undergraduate sociology majors. It emphasizes statistical descriptions and inferences of survey data in a learning-by-doing style. Lectures of this course expose students to theoretical bases of statistical methods with rich and diverse examples of sociological issues and cover following topics (1) numerical data description with frequency table, central tendency, and dispersion; (2) graphical data presentation; (3) basics on probability theory and statistical inference; (4) bivariate association and correlation; (5) bivariate regression. Laboratory sessions teach basic computing and data manipulation techniques in the IBM SPSS environment. Students are expected to apply theoretical knowledge to investigate real survey data and complete weekly assignments during laboratory sessions. In addition to attending lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15-20 pages of the text per week. There will be two (2) midterm exams and one (1) final exam. Students will need a scientific calculator for assignments and exams.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Written Homework - Exam Format:
- multiple choices, true/false questions, and computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46223/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 March 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Basic Social Statistics (51150)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Soc 1001 recomended. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background who have completed Soc 3801 are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Grading:
- 70% Midterm Exam
30% Problem Solving - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51150/1163
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (59598)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101V+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59598/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2016 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (48603)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC4101W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48603/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2016 | SOC 4135 Section 001: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (67763)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4135H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Causes/consequences of white-collar crime. Control issues, including public perception, legislation, criminal law responses (enforcement, sentencing, punishment), and alternative control mechanisms. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4135+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course deals with different types of white-collar crime, their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will learn from outstanding literature, videos, and guest speakers and explore cases in depth. The course is divided into two parts. Part I. distinguishes different types of white-collar crime (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, conflict of interest, and corruption). We also distinguish between upper class, occupational, and organizational crimes in private and government sectors. We explore their causation and the damage they cause. We compare white-collar crime with street crime. Do we need special theories to explain white-collar crime? We also take a look at parallels between corporate crime and the involvement of white-collar workers in state organized crimes such as genocide. Part II. deals with the perception, legislation, and control of white-collar crime. How does the public view white-collar crime? What are the chances that legislatures will take steps against white-collar offending? Under what conditions are they likely to criminalize behavior? We then follow the criminal justice process, based on a collection of articles and on a number of concrete cases. We look at police and prosecution, the role of defense attorneys, the sentencing decisions of judges, and the way defendants experience the response of the criminal justice system. We finally learn about innovative and alternative strategies and responses to white-collar crime.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- multiple choice and short answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67763/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2012
Spring 2016 | SOC 4135H Section 001: Honors: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (68072)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4135 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Causes/consequences of white-collar crime. Control issues, including public perception, legislation, criminal law responses (enforcement, sentencing, punishment), and alternative control mechanisms. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4135H+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68072/1163
Spring 2016 | SOC 4141 Section 001: Juvenile Delinquency (67764)
- 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 Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Childhood/delinquency. Measuring extent/distribution of delinquent behavior. Applying theories to relationships within family, school, peer group. Institutional responses to delinquency. Evaluating programs for treatment, prevention, control. prereq: [3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs detailing delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67764/1163
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Spring 2016 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Killing (46551)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Fri 12:30PM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-108
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological, legal, psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. Normal killings contrasted with pathological types. Mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, terrorist killings. prereq: jr or sr or grad student or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?malmq001+SOC4149+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Sociological, legal, and psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. The topic of "normal" killings is contrasted with various pathological types. Subtopics include: mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, and terrorist killings.
- Workload:
- 3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: (2 mid-term examinations and a cumulative final examination) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46551/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2016 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (67765)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Copy this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4161+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- What's criminal law and what's it good for? Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are? What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics: elements of crime that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt; accomplices; criminal attempts; defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age); criminal homicide; criminal sexual conduct. Read and discuss actual cases edited for non lawyers. Intensive class discussion. For upper division undergraduates, all majors.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: weekly exams covering reading and discussion - Exam Format:
- 40%, short answer quiz on each week's assigned reading (no notes or books allowed); 20%, analysis of week's assigned cases (take home); 40%, reaction essay based on the day's discussion topic (open book and notes)
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Homework Assignment(s)
13 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67765/1163
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 August 2011
Spring 2016 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Deviance Emphasis -- Gangs & Youth Violence Across the World (67766)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-107
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: [1001, [3101 or 3102]] recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?rselmini+SOC4190+Spring2016
- Class Description:
The course is aimed at exploring the subject of youth violence in a global dimension. It will help students in becoming familiar with this cross-national social phenomenon and in critically understanding it not only as a crime issue, but as an expression of social change and of cultural resistance. After a discussion of what is "youth violence" and what behaviors are defined in this way in different contexts and by different actors, we will analyze critically different forms of collective youth violence. Youth violence, in fact, is a broad category - and a controversial concept - that includes different phenomena: Gangs and street organizations, of course, but also young people resisting processes of exclusion expressed by the global movements for social justice and by the more recent anti - austerity mobilizations. Main topics of the class will include how youth violence is theorized and conceptualized in sociological and criminological discourses; traditional and alternative definitions of gangs, their features and their origin in the US and in other countries (Europe and Latin America); the processes of globalization of gangs and the role of social media; he repertoire of actions that characterizes youth violence around the world, with a focus on the European riots in the French banlieues and in other European and Latin American ghettos; the representation of youth violence in the media, in music and movies; the policing of youth violence and youth protest and the search for alternative solutions, like legalization and mediation. In class we will use a variety of scientific readings, of reports and media news, and other sources of visual information, particularly video, and movies.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance and class participation
20% paper - Exam Format:
- short answers and short essays
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
10% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 - .60 pages reading per week and individual research project
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67766/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (60020)
- 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 Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health. prereq: One sociology course or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link http://classinfo.umn.edu/?fisc0326+SOC4246+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- The Sociology of Health and Illness, or Medical Sociology, is an area of Sociology devoted to issues of health and illness in social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. We will examine how these broad forces shape, define, and change arrangements, behaviors, and experiences related to health and illness. The sociological view directs our attention to patterns in social life that influence the development of health care institutions, health care delivery, socialization of health care practitioners, as well as differential health care experiences and outcomes. Specifically we will cover (1) theory as it relates to health and illness; (2) the history and professionalization of medicine; (3) socialization in medicine (4) social structure and medicine (5) culture and medicine and (6) medical ethics.
- Grading:
- There will be several grading/learning opportunities in this course. You will write a paper for this course choosing among three options. The first option for the paper is the opportunity to participate in a Community Service Learning project. If you elect this option, you will contribute approximately 25 hours of community service, keep a journal of your experiences, questions and ideas as well as write a paper connecting your experiences to issues discussed and presented in class. Paper Option Two is a research paper in your area of interest utilizing course materials and 15 additional scholarly sources. For the third paper option you may choose a monograph on a particular topic of interest writing about the debates, issues in the area using course materials, the monograph, and five additional scholarly sources. In addition, there will be two essay exams, non-cumulative in nature.
- Exam Format:
- Exams will be essay format and non-cumulative.
- Class Format:
- The format will be approximately 50% lecture, 35 % films and guest speakers, and 15% class discussion.
- Workload:
- There will be about 50 to 75 pages of reading per week; two non-cumuluative essay exams; and one final paper/project.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60020/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 4315 Section 001: Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide (69038)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4315 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Course Catalog Description:
- Course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation and addresses cases from around the globe and different historical settings. prereq: 1001 or 1011V recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC4315+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Students learn how communities and states balance the demands for justice and memory with the need for peace and reconciliation and addresses cases from around the globe and different historical settings. These will include the Holocaust, the legacies of State terror in Latin America, the aftermath of Stalinist mass violence in Eastern Europe and American First Nations' struggles for memory and justice.
- Grading:
- See syllabus
- Class Format:
This course will be conducted as a combined lecture and discussion course. Students will also participate in online discussions, attend one field trip, and do regularly in-class exercises (such as role-playing of diverse constituencies involved in post-atrocity scenarios).
- Workload:
In addition to active participation in discussions, regular reading of aprox. 30-40 pages per week and posting of discussion questions which will be shared with the class through Moodle, students will be required to complete short in-class writing based on the readings, write two 4-5 page, critical essays, complete one mid-term exam and an end of semester essay.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69038/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/abaer_SOC4315_Spring2016.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/abaer_SOC4315_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 4551 Section 001: Sociology of Sexualities (67768)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 125
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sexual attitudes, behaviors, identities. Taken-for-granted beliefs about naturalness of sexual phenomena. How social forces shape sexual lives. Diversity of thought, behavior, lived experience with regard to sexuality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?fisc0326+SOC4551+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Recent scholarship in sociology encourages us to see sexuality as much more than biology or nature; more broadly, sexuality, like gender, can be seen as influenced and shaped by social forces. This means that how we see ourselves, what we consider pleasurable, what we think of as appropriate or inappropriate activities, and how we enact our sexualities are all affected by our histories, our biographies, our cultures and our social institutions. At the same time, understanding sexualities as social constructions has certain implications for everyday life, institutional arrangements, norms, values, political arrangements and social movements. By taking this broader view, we have opened up countless opportunities for fascinating new research, theoretical development, importantly new questions to pursue towards greater understanding. The course is organized around several central issues or themes: (1) first we will examine sexuality historically through the work of Michel Foucault; (2) secondly we will explore theories of sex and sexuality; (3) thirdly, we will study the social organization of sex and sexuality with particular attention to socialization processes and cultural influences; (4) the fourth theme is the issue of sex and identity, in this section we will complete a close study of intersex and identity; (5) fifth, we will consider sex and sexuality through the lens of power, knowledge and institutions; and (6) finally we will look at sexuality and social change.
- Grading:
- For Honors SOC 4551H there will be an additional exam specifically on the "History of Sexuality" by Michel Foucault and several worksheets to be completed. Honors students will read from the original work to develop a sophisticated understanding of Foucault's perspective on sex and sexuality as well as his specific theoretical contributions. The worksheets and exam on Foucault's work will be take home in design and represent an important aspect of study for the course. Honors students will also take the two non-cumulative in- class essay exams. Additionally, there will be a grading opportunity in writing a paper exploring a topic of interest. Your starting point for this paper will be course materials to which you will add scholarly sources that provide a deeper understanding of your topic. For the final grading requirement you will use your paper to create, illustrate and write a children's book on a complex topic.
- Exam Format:
- There will be one take home exam specifically on the theoretical notions and contributions of Michel Foucault; two in class non-cumulative essay exams, one paper and a children's book special project.
- Class Format:
- Course format will include lectures, class discussions and films.
- Workload:
- There will be about 60-65 pages of reading per week; the additional readings will from your close reading of Michel Foucault's, "The History of Sexuality" which will be assigned at the beginning of the semester. After completing this reading, the number of pages per week will diminish. Your workload will include a set of worksheets to assist with your reading of Foucault, a take home exam on Foucault, two in-class, non-cumulative essay exams, a paper and a children's book project.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67768/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 4821 Section 001: Measuring the Social World: Concepts and Analysis (68376)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 440
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, you will develop practical social science data analysis skills for use in the non-profit or corporate workplace or in a graduate program of research. You will assess the measurement of important social concepts, like race, health, or education, in large social surveys, and the strengths and weaknesses of those different measurement techniques. You will conduct data analysis on large datasets (see, e.g., www.ipums.org) using a statistical software program, such as STATA. You will develop a substantive, empirical final project (poster and paper) based on your analysis. prereq: SOC 3801 or equiv, and SOC 3811 or equivalent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC4821+Spring2016 (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/30/2015)
- Class Description:
In this course, students will come to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the ways in which social concepts have been measured in important, large-scale data sets. The course will include extensive class discussion, a number of guest speakers, and substantial class time in a computer lab doing hands-on work with STATA or SPSS. Students will gain deep familiarity with all of the following data sources: IPUMS-USA, IPUMS-International, IPUMS-CPS, IHIS, ATUSX, and IDHS (all are available for free through www.ipums.org). We will also discuss basics of presenting results from the analysis of quantitative data. Using their quantitative analysis skills and a deep understanding of measurement issues, students will develop a substantive, empirical final project using one of the above data sets.
This course fits at the intersection between the sociology department's social statistics course (Soc 3811), its sociology methods course (Soc 3801), and substantive courses on topics such as race, class, gender, health, and education. Students will deepen their understanding of how ascribed and achieved social statuses are operationalized in real social science data and research, strengthening substantive knowledge. At the same time, students will apply the training they gained in their statistics and methods classes, thus enhancing their understanding of that material and their ability to use it. Students will become proficient in learning new data sets, getting the data on to their computer, producing high quality quantitative information, presenting this clearly, and thoughtfully describing what the data do and do not show. The combination of skills developed in this course has very practical applications, whether in the non-profit or corporate workplace or in moving forward with a quantitative or qualitative graduate program of research.
This course can be used toward earning a bachelor's of science in sociology. Course goals are consistent with the Student Learning Outcomes in which students master a body of knowledge and a mode of inquiry.The data are hosted by projects at the Minnesota Population Center and students will benefit from guest speakers who work on creating and maintaining these data bases. As students become experts in the hands-on use of the web-based data extraction technology, they will develop practical skills and knowledge useful for handling other data sources.
- Grading:
In-class participation and engagement = 20% of grade
Base Group presentations in weeks 2-10 = 20
Assisting others through workshopping, editing, consultation, etc. = 10
Detailed plan for empirical project (due week 12) = 10
Draft of poster (due week 14) = 5
Draft of write-up (at least 5 pages; due week 14) = 5
Final poster (presentation is during the scheduled time of the final) = 15
Final write-up (5-8 pages; due finals week) = 15% of grade- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class
- Class Format:
This class is organized into three sections. A substantive introduction to how and why we might measure ascribed and achieved statuses; a hands-on look at six large-scale survey/census data sets to understand how these master statuses are actually measured; and a concentrated time in which to develop and finalize an independent project.
Based on interest, students will be assigned to a Base Group of 3-4 students. Each Base Group will focus on a single core concept throughout the course (e.g., race, gender, families, education, migration, occupations, or health) and will have classwork and homework assignments targeted to the concept and collaborative with their Base Group. Each Base Group will be responsible for achieving a broad and deep understanding of material related to the concept and will serve as a resource on that topic for others.
Section 1: Concepts and Conceptualization - What are we trying to measure? Why? This portion of the class will have substantive readings, lectures, and in-class discussions about the Base Group concepts, including how other sociologists have conceptualized the concept and reasons for studying this aspect of the social world.
Section 2: Data Resources - In this section of the class, we will go through each of the data sets. Each data set will be covered on a Thursday and then the following Tuesday. Thursdays will be devoted to getting an overview of the data from a guest speaker, extracting and opening the data, and creating Base Group reports on the primary concepts. On Tuesdays, each Base Group will give a 4-5 minute presentation about ways in which their concept has been measured in the data, pros and cons of each way of measuring, and any cross-time or cross-data set issues. After the presentations, students will complete in-class worksheets with the data to master data manipulation and analysis.
Section 3: Prepare and Present New Analyses - The final section will include time devoted to students finalizing their own projects, as well as lectures and discussions on how to effectively present results from studies using quantitative data. Final projects will include empirical analyses of relationships between course concepts. Students will develop and present analyses which include univariate and multivariate descriptive and inferential statistics, including a discussion of the strengths and limitations of the data, measures, and methods used.- Workload:
- Consistent with university guidelines, students should expect to spend 6 hours a week outside of class doing work for this class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68376/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (47334)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-142
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC4966W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience, which will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your Sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper.
1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions most closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.
2) An Extended Reflective Essay on the Uses of Sociology in Public Life. Specific topics could include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; and others.
3) Service Learning Report or Action Project. This option will involve writing a sociological report based on community service learning with a local community organization of your choice. This paper will be based on a minimum of 30 hours of community service work completed during the course of the semester. The Community Service Learning Center will help you find a place, or if you're already volunteering they will help you formalize this so you can write on it.
Alternatively, instead of writing a report based upon the service experience, the final product will involve working on, and writing about, an actual project of direct relevance or immediate concern to your organization or agency. These projects might involve a variety of tasks such as writing a mission statement or action plan, creating program materials or a grant proposal, working on an evaluation study, or producing publicity information.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
20% Written assignments
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- no exam
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
50% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities and in class writing - Workload:
- Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week Paper draft assignments Final Paper is 12-18 pages
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47334/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 4966W Section 003: Major-Project Seminar (68238)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC4966W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- In this "capstone" version of the course, we will be looking back at what sociology was all about, looking forward to what sociology majors do after graduation. Most important, the course will provide the resources, assistance and encouragement to help majors in the Sociology Department to fulfill this requirement for a paper in the major field during the senior year -- mostly based on observational studies tied to service learning projects. The course is organized as a seminar and workshop. There are no formal lectures, but the instructor will present overviews of the stages of research and writing necessary to complete the senior project paper. Students build their major project through completing guided, periodic assignments. Along the way, we will be reading and thinking about how to apply a sociological eye to understand success, failure, and the world around us.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
20% Journal
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers
40% Service Learning - Workload:
- 20-50 Pages Reading Per Week
25-35 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Assignments relating to sections of project paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68238/1163
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC4966W_Spring2023.pdf (Spring 2023)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (47361)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects. prereq: [4977V or instr consent], 3701, 3801, 3811, at least 9 additional upper div soc cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register. Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC4978V+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This is the second part of a 2-semester sequence whose purpose is to help Sociology honors students develop their honors theses. The Spring proseminar will guide students in the conduct of their research projects, involving data gathering (surveys, ethnographic observation, content analysis, or archival documents), analyzing their data, writing the findings, and completing all sections of the thesis. Each student will present the work to the class at the end of the semester. Class discussions, sometimes in small groups, will focus on student research projects: the opportunities, obstacles, and challenges encountered as the work progresses. Students will also read, evaluate, and edit one another's work in collaborative teams.
- Grading:
- 45% Reports/Papers
35% Written Homework
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
35 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
5 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47361/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2007
Spring 2016 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (49714)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue 11:15AM - 12:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Fall: Sample topics for this 1-credit weekly course for new sociology graduate students: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals. Spring: This 1-credit course meets weekly with the purpose of advancing toward completion a piece of written work for each seminar participant (i.e. preliminary exam, grant proposal, or in-process journal article). Students will need to set writing goals for themselves, report regularly on their progress, and share their work with the group for critique and feedback.
- Class Notes:
- Grad Soc major or instr consent Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8001+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This is the first part of a one-credit, two-semester seminar designed for first-year graduate students in Sociology. The seminar is designed to give you a chance to explore the "hidden curriculum" of graduate school. During the first semester, the seminar will focus on many practical matters of graduatre school and professional life, as well as issues related to the development of a professional identity and purspose. To facilitate a student-centered focus , the seminar is designed to be open-ended, flexible, and interactive. That said, we do have a number of formal goals: (1) to provide practical information about sociology, academic life, and career goals; (2) to introduce resources and opportunities available in graduate school; (3) to provide a space to discuss presentations by students, faculty and job candidates in the department; (4) to foster an environment promoting creativity, a free exchange of ideas, and a place to ask questions and to form ideas about our work and our place in the discipline.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: There are no readings, exams or other formal requirements. The only requirements are to (1) Be there each week; (2) participate; and (3) Be reflective and be yourself as honestly as you can.
- Class Format:
- 80% Discussion
20% Guest Speakers We will have everyone sign up to help with weekly preparation to help foster our discussion. - Workload:
- 2 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: There is no formal grading for the course. There will be at least 2 short "homework" assignments designed to help foster discussion about life in graduate school. We will also produce working CVs. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49714/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Spring 2016 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (57779)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 715
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8011+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course is aimed at graduate students preparing to become teachers at the college level. We begin by working to understand the social/political context of teaching, including topics such as ethics, multiculturalism, and academic freedom. Students also learn practical teaching skills to be used when lecturing or leading discussions. Active learning strategies are emphasized as effective tools for engaging a wide variety of adult learners. A major part of the course is the independent development of a course syllabus and related lesson plans and exercises.
- Grading:
- To earn an "A" in this course, you must have no more than one unexcused absence; actively partipate during our class sessions, including co-facilitating the discussion twice; turn in all assignments fully complete and on-time; provide thoughtful reviewer comments on your partner's work on time and every time; and your work must show effort and growth. Poor performance on any of these will cause your grade to be lower. You are at risk of failing this course if you have three unexcused absences or do not turn in a major assignment. I will not give an Incomplete except when required by university policy.
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on in-class discussion of readings, collaborative preparation of materials such as a teaching statement and syllabus, engagement with guest speakers from around the university, and building a capstone group project to share what we have learned.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57779/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Law & Society Review (58408)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- POL 8060 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon 09:30AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click these links for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?trj+SOC8090+Spring2016 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8090+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58408/1163
Spring 2016 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Education: Journal Editing Seminar (58409)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Thu 12:30PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC8090+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course is centered around the professional scholarly journal Sociology of Education, which is housed at the University of Minnesota through 2016. Class sessions will focus on the operations of the journal, with an eye toward teaching students how research articles are evaluated; how the review process can shape and improve research; how the process of turning a first draft of a paper into a polished and published article unfolds; how to critique ongoing research in a professional way; and how to respond to such critiques about your own work. Along the way, involvement will provide an opportunity for students to gain theoretical, methodological, and substantive insight into a wide range of issues that touch on education in one way or another. Each week, students will (among other things) discuss articles that have been submitted; discuss external peer reviews of those articles; debate what decision should be made about submissions; think together about how to solicit more and better submissions; think together about reviewers and the review process; and think together about how to best use the journal's social media presence. Students who participate will be expected to do some work in preparation for each meeting. Project meetings will be lively and interactive, and will differ in focus and content from week to week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58409/1163
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC8090_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 December 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 8090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & It's Publics (67750)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click these links for detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Spring2016 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Students in the course will serve as the graduate student board and substantive contributors to Contexts, the American Sociological Association journal currently housed in Minnesota. Instructor permission, based on a detailed application, is required to register for the course. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board will be selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Though there will be some overlap from year to year, participants in the course will rotate on an annual basis. The seminar is designed as a year-long 3-credit course (with 1.5 academic credits awarded for fall and 1.5 credits in spring) with the possibility of honorary stipends for the summer months.
- Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
25% Student Presentations
5% Field Trips
10% Web Based Outreach activities, social events, and release parties are sometimes held outside class time. - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Contribute to the Discoveries or Reflected Appraisals section of Contexts, or other aspects of the print or online publication. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67750/1163
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2009
Spring 2016 | SOC 8090 Section 004: Topics in Sociology -- Finance, Space & Power (67751)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- ANTH 8810 Section 004
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Fri 12:30PM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC8090+Spring2016 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?karenho+SOC8090+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- What are the influences and roles of finance in the contemporary world and in critical scholarship? It comes to no surprise that over the last thirty years, finance - the constellation of priorities, practices, and ideologies whereby the central goals are to search for and convert assets into income streams and financial investments - has catalyzed massive shifts in social relations and meanings, life projects, and economies. The growth and influence of financial values and activities as central shapers and models of space, from public institutions to everyday life, from speculative cities to Fortune 500 corporations, and the attendant ramifications of increasing inequality and precarity, demand greater scholarly engagement. At the same, finance draws attention to longstanding debates and quandaries in critical scholarship on the neoliberal moment, on capitalism and capitalist accumulation, on development and globalization, on the production and use of difference and inequality. For example, inquiry into finance allows us to ask and reflect on questions such as, is finance just the latest "stage" of capitalism? Why is finance good to think with? How can it challenge us to re-frame dominant approaches to understanding economy, markets, and institutions, and critical approaches to notions of accumulation by dispossession, speculative land grabbing, global urbanism, and speculative governmentality? What is finance's relationship to space, and power? Is finance always already productive of inequality, as well as forms of resistance?PARTIAL READING LIST:
Anne Allison, Precarious Japan
Laura Bear, Currents of Debt Along a South Asian River
Gerald Epstein, Managed by the Markets
David Harvey, Paris: Capital of Modernity
Karl Marx, Selections from 3 volumes of Capital
Andrea Muehlebach, The Moral Neoliberal: Welfare and Citizenship in Italy
- Class Format:
- seminar style
- Workload:
- a few hundreds pages of reading per week (up to one book on some weeks). short writing assignments due for circulation to the class each week. short student presentations and the occasional leading of discussion. a final paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67751/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 8211 Section 001: The Sociology of Race & Racialization (67771)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Major theoretical debates. Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to studying U.S. race relations; contemporary and historical experiences of specific racial and ethnic groups.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC8211+Spring2016
- Class Description:
Race in the contemporary United States is a complex, dynamic, "moving target" so to speak. In this seminar, we will explore the changing dimensions of the contemporary construct of race through a sociological framework. Topics to be discussed in the class this term include: race, globalization and Asian Americans, multiracial identity and the color line, mass incarceration and racial caste, race and beauty work, transnational adoption, race and sports, whiteness and social class, black immigrants & black identity, environmental racism, and the future of race in the U.S.
To explore these issues, we will read a book or collection of articles a week. Students will do weekly response papers on the readings (~ 2 pages), lead discussions, and complete a major term paper on a topic of their choice by the end of the term. In addition to covering the material in the readings, we will also begin each class with a 20-30 minute discussion of racial issues and controversies currently in the news (this term we'll probably end up discussing the 2016 election quite a bit). We'll then weave our discussion of these issues into our exploration of the readings for the week.
Participation from students from a variety of disciplines is welcomed! Please email me with any questions at elogan@umn.edu. The working syllabus for the class is found below.
- Grading:
- 30% Class Participation (including co-leading 1-2 discussions)30% Reflection Papers (10 out of 12 weeks)40% Final Paper (components include ideas in progress, preliminary bibliography, rough draft, and final version, ~ 20 pages)
- Exam Format:
- none
- Class Format:
- 20% Student Presentations (of Readings & Discussion Questions)10% Lecture (Brief overview of topic by Professor)
70% Discussion (of Weekly Readings and Current Racial Topics) - Workload:
- 225 Pages Reading Per Week (generally 1 book)
1 Final Paper (~ 20 pages)
10 Reading Response Papers (1-2 pages)30-40 pages of Writing Total - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67771/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/elogan_SOC8211_Spring2016.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- Contemporary Social Theory & Public Policy (60201)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- PA 5490 Section 003
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Notes:
- Click these links for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC8790+Spring2016 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+SOC8790+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60201/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/page_jbsoss_PA5490_Spring2016.doc
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 October 2015
Spring 2016 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (51866)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8801+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course covering some of the most commonly used research methods in sociology and related disciplines. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and evidence, and how various methods contribute to the development or testing of social theories by gathering and analyzing various forms of evidence. We will also pay attention to the (often implicit) underlying epistemological assumptions or commitments embedded in various methodological approaches. The course seeks to equip students with the ability to evaluate empirical social scientific work based on a range of methodological traditions, but is not focused on detailed training in any individual method. Such training is best obtained through advanced methods courses and/or through active involvement in research projects under the guidance of experienced investigators or mentors/advisors. The course will challenge students to refine their own ideas about how to link their areas of interest with concrete plans for empirical research. Course Objectives o To learn the basics of how research is conducted using different sociological methods. o To develop awareness of the knowledge claims and standards of evidence that underpin various methodological approaches. o To develop the ability to critically evaluate scholarship that uses various methods. o To gain experience in translating general research interests and ideas about research design and evidence into a proposal for a research project that carefully and thoughtfully links research questions, theoretical framing, choice of method(s), and specific plans for data collection and analysis.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
40% Written Homework
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 75% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
8 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51866/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2014
Spring 2016 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (47551)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: 5811 or equiv, grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC8811+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Topics for Spring 2012: logistic regression, event history analysis, structural equation models.
- Grading:
- 3 data analysis papers on the three topics, each 33.3% of the course grade.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 12 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47551/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC8811_Spring2016.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (10963)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC1001+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social inequality. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The primary course objectives are as follows: (1) Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive introductory understanding of key sociological concepts, terminology, theories, approaches, and perspectives. (2) Students will be able to apply sociological analysis to contemporary examples and to their own lives. (3) Students will improve their ability to think critically and to articulate their ideas in written and verbal formats. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors and satisfies the Liberal Education Social Science Core requirement.
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- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: 40% exams/quizzes; 20% class participation/activities/homework/labwork
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short essay, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
25% Discussion
25% videos, small group work, in-class activities, homework, other - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: exams/quizzes will be a mix of multiple choice, short essay, essay - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10963/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (10970)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC1001+Fall2015 Click this link for more detailed course information
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their ?sociological imagination,? in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and ask how and why people interact within these contexts. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make ?sociological sense? of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline?and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
20% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- true false and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10970/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (10974)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC1001+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- In this course, the student is encouraged to develop his or her sociological imagination and to apply it to the world around us. In the first section of the semester, we focus on ways in which culture, socialization, social interactions, and social control affect our day-to-day lives. Then we investigate the impacts of four key master statuses: social class, gender, race, and living as an American. These master statuses have fundamental but sometimes subtle effects on the opportunities and constraints that each of us face. In the final section of the course, we focus on a variety of other aspects of the social world (family, education, and globalization, for example) to further understand how personal troubles can be seen and analyzed as public issues using core theories and the student's sociological imagination.
- Grading:
- 16% Midterm Exam
16% Final Exam
24% Reports/Papers
16% Additional Semester Exams
14% Class Participation
14% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and short essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10974/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 March 2010
Fall 2015 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (13391)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what sociologists call the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships, and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life and how you, in turn, affect society.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC1011V+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. This honors section provides an opportunity for more intensive discussion and for hands-on learning with original field research projects.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: participation/activities/presentations - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion videos, in-class exercises, student presentations, field research projects - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13391/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2008
Fall 2015 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (34547)
- 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 Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with general understanding of some main theoretical perspectives/empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies/contemporary criminology.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34547/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 June 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 1905 Section 001: Freshman Seminar -- Am Drug Cultures: Pleasures, Panics & Punishment (23903)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman SeminarTopics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 435
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Fr
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC1905+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course will get you thinking hard about the immense popularity of mood-enhancing drugs, legal and illegal. Why do we want to modify our moods, and how do we set about it? Why do some people throw themselves into drug use while others fearfully avoid it? Why is drug use and sale such a primary target of crime control? And why do many more of us feel worried about "addiction" to shopping, sex, or gambling? Looking at academic studies, memoirs, and film we'll build a comparative analysis of drug cultures, conceptions of addiction, and changing forms of intervention, from twelve-step to harm reduction, from educational campaigns to the drug court movement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23903/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Social & Political Protest around the World (25569)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soph or above or instr consent; 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?aminzade+SOC3090+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social and political protest, this course explores the opportunities and challenges facing activists, connections between local and global protest movements, the targets of protest, and the role of collective political action in bringing about change. The course is organized around theoretical issues concerning how and why people become recruited and committed to protest activities, how they mobilize support for their causes, the strategies and tactics they use in seeking and resisting change, and how states, non-governmental organizations, and international institutions shape protest opportunities. These issues will be addressed through various case studies protest around the globe, with a focus on protests against authoritarian rule, environmental degradation, gender inequality, racial injustice, human rights violations, labor exploitation, discrimination based on sexuality, and the impact of neo-liberal capitalism on public services and inequality. We will explore the grievances of protestors who highlight these issues, the ways they have framed the issues, the opportunities and threats they face, the problems and prospects of activism across borders, and the long and short-term consequences of protest. The emphasis will be on applying concepts and theories to help you better understand the dynamics and consequences of protest.
- Exam Format:
- Two take-home essay exams. Other Grading Information:
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
16-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
2 Take-Home Essay Exams
1 Special Project(s) focused on required readings - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25569/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Under the Influence: Drink, Culture & Society (34549)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soph or above or instr consent; 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC3090+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course provides a broad view of the role of drinking in social life, using alcohol as a prism through which we can begin to understand a great deal about moral and social divides in our society and different ways of understanding youth, risk and belonging over time and across societies. Why does our popular culture simultaneously mythologize and pathologize drinking? How are gender, class, ethnicity and community reflected in our attitudes about drinking and our attempts to control the behavior of others?
- Exam Format:
- 10% Quizzes
20% Journal
40% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 80-120 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Presentation(s)
6 Special Project(s)
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Weekly in-class questions to engage reading ("quizzes", sort of) and regular short but engaged and careful blog-style writing ("special projects"). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34549/1159
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC3090_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Asian American Health & Research (35562)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- AAS 3920 Section 001GWSS 3290 Section 003
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 04:40PM - 07:10PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 609
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soph or above or instr consent; 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mkwon+SOC3090+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35562/1159
Fall 2015 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (15129)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?horow035+SOC3101+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce students and focus on the three main components of the American Criminal Justice system: law enforcement, the criminal judicial process and correctional approaches in dealing with offenders. The course is designed to familiarize students with these broad topical areas and to explore the decision-making process and the equality of treatment that takes place within the American Criminal Justice system. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and of the Social Sciences.Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice, through critical framework of Liberal Education.
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 75% three exams (25% each)
- Exam Format:
- Three multiple choice and short answer exams, and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15129/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (15131)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC3102+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control. We will focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime. This course covers diverse types of crime, including: street crime, violent crime, white-collar crime, occupational crime, war crimes and torture. In addition, we will examine the punishment of crime, including policing, prosecution, sentencing and mass incarceration. There will be a particular focus on how crime and forms of social control impact social inequality and divisions around race, class, and gender.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week 2 Exams1 Paper
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15131/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 July 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (25571)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Causes, dimensions, and consequences of inequality in America. Class, gender, race. Power/status differentials. Cross-national patterns. Social mobility. Educational/occupational influences. Status attainment. Social stratification/change. Social welfare. Public policies. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3201+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course examines the basic concepts and theories sociologists use to describe and explain social stratification and inequality. The textbook for the class is Social Stratification and Inequality. Lectures will focus on the contents of selected chapters that all students are required to read. There are twelve short, in-class quizzes (50% of final grade), and each of which has five simple questions about the contents of the chapter lectured in the week prior to the quiz. Ten best of the quizzes are recorded, or students may miss any two quizzes. For a term-paper study project (50% of the final grade), each student is required to conduct interviews of two families about their relative standings in the American stratification system. For this term project, students are requested to submit (1) a study outline of 1-2 pages (5% of final grade), which describes the plan of the study about which families to be studied, how to conduct the interviews/observations, and what to be focused in these interviews/observations; and (2) the term paper (8-10 pages, 45% of final grade), which reports and analyzes the results of interviews/observations. NO final exam.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
50% Quizzes Other Grading Information: 10% "Special Projects" is for a study outline of 1-2 pages. - Exam Format:
- No exam. But each quiz is one page of 5 T/F or multiple-choice questions.
- Class Format:
- 85% Lecture
10% Discussion
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: "Special Projects" is the study outline. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25571/1159
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (21461)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. The class will also class consider the future of race relations in the U.S. and evaluate remedies to racial inequality.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC3211W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. Our goal is to examine the myriad ways that race structures American society and influences the experiences and life chances of all its members. In the opening sections of the class, we study definitions of race and major theories of how race and racism work in the contemporary U.S. The next unit begins with an overview of the concept of racial identity, and asks how social location impacts one's identity and daily interactions. After inquiring into the general process of identity formation, we look at the specific experiences of whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans. Though our central focus is on race relations in today's society, we also provide a historical overview of the experiences of each group in order to help explain their present-day social status. The next part of the course examines the significance of race in several specific contexts. We look at controversies over race and immigration, race and education, and race and popular culture. We close the class by considering the future of race relations in the U.S., and evaluating remedies to racial inequality.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21461/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 August 2013
Fall 2015 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (34551)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Ideas of citizenship. Relationship between politics and society. Public sphere, civil society. Research practicum volunteering at policy-relevant site using participant observation methods. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC3301W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Politics and society go together like a horse and carriage, but its hard to tell which is the horse and which the carriage! This course approaches politics from the standpoint of society. Accordingly, it does not focus on the details of the formal political institutions such as voting, legislatures or the presidency. Rather, it focuses on how society organizes around and pushes political questions. For instance, society is divided by social categories such as race, class, gender, age, education, religion, associational membership, wealth. The systemic relations among these categories, equal or unequal, exploitative or cooperative, and so forth, determine the allocation of "goods" and "bads" in society, and therefore many political dynamics. In addition, people and groups have different levels of social capital (connections) and cultural capital (for instance, levels of education and tastes about music, theater, literature, news, sports and alcohol). These different factors help create ideological values such as group and nationalist beliefs. They bear upon how individuals and groups think about the issues that face them and how they do or do not translate these into political issues demanding governmental action. These social factors interact with the type of local and national regime and its placement in global systems to channel conflicts and outcomes. Depending on the openness of the regime, popular pressures can lead to peaceful democratic change, open protests, or revolution. The course explores these issues from the perspective of three case studies: one case of severe ethnic conflicts in a giant democracy (India), one case of revolution against dictatorship (the Arab Spring) -- and within that, the role of the internet communications in popular mobilization and what it presages for the future--, and one case about welfare politics in a conservative capitalist democracy (the US--the politics of the recent Affordable Care Act).
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
18% Written Homework
2% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: This is a writing intensive (W) course. It requires that you develop your term paper in four stages, each of which is submitted for feedback and improvement. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34551/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 July 2013
Fall 2015 | SOC 3417W Section 001: Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization (35018)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3415W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization. Emphasizes their daily practices and political, economic, and cultural effects around the world. Politics/business of development. Free market and trade. New transnational professional class. Social activism.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC3417W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course introduces three of the world's most powerful global institutions -- the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization. Three dimensions will be emphasized: we will look behind their closed doors to understand their daily practices; we will learn about the political, economic, and cultural terrain in which they operate; and we will observe them in key sites in the global South and North. Course themes include the business and expertise of development, poverty and wealth generation, the ideas of free market and trade, the rise of a transnational professional class and networks, and transnational social activism and networks.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35018/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (35065)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological theories, empirical research in study of work. Work in contemporary American society. History, nature, organization of work/U.S. economy. Social aspects/consequences of work for individuals of various races, ethnicities, genders, ages. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3421W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Work is of centrality to individuals, economy, and society. This course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. Students are expected to satisfy three course requirements: (1) read the required and recommended texts and participate in class discussions organized to exchange opinions about issues of work in America today; (2) take in-class quizzes designed to review some of lectured topics and discussed issues; and (3) develop three essays on problems of work described on this syllabus. This is a writing intensive course, and the development of the three essays has a heavy weight in the final course grade. There will not be a cumulative in-class exam. The prerequisite is Soc1001 ?Introduction to Sociology.? Instructor's permission is required if students do not have taken this course.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 90% Lecture
10% Discussion - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35065/1159
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (24035)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 5511 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F, credit will not be granted if credit has been received for 3511H
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC3511+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course explores population dynamics in global perspective. Students will learn major population theories and measures. We will closely examine the ways in which people enter and leave populations -- by birth, death, or migration. We will explore societal differences in these phenomena and investigate their causes and consequences. In particular, we will explore differences in the population situations in highly developed and less developed nations, and differences between subgroups within societies. Within-country differences in population processes exist along gender, race, and social class lines. Key population policies will be discussed.
- Grading:
- no exams, only weekly reading quizzes and book critique papers.
- Exam Format:
- 40% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
40% Quizzes
5% Attendance Other Grading Information: "special projects" are devising several questions for book authors with whom we will have in-person or web chats after we read their books - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: weekly quizzes, a book critique (a draft and final for a total of 15 pages). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24035/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3613V Section 001: Honors: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (26140)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about/relate to food.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613V+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, wonton soup, creme brulee ? What meanings and feelings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their key ingredients produced? Who prepares these dishes, and who eats them? This course is built on two key premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food involves relationships among different groups of people, and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations and the societies in which they are embedded through a sociological analysis of food. Among the themes this course will explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; class and diet; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food economy; the debate over genetically modified food; and movements toward a more sustainable agriculture. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so ?everyday? that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social relationships involved in our encounters with food. Students can expect to read between 40-70 pages a week (of interesting reading!), produce one short paper and one longer (12-15 page) research paper on a course-related topic, and participate in several out-of-classroom exercises (which will include some write-up) during the course of the semester. The course is heavily discussion based, and active participation is required. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26140/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (23900)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from a sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about and relate to food. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC3613W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, wonton soup, creme brulee ? What meanings and feelings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their key ingredients produced? Who prepares these dishes, and who eats them? This course is built on two key premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food involves relationships among different groups of people, and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations and the societies in which they are embedded through a sociological analysis of food. Among the themes this course will explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; class and diet; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food economy; the debate over genetically modified food; and movements toward a more sustainable agriculture. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so ?everyday? that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social relationships involved in our encounters with food. Students can expect to read between 40-70 pages a week (of interesting reading!), produce one short paper and one longer (12-15 page) research paper on a course-related topic, and participate in several out-of-classroom exercises (which will include some write-up) during the course of the semester. The course is heavily discussion based, and active participation is required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23900/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (34579)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC3701+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to current theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns, including: What holds human societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are social identities created, sustained or transformed, and to what effect? Where is society headed in the future? The goals of the course are to deepen students' understanding of the significance of such questions and to provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the late 19th century to the present. For present and future sociology majors, the course provides an indispensable background for subsequent work in the discipline. For all others, it provides an invitation to think about some of the most vital questions that confront us all as reflective and self-aware members of our communities and our world. The course design is premised on the idea that the best way to learn and understand social theory is by seeing its connection to contemporary issues and concerns. Therefore, the primary theory readings in this course are paired with writings that illustrate the relevance of these theories to contemporary concerns or that directly apply the theories to current issues and questions.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34579/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (11006)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:05PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dele0068+SOC3701+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11006/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (21439)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 05:10PM - 08:40PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?edgell+SOC3701+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This is a fully online course offered through Online and Distance Learning (ODL), College of Continuing Education. VIsit "CIass URL" for ODL policies, including fee and financial aid restrictions. This course provides an introductory, yet thorough, background in classical and contemporary social theory in a Web-based format. We will draw upon in-depth readings of important theoretical works to gain a better understanding of how key theoretical developments in sociology can help us better understand the world we live in today. In addition to reading original theory, the other building blocks of the course include weekly quizzes, discussions, reading journals, and exams. By the end of the semester, you should be able to read, interpret, evaluate, and apply key theoretical ideas to life in contemporary society. Put simply, the purpose of this course is to develop a basic but critical understanding of the Big Ideas in social theory and why we should care about them.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: See attached syllabus
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Class Format:
- Online
- Workload:
- Other Workload: See attached syllabus
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21439/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (10992)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory how-to guide for conducting social scientific research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social scientific research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations; research topics, questions, and hypotheses; and ethics. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement; primary and secondary data collection and sources; sampling; and the logic of comparison across groups and over time. This is followed by familiarizing students with research designs most often used in social scientific research, including experiments and quasi-experiments, surveys and ethnosurveys, interviews and focus groups, case studies, participant observation, ethnography, comparative-historical methods, and content analysis. The course concludes by considering issues of workflow in social scientific research, including issues related to the organization, cleaning, and analysis of data.
- Grading:
- Attendance (10%); Assignments/Homeworks (15%); 3 Exams (15% each); Final Paper/Research Proposal (30%)
- Exam Format:
- 3 exams, one every 5 weeks.
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33%; Lab/Discussion Section - Workload:
- Approximately 25-50 pages reading per week; 3 exams; 1 final paper/research proposal (20-35 pages total, including bibliography/references)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10992/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 May 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (19611)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC3801+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Written Homework
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- short answer and brief essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
7 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Homework consists only of worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19611/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 December 2012
Fall 2015 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (10658)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Soc 1001 recomended. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background who have completed Soc 3801 are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC3811+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Grading:
- 70% Midterm Exam
30% Problem Solving - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10658/1159
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (25748)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4101V+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25748/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (19762)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyle014+SOC4101W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19762/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (25749)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001SOC 4104H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
15% Special Projects - Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25749/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime and Human Rights (26298)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001SOC 4104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4104H+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
15% Special Projects - Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26298/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment and Corrections (25581)
- 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 Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Correctional strategies such as prison, probation, and parole. Theories/structures of diversion, probation, parole, and other community corrections programs. U.S. penal policies/practices compared with those in other countries. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4105+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of core penal institutions in the United States. We examine the origins, functions, and effects of incarceration from the 19th century to the present; the culture and social relations in male and female prisons; and the causes and consequences of America's extraordinary prison boom. Along with imprisonment, we study the birth and transformation of "community corrections" (e.g., parole, probation, and drug treatment). This class combines readings, lectures/discussions, and films.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 75% of the course grade will be from the exams. 25% will be from the reaction papers and class attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes and two exams.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 75-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: This class has a heavy reading load. However, the readings are interesting and straightforward (mostly ethnographies and histories). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25581/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 March 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 4106 Section 001: Crime on TV (35020)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. prereq: recommended [1001 or 1001V, 1101 or 3101 or 3102]; Soph or above or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?page+SOC4106+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about lawbreaking and social control from watching (and analyzing) television shows. (It is also true that much television misrepresents the nature and consequences of crime and punishment.) We will critically examine how (and to what extent) four television series represent or distort prevailing knowledge about crime and punishment. Topics will include the social origins and functions of crime, causes and consequences of lawbreaking, policing, race and the war on drugs, mass imprisonment, the culture and social relations of prisons, and prisoner re-entry. Featured shows include: The Walking Dead, The Wire, Orange is the New Black, The Shield, and Rectify (the exact line is subject to change). Disclosure. The shows we will watch graphically depict poverty, sexuality, drug-use, and violence. Several of the shows include profanity and vulgar language. As such, students who may be offended or uncomfortable with such language and themes may not wish to take this course.
- Grading:
- The final exam will be "take home".
- Exam Format:
- 25% Midterm Exam
45% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
45% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35020/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (34546)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbs+SOC4162+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Course Content: Balance between government power to enforce criminal laws and individuals' right to be let alone by the government in a constitutional democracy. Topics include: police power to stop and frisk, arrest, search, interrogate, and identify suspects; right to a lawyer; remedies for constitutional violations; social science, the courts, and the law of criminal procedure. Teaching methods: Read and discuss U.S. Supreme Court and other cases. Textbooks and other reading: Samaha, Criminal Procedure 9th edition (earlier editions won't do). Audience: Upper division undergraduates in all departments and colleges.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal conceptsl and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly non-cumulative short answer exam (60%); weekly case briefs (10%); weekly discussion analysis essay (30%) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34546/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 January 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (25585)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4305 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 205
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examines how natural/built environments influence human behavior/social organization. Focuses on microenvironments/their influence on individuals. Impact of macroenvironments on societal organization. Environmental movements. prereq: 1001 or environmental course recommended, [soc majors/minors must register A-F]
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?broad001+SOC4305+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Over the past 150 years, human society's effect on its local and global environment has increased dramatically. Nowadays, those environmental harms are more and more coming back to harm humans as well as other species. The biggest example of this negative feedback is global climate change. If humanity continues to pour greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it will get hit with intensifying disasters. According to James Hansen, these could eventually even wipe out the human species. This course explores why this situation has come about and what we can do about it. Three factors: growth of population, growth capacity to buy more stuff, and the technology to make lots of stuff?all these require energy produced by burning fossil fuels that emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. We need to understand why we as a group, despite available information, have let this problem get so bad. Only then can we overcome this inertia and plot an attainable course toward sustainable world.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: Grading for this course is based primarily on short essays and exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25585/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Fall 2015 | SOC 4451 Section 001: Modern Sport: Its Power & Paradoxes (34581)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4451H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-118
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How sport is socially organized, what role(s) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life in general. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC4451+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport - how it is socially organized, what role (or roles) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful, paradoxical, and poorly understood institutions in the modern world. The first unit of the course provides a theoretical framework and broad historical context for making social sense of these paradoxes and of the phenomenon of sport itself. The second unit then explores what it is like to "play" various sports, the determinants of participation and success, and the general impacts of such involvement. These ideas are illustrated throughout the course using examples from intercollegiate athletics and the dynamics of race and sport in contemporary American society. Two main themes structure the second half of the course. The first is the culture and political economy of elite-entertainment sport; the second involves issues of globalization and cross-cultural exchange focusing on Olympic sport in China. Together, all of these units are intended to capture the basic structure, function, and broad social significance of a cultural form that is too often naively celebrated, trivialized, or simply dismissed by both scholarly and public audiences alike.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
10% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
10% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- 2 in-class midterms; terms and definitions, MC, and one or two short essays
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34581/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2012
Fall 2015 | SOC 4451H Section 001: Honors: Modern Sport: Its Power & Paradoxes (35064)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4451 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-118
- Course Catalog Description:
- How sport is socially organized, what role(s) it plays in society, what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC4451H+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport?how it is socially organized, what role (or roles) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful, paradoxical, and poorly understood institutions in the modern world. The first unit of the course provides a theoretical framework and broad historical context for making social sense of these paradoxes and of the phenomenon of sport itself. The second unit then explores what it is like to ?play? various sports, the determinants of participation and success, and the general impacts of such involvement. These ideas are illustrated throughout the course using examples from intercollegiate athletics and the dynamics of race and sport in contemporary American society. Two main themes structure the second half of the course. The first is the culture and political economy of elite-entertainment sport; the second involves issues of globalization and cross-cultural exchange focusing on Olympic sport in China. Together, all of these units are intended to capture the basic structure, function, and broad social significance of a cultural form that is too often naively celebrated, trivialized, or simply dismissed by both scholarly and public audiences alike. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35064/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Fall 2015 | SOC 4511 Section 001: Sociology of Youth: Transition to Adulthood (34584)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 230
- Course Catalog Description:
- Societal trends that shape adolescent experience/transition to adulthood. Increasing diversity in family structures. Expansion of higher education. Shifts in workforce. How young people construct their futures. Ways social locations/resources enhance/constrain options. prereq: 1001 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC4511+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- The paths young people take as they move through adolescence and make the transition to adulthood have become longer and more variable in recent decades. These pathways are linked to broad social forces. This course will examine the consequences of recent societal trends for the process of becoming an adult. It will consider demographic trends and patterns of inequality, changes in the labor force, technological advances, the linkages between school and work, and changes in other major institutions, such as the criminal justice and health care systems. We will examine how these societal trends influence young people differently, depending on their social locations (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, and social class background). The course will also consider youth agency; how young people envision their futures, make decisions and plans, and enact behaviors in an attempt to achieve their goals in the contexts of changing opportunities and constraints. Youth preparation for the future will be studied in the realms of interpersonal competence, physical and mental health, vocational development, and civic engagement. Finally, the course will consider social policy and interventions designed to enhance both this phase of the life course and to ensure a successful transition to adulthood.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Take-home essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
14 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34584/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 January 2013
Fall 2015 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (11821)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC4966W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major and to think ahead about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University. It is, in short, a capstone course. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity and ambiguity, and social responsibility in public life. Specific topics include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; the day-to-day work of professional sociologists in the academy; the professions and careers where sociological methods and insights are most useful and prominent; and the utility and value of situating ones life and work in sociological perspective. This will all be situated in the context of the role of ideas, information, intellectuals, and experts in the complex, contemporary global world. Indeed, the larger intellectual goals of the course are to encourage you to think critically about your place in society and history, to reflect on the role of knowledge in the contemporary world, and to understand what skills and understandings you will take with you from your study of sociology to your future careers and lives beyond the academy.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
10% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers
25% Service Learning - Workload:
- 25-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11821/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Fall 2015 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (11848)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC4977V+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This two-semester course sequence will guide honors Sociology students in the preparation of their senior project research papers. The first semester will focus on the development of the research project, including selection of a topic, articulating a researchable question, writing a literature review, choosing methods and data, and addressing human subjects concerns. A paper, to be completed by the end of the Fall semester will include a title and abstract; literature review, data source (including human subjects issues), and methods sections; and a bibliography. There will be relatively little lecture. Instead, student presentations and class discussions will focus on the stages of development of the research plan. We will discuss the issues and challenges students encounter as their work progresses. (During the second semester, students will execute their projects and prepare their final papers, including research findings and conclusions.)
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
30% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Assignments: topic & research questions, IRB form, preliminary reading list, literature review, methods, and abstract. The final paper will include all these sections. - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
40% Discussion
40% Other Style Students will present their work to the class. - Workload:
- VARIABLE Pages Reading Per Week
20-25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Students will read sociological literature that addresses their topics (approx. 5-10 articles/week). Other readings provide guidelines about how to ask sociological questions, formulate a research plan, and collect and interpret data. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11848/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2015 | SOC 5090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Law, Society & the Mental Health System (34570)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Undergrad soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?malmq001+SOC5090+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- The course will focus on selective and often controversial issues that arise in those with mental disorders or conflicts, and how they intersect with the legal system. Contrasts are made between legal approaches and broader social or clinical approaches to these problems. Mental disorder as a category is often used differently in law, the mental health professions, and society. Specific problems taken up are: What is a mental disorder? The role of experts and the roles they play; risk assessments of dangerousness; competency in a civil and criminal context; the insanity question; civil commitment of the mentally ill; sexual offenders and special commitment procedures; right to treatment and right to refuse treatment. Other topics may be selected based on student interest.
- Exam Format:
- 50% Reports/Papers
50% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34570/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 5455 Section 001: Sociology of Education (26713)
- Instructor(s)
- Jeremy Hernandez (Secondary Instructor)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- OLPD 5041 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 04:40PM - 07:40PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 4
- Course Catalog Description:
- Structures and processes within educational institutions. Links between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly as these relate to educational change. prereq: 1001 or equiv or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?klouis+SOC5455+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Structures and processes within educational institutions; linkages between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly related to educational change. Focus on issues of race, class and equity, both within the U.S. and internationally.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
30% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: on-line discussions - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion Student presentations, role plays, movie clips, etc. - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26713/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 June 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 5511 Section 001: World Population Problems (34569)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 3511 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F, credit will not be granted if credit has been received for PA 5301
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?meierann+SOC5511+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course explores population dynamics in global perspective. Students will learn major population theories and measures. We will closely examine the ways in which people enter and leave populations -- by birth, death, or migration. We will explore societal differences in these phenomena and investigate their causes and consequences. In particular, we will explore differences in the population situations in highly developed and less developed nations, and differences between subgroups within societies. Within-country differences in population processes exist along gender, race, and social class lines. Key population policies will be discussed. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- no exams, only weekly reading quizzes and book critique papers.
- Exam Format:
- 40% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
40% Quizzes
5% Attendance Other Grading Information: "special projects" are devising several questions for book authors with whom we will have in-person or web chats after we read their books - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: weekly quizzes, a book critique (a draft and final for a total of 15 pages). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34569/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Intermediate Social Statistics (10664)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Soc 1001 recommended. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background who have completed Soc 3801 are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC5811+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Measurement, theory of probability, and bivariate statistics. Multiple regression analyses of sociological data.
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three papers involve statistical analyses of social datasets.
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15 Pages Reading Per Week
45 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10664/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 March 2012
Fall 2015 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (15817)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals. prereq: Grad soc major
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15817/1159
Fall 2015 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Law & Society Review: Journal Editing Seminar (23901)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- POL 8060 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon 11:15AM - 12:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?trj+SOC8090+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is co-taught be Timothy R. Johnson (Political Science) and Joachim Savelsberg (Sociology), incoming editors of the Law & Society Review, the official journal of the Law & Society Association and the world's leading journal in the field of law and society studies. This is the first offering in a series of six semesters. Johnson will take the lead in 2013/14, Savelsberg in 2014/15. Students will read submitted papers that receive 'revise and resubmit' decisions and the reviewers' comments and discuss them with the editors. Different students may take the lead on specific papers in line with their substantive and methodological interests and expertize. Suggestions developed during these discussions will be incorporated into the R&R letters the editors will send out to authors. Students will thus get immersed in a range of cutting edge work done in the field. They will further gain crucial insights into the decision making processes associated with journal publishing. In this respect the course is intended to be a major professionalization tool that should be most helpful to graduate students who prepare to enter academic careers in which publishing papers in journals will be a crucial component. The process should make for an engaging collaborative, intellectual and professional, experience.
- Grading:
- 20% In-class Presentations
80% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 85% Discussion
15% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23901/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2013
Fall 2015 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Education: Journal Editing Seminar (23902)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue 02:30PM - 03:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 915
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC8090+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is centered around the professional scholarly journal Sociology of Education, which is housed at the University of Minnesota through 2016. Class sessions will focus on the operations of the journal, with an eye toward teaching students how research articles are evaluated; how the review process can shape and improve research; how the process of turning a first draft of a paper into a polished and published article unfolds; how to critique ongoing research in a professional way; and how to respond to such critiques about your own work. Along the way, involvement will provide an opportunity for students to gain theoretical, methodological, and substantive insight into a wide range of issues that touch on education in one way or another. Each week, students will (among other things) discuss articles that have been submitted; discuss external peer reviews of those articles; debate what decision should be made about submissions; think together about how to solicit more and better submissions; think together about reviewers and the review process; and think together about how to best use the journal's social media presence. Students who participate will be expected to do some work in preparation for each meeting. Project meetings will be lively and interactive, and will differ in focus and content from week to week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23902/1159
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC8090_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 December 2014
Fall 2015 | SOC 8090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & It's Publics (25590)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Students in the course will serve as the graduate student board and substantive contributors to Contexts, the American Sociological Association journal currently housed in Minnesota. Instructor permission, based on a detailed application, is required to register for the course. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board will be selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Though there will be some overlap from year to year, participants in the course will rotate on an annual basis. The seminar is designed as a year-long 3-credit course (with 1.5 academic credits awarded for fall and 1.5 credits in spring) with the possibility of honorary stipends for the summer months.
- Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
25% Student Presentations
5% Field Trips
10% Web Based Outreach activities, social events, and release parties are sometimes held outside class time. - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Contribute to the Discoveries or Reflected Appraisals section of Contexts, or other aspects of the print or online publication. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25590/1159
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2009
Fall 2015 | SOC 8090 Section 004: Topics in Sociology -- Migration and Migrants in Demographic Perspective (25591)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Fri 09:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC8090+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to be an introduction to major theoretical debates in demographic research on migration and migrants. We will consider evidence for a series of questions: Why do people (not) move? How are migration decisions made? What effect does migration have on receiving societies, sending societies, and migrants themselves? How is migration organized by gender? What differentiates forced and unforced migration? How are immigrants incorporated into new societies? How is the context of reception affected by state policy and local institutions? Although focused primarily on migration and migrants in demographic perspective, the course is broad in scope and samples from multiple disciplines, methodologies, and epistemological
perspectives. - Grading:
- Attendance/Participation; Final paper and presentation
- Exam Format:
- N/A
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture; 75% Student-led discussion
- Workload:
- Weekly readings and student-led discussions; Final Paper and presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25591/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 May 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Juvenile Justice (22069)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- LAW 6226 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/07/2015Mon 03:35PM - 06:20PMUMTC, West BankWalter F. Mondale Hall 65
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems. prereq: Grad student in sociology or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?feldx001+SOC8190+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Legal, sociological, and philosophical bases of the principal agencies responsible for the control of youthful deviance. Emphasis on the juvenile courts' delinquency jurisdiction and the procedural and substantive limitations on the courts' authority to dispose of juvenile offenders.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22069/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2013
Fall 2015 | SOC 8311 Section 001: Political Sociology (34856)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social dimensions of political behavior and social origins of different forms of the state. How various theoretical traditions--Marxist, Weberian, and feminist--address key issues in political sociology, including citizenship, revolution, state formation, origins of democracy, welfare state, and fascism.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?aminzade+SOC8311+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Wednesday, 11:45 a.m. -2:15 p.m.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34856/1159
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/aminzade_SOC8311_Fall2015.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/aminzade_SOC8311_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 June 2015
Fall 2015 | SOC 8412 Section 001: Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (34575)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- STAT 5931 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to theoretical/methodological foundations of social network analysis. Concepts/principles, measurements, computer techniques. Applications to friendships, communities, workteams, intra-/inter-organizational relations, international systems. Focuses on network visualizations.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?almquist+SOC8412+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34575/1159
Fall 2015 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (11851)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gerte004+SOC8701+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the central traditions, figures and concepts in sociological theory. It is intended primarily for first-year graduate students in Sociology, but it covers work that is widely read and referenced in the social sciences generally. This course covers the work of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Mead, Goffman, Bourdieu, and several other traditions and figures.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11851/1159
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2022.pdf (Fall 2022)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC8701_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 May 2010
Fall 2015 | SOC 8735 Section 001: Sociology of Culture (35067)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/importance of culture as dimension of social life. Structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, practice theory. Cultural creation/reception. Identities as cultural formations. Culture/social inequality. Culture and race. Cultural construction of social problems. Culture and globalization.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC8735+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This course provides a general overview of the rapidly expanding field of the sociology of culture. Culture can be broadly conceived as the symbolic/expressive dimension of social life, but there are ongoing theoretical debates about how to define culture and how to use culture in sociological analysis. We begin with the basic conceptual question about the definition and importance of culture as a dimension of social life. We will then explore a series of theoretical and empirical works that address various aspects of the role of culture in social life. We will examine several distinct approaches to investigating and explaining culture, including structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, and practice theory. We will also devote several weeks to processes of cultural creation and reception, identities as cultural formations, and the relationship between culture and social inequality, among other topics. Throughout the course, we will cast a critical eye on the relationship between theories of culture, empirical evidence on cultural processes, and methods of investigating culture. We will also try to think about the sociology of culture in relation to other fields within the discipline, to consider how cultural theories, methods, and findings can contribute to our understanding of diverse social domains such as education, employment, politics, personal relationships, sexuality, morality, race, and urban life.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35067/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 March 2010
Fall 2015 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Ethnography (20668)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Thu 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soc Grad Student whose completed 8801 and 8811 or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC8890+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Students taking this class will gain a good grasp of the theory and practice of ethnography, by reading and digesting some exemplary ethnographic work and by undertaking their own fieldwork projects. Students will learn how to generate field notes that shuttle between rich description and coherent, flexible analysis. In-depth class discussions of their own and each other's work will develop the always-tricky skill of "operationalization," that is, the transformation of social theories into workable hypotheses for the field. We will employ both the readings and student work to explore various ways that ethnographers can transcend the small scale of their research to make significant claims about the social world. Along the way we will encounter and process some of the thorny ethical, epistemological, and political questions and dilemmas which are inevitably produced by the intimate relationship between ethnographer and informant. This practicum can work well for students at different stages of their research processs. It will provide an intensive and hands-on introduction to ethnographic methodology, but it can equally work well as a springboard into PhD research.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20668/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2010
Summer 2015 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (80864)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/15/2015 - 08/07/2015Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dele0068+SOC1001+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- This course explores how social relationships, or interactions between human beings, have influenced (and continue to influence) our lives and the world around us. We will examine some of society's most pressing problems in detail, seeking to identify the social forces involved in creating them. Throughout the course, you will be asked to consider how society affects your life and how, in turn, your own actions affect the society around you. Sociology offers students a wide array of topics and approaches that equip the curious mind to understand the surrounding world. Because the analytical skills and approaches we develop can be applied to all kinds of relationships between human beings, learning sociology will equip you to think critically about almost any situation. In providing a new way to see and understand the world, sociology prepares you to be a better thinker in school, in family life, and in the workplace. Furthermore, because sociology explores the social conditions that enable and constrain the courses of action that any individual can take, it is often at the forefront of identifying and proposing solutions for major forms of inequality and injustice.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style percent videos, 10% written reports - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/80864/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 February 2015
Summer 2015 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (82223)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/15/2015 - 08/07/2015Mon, Wed 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-127
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?stewa640+SOC3101+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- This course will serve as a sociological introduction to the American criminal justice system. The first section of the course will examine the history and politics of American criminal justice and the growth of mass incarceration. Subsequent sections will critically explore the different phases of the criminal justice system, including policing (e.g., law enforcement and law enforcement strategies), courts (e.g., the American court system, the courtroom workgroup, and sentencing policies/practices), and punishment (e.g., prison, probation, reentry, and collateral consequences). The readings chosen for this course include a mix of theoretical and empirical sociological scholarship and policy papers that will all be available online. We will also have several guest speakers who will provide their firsthand experiences working in areas relating to criminal justice. The objectives for this course are that by the end, students will have (1) a strong understanding of the various processes of the American CJS and how those processes interact with other institutions and social structures; (2) learned important social facts associated with the effects of the CJS; and (3) developed a critical perspective of the American CJS informed by these social facts and socio-criminological theories. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
- Grading:
- The three exams will consist of multiple choice and short answer questions. For the most part, they will not be comprehensive.
- Exam Format:
- Other Grading Information: You will have the choice of two grading tracks. "Track A" spreads the points out through the semester, while "Track B" focuses the points on the 3 exams and an ethnography paper. You have until after the first exam to choose a grading track.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
5-7 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82223/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2015
Summer 2015 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (82468)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/15/2015 - 08/07/2015Tue, Thu 09:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-136
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?guly0003+SOC3251W+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- Description: Same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court, the #blacklivesmatter movement, Patricia Arquette's Oscar night pitch for wage equality for women?these are just a few of the current controversies that this course will help you better understand. A sociological perspective on race, class, and gender suggests that such categories are not objective measures of biological or ?natural" differences, but are instead the result of historical struggles over economics, politics, and cultural identities.Thinking about how race, class, and gender work and have changed over time is central to understanding society. These social constructions, whether simultaneously or separately, organize our everyday lives. In this course we will explore what race, class, and gender are, how they are maintained, and what effects they have. To do so, we will work together to develop your critical thinking, media literacy, and writing skills. Since this is a writing-intensive course, assignments are designed to gradually build your ability to articulate an original argument clearly and concisely by building on convincing evidence.
- Exam Format:
- 50% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
15% Written Homework
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60-120 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
3 Homework Assignment(s)
6 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82468/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2015
Summer 2015 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (85166)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/15/2015 - 08/07/2015Mon, Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-136
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Families in contemporary American society. Historical/cross-cultural comparisons. Interrelationships of families with other social institutions. Race, class, and gender in shaping family experiences. Topics may include marriage, divorce, childbearing, parenthood, family violence, gay/lesbian families. prereq: 1001 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?heis0081+SOC3501+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on understanding the experiences of American families in their social and historical context. We begin by considering definitions of "the family" in daily life, popular culture, and politics. After an historical overview of changes in family life, we will concentrate on contemporary families in the United States. We will study the processes of family formation (e.g., mate selection, cohabitation, marriage, childbearing and adoption), the "work" of families (e.g., housework, emotional labor, caring for children and other relatives), and the dissolution or transformation of families (e.g., divorce, widowhood, children leaving home). Throughout the course, we will look carefully at variations in family structures and experiences across race, class, gender, and cultural groups. We will discuss family policies--in the U.S. and other countries--by asking what these policies assume about families and other social institutions. Lectures will be complemented by discussions and writing assignments that ask students to critically reflect on the course materials and their own experiences.
- Grading:
- essay , short answer
- Exam Format:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers - Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
12-18 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2-3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/85166/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2015
Summer 2015 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (84139)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/15/2015 - 08/21/2015Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 440
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data. prereq: 1001 recommended, Undergraduates with strong math background who have completed Soc 3801 are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Currently, 5811 only offered in fall. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for 5811. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?svecx006+SOC3811+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) displays of frequency and percentage distributions, (2) measures of central tendency and dispersion, (3) measures of association and correlation, (4) regression analysis, and (5) basics about probability and statistical inference. Lectures on these topics will be given in class meetings, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/84139/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 March 2015
Summer 2015 | SOC 4108 Section 001: Current Issues in Crime Control (88218)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- May Session05/26/2015 - 05/29/2015Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 26006/01/2015 - 06/02/2015Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 26006/03/2015 - 06/12/2015Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lage0050+SOC4108+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- Do you know your rights? This course will offer an in-depth examination of the role of the Constitution in Criminal Law and justice. Topics include the rights of the accused, search and seizure, protections against the justice system, trials, wrongful convictions, and punishment. The class will draw upon a variety of methods and sources, including documentary film, memoir, guest speakers, and podcasts.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
20% Film/Video
40% Discussion
20% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 3 Essays
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88218/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 February 2015
Summer 2015 | SOC 4114 Section 001: Gender & Crime (88308)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/15/2015 - 08/07/2015Tue, Thu 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-228
- Course Catalog Description:
- Historical/current explanations for female criminality. Current trends in women's participation in crime, their treatment in the legal system. prereq: recommend 3101 or 3102 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mave0013+SOC4114+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- In this course, we will foreground gender as we examine crime and criminal justice. Topics will include trends and explanations of sex differences in victimization and perpetration of crime, parental incarceration, transgender experiences with the criminal justice system, and desistance from crime.
- Exam Format:
- 20% Reports/Papers
50% Quizzes
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 20% Weekly reading responses - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
15% Film/Video
50% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 80-100 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly reading responses - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88308/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2015
Summer 2015 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (80865)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/15/2015 - 08/21/2015Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-118
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?step0310+SOC4966W+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- This course serves as a capstone to your studies in sociology. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity, and social responsibility in public life. The first goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all sociology majors. This project and related materials require you to reflect on the role of sociological knowledge in the contemporary world and to connect your sociological knowledge to a community-based senior research project. The second goal is for you to connect a sociological perspective to your professional and civic life following graduation. Classes will include a combination of lectures, active learning exercises, writing exercises to help you prepare your main paper, and discussions of the required readings.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
30% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 15-25 Pages Writing Per Term
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/80865/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 March 2015
Spring 2015 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (46343)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed, Fri 09:05AM - 09:55AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46343/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (46346)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their ?sociological imagination,? in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and ask how and why people interact within these contexts. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make ?sociological sense? of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline?and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
20% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- true false and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46346/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (46350)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue 05:45PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social inequality. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The primary course objectives are as follows: (1) Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive introductory understanding of key sociological concepts, terminology, theories, approaches, and perspectives. (2) Students will be able to apply sociological analysis to contemporary examples and to their own lives. (3) Students will improve their ability to think critically and to articulate their ideas in written and verbal formats. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors and satisfies the Liberal Education Social Science Core requirement.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: 40% exams/quizzes; 20% class participation/activities/homework/labwork
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short essay, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
25% Discussion
25% videos, small group work, in-class activities, homework, other - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: exams/quizzes will be a mix of multiple choice, short essay, essay - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46350/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (46359)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change. prereq: honors
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46359/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (68299)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introductory course designed to provide students with general understanding of some main theoretical perspectives/empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies/contemporary criminology.
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68299/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 June 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 1905 Section 001: Freshman Seminar -- Alpha Wives & Tiger Moms: Partnering & Parenting (67655)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Full Year RegistrationFreshman SeminarTopics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 430
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Fr
- Class Description:
- In recent decades, women have entered the workforce en masse, once rigid gender roles have loosened, and the marriage bargain has changed. Still, longstanding cultural ideas about women's unique nurturing capabilities and amped-up expectations for parenting result in an unsustainable proposition for women: a time intensive career + intensive parenting. This seminar will explore the historical underpinnings and contemporary state of couple dynamics, family roles, and the intersections between work and family. We will investigate typical and alternative family work and parenting arrangements, and consider the effects of current arrangements on women, men, and their children. We will read and critique a series of important books on these topics, and we will talk via web chat with the books? authors.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67655/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 June 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3003 Section 001: Social Problems (58914)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- 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 Description:
- In this course, we will engage in a sociological examination of major social problems facing the contemporary U.S. In each unit, we explore the origins and causes of different social problems, seek to understand how they impact individuals, groups, and the society as a whole, and evaluate remedies that have been tried, as well as untried ones that hold particular promise. We begin the class by asking how an issue becomes defined as a social problem, discuss the social construction of reality and deviance, and consider the primary frameworks under which societies have organized their responses to different social problems. In the next sections of the course, we focus on major controversies surrounding the American family, crime and punishment, the distribution of wealth & income, the degradation of the environment, health care and medicine. The tools we will utilize include sociological texts, newspaper articles, and documentary films. Students will write two short position papers, take a midterm and a final, and do a group presentation on a pressing social problem of their choice. *Note* there is no textbook for the course, but students should expect to purchase a sizable coursepack.
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- true/false and essay
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
8-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58914/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Chinese Society: Culture, Networks & Inequality (59816)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3910 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soph or above or instr consent; 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Description:
- The aim of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of cultures, social networks, and socioeconomic inequalities in China today. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation, and in-class discussions will be organized to exchange opinions about issues of common interests among the enrolled students. Through this course, students will gain a basic understanding of how Chinese society operates today. The prerequisite is Soc1001 'Introduction to Sociology,' or otherwise the Instructor's permission is required to enroll in the class.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Discussion
15% Field Trips - Workload:
- 15 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59816/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Asian American Health and Research (70622)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- AAS 3920 Section 001GWSS 3290 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue 05:10PM - 07:40PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 609
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soph or above or instr consent; 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F; cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Description:
- This course provides intensive training in social science research methods within the context of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women and public health. Students will learn about API women's health issues both locally and nationally. They will then apply this knowledge by actively researching a women's health topic that most affects the University of Minnesota campus community. Students will work collaboratively to conduct community-based research and analyze and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data. Students will conduct social action projects based upon the research findings obtained in this class. Students' personal experiences and perspectives will be critical in completing class assignments and fully participating in class. The course will combine research, advocacy, and leadership development using the frameworks and principles of public health and social justice.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: Evaluation of student performance will be based on attendance, participation, and discussion (10%), journal reflections (20%), leading discussions (10%), research factsheet (15%), and 3 social action projects (45%).
- Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: Students are assigned approximately 30 pages of journal articles to read per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/70622/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 January 2015
Spring 2015 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (50604)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
20% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- Two multiple choice and short answer exams.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-70 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50604/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 January 2015
Spring 2015 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (67659)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections). Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth, length of writing assignments, presentations, leadership of students.
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
20% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- Two multiple choice and short answer exams.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-70 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67659/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 January 2015
Spring 2015 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Introduction to Criminal Behavior and Social Control (50606)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- The course addresses general issues in definition, understanding and features of criminal behavior and social control. During the course students will discuss questions like: what is a "criminal behavior" and who has the power to give this definition? Which are the most relevant theories in understanding and explaining crime? How do criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? The first part of the course is mainly devoted to the analysis of theories and their development - from the "Delinquent Man" by Cesare Lombroso to current attempts to explain crime. The second part focuses on some types of criminal behaviors, especially gangs, street crime, violent crime and gender violence. The course ends with a section on recent tendencies in criminalization and on some specific forms of social control, from the more traditional (policing) to more recent forms of urban control (control through technology, community crime prevention and architectural control). The course uses a variety of reading materials (including case studies and newspaper articles) and involves small group discussion of film/video. In each section we will pay attention to comparisons across countries and to how criminal behavior - and its definition - changes in different contexts.
- Grading:
- 80% Midterm Exam
10% Quizzes
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation Other Grading Information: There will be 4 interim exams, each counts 20% . - Exam Format:
- Short answers and short essays
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exam(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: 4 exams, all will consist of short answers and short essays - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50606/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (57888)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Understanding the social significance of race, class, and gender is pivotal to understanding society itself. These social constructions organize our everyday lives and, their implications?both independently and in relation to each other?are far-reaching for everyone. And, as constructions, these dynamic social categories require constant maintenance. This course will explore the roles and functions of these categories, how we maintain them, and their larger implications. To achieve this objective, strong critical thinking and writing skills are required. Critical analysis goes beyond mere summary of someone else's idea; it requires an additional level of inquiry based upon a synthesis of multiple perspectives and a deeper reading of the central concepts. Regardless of your current and future interests, the capacity to critically analyze a complex phenomenon and powerfully articulate your idea in written form is indispensible. As a writing-intensive course, the assignments and exams for this course are intended to develop and strengthen your ability to clearly and concisely articulate an original argument with convincing supporting evidence.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
10% In-class Presentations - Workload:
- 2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57888/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (69154)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 145
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Ideas of citizenship. Relationship between politics and society. Public sphere, civil society. Research practicum volunteering at policy-relevant site using participant observation methods. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Political sociology is concerned with the social bases of power and the social consequences of the organization of power, especially how power operates in relationship to various forms of inequality and different institutions. We will explore a wide range of topics in political sociology, beginning with an analysis of different theories of power and of the state. We will then explore electoral politics and voting, social movements, the media and framing, and the politics of inequality, poverty, and welfare. The final part of the course will address the politics of crime and punishment, environmental politics, the politics of gender and sexuality, war, peace, and terrorism, and alternative possible futures. Many of the readings and lectures concern different perspectives on power, the state, political parties, and political change and the focus will be on the United States, although we will also address political issues in other parts of the globe.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes Other Grading Information: The 4-5 page research proposal will be 20% of the final grade. The two drafts of the 12-15 pages research paper constitute 60% of the final grade. The reaction paper and leadership of class discussion count for 20% of the final grade. - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
5% Service Learning - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
16-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
2 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Students will write a research proposal (4-5 pages) and two drafts of a 12-15 page paper based on community service learning or library research. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69154/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3311W Section 001: Hard Times & Bad Behavior: Homelessness & Marginality in the United States (68780)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Course Catalog Description:
- Themes of marginality in US. Rootlessness produced by labor market, love-hate relationship between elites/marginal populations, complex mixture of freedom/deprivation of people on edge.
- Class Description:
- A cultural approach to homeless and marginality in the United States Please read carefully! (1) Please be aware that this class may differ considerably from what you might expect from the subject matter. This is neither a "social problems" nor criminology class, ?The homeless? and ?homelessness? are not approached as ?problems? from a policy perspective. Instead we trace the recurring mobility and placenessness of the very poor as a core element of the historical experience and cultural imaginary of the United States. (2) It will be helpful to have taken Soc 3701 Social Theory or similar theory classes which give you an introduction to the core ideas of Marx and Foucault. Hard Times and Bad Behavior examines several zones of US "low life" through the first-person accounts of impoverished Americans themselves, as well as those of the reformers, academic experts, authors, and musicians who have interpreted, analyzed, or condemned them. Reading about hobos, "street arabs," saloon girls, and reformers we will trace some enduring themes. Examples are the rootlessness produced by the American labor market, the love-hate relationship between elites and marginal populations in popular culture, and the complex mixture of freedom and deprivation experienced by people living on the edge. In a typically complex mixture of structural constraint and cultural agency, migration and transience have represented both terrible dispossession and a certain liberation for homeless Americans. Often forced to move by unemployment, penal and relief systems, they made worlds of their own. Our historical study of the cultural, economic and political aspects of homelessness and related forms of marginality takes us through topics such as great tramp scare, the homeless orphans and street prostitutes of old New York, the hobo phase of the "Wobblies" (the IWW), Charlie Chaplin's "Little Tramp," the mass street and shanty homelessness of Great Depression, and the return of large-scale homelessness in the neoliberal era and the Great Recession. We study both the different ways elites and ?experts? have represented, pathologized, and managed the very poor in different eras, and the simultaneous cultural mining of both homelessness and drug use by the Beats, Bob Dylan, punks, and other strands of US counterculture. The course will develop students? theoretical toolkits, using insights from the Marxian tradition (particular on how poverty is shaped by shifting economic and class structures over time), the Birmingham school of cultural studies, as well as Foucauldian work on social control and deviance. This class takes its writing-intensive designation seriously! We will spend plenty of class time working with drafts and learning skills to improve your descriptive and analytical writing. My aim is to increase not only your skill level but your pleasure in self-expression.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68780/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3412 Section 001: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (67955)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduces theories/methods for studying social networks, ties connecting people, groups, organizations. Friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal/terrorist, Internet networks.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, organizations, and nations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. We investigate network analysis as a distinctive perspective from which to view, understand, and act in an increasingly interdependent world. This course gives student skills to see different sides of controversial issues, develop their critical reasoning abilities, and form ethical standards to participate in society as thoughtful, well-informed, and engaged citizens. Students will be learn how to read, interpret, and create social network diagrams, and to understand how these maps reveal detailed connections among social actors. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using a computer package. Computer programming skill is NOT a prerequisite. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. This course meets the University of Minnesota's Technology and Society Theme requirement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67955/1153
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3412H_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3412H Section 001: Honors: Social Networking: Theories and Methods (69157)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3412 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduces theories/methods for studying social networks, ties connecting people, groups, organizations. Friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal/terrorist, internet networks. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to theories and methods for studying social networks, the ties connecting people, groups, organizations, and nations. Topics include friendship, communication, small group, health, sexual, corporate, social movement, public policy, innovation diffusion, criminal and terrorist, and Internet networks. We investigate network analysis as a distinctive perspective from which to view, understand, and act in an increasingly interdependent world. This course gives student skills to see different sides of controversial issues, develop their critical reasoning abilities, and form ethical standards to participate in society as thoughtful, well-informed, and engaged citizens. Students will be learn how to read, interpret, and create social network diagrams, and to understand how these maps reveal detailed connections among social actors. Students will learn how to perform some basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using a computer package. Computer programming skill is NOT a prerequisite. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. This course meets the Universities Technology and Society CLE Theme requirement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69157/1153
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC3412H_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3415 Section 001: Consume This! The Sociology and Politics of Consumption (67660)
- 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 Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Wed 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How symbols are created, acquired, diffused, and used for organizing personal identity and maintaining group boundaries. Fashion. Socialization. Structure of retail trade. Role of mass media, advertising, marketing/production strategies. Implications of worldwide markets. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- The materials in this class will give students a multifaceted picture of contemporary consumer society. Topics may include the following: the historical roots of mass consumption, the causes and consequences of automobile-based transport, the commercialization of childhood, lifestyle marketing and branding, the industrialization of food production and the organic food movement, consumer politics and anti-consumption activism, the rise of consumer credit, and the commodification of deviance and dissent.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: Grade: 40% exams & quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries and Zine Preparation. 20% class citizenship, blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
40% Small Group Activities My teaching style emphasizes active learning - I aim for high student participation, with lots of wide-ranging (and inter-disciplinary) discussion and energetic group work. The class may not suit those who prefer highly structured classes. - Workload:
- Other Workload: Work Load: 50-75 pages of reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester, 2 exams, occasional quizzes. Final projects incorporating photography, music, or fiction may also be approved subject to consultation.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67660/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2007
Spring 2015 | SOC 3421W Section 001: Sociology of Work: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs? (68245)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological theories, empirical research in study of work. Work in contemporary American society. History, nature, organization of work/U.S. economy. Social aspects/consequences of work for individuals of various races, ethnicities, genders, ages. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Work is of centrality to individuals, economy, and society. This course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of work. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. Students are expected to satisfy three course requirements: (1) read the required and recommended texts and participate in class discussions organized to exchange opinions about issues of work in America today; (2) take in-class quizzes designed to review some of lectured topics and discussed issues; and (3) develop three essays on problems of work described on this syllabus. This is a writing intensive course, and the development of the three essays has a heavy weight in the final course grade. There will not be a cumulative in-class exam. The prerequisite is Soc1001 ?Introduction to Sociology.? Instructor's permission is required if students do not have taken this course.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 90% Lecture
10% Discussion - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68245/1153
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3421W_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3503 Section 001: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (59895)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001SOC 3503H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 03/10/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 42503/12/2015Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 15503/17/2015 - 04/07/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 42504/09/2015Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 15504/14/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of Asian American identities, families/communities. Racial/ethnic identity formation, immigration, intergenerational relationships, dating/family formation, transnational adoption, popular culture, educational/work experiences, ethnic enclaves/activism. prereq: 1001 recommended
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. It starts by looking at the experiences of second generation Asian American young adults in order to consider questions about who is viewed as American and the ways in which Asian Americans complicate the racial landscape of the contemporary United States. This unit introduces theories of immigration, identity formation, intergenerational relationships, and acculturation, particularly as they pertain to Asian Americans, and that appear throughout the course. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the second unit provides both an overview of the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and examines the contemporary demographics of Asian Americans. This unit emphasizes the diverse experiences of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, cultural, gender, generation, and class variations, as well as historical and contemporary experiences of marginalization, racial othering, and discrimination. The final unit of the class will allow students to apply these theories and data to understanding two specific cases with particular relevance for Minnesota: Hmong immigrant experiences and transnational adoption. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how sociological perspective sheds light on lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
3 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59895/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 December 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3503H Section 001: Honors: Asian American Identities, Families & Communities (68417)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001SOC 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 03/10/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 42503/12/2015Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 15503/17/2015 - 04/07/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 42504/09/2015Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 15504/14/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of Asian American identities, families/communities. Racial/ethnic identity formation, immigration, intergenerational relationships, dating/family formation, transnational adoption, popular culture, educational/work experiences, ethnic enclaves/activism. prereq: 1001 recommended
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. It starts by looking at the experiences of second generation Asian American young adults in order to consider questions about who is viewed as American and the ways in which Asian Americans complicate the racial landscape of the contemporary United States. This unit introduces theories of immigration, identity formation, intergenerational relationships, and acculturation, particularly as they pertain to Asian Americans, and that appear throughout the course. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the second unit provides both an overview of the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and examines the contemporary demographics of Asian Americans. This unit emphasizes the diverse experiences of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, cultural, gender, generation, and class variations, as well as historical and contemporary experiences of marginalization, racial othering, and discrimination. The final unit of the class will allow students to apply these theories and data to understanding two specific cases with particular relevance for Minnesota: Hmong immigrant experiences and transnational adoption. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individuals, and how in turn, individuals affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how sociological perspective sheds light on lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans. Students will have an option to participate in community service learning, or do another project that reflects their interests.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
3 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68417/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 December 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3681 Section 001: Gender and the Family in the Islamic World (67661)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3681 Section 001GWSS 3681 Section 001RELS 3716 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Experiences of Muslim women/families from historical/comparative perspective. Gender/family power relations in colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education/health, paid work, human rights, and Islamic feminism. prereq: At least soph; 1001 recommended
- Class Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. It aims to expand the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East to highlight the complex and diverse everyday experiences of women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical Western representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminism debates.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
50% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67661/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 April 2011
Spring 2015 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (46397)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-108
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- COURSE OVERVIEW Social theory presents a way of "seeing" the world and is itself social, in that it is created in the context of that time and circumstance. This class presents a survey of sorts of major social theorists who have contributed important ideas regarding how and why the world works in the way that they think it does. Given the limitations of a semester, we have room for just a brief encounter of a few of the many foundational social thinkers that have shaped our understanding of society. The focus of this course is necessarily placed upon those "classical" theories, from which so many others have built their ideas. The goal of this course is to familiarize you with some of these sociological ideas as a gateway to developing greater intellectual curiosity and perhaps even pursuing further investigations on your own. Perhaps one of the biggest obstacles in this intellectual endeavor is not only the complexity of the ideas but the many times cumbersome language in which it is expressed. Consequently, we will devote considerable class time to go over the ideas and specific passages together. Articulating our interpretations and trying out our questions - verbally and in written form. Obviously, this method will only work if you come to class prepared and ready to discuss the readings. Finally, regardless of your current and future goals, the capacity to critically analyze a complex theory and powerfully express your own ideas is indispensable. The assignments and exams for this course are intended to develop and strengthen your ability to do so. COURSE REQUIREMENTS This course will involve lectures, discussions, films, and a creative or service learning project. Attendance and active participation is mandatory. Missed lectures cannot be "made up". I do not provide mini-lectures during office hours or distribute my lecture notes. There will be weekly written assignments, two exams and a final paper/project. - The in-class exams will assess your comprehension of course materials. The format may include short answer, multiple choice, and/or essay questions. It will be open-book and open-notes. - The weekly written assignments are short, one-page (single space) analytical exercises that demonstrate your understanding or grappling of that week's readings. These are due at the beginning of class on Wednesday during the 10 weeks in which readings are assigned. In these exercises, you are expected to: 1) cite a particular passage or sentence that you found intriguing; 2) provide a brief explanation why you chose this passage/sentence; and 3) articulate a question for further discussion. - You will have the option of choosing a creative project or an analytic paper. The objective of this assignment is to delve more deeply into one or more of the theorists or theories discussed in class. More detailed instructions will be provided separately.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46397/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 June 2012
Spring 2015 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (46398)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:50AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide an overview of the major theoretical traditions in the discipline of sociology. Sociological theory is like an evolving conversation about core questions regarding the nature of society and the individual's role within it. These questions include: Are individuals rational calculators of costs and benefits, or communicators who create and inhabit symbolic universes? Is the social order shaped mostly by the economic system and how it organizes resources (e.g. capitalism), or are technologies of communication and control what matter as we transition from industrial societies to mass societies? How does increasing globalization foster new theories of how societies work? Theories of society are, of course, shaped by the social location of the theorist, so as more diverse voices have joined the conversation, theory has expanded to grapple in new ways with problems of power, difference, and inequality. In this class, we will learn how sociological theory has developed over the 20th century and explore how and why it is useful in understanding the world we live in today.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
60% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 4 in-class mini-exams - Exam Format:
- short answer and short essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 35-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46398/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2010
Spring 2015 | SOC 3701 Section A94: Social Theory (68549)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Off Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory, yet thorough, background in classical and contemporary social theory in a Web-based format. We will draw upon in-depth readings of important theoretical works to gain a better understanding of how key theoretical developments in sociology can help us better understand the world we live in today. In addition to reading original theory, the other building blocks of the course include weekly quizzes, discussions, reading journals, and exams. By the end of the semester, you should be able to read, interpret, evaluate, and apply key theoretical ideas to life in contemporary society. Put simply, the purpose of this course is to develop a basic but critical understanding of the Big Ideas in social theory and why we should care about them.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68549/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (67662)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Impact of social location on individual attitudes/behaviors. Dynamics of interpersonal relationships and small groups. Processes of social interaction. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Principles of Social Psychology Social psychology is at the intersection of "macro" and 'micro" sociology. This class will illuminate the dynamic linkages among social organization, interaction processes, attitudes, and the self. Students will learn principles of social psychology drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. The course will cover a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). The class will show the relevance of the classic literature of social psychology to contemporary social problems and issues, including rapid social and technological change, inequality (based on gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, wealth), discrimination, torture, and terrorism.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
50% Final Exam
10% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- Short essay.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
10% Discussion
35% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
8 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: website for text: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Sociology/IndividualinSociety/?view=usa&ci=9780199733996#Product_Details - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67662/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2012
Spring 2015 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (46378)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory *how to? guide for conducting social scientific research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social scientific research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations; research topics, questions, and hypotheses; and ethics. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement; primary and secondary data collection and sources; the logic of comparison across groups, time, and space; sampling; reliability, validity, and error; and composite measures (indexes and scales). This is followed by familiarizing students with those research designs most often used in social scientific research, including experiments and quasi-experiments, surveys and ethnosurveys, ethnography, case studies, comparative-historical methods, and content analysis. The course concludes with a treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis.
- Grading:
- 20% Special Projects
20% Laboratory Evaluation
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: homework; 40% examinations - Exam Format:
- Quiz Format: multiple choice, Exam Format: short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Laboratory - Workload:
- 45-70 Pages Reading Per Week
12-24 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly quizzes (most but not all weeks) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46378/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (46017)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data. prereq: 1001 recommended, Undergraduates with strong math background who have completed Soc 3801 are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Currently, 5811 only offered in fall. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for 5811. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for undergraduate sociology majors. It emphasizes describing data and testing hypotheses. Lectures expose students to the theoretical bases of statistical methods and how to use them in social research. Laboratory sessions teach computing skills and data manipulation techniques. Test problems and lab assignments help students to gain knowledge of basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency distributions, means tests, correlation and regression. Many examples are drawn from diverse sociological topics and illustrated with national survey data.
- Grading:
- 25% Laboratory Evaluation
75% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Three exams during semester - Exam Format:
- Computation of statistics problems
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33% Laboratory - Workload:
- 10 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46017/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 October 2009
Spring 2015 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Basic Social Statistics (51291)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data. prereq: 1001 recommended, Undergraduates with strong math background who have completed Soc 3801 are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Currently, 5811 only offered in fall. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for 5811. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to familiarize students with fundamental statistical concepts and techniques. Because this is a sociology course, most of the examples and demonstrations will be drawn from the social sciences; however, the concepts and techniques presented in the course apply much more broadly to other disciplines and to other arenas of life. I do not expect students to become expert statisticians, but I do expect them to gain an understanding of how statistics can be used to address key social science questions. My goal is for students to become knowledgeable and critical consumers of statistical information that appears in the media, in the workplace, and elsewhere. This course includes overviews of the logic of sampling and causal inference; techniques for graphically and numerically describing distributions; the normal curve; relationships between quantitative variables; relationships between categorical variables; analysis of variance; probability; random variables; sampling distributions; statistical inference; confidence intervals; hypothesis testing; bivariate linear regression; analysis of covariance; multiple linear regression; and binary logistic regression. Students will gain basic familiarity with the statistical software package Stata.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
10% Class Participation
40% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Homework problem sets - Exam Format:
- Short answer math problems, usually asking for interpretation of results and/or statistical concepts
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Laboratory discussion/small group work - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: One or two chapters of reading per week; three exams; six individual homework problem sets - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51291/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 December 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (61644)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/61644/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (48515)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. prereq: [1001, 3101, 3102] or 3701 recommended, soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48515/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (58917)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Nature/types of crime. Problems in measuring incidence/trends. Review of sociological theories of crime causation. Implications for crime prevention/control. prereq: [3101 or 3102 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58917/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 4102H Section 001: Honors: Criminology (68300)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Nature/types of crime. Problems in measuring incidence/trends. Review of sociological theories of crime causation. Implications for crime prevention/control. prereq: Honors student, [3101 or 3102 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68300/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 4109 Section 001: Domestic Criminal Violence (67663)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Course Catalog Description:
- Survey of research on family violence within criminological framework. Definition of domestic violence. Empirical/theoretical approaches. Response of social control agencies. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course provides an overview of the key issues concerning domestic violence as a crime and as a social problem. We will discuss the nature and feature of violence in the family and in other settings, with a focus on intimate partner violence, child abuse, elder abuse, and in dating relationships. The course will also explore how violence against vulnerable people takes different shapes across the world and is related to some cultural practices and traditions (like child marriages and sexual exploitation and trafficking of women and children). In the first part of the course students will examine these various concepts of domestic criminal violence and become familiar with the debates surrounding it. We will discuss new findings from several national and international studies on rape, female homicide, violence against men as a new concern, and violence through the Internet. We will try to understand how to explain this form of violence, comparing sociological and psychological perspectives. Features of victims and offenders and the nature and extent of domestic criminal violence will also be examined, with reference to the major victimization surveys -- and other kinds of research -- carried out in the US, Canada, and selected European countries. In the final part of the course we will focus on social and criminal justice system responses to domestic criminal violence, paying particular attention to understanding what works in preventing and controlling it. Some parts of the course will offer a comparative perspective, paying attention to international debates and research.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam
20% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation Other Grading Information: There are 3 short exams, each counts 20%, a short paper (20%), 5 quizzes and multiple choice (each counts 2%) - Exam Format:
- short essay questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: 1 short paper (5-10 pages) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67663/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 4145 Section 001: Youth Punishment & Corrections (67664)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Course Catalog Description:
- Development/transformation of juvenile justice system/ related institutions. Racial/gender disparities in treatment, transfer of young people from juvenile to criminal court. Incarceration of juvenile offenders in adult prisons, collateral sanctions, crime desistance, re-entry.
- Class Description:
- This course analyzes the criminalization of youth and the development and transformation of the juvenile justice system and related institutions. It also investigates pressing juvenile justice issues including racial and gender disparities in treatment, transfer of young people from juvenile to criminal court, the incarceration of juvenile offenders in adult prisons, collateral sanctions, crime desistance, and re-entry.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
15% Film/Video
50% Discussion
15% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67664/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Killing (46360)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Fri 12:30PM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-102
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological, legal, psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. Normal killings contrasted with pathological types. Mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, terrorist killings. prereq: jr or sr or grad student or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Sociological, legal, and psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. The topic of "normal" killings is contrasted with various pathological types. Subtopics include: mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, and terrorist killings.
- Workload:
- 3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: (2 mid-term examinations and a cumulative final examination) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46360/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2015 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (46369)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion. prereq: 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Course Content: Balance between government power to enforce criminal laws and individuals' right to be let alone by the government in a constitutional democracy. Topics include: police power to stop and frisk, arrest, search, interrogate, and identify suspects; right to a lawyer; remedies for constitutional violations; social science, the courts, and the law of criminal procedure. Teaching methods: Read and discuss U.S. Supreme Court and other cases. Textbooks and other reading: Samaha, Criminal Procedure 9th edition (earlier editions won't do). Audience: Upper division undergraduates in all departments and colleges.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal conceptsl and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly non-cumulative short answer exam (60%); weekly case briefs (10%); weekly discussion analysis essay (30%) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46369/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 January 2015
Spring 2015 | SOC 4170 Section 001: Soc of International Law: Trafficking, Human Rights, & Business Regulation (67665)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4406 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cultural values/practices in a globalized world. Role of international law. Immigration, terrorism, Americanization, structure of international legal system. prereq: 1001 or 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course takes a broad sociological look at both international law and global culture. Students will consider particular international laws, such as the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and also look at international legal institutions, such as Interpol, the International Criminal Court, and the International Court of Justice. Students will explore the effect of international law on civil and political rights, economic rights, rules of war, child labor, female genital cutting, and immigration. Finally, students will engage critical questions such as the likely implications of "opting out" of international law and the circumstances under which international law is likely to lead to real changes. The course grade is based on two take-home exams, one paper, and a short documentary project.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
25% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: documentary - Exam Format:
- take-home exam
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion video/audio presentations - Workload:
- 60-75 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 10-15 minute documentary - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67665/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 July 2009
Spring 2015 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (67667)
- 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 Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health. prereq: One sociology course or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- The Sociology of Health and Illness, or Medical Sociology, seeks to understand issues of health and illness in social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. In this course we will explore these contexts, as well as ethics, theory and structure of medicine. We will consider medical experiences at the individual level as well as the group and structural levels. We will ask important questions about medicine, about practitioners, about patients and families. Why do some groups of people experience the medical system differently than others? What are the systematic differences in illness and outcomes among groups of people in society? How has medicine changed over time? How does the health care system function in the U.S.? How does health care function throughout the world? How is the health care system organized? What is the role of public health? This course presents an overview of Medical Sociology in primarily a lecture format, but will also utilize films, class exercises, and class discussions.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67667/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2012
Spring 2015 | SOC 4311 Section 001: Power, Justice & the Environment (59818)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4311 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Global debates over how nature is produced, consumed, degraded, sustained, and defended. Analytics of race/class. Politics of North-South relations. prereq: SOC 1001 recommended
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to the theoretical and historical foundations of environmental racism and environmental inequality. We will examine and interrogate both the social scientific evidence concerning this phenomenon and the efforts by governments, residents, workers, and activists to combat it. We will consider the social forces that create environmental inequalities, so that we may understand their causes and consequences. We will also consider ideas and practices that may lead to 1) a more equitable social distribution of the costs and benefits of markets and 2) more ecologically sustainable forms of production. Students will be expected to master several social scientific theories and concepts related to the subject matter. In particular, we pay close attention to the ways in which the concept of race intersects with gender, class, citizenship, and nation in order to better understand how systems of power and inequality are constructed, reinforced, and challenged.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
10% Quizzes
20% Written Homework
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Both the midterm and final exams will be take home tests requiring the use of course readings, lectures, discussions, and films to answer questions.
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
15% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers service learning component is optional - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Homework Assignment(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59818/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 July 2009
Spring 2015 | SOC 4321 Section 001: Globalize This! Understanding Globalization through Sociology (67671)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4221 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Globalization of organizations, political relations, and culture. Dependency, world systems theories. Growth of international nongovernmental organizations, their impact on state policies and civil society. Expansion of international norms. Globalization of popular culture. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- From the factories of Shenzhen to the high plateaus of La Paz to the trading floors of New York City, people from around the world are becoming increasingly interdependent. This course offers an overview of the processes that are forcing and encouraging people's lives to intertwine economically, politically, and culturally. We will start with the most basic questions: What is this thing called globalization? Is it at all new? What are the forces behind it? Second, we will explore the idea that this latest era of globalization is marked by dramatic transformations in the ways we work, do politics, play, and communicate. Moreover, we will look into the ideas that capitalism has changed significantly, that the division between rich and poor has intensified, and that the sovereignty of governments and the basic rights of people are being challenged. We will learn about a few key actors, such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, and understand their main objectives and effects. We will discuss the world of immigration, of fast-moving finance capital and Hollywood/Bollywood cultural products, and the slower moving domains of everyday life, as they are experienced in Jamaica, the U.S., Mexico, India, Bolivia, Argentina, and South Africa. Along the way, we will look at globalization from below, or social movements working to bring about social change (within and across national boundaries) by contesting the worst effects of economic, political, and cultural globalization. In all, this course will use a number of texts, films, lecture, discussion, and student debates, to help us become fluent in the different scholarly concerns on globalization and its many social forces, connections, and imaginations.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: papers, research projects, quizzes, attendance
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
75% Other Style guided discussion - Workload:
- ~75 Pages Reading Per Week
~25 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: (two 2-4 page papers, three 5-8 page papers); - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67671/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2011
Spring 2015 | SOC 4521 Section 001: Love, Sex, & Marriage (67673)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4521H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Love, romance, dating, mate selection. Sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, related public policy debates. Current U.S. practices in historical/cross-cultural context. prereq: [1001 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67673/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 4521H Section 001: Honors: Love, Sex, & Marriage (67674)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Honors
- Meets With:
- SOC 4521 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Love, romance, dating, mate selection. Sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, related public policy debates. Current U.S. practices in historical/cross-cultural context. prereq: Honors Student, [1001 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67674/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (47165)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- This course serves as a capstone to your studies in sociology. It is designed to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; to think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of sociology can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University, and to use that knowledge to complete a senior project. The particular focus of this section of the course will be on the "world of work." While the main practical goal of the course is to guide you through the process of doing a senior project (a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors), the central intellectual goal of the course will be to learn about changes in the US economy over the last half century and their implications for the labor market; the new culture of capitalism; different organizational cultures; "life on the job;" and more. All senior projects will need to address some aspect of the sociology of work and will involve both research and your own personal experience/s as a worker, be it through your job, an internship, or service learning. Classes will include a combination of lectures, guest speakers, films, active learning exercises, writing exercises, and engaged discussions of the required readings.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
15% Written Homework
15% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: I require regular, 2 paragraph written commentaries on the readings, which will constitute 15% of your grade. The 'special project' will involve research into the occupation that most attracts you and will be part of your course paper/project - Exam Format:
- none
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers
5% Web Based
20% Service Learning Attendance and active participation in this class are mandatory and crucial. - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Readings will be a core part of this course, as will be research on occupations that interest you. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47165/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Major-Project Seminar (47166)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a senior thesis (usually based on community service learning); and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of sociology can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University. It is, in short, a capstone course. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity, and social responsibility in public life. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your senior thesis paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. Course materials encourage you to reflect on the role of sociological knowledge in the contemporary world and to connect your sociological knowledge to a community-based senior research project. Classes will include a combination of lectures, active learning exercises, writing exercises to help you prepare your main paper, and discussions of the required readings.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
15% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
12 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Regular engagement in service learning (or another community-based fieldsite). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47166/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (47192)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects. prereq: [4977V or instr consent], 3701, 3801, 3811, at least 9 additional upper div soc cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register.
- Class Description:
- The Senior Honors Proseminar I is the second of two courses designed for honors students majoring in sociology. Students in Sociology 4978 will conduct their empirical analyses, write the results, discussion, and conclusion sections of their theses, and develop a plan for disseminating their research. By the end of the semester, students will have unified the component parts of their thesis into a coherent whole and defended it before a three-person faculty committee. The course will operate as a seminar, with students leading discussions and critiquing their peers. In the first (Fall) Senior Proseminar, we emphasized conceptualization and measurement. Students narrowed their topic to a thesis-sized research question, identified or secured the data and permissions necessary to proceed with their work, identified their thesis committee, and (in some cases) taken their first cut at the analysis. In the second (Spring) Senior Proseminar, they focus on executing, writing, and rewriting the thesis.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
5% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: ? 50% Final Thesis ? 10% Results section draft ? 15% Discussion section/Complete draft ? 5% Oral presentation ? 10% Two written critiques and proofreading (5% each) ? 10% Participation and short exercises - Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
5% Film/Video
40% Discussion
10% Laboratory
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
10% Demonstration Individual meetings with instructor to discuss your work - Workload:
- 25 Pages Reading Per Week
65 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: Individual meetings with course instructor and committee - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47192/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 December 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (49714)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals. prereq: Grad soc major
- Class Notes:
- Grad Soc major or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This course provides a forum for first-year Ph.D. students in sociology to learn about the department and navigate the graduate program successfully and comfortably. We also work together to identify resources within and beyond the University for expanding our skills and networks. Students are encouraged to develop a clearer vision of the professional life they wish to pursue. There are very limited readings and few formal assignments, but students are expected to actively participate in class discussions, the department's workshop series, and other seminars or training activities.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49714/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 April 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Teaching Sociology: Theory & Practice (58919)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Fri 01:30PM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 715
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop syllabus or teaching plan. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This course is aimed at graduate students preparing to become teachers at the college level. We begin by working to understand the social/political context of teaching, including topics such as ethics, multiculturalism, and academic freedom. Students also learn practical teaching skills to be used when lecturing or leading discussions. Active learning strategies are emphasized as effective tools for engaging a wide variety of adult learners. A major part of the course is the independent development of a course syllabus and related lesson plans and exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58919/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 October 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Law & Society Review: Journal Editing Seminar (59831)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- POL 8060 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue 11:15AM - 12:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Description:
- This course is co-taught be Timothy R. Johnson (Political Science) and Joachim Savelsberg (Sociology), incoming editors of the Law & Society Review, the official journal of the Law & Society Association and the world's leading journal in the field of law and society studies. This is the first offering in a series of six semesters. Johnson will take the lead in 2013/14, Savelsberg in 2014/15. Students will read submitted papers that receive 'revise and resubmit' decisions and the reviewers' comments and discuss them with the editors. Different students may take the lead on specific papers in line with their substantive and methodological interests and expertize. Suggestions developed during these discussions will be incorporated into the R&R letters the editors will send out to authors. Students will thus get immersed in a range of cutting edge work done in the field. They will further gain crucial insights into the decision making processes associated with journal publishing. In this respect the course is intended to be a major professionalization tool that should be most helpful to graduate students who prepare to enter academic careers in which publishing papers in journals will be a crucial component. The process should make for an engaging collaborative, intellectual and professional, experience.
- Grading:
- 20% In-class Presentations
80% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 85% Discussion
15% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59831/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Education: Journal Editing Seminar (59832)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Thu 12:30PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms NORMREQD
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule]. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Will meet in room 29 Willey Hall in the MN Population Center.
- Class Description:
- This course is centered around the professional scholarly journal Sociology of Education, which is housed at the University of Minnesota through 2016. Class sessions will focus on the operations of the journal, with an eye toward teaching students how research articles are evaluated; how the review process can shape and improve research; how the process of turning a first draft of a paper into a polished and published article unfolds; how to critique ongoing research in a professional way; and how to respond to such critiques about your own work. Along the way, involvement will provide an opportunity for students to gain theoretical, methodological, and substantive insight into a wide range of issues that touch on education in one way or another. Each week, students will (among other things) discuss articles that have been submitted; discuss external peer reviews of those articles; debate what decision should be made about submissions; think together about how to solicit more and better submissions; think together about reviewers and the review process; and think together about how to best use the journal's social media presence. Students who participate will be expected to do some work in preparation for each meeting. Project meetings will be lively and interactive, and will differ in focus and content from week to week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59832/1153
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC8090_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 December 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Sociology of Punishment (59833)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems. prereq: Grad student in sociology or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This seminar is an intensive exploration of the Sociology of Punishment, which David Garland (1990: 10) defines as ?that body of thought which explores the relations between punishment and society, its purpose being to understand legal punishment as a social phenomenon and thus trace its role in social life.? The course focuses on the following questions, which are at the heart of the Sociology of Punishment: What are the purposes of criminal punishment? What determines the scope and character of criminal punishment? What is the relationship between criminal punishment and culture? What is the relationship between contemporary criminal punishment and social inequality and divisions? Why has imprisonment become the predominant mode of punishment in the United States and other industrial democracies? How do imprisonment and other forms of institutionalization affect prisoners and ex-prisoners? We will have fun.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
70% Discussion
10% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59833/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8333 Section 001: FTE: Master's (49147)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015UMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms NORMREQD
- Course Catalog Description:
- (No description) prereq: Master's student, adviser and DGS consent
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49147/1153
Spring 2015 | SOC 8390 Section 001: Topics in Political Sociology -- An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Migrations (67679)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics with common focus on social underpinnings of political behavior/change. Sample topics: democracy and development, international legal and political systems, power and protest in advanced capitalist states, xenophobia and international migration, and civil society and democracy. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soc grad student or instr consent
- Class Description:
- No longer limited to the creation of nation-building narratives or to discussions of race and ethnicity in a few ?nations of immigrants,? such as the U.S. or Canada, the study of human migrations is today more global, more interdisciplinary, and more focused on the varied causes and consequences of movement itself. Students in this course will tackle issues related to migration from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and will compare and connect diverse migration trends around the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America). Students will critically engage with various paradigms on the geopolitical, racial and gender power dynamics that anchor migration outcomes while interpreting each migration from global perspectives.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67679/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8666 Section 001: Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits (49347)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015UMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms NORMREQD
- Course Catalog Description:
- TBD prereq: Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49347/1153
Spring 2015 | SOC 8777 Section 001: Thesis Credits: Master's (49457)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-18 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015UMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms NORMREQD
- Course Catalog Description:
- (No description) prereq: Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49457/1153
Spring 2015 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- Religion and Society: Sociological Approaches (67974)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to classical and contemporary approaches to core theories, problems, and debates in the sociological study of religion. Classical sociological accounts of religion began with the assumption that religion, a traditional institution, was increasingly in tension with modernizing societies. Later work has questioned the assumption of secularization that underpins earlier accounts, suggesting that religion and modernity may ?fit together? quite well, and arguing that explanations of religion based on transitions in early modern European history are inadequate when it comes to providing universal theoretical frameworks for understanding religion and society. Contemporary approaches focus more on the contested and multi-vocal processes through which individuals, groups, and institutions define the sacred and designate sacrality and on how religious symbols and discourses are used in struggles over cultural legitimation, including the creation of symbolic boundaries that foster inequality. Many sociological accounts of religion seriously underplay questions of power, failing to engage with how religious practices, institutions, and culture are racialized and how they universalize socially located and particular configurations of gender, family, and social class. They often essentialize the abstract category of ?religion? ? by eliding how religiosity intersects with other aspects of identity and ignoring the ways in which religious experiences, practices, and institutions vary across time and social location. We will engage in critical dialogue with the assumptions behind theoretical treatments as well as with their explicit arguments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67974/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (52074)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management. prereq: Grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This is a survey course covering some of the most commonly used research methods in sociology and related disciplines. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and evidence, and how various methods contribute to the development or testing of social theories by gathering and analyzing various forms of evidence. We will also pay attention to the (often implicit) underlying epistemological assumptions or commitments embedded in various methodological approaches. The course seeks to equip students with the ability to evaluate empirical social scientific work based on a range of methodological traditions, but is not focused on detailed training in any individual method. Such training is best obtained through advanced methods courses and/or through active involvement in research projects under the guidance of experienced investigators or mentors/advisors. The course will challenge students to refine their own ideas about how to link their areas of interest with concrete plans for empirical research. Course Objectives o To learn the basics of how research is conducted using different sociological methods. o To develop awareness of the knowledge claims and standards of evidence that underpin various methodological approaches. o To develop the ability to critically evaluate scholarship that uses various methods. o To gain experience in translating general research interests and ideas about research design and evidence into a proposal for a research project that carefully and thoughtfully links research questions, theoretical framing, choice of method(s), and specific plans for data collection and analysis.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
40% Written Homework
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 75% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
8 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52074/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (47392)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers. prereq: 5811 or equiv, grad soc major or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. This course is designed for Sociology graduate students and assumes a background equivalent to Soc 5811 Intermediate Social Statistics. The class will be comprised primarily of introduction to modern statistical techniques such as categorical data analysis (e.g., logistic regression), time series analysis (e.g., event history analysis), and modern computational statistics (e.g., monte carlo tests). Labs are organized to help students with the data analysis required to complete the weekly exercises, develop the term paper, and to further training in statistical software used by social science researchers.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: weekly/bi-weekly assignments, 1 take-home exam, 1 research paper.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 5-15 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: weekly/bi-weekly assignments, 1 take-home exam, 1 research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47392/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 April 2013
Spring 2015 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Advanced Demographic Methods (58920)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Fri 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms ROOM-TBA
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soc Grad Student whose completed 8801 and 8811 or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Notes:
- Classroom in Minnesota Population Center; meet in room 29 Willey Hall.
- Class Description:
- This course provides a second semester of training in demographic methods. The course revisits and subsequently builds on the methodological material covered in Public Affairs 5301 (Population Methods and Issues for the United States and Global South). Emphasis is placed on advanced applied extensions of previously introduced measures and models with an eye toward considering how these tools can be used to advance social scientific knowledge.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58920/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2014
Spring 2015 | SOC 8890 Section 002: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Historical Sociology (67680)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Soc Grad Student whose completed 8801 and 8811 or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to teach graduate students to design and carry out theoretically informed historical research projects. During the first five weeks of the semester, we will explore a variety of methodological and theoretical issues, including the meaning of historical sociology, the disciplinary reflexes of sociologists and historians, conceptions of time in historical sociology, the uses of narrative in explanation, the use of case studies and comparisons in historical analysis, and varieties of explanation. The first part of the course is designed to address long-standing debates over the epistemological and ontological foundations of various approaches to socio-historical inquiry. The following four weeks will examine critical approaches to the use of sources, the problems and potentials involved in different types of sources used by historically-oriented social scientists, and the politics of historical memory. The subsequent five weeks will survey research by sociologists, historians, and political scientists that attempts to develop historically informed theories of race, nation and state formation, colonialism and imperialism, democratization and citizenship, and political contention/social movements. This part of the course will explore the design of concrete historically-focused research in the social sciences. The topics and readings reflect my own interests and expertise and therefore draw heavily on materials from Western Europe and Africa and issues in political sociology. Students should feel free to pursue other areas of interest. The written assignments require you to review key theoretical debates in your own area of interest and to think about how the methodological and theoretical issues raised in the seminar relate to historical research done in these areas.
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers
- Class Format:
- 70% Discussion
15% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60-70 Pages Reading Per Week
24-30 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Discussion questions every other week. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67680/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (11046)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed, Fri 09:05AM - 09:55AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
30% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Short answer format
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion videos - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11046/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (11053)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the fascinating field of sociology. The broad aim of the class is for students to learn to develop and deploy their ?sociological imagination,? in order to better understand and participate in the social world. Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and ask how and why people interact within these contexts. In this class you will read the works of classical and contemporary theorists, view sections of documentary films, and engage in debate and discussion with your peers and professor. You will learn to use a sociological lens in analyzing many of the cultural, economic and political phenomena that surround us every day. You will question things that may have never before seemed strange, and you will begin to make ?sociological sense? of things that you may have always before questioned. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the sociological toolkit-- the core concepts, methods, and theories of the discipline?and be able to begin to use this toolkit to make sense of the world around you.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
20% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- true false and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11053/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (11058)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 05:45PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- In this course, the student is encouraged to develop his or her sociological imagination and to apply it to the world around us. In the first section of the semester, we focus on ways in which culture, socialization, social interactions, and social control affect our day-to-day lives. Then we investigate the impacts of four key master statuses: social class, gender, race, and living as an American. These master statuses have fundamental but sometimes subtle effects on the opportunities and constraints that each of us face. In the final section of the course, we focus on a variety of other aspects of the social world (family, education, and globalization, for example) to further understand how personal troubles can be seen and analyzed as public issues using core theories and the student's sociological imagination.
- Grading:
- 16% Midterm Exam
16% Final Exam
24% Reports/Papers
16% Additional Semester Exams
14% Class Participation
14% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and short essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11058/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 March 2010
Fall 2014 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (13600)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. Course aims to foster students? `sociological imagination,? or their ability to apply sociological theories into their everyday lives. This is a writing intensive course. Students will have an opportunity to obtain feedback on their work in order to improve their writing through revision. Students are also expected to play a greater role in class discussions.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
10% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
18 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13600/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 1905 Section 001: Freshman Seminar -- Not Just Child's Play (26015)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Seminar
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 335
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Not Just Child's Play: The Serious Side of Kids? Culture and Activities. Soccer practice, hockey games, lego leagues, dance recitals, cartoons, toys, friends, school, and video games. These are the activities that fill children's days, and that we often remember fondly. But children's activities and culture also have a serious side. While providing opportunities for fun, socializing, and development, children's everyday pursuits also teach them important lessons about values, goals, competitiveness, inclusion-exclusion, consumption, race, class, gender, and much more. In this course we will explore children's culture and activities, paying attention to the ways they influence children's identities, relationships, priorities, aspirations, as well as the ways in which they reflect and reproduce inequalities. We will read from both popular and academic sources, while we take a deeper look at youth sports, schools, families, toys and consumer culture, media, friendships, competitions, as well as other relevant topics. Students will have the opportunity to reflect upon and analyze their own experiences as children and youth, as well as gather and analyze new data using sociological research methods and approaches. Professor Swartz is a part of an interdisciplinary team conducting research on children's activities, and students will have the opportunity to engage in this or similar research. This seminar will be largely discussion based, and students will develop their critical thinking, analysis, writing, and oral communication skills. Course assignments will include readings, exams, papers/reports, and short presentations.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26015/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 June 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Atheists & Others in the U.S. (34366)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- RELS 3070 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 09/24/2014Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 37009/25/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-207
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- What does it mean to be an atheist in the United States today? Atheists comprise a small percentage of the American population, but one with an increasingly visible presence online, in the media, and in everyday life. How do atheists organize into groups oriented toward identity-formation, social connection, and political action? What are Americans' attitudes toward atheists and atheism, and are these attitudes changing? Recent scholarship has shown that atheists are understood by many Americans as religious and cultural `outsiders,' and argues that attitudes toward atheists reveal the centrality of religion in dominant understandings of national identity and citizenship. But the American religious landscape is changing in fundamental ways. A growing percentage of Americans claim no religious identity. And among younger Americans, a choice to remain religiously uninvolved is associated with greater social tolerance of a wide range of formerly stigmatized out-groups. These changes in religiosity are creating a different kind of environment for the expression of an atheist identity. Responding, in part, to these changes, new groups and organizations are emerging which further raise the visibility of atheism. We will examine this changing religious landscape and the implications it has for atheists and other religious `outsiders' in American life. The course begins with an overview of the American religious landscape, including historical changes in religious belief and belonging and scholarly work on religion's connection with national identity in the American context. We then examine recent research on the growing percentage of Americans who claim no religious identity, on atheist organization and identity-formation, and on attitudes toward atheists and other religious out-groups. Throughout the course, we engage with sociological debates about secularization in the late-modern context.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34366/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Global Institutions of Power (34367)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3415 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces three of the world's most powerful global institutions -- the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization. Three dimensions will be emphasized: we will look behind their closed doors to understand their daily practices; we will learn about the political, economic, and cultural terrain in which they operate; and we will observe them in key sites in the global South and North. Course themes include the business and expertise of development, poverty and wealth generation, the ideas of free market and trade, the rise of a transnational professional class and networks, and transnational social activism and networks.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34367/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (15439)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce students and focus on the three main components of the American Criminal Justice system: law enforcement, the criminal judicial process and correctional approaches in dealing with offenders. The course is designed to familiarize students with these broad topical areas and to explore the decision-making process and the equality of treatment that takes place within the American Criminal Justice system. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and of the Social Sciences.Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice, through critical framework of Liberal Education.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
50% Final Exam
25% Reflection Papers Other Grading Information: There will be 50 points on the mid-term, 100 points on the final exam and 50 points on the reflection papers for a total of 200 points. - Exam Format:
- Short answer and short essay.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
5-8 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
5-8 Paper(s)
5 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: The papers will be short (one page) reactions to films, discussions, class activities. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15439/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 3101 Section 002: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (15440)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Thu 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and the Social Science Core. Courses with these designations are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
35% Quizzes Other Grading Information: 70% two exams (35% each) and 30% final exam. - Exam Format:
- Two multiple choice and short answer exams and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-70 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15440/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (34594)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections). Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth, length of writing assignments, presentations, leadership of students.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34594/1149
Fall 2014 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Introduction to Criminal Behavior and Social Control (15441)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime.
- Class Description:
- This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control. We will focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime. This course covers diverse types of crime, including: street crime, violent crime, white-collar crime, occupational crime, war crimes and torture. In addition, we will examine the punishment of crime, including policing, prosecution, sentencing and mass incarceration. There will be a particular focus on how crime and forms of social control impact social inequality and divisions around race, class, and gender.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- Essay and short answer (1 mid-term, 1 final)
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15441/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2011
Fall 2014 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (34368)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 60
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Causes, dimensions, and consequences of inequality in America. Class, gender, race. Power/status differentials. Cross-national patterns. Social mobility. Educational/occupational influences. Status attainment. Social stratification/change. Social welfare. Public policies.
- Class Description:
- This course examines the basic concepts and theories sociologists use to describe and explain social stratification and inequality. The textbook for the class is Social Stratification and Inequality. Lectures will focus on the contents of selected chapters that all students are required to read. There are twelve short, in-class quizzes (50% of final grade), and each of which has five simple questions about the contents of the chapter lectured in the week prior to the quiz. Ten best of the quizzes are recorded, or students may miss any two quizzes. For a term-paper study project (50% of the final grade), each student is required to conduct interviews of two families about their relative standings in the American stratification system. For this term project, students are requested to submit (1) a study outline of 1-2 pages (5% of final grade), which describes the plan of the study about which families to be studied, how to conduct the interviews/observations, and what to be focused in these interviews/observations; and (2) the term paper (8-10 pages, 45% of final grade), which reports and analyzes the results of interviews/observations. NO final exam.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
50% Quizzes Other Grading Information: 10% "Special Projects" is for a study outline of 1-2 pages. - Exam Format:
- No exam. But each quiz is one page of 5 T/F or multiple-choice questions.
- Class Format:
- 85% Lecture
10% Discussion
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: "Special Projects" is the study outline. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34368/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 March 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (22766)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Conceptual/theoretical tools sociologists use to study race relations in the United States. Historical experiences among racial/ethnic groups. American Indians, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, and white ethnics.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to the theoretical and historical foundations of race relations in the United States. In particular, we focus on the formation of racial and ethnic identities, on how these are produced through political struggle at the local, national, global scales, and how they are maintained and transformed over time. We pay close attention to the ways in which race and ethnicity intersect with gender, sexuality, class, citizenship, and nation in order to better understand how systems of power, privilege, and inequality are constructed, reinforced, and challenged. The role and impact of social movements in shaping these social categories will be at the center of the course focus. Students are expected to apply social scientific concepts and theories to the subject matter, drawing on frameworks from Sociology, History, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Law.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
10% Quizzes
20% Written Homework
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Both the midterm and final exams will be take home tests requiring the use of course readings, lectures, discussions, and films to answer questions.
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
15% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers service learning component is optional - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Homework Assignment(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22766/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2009
Fall 2014 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (15826)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change.
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15826/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 August 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (34716)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3322W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements. Challenges facing movement organizations. Relationship between movements and political institutions. Role of movements in bringing about social change. Theoretical issues, case studies.
- Class Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about the dilemmas and challenges facing movement organizations, the relationship between social movements and political institutions, and the role of social movements in bringing about social and political change. Although the course is organized around general theoretical issues, we will draw on empirical case studies of a wide variety of social movements. Students will be asked, in their written work, to apply the concepts and theories in the readings to the local social movement organization they choose for their required community service learning project. This course will be web enhanced but the URL is not yet available.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Note: To receive a grade of B or better, students must submit the ten required weekly one page reaction papers, which will not be graded. - Exam Format:
- no exams
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 60-70 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: in-class active learning exercises and weekly one page reaction papers based on required readings - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34716/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities & Social Change (34376)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 105
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social, economic, cultural foundations of modern city. Theories/models of urbanism from Wirth to Sassen. Migration/ethnic enclaves. Racial segregation, social control. Urban social movements. Urban-suburban divide. Decline of urban liberalism. "Brazilianization" of American city.
- Class Description:
- The objective of this course is to develop a deeper understanding of the transformation of urban life. We will apply a multidisciplinary approach in investigating the dramatic social, political/economic, and spatial changes that have occurred in U.S. cities. We will pay close attention to how these changes have structured institutions and ideologies of today's metropolis and resulted in differential experiences of ?belonging.? We will conclude by analyzing the possibilities for social justice within the culture of a postmodern metropolis.
- Workload:
- 2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34376/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 December 2012
Fall 2014 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (26196)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 3511H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility.
- Class Description:
- This course explores population dynamics in global perspective. Students will learn major population theories and measures. We will closely examine the ways in which people enter and leave populations -- by birth, death, or migration. We will explore societal differences in these phenomena and investigate their causes and consequences. In particular, we will explore differences in the population situations in highly developed and less developed nations, and differences between subgroups within societies. Within-country differences in population processes exist along gender, race, and social class lines. Key population policies will be discussed.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
40% Quizzes
5% Attendance Other Grading Information: "special projects" are devising several questions for book authors with whom we will have in-person or web chats after we read their books - Exam Format:
- no exams, only weekly reading quizzes and book critique papers.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: weekly quizzes, a book critique (a draft and final for a total of 15 pages). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26196/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3511H Section 001: Honors: World Population Problems (34952)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- SOC 3511 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankWest Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility.
- Class Description:
- This course explores population dynamics in global perspective. Students will learn major population theories and measures. We will closely examine the ways in which people enter and leave populations -- by birth, death, or migration. We will explore societal differences in these phenomena and investigate their causes and consequences. In particular, we will explore differences in the population situations in highly developed and less developed nations, and differences between subgroups within societies. Within-country differences in population processes exist along gender, race, and social class lines. Key population policies will be discussed. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
35% Quizzes
5% Attendance Other Grading Information: "special projects" are devising several questions for book authors with whom we will have in-person or web chats after we read their books - Exam Format:
- no exams, only weekly reading quizzes and book critique papers.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
42 Pages Writing Per Term
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: weekly quizzes, three book critique (a draft and final of each for a total of approximately 42 pages). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34952/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3613V Section 001: Honors: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (35182)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementHonors
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 220
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about/relate to food.
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, wonton soup, creme brulee ? What meanings and feelings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their key ingredients produced? Who prepares these dishes, and who eats them? This course is built on two key premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food involves relationships among different groups of people, and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations and the societies in which they are embedded through a sociological analysis of food. Among the themes this course will explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; class and diet; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food economy; the debate over genetically modified food; and movements toward a more sustainable agriculture. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so ?everyday? that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social relationships involved in our encounters with food. Students can expect to read between 40-70 pages a week (of interesting reading!), produce one short paper and one longer (12-15 page) research paper on a course-related topic, and participate in several out-of-classroom exercises (which will include some write-up) during the course of the semester. The course is heavily discussion based, and active participation is required. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35182/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (26007)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3613V Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001SOC 3613V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 220
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from a sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about and relate to food.
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, wonton soup, creme brulee ? What meanings and feelings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their key ingredients produced? Who prepares these dishes, and who eats them? This course is built on two key premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food involves relationships among different groups of people, and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations and the societies in which they are embedded through a sociological analysis of food. Among the themes this course will explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; class and diet; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food economy; the debate over genetically modified food; and movements toward a more sustainable agriculture. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so ?everyday? that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social relationships involved in our encounters with food. Students can expect to read between 40-70 pages a week (of interesting reading!), produce one short paper and one longer (12-15 page) research paper on a course-related topic, and participate in several out-of-classroom exercises (which will include some write-up) during the course of the semester. The course is heavily discussion based, and active participation is required.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26007/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (11094)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to current theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns, including: What holds human societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are social identities created, sustained or transformed, and to what effect? Where is society headed in the future? The goals of the course are to deepen students' understanding of the significance of such questions and to provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the late 19th century to the present. For present and future sociology majors, the course provides an indispensable background for subsequent work in the discipline. For all others, it provides an invitation to think about some of the most vital questions that confront us all as reflective and self-aware members of our communities and our world. The course design is premised on the idea that the best way to learn and understand social theory is by seeing its connection to contemporary issues and concerns. Therefore, the primary theory readings in this course are paired with writings that illustrate the relevance of these theories to contemporary concerns or that directly apply the theories to current issues and questions.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11094/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (22742)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 05:30PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 435
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- Social theory helps us to make sense from chaos, revealing core logics of development, change, meaning and domination which structure the bewildering, messiness of human experience. This class works closely with texts by a handful of great theorists who have created particularly illuminating, even world-changing ways of seeing. Reading extracts from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Patricia Hill Collins, Dorothy Smith, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard we will concentrate on readings around notions of power: economic, racist, colonial, patriarchal, bureaucratic, and discursive. You should improve your ability to think, read, and LIVE critically, able to better recognize and evaluate assumptions underlying "common sense" statements about how societies work. I believe that theoretical competence comes when you learn to enjoy intellectual creativity and risk-taking, and so we will spend considerable class time using debate and role-playing to loosen up those Minnesota inhibitions. Reading will not be extensive in terms of number of pages, but I will expect you to wrestle energetically before class with texts that can sometimes be both dense and abstract. Most of the required reading reports and other assignments will be self published by students on the class blog, which will enrich the depth and scope of class debate.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 40% exams, quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries. 20% class citizenship and blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Exam Format:
- Quotation identification and analysis. Comparison of theories and/or application to historical & contemporary phenomena.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-30 pages of (difficult) reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22742/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2012
Fall 2014 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (21835)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 145
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Impact of social location on individual attitudes/behaviors. Dynamics of interpersonal relationships and small groups. Processes of social interaction.
- Class Description:
- Principles of Social Psychology Social psychology is at the intersection of "macro" and 'micro" sociology. This class will illuminate the dynamic linkages among social organization, interaction processes, attitudes, and the self. Students will learn principles of social psychology drawn from multiple theoretical perspectives, including symbolic interactionism, expectation states theory, social structure and personality, and the life course. The course will cover a broad range of topics as well as the diverse methods that social psychologists use to study them (for example, experiments, surveys, ethnographic observation). The class will show the relevance of the classic literature of social psychology to contemporary social problems and issues, including rapid social and technological change, inequality (based on gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, wealth), discrimination, torture, and terrorism.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
50% Final Exam
10% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- Short essay.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
10% Discussion
35% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
8 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: website for text: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Sociology/IndividualinSociety/?view=usa&ci=9780199733996#Product_Details - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21835/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2012
Fall 2014 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (11078)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab.
- Class Notes:
- (Declared sociology majors have priority registration through 4/21/2014)
- Class Description:
- This course is an introductory ?how to? guide for conducting empirically-based research in the social sciences in an effective and critical way. Although primary focus will be given to the ins and outs of different research methods, including both qualitative and quantitative methods, the course begins by considering the philosophical, conceptual, and ethical issues involved in conducting scientific research. After introducing these issues, we will turn to a set of careful and critical assessments of particular research methods, including experiments, secondary-data and survey research, evaluation and policy research, qualitative methods, comparative and historical methods, and other approaches. In the process, students will have the opportunity to develop three research proposals on a topic and method of interest to them. Students will likewise be introduced to two software packages for conducting quantitative and qualitative research.
- Grading:
- 20% Special Projects
20% Laboratory Evaluation
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: homework; 40% examinations - Exam Format:
- Quiz Format: multiple choice, Exam Format: short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Laboratory - Workload:
- 45-70 Pages Reading Per Week
12-24 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly quizzes (most but not all weeks) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11078/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 May 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (20600)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue 05:45PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab.
- Class Notes:
- (Declared sociology majors have priority registration through 4/21/2014)
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Written Homework
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- short answer and brief essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
7 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Homework consists only of worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20600/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 December 2012
Fall 2014 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (10720)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 310
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
- Class Notes:
- (Declared sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 4/21/2014).
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15 pages of the text per week. There will be three exams. Students will need a simple calculator for assignments and exams. This course meets the CLE requirements for the Mathematical Thinking core. We explore the dual nature of social statistics as a body of knowledge with its own logic and way of thinking, and as a powerful tool for understanding and describing social reality. Students in this course are exposed to the mathematic knowledge that underlies key concepts, but they are also shown how each concept applies to real world social science issues and debates. They are asked to demonstrate their mastery of the mathematical concept and its practical application through in-class discussions, problem sets, and exam questions. Students are taught the mathematical foundations of probability and sampling theory; they are taught about sampling distributions; and they are shown the real-world implications of these ideas for how social science knowledge is gained through surveys of randomly sampled observations.
- Grading:
- 70% Midterm Exam
30% Problem Solving - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10720/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Never Again! Memory and Politics after Genocide (26948)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4910 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic prereq - jr or sr or grad student
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the social repercussions and political consequences of large-scale political violence, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. How do individuals, communities and societies come to terms with these atrocities? How do successor regimes balance the demands for justice with the need for peace and reconciliation? How is public memory of the atrocities constructed? Section I provides an overview of the basic concepts and themes of this class: defining mass violence, collective memory and forgetting in post-atrocity contexts, and transitional justice. In Section II we will look at memory of the Holocaust among descendants of victims and descendants of perpetrators and its impact on the way other communities shape and represent their memories of mass violence and victimhood, i.e. their specific demands, symbolic politics and judicial strategies. In Section III we will address cases from around the globe and different historical settings, including the legacies of State terror in Latin America, the aftermath of Stalinist mass violence in Eastern Europe and American Indian struggles for memory and justice. This course will be conducted as a combined lecture and discussion course. This format will be supplemented by occasional in-class group activities.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
5% In-class Presentations - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
Other Workload: one short essay - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26948/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 August 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (34607)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students.
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34607/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (20783)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change.
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20783/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (34608)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001SOC 4104H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs.
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
15% Special Projects - Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34608/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime & Human Rights (35382)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001GLOS 4104H Section 001SOC 4104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs.
- Class Description:
- This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
15% Special Projects - Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35382/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment and Corrections (34382)
- 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 Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Correctional strategies such as prison, probation, and parole. Theories/structures of diversion, probation, parole, and other community corrections programs. U.S. penal policies/practices compared with those in other countries.
- Class Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of core penal institutions in the United States. We examine the origins, functions, and effects of incarceration from the 19th century to the present; the culture and social relations in male and female prisons; and the causes and consequences of America's extraordinary prison boom. Along with imprisonment, we study the birth and transformation of "community corrections" (e.g., parole, probation, and drug treatment). This class combines readings, lectures/discussions, and films.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 75% of the course grade will be from the exams. 25% will be from the reaction papers and class attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Quizzes and two exams.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 75-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: This class has a heavy reading load. However, the readings are interesting and straightforward (mostly ethnographies and histories). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34382/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 March 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Deviant Behavior (34383)
- 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 Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/nature of deviant behavior. Social processes associated with deviant careers and social reintegration. Relationship of deviant behavior to social control.
- Class Description:
- This course asks why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how norms, values, and rules are made and enforced. There are four units. We first take up basic concepts that cut across theories and research on deviance, including social control, subcultures, and deviant careers. The second unit is devoted to theories of deviant behavior and societal reaction. We then discuss methodology and how the "social facts" of deviance are determined and disseminated. Case studies in topical areas are the fourth focus, addressing crime, organizational and occupational deviance, substance use, heteronormativity and sexuality, suicide, disability, and mental illness. Course objectives include the following: (1) To understand how deviance is defined and produced; (2) To gain a working knowledge of the key sociological explanations of deviance; (3) To critically apply these ideas to selected case studies; and, (4) To critique and evaluate institutional responses to deviance and control. There is one basic text for the course and supplemental readings available online in Adobe pdf format. The Adler and Adler reader is a collection of excerpts from classic and contemporary writings on deviance, with a much heavier emphasis on the social construction of deviance. If you purchase an earlier edition of the text, please understand that you will be responsible for the material in the most recent editions. Texts are available at the bookstore or online from retailers such as amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Most of the supplementary readings will come from my local work with Minnesota graduate and undergraduate students on topics such as disenfranchisement, sexual harassment, and workplace deviance. This is more difficult material, but I will explain the research during lectures.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed -- typically 70% essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Service Learning media and in-class exercises. - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Service learning is available as an option for the paper assignment. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34383/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4125 Section 001: Policing America (34384)
- 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
- Meets With:
- AFRO 4910 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Forms, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of policing/surveillance agencies (formal/informal). Legal limitations, police culture, community relations, aims of policing, state power.
- Class Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of the origins, composition, and effects of policing in contemporary U.S. society. Throughout the course, we focus on using a social science lens to understand what policing is and how it influences social life. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which racial inequalities are reflected in and reshaped by policing practices. The course material is divided into three units. In the first, we cover the early history of formal policing in the U.S. and contemporary developments, including broken windows policing and the war on drugs. We will read two ethnographies of policing in an urban locale and a rural town to better understand the lived experiences of the police and the policed. We then turn to the police as an organization, looking at the ways in which race, gender, and other social characteristics shape police work. In the third unit, we turn to how the logic of policing filters through and beyond the state in schools, welfare offices, the war on terror, and mass technological surveillance. Throughout the course, students will also use ethnographic tools to study policing themselves in local Minneapolis neighborhoods.
- Grading:
- 30% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-150 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34384/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 May 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4142 Section 001: Juvenile Law (24033)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-136
- Course Catalog Description:
- Evolution of juvenile court. Organizational relationships among court, police, and other agencies. Policies regarding serious/status offenders. Intake, diversion, pretrial detention, waiver to adult court, sentencing. Conflicts over due process/treatment. Movements to abolish juvenile justice system.
- Class Description:
- An overall focus on issues involving juveniles in our society and how various issues are dealt with in the system of juvenile justice. Topics include: allocation of power among juveniles, families, and the state; problems that arise for juveniles with the school setting and within families; abuse and child neglect; children's rights; and the juvenile court and its origins up to more current problems. Various types of cases and problems that arise in the juvenile justice system will be considered.
- Grading:
- 95% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: exams, 5% class participation
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style videos - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: graduate/law students will be required to write a paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24033/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2014 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (11070)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals.
- Class Description:
- What's criminal law and what's it good for? Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are? What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics: elements of crime that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt; accomplices; criminal attempts; defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age); criminal homicide; criminal sexual conduct. Read and discuss actual cases edited for non lawyers. Intensive class discussion. For upper division undergraduates, all majors.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: weekly exams covering reading and discussion - Exam Format:
- 40%, short answer quiz on each week's assigned reading (no notes or books allowed); 20%, analysis of week's assigned cases (take home); 40%, reaction essay based on the day's discussion topic (open book and notes)
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Homework Assignment(s)
13 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11070/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 August 2011
Fall 2014 | SOC 4190 Section 001: Topics in Sociology With Law, Criminology, and Deviance Emphasis -- Crime on TV (34386)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This new course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on crime and punishment. Students will read scholarly articles and analyze TV shows, including (but not limited to) The Walking Dead, The Wire, Orange is the Black, and Rectify. Classes will be a mix of lecture and group discussions. Grades will be based on participation, brief memos, quizzes, and a final exam.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
45% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- The final exam will be "take home."
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 75-100 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: The "papers" will be brief memos that use sociological concepts to analyze episodes or seasons of TV shows. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34386/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (34387)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4305 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 105
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Examines how natural/built environments influence human behavior/social organization. Focuses on microenvironments/their influence on individuals. Impact of macroenvironments on societal organization. Environmental movements.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to the theoretical and historical foundations of environmental sociology and environmental social sciences more broadly. We will examine and interrogate the social scientific and scientific evidence concerning these phenomena and the efforts by community residents, activists, workers, and governments to combat it. We will consider the ways in which human and nonhuman forces interact, collide, collaborate and are indeed inseparable. Students will be expected to master social scientific theories and concepts related to the subject matter. In particular, we pay close attention to the ways in which concepts like nature, environment, economy, society, humanity, culture, and the state intersect and shape one another in order to better understand how social and natural systems are constructed, reinforced, and challenged. Questions we will pursue include: how do humans and nonhuman forces work together and why are they so often in conflict? What is the relationship between social hierarchies within human society and myriad impacts on ecosystems? How do we as individuals and groups contribute to ecological harm and how might we be a part of solutions to socioenvironmental crises? Furthermore, students will be exposed to key concepts, theories, and perspectives from outside the social sciences, including climate science, entomology, geochemistry, biology, plant and animal science, earth science and geology, physics, history, public health, genomics, and epidemiology. Studying the relationship between human society and the nonhuman environment is fundamentally an ethical issue and a matter of shared responsibility because it reveals the ways that our everyday activities and the public policies our elected officials enact have real consequences for the health of humans and the ecosystems upon which we depend. We will consider and debate evidence and perspectives from the social sciences and sciences on this matter with an eye toward inculcating the importance of students acting as historical agents of change in the quest for improvements in knowledge, scholarship, and action toward sustainability. In that regard, the class will place particular emphasis on connecting knowledge and practice by requiring students to 1) complete writing assignments and in-class exercises that demonstrate an understanding of the links between the articulation and application of theories and major intellectual ideas in the field of environmental studies; and 2) complete a major class project that allows you the freedom to apply your knowledge in the form of a term paper, a community engagement activity, or a creative pursuit.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
10% Quizzes
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Take-home, open book, open note, essays.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
15% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers service learning option is available - Workload:
- 80-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
2 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: The Paper is the Special Project The page count above includes 2 take-home exams that are open book and open note. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34387/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 May 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4411 Section 001: Terrorist Networks and Counterterror Organizations (34388)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces.
- Class Description:
- SOC4411 Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces.
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34388/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4411H Section 001: Honors: Terrorist Networks and Counterterror Organizations (34908)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4411 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theories/evidence about origins, development, consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, military forces.
- Class Description:
- SOC4411 Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations Theories/evidence about origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. Efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by use of law enforcement, security, and military forces. Terror involves using violent actions to achieve political, religious, or social goals. This course examines theories and evidence about the origins, development, and consequences of terrorist networks. It analyzes efforts to prevent, investigate, and punish terrorists by counterterror organizations, including law enforcement, security, and military forces. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three shorter writing assignments 20% each, course paper 40%.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
24 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Three shorter writing assignments during the semester, one longer course paper due at the end of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34908/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4461 Section 001: Sociology of Ethnic and Racial Conflict (34389)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Effects of ethnic migration and of social movements. Construction of ethnic/national identities. Questions of citizenship. Rise of transnational movements, how they help shape racial/ethnic conflicts.
- Class Description:
- We will examine conceptual and theoretical approaches to the sociological study of race and ethnicity, looking at race and ethnicity as distinctive but overlapping social constructions of collective identity that underpin patterns of social conflict and systems of power and privilege. We will also explore the difference between race and ethnicity, the construction, maintenance, and transformation of ethnic and racial identities, the sources of racial and ethnic conflicts, including genocides, white privilege and race blindness, and the nature of racist ideology. Using a comparative and historical approach, we will analyze the impact of macro-historical forces, including colonialism, slavery, globalization, democratization, nation-state formation, and transnational immigration, on ethnic and racial dynamics and conflicts. These issues will be addressed via the study of cases of ethnic and racial conflict from around the globe, including North America, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance - Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 65-75 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34389/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/aminzade_SOC4461_Fall2017.doc (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4703 Section 001: Contemporary American Culture (34390)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Course Catalog Description:
- Key changes in cultural life in the United States and internationally. Theories that have been developed to understand them. Topics may include work, family, social movements, media and popular culture, and politics.
- Class Description:
- Is American culture becoming too individualistic? Are the values of community, family and social connection in decline? How have newer technologies, such as television and computers, affected cultural life? Has the pace of American culture accelerated, and if so has the speed-up gone too far? Is our culture obsessed with fame and celebrity, causing us to perceive all of life through the lens of entertainment? What happens when cultures come into conflict? Is globalization leading to a homogeneous "world culture"? These are the kinds of questions we will tackle in this course. The course is divided into three parts. Part 1: What exactly is "culture" and why is it important to sociology? We will consider how culture is defined in the social sciences and some of the leading approaches to studying culture in sociology. Part 2: We will examine in detail one model of how cultural change occurs. Through case studies of movements such as the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, we will assess patterns of power, political interaction, and conflict among various social groups, with special attention to how political and social values change over time. Part 3: We will review and critically assess several prominent theories about the causes and consequences of cultural change in the contemporary American context.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
5% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities interactive learning (small-group work, etc.) - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
4-6 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34390/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 February 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (11938)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- This course serves as a capstone to your studies in sociology. It is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of sociology can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University, and c) use that knowledge to write a senior project paper (usually based on community service learning). The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity, and social responsibility in public life. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. Course materials encourage you to reflect on the role of sociological knowledge in the contemporary world and to connect your sociological knowledge to a community-based senior research project. Classes will include a combination of lectures, active learning exercises, writing exercises to help you prepare your main paper, and discussions of the required readings.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
30% Written Homework
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
20% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers
25% Service Learning - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11938/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Major-Project Seminar (34391)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 430
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major and to think ahead about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University. It is, in short, a capstone course. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity and ambiguity, and social responsibility in public life. Specific topics include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; the day-to-day work of professional sociologists in the academy; the professions and careers where sociological methods and insights are most useful and prominent; and the utility and value of situating ones life and work in sociological perspective. This will all be situated in the context of the role of ideas, information, intellectuals, and experts in the complex, contemporary global world. Indeed, the larger intellectual goals of the course are to encourage you to think critically about your place in society and history, to reflect on the role of knowledge in the contemporary world, and to understand what skills and understandings you will take with you from your study of sociology to your future careers and lives beyond the academy.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
10% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers
25% Service Learning - Workload:
- 25-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34391/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (11966)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- The Senior Honors Proseminar I is the first of two courses designed for honors students majoring in sociology. Students in Sociology 4977 will finalize their research problems, develop appropriate methodologies and research instruments, secure human subjects approval, collect original data or identify secondary sources, and begin data analysis. The course will operate as a seminar, with students leading discussions and critiquing their peers. In the first (Fall) Senior Proseminar, we emphasize conceptualization and measurement. You will narrow your topic to a thesis-sized research question, secure the data and permissions necessary to proceed with your work, identify your thesis committee, and take your first cut at the analysis. In the second (Spring) Senior Proseminar, you will focus on writing and rewriting your thesis. You will unify its component parts into a coherent whole, defend the thesis before your committee, and consider outlets for publication or dissemination of your work.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
20% Written Homework
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
10% Problem Solving Other Grading Information: Project proposal (10%), theory and literature (25%), human subjects(10%), data, methods, and indicators section (25%), participation (10%), and short assignments and in-class exercises (20%) - Exam Format:
- None.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
5% Film/Video
40% Discussion
5% Laboratory
10% Student Presentations
5% Field Trips
5% Guest Speakers
5% Web Based We'll set up individual meetings to talk about your work. - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Our goal is to help you write a great thesis. Each student's project will differ depending on their interests and career goals. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11966/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 5455 Section 001: Sociology of Education (36074)
- Instructor(s)
- Heidi Barajas (Secondary Instructor)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- OLPD 5041 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 04:40PM - 07:20PMUMTC, East BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 432A
- Course Catalog Description:
- Structures/processes within educational institutions. Links between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly as these relate to educational change.
- Class Description:
- Structures and processes within educational institutions; linkages between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly related to educational change. Focus on issues of race, class and equity, both within the U.S. and internationally.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
30% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: on-line discussions - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion Student presentations, role plays, movie clips, etc. - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36074/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 June 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Intermediate Social Statistics (10726)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 09/18/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 111409/25/2014Thu 11:15AM - 12:39PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 118310/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Measurement, theory of probability, bivariate statistics. Multiple regression analyses of sociological data.
- Class Description:
- Measurement, theory of probability, and bivariate statistics. Multiple regression analyses of sociological data.
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Three papers involve statistical analyses of social datasets.
- Class Format:
- 67% Lecture
33% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15 Pages Reading Per Week
45 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10726/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 March 2012
Fall 2014 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (16207)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue 01:00PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals.
- Class Description:
- This course provides a forum for first-year Ph.D. students in sociology to learn about the department and navigate the graduate program successfully and comfortably. We also work together to identify resources within and beyond the University for expanding our skills and networks. Students are encouraged to develop a clearer vision of the professional life they wish to pursue. There are very limited readings and few formal assignments, but students are expected to actively participate in class discussions, the department's workshop series, and other seminars or training activities.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16207/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Law & Society Review: Journal Editing Seminar (26012)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- POL 8060 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue 11:15AM - 12:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This course is co-taught be Timothy R. Johnson (Political Science) and Joachim Savelsberg (Sociology), incoming editors of the Law & Society Review, the official journal of the Law & Society Association and the world's leading journal in the field of law and society studies. This is the first offering in a series of six semesters. Johnson will take the lead in 2013/14, Savelsberg in 2014/15. Students will read submitted papers that receive 'revise and resubmit' decisions and the reviewers' comments and discuss them with the editors. Different students may take the lead on specific papers in line with their substantive and methodological interests and expertize. Suggestions developed during these discussions will be incorporated into the R&R letters the editors will send out to authors. Students will thus get immersed in a range of cutting edge work done in the field. They will further gain crucial insights into the decision making processes associated with journal publishing. In this respect the course is intended to be a major professionalization tool that should be most helpful to graduate students who prepare to enter academic careers in which publishing papers in journals will be a crucial component. The process should make for an engaging collaborative, intellectual and professional, experience.
- Grading:
- 20% In-class Presentations
80% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 85% Discussion
15% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26012/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Education: Journal Editing Seminar (26013)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 12:30PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankVirtual Rooms ROOM-TBA
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Notes:
- Minnesota Population Center-will meet in room 29 Willey Hall.
- Class Description:
- This course is centered around the journal Sociology of Education, which will be housed at the U of MN beginning July 1, 2013. Class sessions will focus on the operations of the journal, with an eye toward teaching students how research articles are evaluated; how the review process can shape and improve research; how the process of turning a first draft of a paper into a polished and published article unfolds; how to critique ongoing research in a professional way; and how to respond to such critiques about your own work. Along the way, involvement will provide an opportunity for students to gain theoretical, methodological, and substantive insight into a wide range of issues that touch on education in one way or another. Each week, students will (among other things) discuss articles that have been submitted; discuss external peer reviews of those articles; debate what decision should be made about submissions; think together about how to solicit more and better submissions; think together about reviewers and the review process; and think together about how to best use the journal's social media presence. Students who participate will be expected to do some work in preparation for each meeting. Project meetings will be lively and interactive, and will differ in focus and content from week to week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26013/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC8090_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2013
Fall 2014 | SOC 8090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights (34392)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 09/19/2014Fri 02:00PM - 04:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 118309/26/2014Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 118310/03/2014 - 12/10/2014Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This seminar will approach human rights issues from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The course will emphasize active engagement with the topic of human rights through a combination of readings, group discussions, site visits, and interactions with invited guests. Key topics will include: the historical origins of human rights; debates over human rights; theories on causes of human rights violations; and personal activist engagement to improve human rights situations. Students will leave the class with a solid understanding of the social practices and institutional arrangements that underpin human rights at the local, national, and international level.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34392/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 8090 Section 004: Topics in Sociology -- Great Books in Sociology (34393)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 09/19/2014Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 111409/26/2014Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 118310/03/2014 - 12/10/2014Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- Seminar participants will read and discuss great books in the sociological canon. The course is intended to help students think about the construction, design, and execution of manuscript -length research projects (such as dissertations) as well as to cultivate a deeper understanding of research and thought in the discipline. Topics will include: the rhetoric and conventions of sociological writing; audience, aims, and research questions; the use of data, methods, and theory; and, contributions to scholarship and knowledge. One course project option will be to do a close reading and broader reflective analysis of a book project produced by a faculty member here at the University of Minnesota.
- Grading:
- 40% Special Projects
20% Reflection Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- none
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
60% Discussion
20% Student Presentations the course will be a seminar - Workload:
- 150-200 Pages Reading Per Week
15-25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
2 Book Report(s)
Other Workload: 8-10 books over the course of the semester - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34393/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance (23477)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- College Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- LAW 6226 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/01/2014Mon 03:35PM - 06:20PMUMTC, West BankWalter F. Mondale Hall N202
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23477/1149
Fall 2014 | SOC 8666 Section 001: Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits (14517)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014UMTC, West Bank
- Course Catalog Description:
- TBD
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14517/1149
Fall 2014 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (11969)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:05PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 609
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to give students a foundation in classical social theory up to 1960, with a strong emphasis on the work of De Beauvoir, Du Bois, Fanon, Gramsci, Marx, and Max Weber. These authors' analyses of power and social control provide our infrastructure: from the brutality of primitive accumulation and feudalism to the architecture of empire and racial domination, urbanization, industrial capitalism and bureaucracy. Our central themes will be the changing structural and cultural formations of class, status, race, and patriachy, in the context of specific configurations of capitalism, modernity and empire. This exploration of domination and conflict will be set in tension with a counterpoint of Durkheim, Mauss, and Douglas, bringing alive the alchemy of social connection, duty and desire through gift-giving and boundary-keeping, ritual and religion. Without (much!) skipping ahead, we will prefigure the focus of contemporary theory by paying close attention to the blurring of objectification into subjectification, and in general the complex interplay between material and symbolic forms of domination.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11969/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 8721 Section 001: Theories of Social Psychology (34496)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 09/17/2014Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 111409/24/2014Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 118310/01/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Prominent contemporary theories of sociological social psychology, including structural (social structure and personality) perspectives, social relationships and small group processes (exchange, equity, expectation states theories), and symbolic interactionism. Classical writings, theoretical statements, and empirical studies.
- Class Description:
- Social psychology is basic to an understanding of social life. It includes social phenomena at both the macro and micro-levels, and the connections between them. Social psychology is central to an understanding of the interrelations of structure and agency: individual-level perceptions, cognitions, goals, and strategies, as they affect, and are influenced by, diverse social contexts. This seminar starts with a consideration of ?personal structure,? emphasizing the cultural variability of self-conceptions and identities, cognitive processes, emotion and motivation, as well as the biosocial bases of action. Individual-level ?building blocks? of social psychological theories include attitudes, values, ideologies, identities, and emotions. Prominent theoretical perspectives in social psychology: symbolic interactionism, exchange theory, and structural social psychology (?social structure and personality?) illuminate the content of many specialty fields in sociology. This seminar examines interpersonal relations, networks, small group dynamics, and a wide range of social psychological phenomena linked to inequality (e.g., the effects of class, minority status, and gender on disparities in self-concept, identity, and health; the development of status hierarchies in small group interaction; and intergroup relations, prejudice, and discrimination). Social psychological perspectives on deviance, work, social mobility, the life course, and social movements are also examined.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
15% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 33% Lecture
46% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20-30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 OR 2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34496/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- Contemporary Social Theory (34498)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 09/17/2014Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 111409/24/2014Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 91510/01/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Description:
- In this graduate seminar, we will read influential mid- to late- 20th century social theorists (e.g., Gramsci, Foucault, Lefebvre, Harvey), and then study how they are interpreted/transformed by thinkers in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and in minority communities in the U.S. The goal is to appreciate intellectual knowledge production through tensions between the center (i.e., Europe, U.S.) and periphery, rather than reading each in isolation. Themes include: race, class, gender, power/knowledge, nation, hegemony, desire, urbanization, political economy.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34498/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 May 2014
Fall 2014 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Qualitative Research Methods: Indepth Interviewing (21836)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 09/18/2014Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 118309/25/2014Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 118310/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Arlie Hochschild, Lillian Rubin, and Michele Lamont have all given us rich sociological insights into the hearts, minds and lives of US workers on the basis of in-depth interviews. Other skillful interviewers have opened up other worlds to the sociological imagination and taught us much about the way people think, feel, and make sense of the world as well as of their own identities. This course explores in-depth interviewing as a qualitative research method, teaching students how to conduct interviews; transcribe, code, and analyze interview data; and write up interview-based research. We will also consider a range of epistemological, practical, and ethical issues related to interviewing as a research method, reading materials drawn from a range of substantive sociological subfields as well as from geography. This course is best suited to graduate students who have an interview-based project in mind and want to acquire the skills for carrying out their research; and/or students who are considering using interviews in their dissertation research and want to try their hand at interviewing before making a decision. Because this is a hands-on, fieldwork-based course, no auditors will be permitted.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: See syllabus for grading information.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
25% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers Students will need to have a research project and plan within the first two weeks of the course. This course is time intensive. - Workload:
- Other Workload: The course is organized around carrying out an interview-based research project and writing a substantive paper using the data you collect. The course involves conducting and transcribing four interviews. Group projects are encouraged.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21836/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (81807)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- Do you have a good imagination? Do you know what it means to have a sociological imagination? In this class, we will discuss what it means to think about the social world in a sociological way. We will review a wide range of topics studied by sociologists, including interpersonal interaction, the state and politics, and social inequalities stemming from a number of differences, including racial, gender, and class differences. We will ask both how social change happens, and how social continuity is preserved. We will make connections between the mundane and not-so-mundane aspects of daily life, and the structural and historical contexts within which those aspects unfold. To develop a sociological imagination is to develop an understanding of how historical and structural conditions come to inform even the most seemingly "natural" or insignificant parts of our lives, as well as how our daily practices come to shape the world. In this class, you will be called upon to think of old topics in new ways, and continually challenged to ask yourself just how it is that you have come to know what you think you know.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
25% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Field Trips - Workload:
- 50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81807/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (83218)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014Mon, Wed 09:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to engage students in a sociological analysis of the ?American Criminal Justice system.? We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision (i.e., probation and parole). Throughout the course, we will investigate the relationships between criminal punishment and ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. Specific topics include the social construction of crime and criminals, whether criminal justice policies, practices, and institutions are ?just,? and unique characteristics of American criminal justice. No prior knowledge of the criminal justice system is required. The course meets two university requirements: the Council on Liberal Education's (CLE) Social Science Core and the Civic Life and Ethics Theme. As such, this course will address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the critical framework of Liberal Education and provide tools to evaluate moral questions relating to punishment.
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 75% three exams (25% each)
- Exam Format:
- Three multiple choice and short answer exams, and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- ~100 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83218/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (83478)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change.
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine the multiple and intersecting ways that race, class, gender, and sexuality shape identity, daily social interactions, individual life-chances, and ultimately, American society as a whole. By studying the socially constructed nature of these concepts, we examine the meanings and values that have been attached to them by social actors, as well as the ways in which these social constructions help to rationalize and justify social inequality and stratification. We will also explore the significance of race, class, gender, and sexuality in a variety of institutional and interpersonal contexts, including the labor force, the family, education, culture, migration, media, and the criminal justice system. We will conclude by discussing how a more nuanced understanding of these concepts can help build human agency and work towards social change. As a writing intensive course, you will be expected to improve your ability to articulate thoughts about course materials in your written assignments and in class discussions. This will include the development of analytical skills and the ability to apply sociological concepts to a wide range of social situations, including your personal life experiences. Students will be expected to actively engage with course materials through individual exploration and group discussions. NOTE: While the required text by Paula S. Rothenburg is currently in its 9th edition, 8th edition copies are readily and cheaply available online and will suffice for this course.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
30% Reports/Papers
30% Written Homework
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Class participation includes attendance. Attendance will be mandatory. There will be opportunities for extra credit for those who attend regularly and complete the readings. - Exam Format:
- Short essay
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
25% Film/Video
45% Discussion Chime-In will be used regularly during class time. - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
20-25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
5 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: The homework assignments will come in the form of 3-4 page reading response papers. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83478/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (86880)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014Tue, Thu 09:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Families in contemporary American society. Historical/cross-cultural comparisons. Interrelationships of families with other social institutions. Race, class, and gender in shaping family experiences. Topics may include marriage, divorce, childbearing, parenthood, family violence, gay/lesbian families.
- Class Description:
- The family is often noted as the first and a primary mechanism of socialization for children. "The Family," as a sociological construct however, seeps continuously into various realms of society like law, politics, media, public health, and furthermore it impacts varying degrees of social change. Using analytical lenses crafted from our knowledge of race, ethnicity, social class and gender (among others), we will discuss topics related to marriage, divorce, childbearing, not bearing children, parenthood, childhood, family violence, and diverse family structures. In the second half of the course, we will bring these family-inspired topics to bear against other large social institutions like law, politics, social movements and media. What is the current state of the "American family"? Designed to utilize PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY, we will learn ways to apply our knowledge to the world outside of the ivory tower. Leave this course with a "product" of your design, compiled and constructed in collaboration with an organization of your choice.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- essay, short answer
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
20% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 20-40 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
6 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/86880/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (85691)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/16/2014 - 08/22/2014Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
- Class Description:
- This is an entry-level social statistics course for undergraduate sociology majors. It emphasizes statistical descriptions and inferences of survey data in a learning-by-doing style. Lectures of this course expose students to theoretical bases of statistical methods with rich and diverse examples of sociological issues and cover following topics (1) numerical data description with frequency table, central tendency, and dispersion; (2) graphical data presentation; (3) basics on probability theory and statistical inference; (4) bivariate association and correlation; (5) bivariate regression. Laboratory sessions teach basic computing and data manipulation techniques in the IBM SPSS environment. Students are expected to apply theoretical knowledge to investigate real survey data and complete weekly assignments during laboratory sessions. In addition to attending lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15-20 pages of the text per week. There will be two (2) midterm exams and one (1) final exam. Students will need a scientific calculator for assignments and exams.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Written Homework - Exam Format:
- multiple choices, true/false questions, and computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/85691/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 March 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (89231)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4104 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 260
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law; criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on the Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to 1) provide the students with basic knowledge of the history of and discourse around human rights and human rights violation and 2) introduce students to sociological critiques of the construction of human rights and responses to its violation. The course will engage a series of complex questions, such as: What are human rights? What crimes constitute human rights violation? What are the similarities and differences between human rights violation and other types of crime? Why do such crimes happen and how do they unfold? What are the possible responses to human rights violations? What are the consequences of such responses? This course will be discussion-based. We will all be learning through conversations in and outside the classroom.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- There could be an alternative take-home final exam if the student opt to write fewer reflection papers (the default number is four).
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
10 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/89231/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 March 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (89223)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014Tue, Thu 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals.
- Class Description:
- This course examines the principles of criminal law through studying cases of homicide, sexual, assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals. Through these cases, we also examine the purpose and cultural foundations of law and punishment in American Society. Course materials include documentaries, guest speakers, case law textbook, and case records. Coursework includes quizzes, court observation, and short writing assignments.
- Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
15% Film/Video
35% Discussion
15% Guest Speakers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/89223/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 March 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 4321 Section 001: Globalize This! Understanding Globalization through Sociology (89027)
- 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
- Meets With:
- CHN 3022 Section 001CHN 4004 Section 001GLOS 4221 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- May Session05/27/2014 - 05/30/2014Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 24006/02/2014 - 06/12/2014Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Globalization of organizations, political relations, and culture. Dependency, world systems theories. Growth of international nongovernmental organizations, their impact on state policies and civil society. Expansion of international norms. Globalization of popular culture.
- Class Description:
- Just what is 'globalization'? What are the forces behind it? How are people around the world involved in globalization and under what circumstances? Some say the world has become a village, but has it? And, if so, for whom? Globalization typically refers to the complex social, cultural, political and economic changes instigated by increasingly interconnected economic and communication networks. Rather than understand globalization as a downward force happening to people around the globe, this course seeks to present globalization as a historical and current phenomenon we are all participating in, albeit in a variety of ways and with different outcomes. From universities in Addis Ababa to sweatshops in Dhaka to trading floors in New York City, people's lives are increasingly intertwined. These interconnections both maintain historical continuities while generating new forms of power and exploitation and terrain for social justice claims. We will first learn and apply sociological tools to see, learn about, and understand the social world in complex ways. We will then discuss the 'project of development' as a Western and colonizing force that is part and parcel of global capitalism; debate both the positives and negatives of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and United Nations as institutions with far-reaching consequences in people's lives around the globe; and interrogate the universality of human rights and understand how this discourse has been used to justify intervention into other countries while simultaneously helping people's movements claim rights. This will be a small discussion-based class where we will talk and debate the realities of globalization as experienced by people and as an abstract ideal. Throughout the course, we will explore how people around the world are creatively engaging with globalization on their own terms, resisting, negotiating, and recreating the meaning of globalization. We will discuss globalization theories, taking care to read scholars from around the globe, and seek to apply them to real life cases. Likely case studies include: anti-retroviral therapy medication for HIV/AIDS and World Trade Organization patent protection laws, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a compliance mechanism for human rights discourse and practice, and global monitoring and evaluation practices as a new form of colonialism. About the instructor: I am a PhD candidate in Sociology with a minor in Development Studies and Social Change. I have worked in Ethiopia and Washington D.C. implementing USAID projects and in Sierra Leone and other African countries for non-profits. I have an interdisciplinary background and draw upon Development Studies, Policy, Gender and Women's Studies, Geography, and Anthropology. I have lots of experience teaching and am eager to teach a course on a topic I am passionate about.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
10% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance
20% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: I reserve the right to make any changes deemed necessary to class content, assignments, and grading as I finalize the syllabus. The course syllabus is influenced by the ideas and work of Professor Michael Goldman. - Exam Format:
- Final exam will include a combo of multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. The personal narrative paper will ask you to connect your own life to class concepts. We only meet 12 times, so be ready to come to each and every class session.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
15% Film/Video
30% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers Class will be a combination of interactive lecture, group discussions, exercises, and writing time. In addition to academic articles, we will read newspaper articles, watch short films and a few full length documentaries and have guest lecturers. - Workload:
- 125 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
8 Homework Assignment(s)
3 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Assignments will likely include: readings summaries/reflections, a personal narrative paper exploring your own relationship to globalization, and a final exam. I will also give quizzes on lecture material so I can adjust my teaching accordingly. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/89027/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2014
Summer 2014 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (81809)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/16/2014 - 08/22/2014Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 245
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- Major Project Seminar is designed to provide sociology majors with resources and guidance necessary to complete an independent research project. To facilitate your success, I will present material and provide resources relevant to each stage of the research and writing processes including: formulating a research question, reviewing relevant literature, designing the data collection, collecting and analyzing data, and writing a final paper. At each of the above-mentioned stages, you will write and submit a section of your paper, steadily working toward a complete research project due at the close of the semester. You will receive detailed written feedback and one-on-one consultations throughout the research and writing processes. I encourage each of you to investigate a sociological topic of personal interest, thus increasing the likelihood that completion of your major project research experience, though demanding, will be both professionally rewarding and intellectually gratifying.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Laboratory
20% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 - 80 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: 1 Final paper is due at the end of the semester. Sections of the paper are due at different dates throughout the semester (detailed in course syllabus) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81809/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (51044)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed, Fri 09:05AM - 09:55AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the field of sociology. Sociology is the study of human actions and social relations, and the broader patterns of social order that result from them. The course is organized in three parts: we first study social identity and interaction, then how social institutions shape the world we live in. The final section of the course is devoted to understanding how the social world changes. The course involves lecture and lab/discussion sections. Lectures are designed to introduce you to the central ideas and theories of the field and to extend and develop the concepts introduced in reading. Labs allow smaller groups to discuss and apply these ideas more concretely.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
5% Quizzes
5% Attendance
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
10% Laboratory - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
8-10 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51044/1143
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC1001_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2011
Spring 2014 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (51047)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. A key objective of this course is to foster students? critical thinking abilities in their analysis of societal issues, and in their articulations of these issues. Students are expected to be able to apply sociological theories and debates into their everyday practices.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
30% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Short answer format
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion videos - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51047/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Spring 2014 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (51051)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Thu 05:45PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the often unseen social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social stratification. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Web Based - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 OR 3 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51051/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (51060)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship between the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or/and hinder change. Course aims to foster students? `sociological imagination,? or their ability to apply sociological theories into their everyday lives. This is a writing intensive course. Students will have an opportunity to obtain feedback on their work in order to improve their writing through revision. Students are also expected to play a greater role in class discussions.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
10% Quizzes
30% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
18 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51060/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2014
Spring 2014 | SOC 3003 Section 001: Social Problems (64778)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Analysis of major social problems, including inequality, crime, drug abuse, pollution, and racism. Proposed solutions, evaluation of policy consequences.
- Class Description:
- How do we decide that something is a social problem, and what do we do about it? How do race, class and gender impact our understandings of social problems in the contemporary United States? Who is primarily responsible for addressing social problems-- individuals, the government, churches, schools, or other institutions? In this class, we will examine some of the major social problems facing the United States today. Specially, we focus on controversies surrounding the 1) American family, 2) crime and punishment, 3) the distribution of wealth & income, 4) the degradation of the environment, and 5) Science, Medicine, and Health. In order to illustrate the issues to be discussed, we will watch segments from a number of recent documentary films such as Everything's Cool, Daddy & Papa, The Boys of Baraka and A Hard Straight.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- essay, as well as multiple choice and true/false
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
25% Film/Video
45% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: This term there will be NO REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS for this class, but students should expect to purchase a sizable COURSEPACKET. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64778/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2012
Spring 2014 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Chinese Society: Culture, Networks & Inequality (66511)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3900 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- The aim of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of cultures, social networks, and socioeconomic inequalities in China today. The instructor will give lectures on relevant topics with the assistance of PPT presentation, and in-class discussions will be organized to exchange opinions about issues of common interests among the enrolled students. A cultural tour to China (Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi'an) will be arranged during the Spring Break. Through this course, students will gain a basic understanding of how Chinese society operates today. The prerequisite is Soc1001 'Introduction to Sociology,' or otherwise the Instructor's permission is required to enroll in the class.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Discussion
15% Field Trips - Workload:
- 15 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66511/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (55485)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- Overview and analysis of the U.S. criminal justice system. The course stresses three themes: 1. the balance between the government's power to control crime and the rights of individuals; 2. the appropriate decision making criteria (seriousness of offense, criminal history of offenders, and strength of evidence) and the illegal criteria (race, ethnicity) that can infect decision-making in the major crime control agencies (police, courts, and corrections); 3. the evaluation of criminal justice policies and practices (Do they work? Are they legal? Are they fair? Are they smart?). The course describes, analyzes, and provides information and arguments to stimulate you to think critically about crime control in a constitutional democracy. Topics include crime, trends in crime, criminals and their families; victims and their families; crime control in a constitutional democracy; criminal law; police roles and culture, police strategies, and police and the Constitution; charging suspects; prosecuting, defending, and sentencing defendants; probation and incarceration; and prisoner reentry into society ("Eventually, they all come home.") No prior knowledge of the criminal justice system is required.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 NONCUMULATIVE exams + a NONCUMULATIVE final% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, True/False, and short essays
- Class Format:
- 55% Lecture
5% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers
1. documentary videos of police, courts, corrections; 2. Guest lecturers are Minnesota criminal justice professionals, including police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections officials - Workload:
- 25 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55485/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3101 Section 002: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (55486)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Wed 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and the Social Science Core. Courses with these designations are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
35% Quizzes Other Grading Information: 70% two exams (35% each) and 30% final exam. - Exam Format:
- Two multiple choice and short answer exams and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-70 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55486/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (69891)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections). Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth, length of writing assignments, presentations, leadership of students.
- Class Description:
- Overview and analysis of the U.S. criminal justice system. The course stresses three themes: 1. the balance between the government's power to control crime and the rights of individuals; 2. the appropriate decision making criteria (seriousness of offense, criminal history of offenders, and strength of evidence) and the illegal criteria (race, ethnicity) that can infect decision-making in the major crime control agencies (police, courts, and corrections); 3. the evaluation of criminal justice policies and practices (Do they work? Are they legal? Are they fair? Are they smart?). The course describes, analyzes, and provides information and arguments to stimulate you to think critically about crime control in a constitutional democracy. Topics include crime, trends in crime, criminals and their families; victims and their families; crime control in a constitutional democracy; criminal law; police roles and culture, police strategies, and police and the Constitution; charging suspects; prosecuting, defending, and sentencing defendants; probation and incarceration; and prisoner reentry into society ("Eventually, they all come home.") No prior knowledge of the criminal justice system is required. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 NONCUMULATIVE exams + a NONCUMULATIVE final% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, True/False, and short essays
- Class Format:
- 55% Lecture
5% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers
1. documentary videos of police, courts, corrections; 2. Guest lecturers are Minnesota criminal justice professionals, including police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections officials - Workload:
- 25 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69891/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Introduction to Criminal Behavior and Social Control (55487)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime.
- Class Description:
- The course addresses general theories of criminal behaviour and social control. Students will learn and become familiar with the most relevant theories in understanding and explaining crime. . Criminological and socio-legal theories of crime are examined critically, and we attempt to understand better how the discourse about criminal behaviour and social control changes across space and time. The first part of the course is mainly devoted to the analysis of theories and their development, while the second part focuses more on some types of criminal behaviours, especially gangs, street crime, violent crime and gender violence. The course ends with a section on recent tendencies in social control (policing, community crime control, prison). The course uses a variety of reading materials (including empirical studies and newspaper articles) and involves small group discussion of film/video. Objectives of the course: The course helps students become familiar with the most influential theories about criminal behavior and social control and build a strong background in this field. The course aims to help students distinguish among different theories, understand the interconnections between theories of crime and practices of control and have a better understanding of the process of criminalization. At the end of the course students should have developed skills in applying this knowledge to case studies and to selected practices and policies of social control. One more goal is to broaden students' perspectives by examining views and theories from different parts of the world.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
5% Quizzes
5% Attendance Other Grading Information: 50% intermediate exams - Exam Format:
- Short answers and essay questions
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: 2 intermediate exams, 1 final exam. All consist of short answer and essay questions - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55487/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (61223)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Conceptual/theoretical tools sociologists use to study race relations in the United States. Historical experiences among racial/ethnic groups. American Indians, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, and white ethnics.
- Class Description:
- What is race? How have our understandings of race and racism changed over time? Why do deep racial inequalities persist in the post-civil rights era? In this class we will use sociological perspectives and theories to address these and other questions regarding the nature of race, racism, and racial relations in the U.S. We will explore the ways in which race continues to be a salient factor in social, economic, and political organization, paying particular attention to contemporary forms of racism in the ?age of colorblindness.? We will also examine how race informs aspects of personal identity and perspective. In doing so, this course is designed to challenge popular notions about the meaning and importance of race, and to encourage a deeper, more reflective understanding of how race and racism continue to structure American society, and the life experiences of its members. This is an intellectual and often emotional journey that requires critical thought, an open mind, a willingness for self-reflection, and is well worth the trouble!
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
40% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: There will be four reflection papers, worth 10% each. The final research paper will be assigned and graded in three parts: a proposal (5%), a rough draft (15%), and a final draft (20%) due the last day of class. - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
20% Film/Video
25% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 60-90 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/61223/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 January 2014
Spring 2014 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (63361)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change.
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63361/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 August 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (64780)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3322W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements. Challenges facing movement organizations. Relationship between movements and political institutions. Role of movements in bringing about social change. Theoretical issues, case studies.
- Class Description:
- Focusing on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements, this course explores debates about why and how movements arise and take shape, the dilemmas and challenges for making a movement organization and keeping it going, the relationship between social movements and established political parties and institutions, the transition from movement to non-governmental organization (NGO) or other formalized association, and the role of social movements and protest in bringing about change. The course is organized around general theoretical issues concerning why people join movements, why they leave or remain in movements, how movements are organized, the strategies and tactics they use, and their long- term and short-run impact. To illustrate these theoretical concepts, we will read a number of articles about social movements in one region of the world: East Asia (Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore). This region is of great economic importance but does not have the presence or at least historical depth of the liberal democratic state compared the US and Western Europe, the usual sites for cases of social movement study. Studying social movements in this relatively un-analyzed context will help clarify many existing theories and suggest directions for new theories and concept.
- Grading:
- 10% Midterm Exam
10% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
5% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: This is a writing intensive course. The student writes the paper in three sections, gets peer and instructor feedback on each, and then combines them into the full final paper. - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice and short essay
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
14 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64780/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3451V Section 001: Honors: Cities & Social Change (69145)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 3451W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social, economic, cultural foundations of modern city. Theories/models of urbanism from Wirth to Sassen. Migration/ethnic enclaves. Racial segregation, social control. Urban social movements. Urban-suburban divide. Decline of urban liberalism.
- Class Description:
- Description: This course will use a combination of sociology, history, first-person accounts, and film to follow the rise of urbanism in Europe and the United States. We will read key texts by some of the great scholars and shapers of urban life, including Louis Wirth, Walt Whitman, Engels, W.E.B. DuBois, Guy DeBord, Jane Jacobs, Sharon Zukin and David Harvey, and apply their models to topics including the phenomnology of urban life, segregation and social control, the city as artistic milieu, ecological sustainability, the urban-suburban divide, and the contemporary "Brazilianization" of the American city. Lectures and group work, blogged discussions and reading reports, and qualitative fieldwork in the Twin Cities will help the students to develop their insights into cities and urban life. This process will culminate in a substantial term paper, developed through a three-stage planning, drafting, and revision process over several weeks. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 20% Official Blog Entries 10% ethnographic exercise 10% first exam 10% second exam 10% first polished draft 25% final paper 15% class and blog citizenship.
- Exam Format:
- Mostly long answer.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture, 40% Discussion. 30% writing exercises, films and other in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: 50-75 pages of reading per week, 45 pages of writing per semester. There will be 2 exams, up to 4 quizzes and one term paper. Final projects incorporating artwork, music, or fiction may also be approved subject to consultation with the professor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69145/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities & Social Change (64782)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 3451V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social, economic, cultural foundations of modern city. Theories/models of urbanism from Wirth to Sassen. Migration/ethnic enclaves. Racial segregation, social control. Urban social movements. Urban-suburban divide. Decline of urban liberalism. "Brazilianization" of American city.
- Class Description:
- Description: This course will use a combination of sociology, history, first-person accounts, and film to follow the rise of urbanism in Europe and the United States. We will read key texts by some of the great scholars and shapers of urban life, including Louis Wirth, Walt Whitman, Engels, W.E.B. DuBois, Guy DeBord, Jane Jacobs, Sharon Zukin and David Harvey, and apply their models to topics including the phenomnology of urban life, segregation and social control, the city as artistic milieu, ecological sustainability, the urban-suburban divide, and the contemporary "Brazilianization" of the American city. Lectures and group work, blogged discussions and reading reports, and qualitative fieldwork in the Twin Cities will help the students to develop their insights into cities and urban life. This process will culminate in a substantial term paper, developed through a three-stage planning, drafting, and revision process over several weeks.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 20% Official Blog Entries 10% ethnographic exercise 10% first exam 10% second exam 10% first polished draft 25% final paper 15% class and blog citizenship.
- Exam Format:
- Mostly long answer.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture, 40% Discussion. 30% writing exercises, films and other in-class activities.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: 50-75 pages of reading per week, 45 pages of writing per semester. There will be 2 exams, up to 4 quizzes and one term paper. Final projects incorporating artwork, music, or fiction may also be approved subject to consultation with the professor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64782/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (66604)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Families in contemporary American society. Historical/cross-cultural comparisons. Interrelationships of families with other social institutions. Race, class, and gender in shaping family experiences. Topics may include marriage, divorce, childbearing, parenthood, family violence, gay/lesbian families.
- Class Description:
- We all are part of families, for better and for worse. Families are universally important social institutions. This course, sociology of families, will focus on families in the contemporary U.S. It will engage core sociological theories and research evidence about many common features of families including ideas about love, marriage, gender, parenthood, adulthood, and sex and sexuality. We will explore if and how families are influence by societal conditions like the economy or common religious beliefs. We will also learn about how families and groups of people can create and maintain innovative family models leading to social change in society. This is a three-credit course that will require approximately nine hours per week (including class time), averaged over the semester, in order to complete the work of the course to achieve an average grade. We will read three books ranging from 200-300 pages each over the course of the semester. In addition, we will read 2 to 3 short, non-technical articles each week. All included, students should plan to read 60-75 pages a week. Writing will include a 5-7 page critical reflection paper on one of the three books and either short answer and essay exams (2 total) or quizzes (12 total).
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- essay, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: the course will have either 2 short answer and essay exams OR 12 quizzes. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66604/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3503 Section 001: Asian American Identities, Families and Communities (66744)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- AAS 3503 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of Asian American identities, families/communities. Racial/ethnic identity formation, immigration, intergenerational relationships, dating/family formation, transnational adoption, popular culture, educational/work experiences, ethnic enclaves/activism.
- Class Description:
- This course provides a sociological overview of Asian American identities, families and communities. It starts by looking at the experiences of second generation Asian American young adults in order to consider questions about who is viewed as American and the ways in which Asian Americans complicate the racial landscape of the contemporary United States. This unit introduces theories of immigration, identity formation, intergenerational relationships, and acculturation, particularly as they pertain to Asian Americans, and that appear throughout the course. To place these experiences within a broader historical, structural, and cultural context the second unit provides both an overview of the history of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States and examines the contemporary demographics of Asian Americans. This unit emphasizes the diverse experiences of Asian American communities and families, highlighting ethnic, cultural, gender, generation, and class variations, as well as historical and contemporary experiences of marginalization, racial othering, and discrimination. The final unit of the class will allow students to apply these theories and data to understanding two specific cases with particular relevance for Minnesota: Hmong immigrant experiences and transnational adoption. Throughout the course we will consider the ways in which society affects individual's, and how in turn, individual's affect society. Course projects will be utilized to help students gain a concrete appreciation of how sociological perspective sheds light on lived experience of contemporary Asian Americans.
- Grading:
- 45% Midterm Exam
25% Reports/Papers
5% Journal
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
3 ESSAY Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66744/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (51099)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:50AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide an overview of the major theoretical traditions in the discipline of sociology. Sociological theory is like an evolving conversation about core questions regarding the nature of society and the individual's role within it. These questions include: Are individuals rational calculators of costs and benefits, or communicators who create and inhabit symbolic universes? Is the social order shaped mostly by the economic system and how it organizes resources (e.g. capitalism), or are technologies of communication and control what matter as we transition from industrial societies to mass societies? How does increasing globalization foster new theories of how societies work? Theories of society are, of course, shaped by the social location of the theorist, so as more diverse voices have joined the conversation, theory has expanded to grapple in new ways with problems of power, difference, and inequality. In this class, we will learn how sociological theory has developed over the 20th century and explore how and why it is useful in understanding the world we live in today.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
60% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 4 in-class mini-exams - Exam Format:
- short answer and short essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 35-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51099/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2010
Spring 2014 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (51100)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- COURSE OVERVIEW Social theory presents a way of "seeing" the world and is itself social, in that it is created in the context of that time and circumstance. This class presents a survey of sorts of major social theorists who have contributed important ideas regarding how and why the world works in the way that they think it does. Given the limitations of a semester, we have room for just a brief encounter of a few of the many foundational social thinkers that have shaped our understanding of society. The focus of this course is necessarily placed upon those "classical" theories, from which so many others have built their ideas. The goal of this course is to familiarize you with some of these sociological ideas as a gateway to developing greater intellectual curiosity and perhaps even pursuing further investigations on your own. Perhaps one of the biggest obstacles in this intellectual endeavor is not only the complexity of the ideas but the many times cumbersome language in which it is expressed. Consequently, we will devote considerable class time to go over the ideas and specific passages together. Articulating our interpretations and trying out our questions - verbally and in written form. Obviously, this method will only work if you come to class prepared and ready to discuss the readings. Finally, regardless of your current and future goals, the capacity to critically analyze a complex theory and powerfully express your own ideas is indispensable. The assignments and exams for this course are intended to develop and strengthen your ability to do so. COURSE REQUIREMENTS This course will involve lectures, discussions, films, and a creative or service learning project. Attendance and active participation is mandatory. Missed lectures cannot be "made up". I do not provide mini-lectures during office hours or distribute my lecture notes. There will be weekly written assignments, two exams and a final paper/project. - The in-class exams will assess your comprehension of course materials. The format may include short answer, multiple choice, and/or essay questions. It will be open-book and open-notes. - The weekly written assignments are short, one-page (single space) analytical exercises that demonstrate your understanding or grappling of that week's readings. These are due at the beginning of class on Wednesday during the 10 weeks in which readings are assigned. In these exercises, you are expected to: 1) cite a particular passage or sentence that you found intriguing; 2) provide a brief explanation why you chose this passage/sentence; and 3) articulate a question for further discussion. - You will have the option of choosing a creative project or an analytic paper. The objective of this assignment is to delve more deeply into one or more of the theorists or theories discussed in class. More detailed instructions will be provided separately.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51100/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 June 2012
Spring 2014 | SOC 3701 Section A94: Social Theory (61330)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing Education
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Off Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This is a fully online course offered through Online and Distance Learning (ODL), College of Continuing Education. VIsit "CIass URL" for ODL policies, including fee and financial aid restrictions. This course provides an introductory, yet thorough, background in classical and contemporary social theory in a Web-based format. We will draw upon in-depth readings of important theoretical works to gain a better understanding of how key theoretical developments in sociology can help us better understand the world we live in today. In addition to reading original theory, the other building blocks of the course include weekly quizzes, discussions, reading journals, and exams. By the end of the semester, you should be able to read, interpret, evaluate, and apply key theoretical ideas to life in contemporary society. Put simply, the purpose of this course is to develop a basic but critical understanding of the Big Ideas in social theory and why we should care about them.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: See attached syllabus
- Class Format:
- Online
- Workload:
- Other Workload: See attached syllabus
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/61330/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 October 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (51080)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab.
- Class Notes:
- (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/19/2013)
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Written Homework
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- short answer and brief essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
7 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Homework consists only of worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51080/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 December 2012
Spring 2014 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (50697)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
- Class Notes:
- (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/19/2013)
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) displays of frequency and percentage distributions, (2) measures of central tendency and dispersion, (3) measures of association and correlation, (4) bivariate regression, and (5) basics about probability and statistical inference. Lectures on these topics will be given in class meetings, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15-20 pages of the text per week. There will be a midterm exam and a final exam. Students will need a calculation for assignments and exams.
- Grading:
- 70% Midterm Exam
30% Problem Solving - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50697/1143
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 October 2007
Spring 2014 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Basic Social Statistics (56217)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
- Class Notes:
- (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/19/2013)
- Class Description:
- This is an entry-level social statistics course for undergraduate sociology majors. It emphasizes statistical descriptions and inferences of survey data in a learning-by-doing style. Lectures of this course expose students to theoretical bases of statistical methods with rich and diverse examples of sociological issues and cover following topics (1) numerical data description with frequency table, central tendency, and dispersion; (2) graphical data presentation; (3) basics on probability theory and statistical inference; (4) bivariate association and correlation; (5) bivariate regression. Laboratory sessions teach basic computing and data manipulation techniques in the IBM SPSS environment. Students are expected to apply theoretical knowledge to investigate real survey data and complete weekly assignments during laboratory sessions. In addition to attending lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15-20 pages of the text per week. There will be two (2) midterm exams and one (1) final exam. Students will need a scientific calculator for assignments and exams.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Written Homework - Exam Format:
- multiple choices, true/false questions, and computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56217/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4101V Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Law (69064)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students.
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69064/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (53285)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 4101V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey law. Social forces involved in creating law (civil/criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change.
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53285/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (64784)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Nature/types of crime. Problems in measuring incidence/trends. Review of sociological theories of crime causation. Implications for crime prevention/control.
- Class Description:
- In this course we cover a broad range of topics related to criminology as a theoretical discipline and as a basis for criminal justice policy making. In the first part we look at the main criminological explanations of crime, with a special focus on the European origins of criminology, revisiting foundational works by Cesare Lombroso and Enrico Ferri and analysing their influence in the rest of the world. We then examine the classical sociological explanations of crime developed in the US during the past century through a selection of readings from influential American sociologists whose works offered new perspectives on crime causation and also influenced criminal justice and social policies. The second part of the course is mostly dedicated to looking critically at specific crime phenomena, including youth violence and gender crimes. In the final part we consider the most recent theoretical developments in criminology (green criminology, feminist criminology, cultural criminology, and comparative criminology) and a few current controversies: public criminology, crime and the media, crime trends and their explanation, and recent tendencies in criminal justice policies around the world. Objectives: The course will help students broaden their knowledge of criminological topics across space and time. Students? understanding will be enriched by analysing criminological theories from historical and comparative perspectives. The final part of the course, mostly dedicated to current key issues and debates, will help students think critically about criminological explanations of crime and their impact on criminal justice policies and to have a better understanding of the future of criminology.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Short answer and essay questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
20% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64784/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment and Corrections (66605)
- 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 Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Correctional strategies such as prison, probation, and parole. Theories/structures of diversion, probation, parole, and other community corrections programs. U.S. penal policies/practices compared with those in other countries.
- Class Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of U.S. penal institutions and their role in society. We examine the origins, functions, and effects of the U.S. system of mass incarceration and its role in reshaping contemporary patterns of inequality and racial stratification. Other highlighted topics include women's imprisonment, community corrections, prison guards' unions, felony disenfranchisement, and the death penalty. The class will focus particular attention on Michelle Alexander's "New Jim Crow" book, which argues that the carceral system functions as a modern-day Jim Crow system of racial control. This book has received a record amount of popular attention and is the center of important policy debates today. We will also watch a series of documentaries, or "video ethnographies," to explore the lived experiences of people in the criminal justice system
- Grading:
- 30% Final Exam
70% Quizzes Other Grading Information: Reading quizzes and short memos (70%) and final take-home exam (30%). - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, memos, and take-home essay exam.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66605/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4108 Section 001: Current Issues in Crime Control (66616)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies.
- Class Description:
- The focus of this Current Issues course is Drugs & Society. We use key research, case studies, film, guest speakers, and popular media, to explore the social dimensions of American drug control, from the early-20th century crusades against opiates and marijuana to the modern meth epidemic. Why are some highs legal, while others are subject to intense surveillance and punishment? To begin to answer these questions, the first part of the course examines how various substances have been criminalized, medicalized, or deregulated at different historical moments. We'll learn about shifting strategies in the contemporary War on Drugs and their social effects, including education and prevention, criminalization, treatment, and efforts to decriminalize or legalize drug use. In the second half of the course, we focus on drug users, examining changing trends in drug (ab)use and competing theories of why people use drugs. We consider the complex relationships between drug use, addiction, crime, and the informal economy. Finally, we turn to the relationship between the War on Drugs and social inequality, asking how race, class, and gender have shaped and been shaped by the American drug war. This course will encourage you to think critically about the policing of bodies and behaviors through the study of drug control.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
40% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66616/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Killing (51061)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Fri 12:30PM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-106
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological, legal, psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. Normal killings contrasted with pathological types. Mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, terrorist killings.
- Class Description:
- Sociological, legal, and psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. The topic of "normal" killings is contrasted with various pathological types. Subtopics include: mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, and terrorist killings.
- Workload:
- 3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: (2 mid-term examinations and a cumulative final examination) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51061/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2014 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (51070)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-107
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion.
- Class Description:
- Course Content: Balance between government power to enforce criminal laws and individuals' right to be let alone by the government in a constitutional democracy. Topics include: police power to stop and frisk, arrest, search, interrogate, and identify suspects; right to a lawyer; remedies for constitutional violations; social science, the courts, and the law of criminal procedure. Teaching methods: Read and discuss U.S. Supreme Court and other cases. Textbooks and other reading: Samaha, Criminal Procedure 8th edition (earlier editions won't do). Audience: Upper division undergraduates in all departments and colleges; some graduate and professional students.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal conceptsl and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly non-cumulative short answer exam (60%); weekly case briefs (10%); weekly discussion analysis essay (30%) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51070/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2010
Spring 2014 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Society and the Environment: A Growing Conflict (66512)
- 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
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4305 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Societal causes/cures of ecological problems such as global warming, species extinction, and resource exhaustion.
- Class Description:
- Over the past 150 years, human society's effect on its local and global environment has increased dramatically. Nowadays, those environmental harms are more and more coming back to harm humans as well as other species. The biggest example of this negative feedback is global climate change. If humanity continues to pour greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it will get hit with intensifying disasters. According to James Hansen, these could eventually even wipe out the human species. This course explores why this situation has come about and what we can do about it. Three factors: growth of population, growth capacity to buy more stuff, and the technology to make lots of stuff?all these require energy produced by burning fossil fuels that emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. We need to understand why we as a group, despite available information, have let this problem get so bad. Only then can we overcome this inertia and plot an attainable course toward sustainable world.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: Grading for this course is based primarily on short essays and exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66512/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4311 Section 001: Race, Class, and the Politics of Nature (66513)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4311 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Wed 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Global debates over how nature is produced, consumed, degraded, sustained, and defended. Analytics of race/class. Politics of North-South relations.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to the theoretical and historical foundations of environmental racism and environmental inequality. We will examine and interrogate both the social scientific evidence concerning this phenomenon and the efforts by governments, residents, workers, and activists to combat it. We will consider the social forces that create environmental inequalities, so that we may understand their causes and consequences. We will also consider ideas and practices that may lead to 1) a more equitable social distribution of the costs and benefits of markets and 2) more ecologically sustainable forms of production. Students will be expected to master several social scientific theories and concepts related to the subject matter. In particular, we pay close attention to the ways in which the concept of race intersects with gender, class, citizenship, and nation in order to better understand how systems of power and inequality are constructed, reinforced, and challenged.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
10% Quizzes
20% Written Homework
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Both the midterm and final exams will be take home tests requiring the use of course readings, lectures, discussions, and films to answer questions.
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
15% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers service learning component is optional - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Homework Assignment(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66513/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 July 2009
Spring 2014 | SOC 4451 Section 001: Sport and Society (66619)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4451H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How sport is socially organized, what role(s) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life in general.
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport?how it is socially organized, what role (or roles) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful, paradoxical, and poorly understood institutions in the modern world. The first unit of the course provides a theoretical framework and broad historical context for making social sense of these paradoxes and of the phenomenon of sport itself. The second unit then explores what it is like to ?play? various sports, the determinants of participation and success, and the general impacts of such involvement. These ideas are illustrated throughout the course using examples from intercollegiate athletics and the dynamics of race and sport in contemporary American society. Two main themes structure the second half of the course. The first is the culture and political economy of elite-entertainment sport; the second involves issues of globalization and cross-cultural exchange focusing on Olympic sport in China. Together, all of these units are intended to capture the basic structure, function, and broad social significance of a cultural form that is too often naively celebrated, trivialized, or simply dismissed by both scholarly and public audiences alike.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66619/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4451H Section 001: Honors: Sport and Society (69065)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4451 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Course Catalog Description:
- How sport is socially organized, what role(s) it plays in society, what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, presentations, leadership of students.
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to stimulate critical, sociological thinking about sport?how it is socially organized, what role (or roles) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life more generally. It begins from and is grounded in the notion that sport is one of the most powerful, paradoxical, and poorly understood institutions in the modern world. The first unit of the course provides a theoretical framework and broad historical context for making social sense of these paradoxes and of the phenomenon of sport itself. The second unit then explores what it is like to ?play? various sports, the determinants of participation and success, and the general impacts of such involvement. These ideas are illustrated throughout the course using examples from intercollegiate athletics and the dynamics of race and sport in contemporary American society. Two main themes structure the second half of the course. The first is the culture and political economy of elite-entertainment sport; the second involves issues of globalization and cross-cultural exchange focusing on Olympic sport in China. Together, all of these units are intended to capture the basic structure, function, and broad social significance of a cultural form that is too often naively celebrated, trivialized, or simply dismissed by both scholarly and public audiences alike. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 OR 3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69065/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4551 Section 001: Sociology of Sexualities (64807)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 4551H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sexual attitudes, behaviors, identities. Taken-for-granted beliefs about naturalness of sexual phenomena. How social forces shape sexual lives. Diversity of thought, behavior, lived experience with regard to sexuality.
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Sexualities is an advanced survey course covering social scientific approaches to the study of sexual attitudes, behaviors and identities. The course challenges students to examine taken-for-granted beliefs about the naturalness of various sexual phenomena and deepens students' understanding of how various social forces shape people's sexual lives. The course will focus on the diversity of thought, behavior and lived experience of individuals with regard to sexuality.
- Grading:
- 25% Quizzes
75% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 exams each counting 25% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, author-quote matching, essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly in-class writings on the course readings - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64807/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4551H Section 001: Honors: Sociology of Sexualities (69146)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4551 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sexual attitudes, behaviors, identities. Taken-for-granted beliefs about naturalness of sexual phenomena. How social forces shape sexual lives. Diversity of thought, behavior, lived experience with regard to sexuality. Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion.
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Sexualities is an advanced survey course covering social scientific approaches to the study of sexual attitudes, behaviors and identities. The course challenges students to examine taken-for-granted beliefs about the naturalness of various sexual phenomena and deepens students' understanding of how various social forces shape people's sexual lives. The course will focus on the diversity of thought, behavior and lived experience of individuals with regard to sexuality. Honors students will read a monograph in the sociology of sexualities and complete a written summary/critique of the book and a brief (5-8 minute) in-class presentation on it.
- Grading:
- 10% Reports/Papers
25% Quizzes
5% In-class Presentations
60% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 exams each counting 20% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, author-quote matching, essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 70-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s)
Other Workload: weekly in-class writings on the course readings - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69146/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 December 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (51892)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a senior research project based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of sociology can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity, and social responsibility in public life. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your senior thesis paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. Course materials encourage you to reflect on the role of sociological knowledge in the contemporary world and to connect your sociological knowledge to a community-based senior research project. Classes will include a combination of lectures, active learning exercises, writing exercises to help you prepare your main paper, and discussions of the required readings.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
20% Journal
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
30% Service Learning - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
10 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51892/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 October 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Major-Project Seminar (51893)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to: a) provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a senior thesis (usually based on community service learning); and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of sociology can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University. It is, in short, a capstone course. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity, and social responsibility in public life. The main goal of the course is to guide you through the process of writing your senior thesis paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. Course materials encourage you to reflect on the role of sociological knowledge in the contemporary world and to connect your sociological knowledge to a community-based senior research project. Classes will include a combination of lectures, active learning exercises, writing exercises to help you prepare your main paper, and discussions of the required readings.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
15% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
12 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Regular engagement in service learning (or another community-based fieldsite). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51893/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (51919)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Wed 12:00PM - 02:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register.
- Class Description:
- This second-semester seminar allows us to complete research and writing the senior thesis papers.
- Grading:
- 33% Reports/Papers
33% Written Homework
33% In-class Presentations - Class Format:
- 33% Discussion
33% Small Group Activities
33% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 35 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
4 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51919/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 October 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 5090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Reframing Mass Violence-Human Rights/Social Memory (68651)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GLOS 5900 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/23/2014Thu 03:00PM - 04:30PMUMTC, East BankVirtual Rooms ROOM-TBA02/06/2014Thu 03:00PM - 04:30PMUMTC, East BankVirtual Rooms ROOM-TBA03/06/2014Thu 03:00PM - 04:30PMUMTC, East BankHanson Hall 1-10903/27/2014Thu 03:00PM - 04:30PMUMTC, East BankHanson Hall 1-10904/10/2014Thu 04:00PM - 05:30PMUMTC, East BankVirtual Rooms ROOM-TBA04/24/2014Thu 03:00PM - 04:30PMUMTC, East BankHanson Hall 1-10905/08/2014Thu 03:00PM - 04:30PMUMTC, East BankHanson Hall 1-10902/20/2014Thu 03:00PM - 04:30PMUMTC, East BankHanson Hall 1-109
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- This class meets in Notle 235
- Class Description:
- REFRAMING MASS VIOLENCE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL MEMORY IN LATIN AMERICA AND SOUTHERN EUROPE (1 Credit - Topics Course) This course will explore the particular developments and transnational entaglements of social memories in societies revisiting their legacies of dictatorship, state terror, and grave human rights violations. The focus will be on Latin America and Southern Europe and the contemporary processes of re-interpretation and re-framing of a) the atrocities themselves and b) the transitional justice models that were adopted in their aftermaths. The course is organised as a lecture series in which experts from the countries of study will discuss their work and engage in dialogue with local scholars and students. The course will be co-facilitated by Barbara Fry (Human Rights Program), Ana Forcinito (Spanish and Portuguese) and Alejandro Baer (Sociology, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies). This course is part of a Research Collaborative funded by the Institute of Advanced Studies. Session will take place in Room 235 NOLTE (East Bank).
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: Pass/No Pass
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
10% Film/Video
70% Guest Speakers Seminar will meet on the following Thursdays from 3pm to 4.30pm Jan 23, Feb6, Feb20, March6, March27, April 10, April 24, May 8 - Workload:
- Other Workload: Readings of guest lecturers will be posted on Course's Moodle Site.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68651/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (54534)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals.
- Class Notes:
- Grad Soc major or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This is the first part of a one-credit, two-semester seminar designed for first-year graduate students in Sociology. The seminar is designed to give you a chance to explore the "hidden curriculum" of graduate school. During the first semester, the seminar will focus on many practical matters of graduatre school and professional life, as well as issues related to the development of a professional identity and purspose. To facilitate a student-centered focus , the seminar is designed to be open-ended, flexible, and interactive. That said, we do have a number of formal goals: (1) to provide practical information about sociology, academic life, and career goals; (2) to introduce resources and opportunities available in graduate school; (3) to provide a space to discuss presentations by students, faculty and job candidates in the department; (4) to foster an environment promoting creativity, a free exchange of ideas, and a place to ask questions and to form ideas about our work and our place in the discipline.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: There are no readings, exams or other formal requirements. The only requirements are to (1) Be there each week; (2) participate; and (3) Be reflective and be yourself as honestly as you can.
- Class Format:
- 80% Discussion
20% Guest Speakers We will have everyone sign up to help with weekly preparation to help foster our discussion. - Workload:
- 2 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: There is no formal grading for the course. There will be at least 2 short "homework" assignments designed to help foster discussion about life in graduate school. We will also produce working CVs. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54534/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Sociology of Higher Education: Theory and Practice (64788)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop a syllabus or teaching plan.
- Class Description:
- This course explores teaching and learning sociology in the contemporary United States. We will first situate teaching and learning within the broader social and political contexts of higher education in the United States, and consider the ways in which this context affects our role as teachers. We will spend the remainder of the semester exploring the craft of teaching. The course aims to provide students with a forum through which to learn about and reflect on pedagogical theory and practice. The goals of the course are to 1) think broadly about how we are influenced by, but also through our actions influence, higher education trends, and 2) develop the skills necessary to become excellent teachers, including encouraging active learning, teaching critical reasoning, delivering effective lectures, facilitating lively discussions, responding effectively to student writing, and fairly evaluating student and teacher performances. The course should encourage those who have had prior teaching experience to reflect more systematically on their classroom behavior and ways to improve it. It should help those who have not had any teaching experience by sensitizing them to various dimensions of effective teaching.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64788/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Law & Society Review: Journal Editing Seminar (66586)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5-3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- POL 8060 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Thu 11:15AM - 12:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1383
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This course is co-taught be Timothy R. Johnson (Political Science) and Joachim Savelsberg (Sociology), incoming editors of the Law & Society Review, the official journal of the Law & Society Association and the world's leading journal in the field of law and society studies. This is the first offering in a series of six semesters. Johnson will take the lead in 2013/14, Savelsberg in 2014/15. Students will read submitted papers that receive 'revise and resubmit' decisions and the reviewers' comments and discuss them with the editors. Different students may take the lead on specific papers in line with their substantive and methodological interests and expertize. Suggestions developed during these discussions will be incorporated into the R&R letters the editors will send out to authors. Students will thus get immersed in a range of cutting edge work done in the field. They will further gain crucial insights into the decision making processes associated with journal publishing. In this respect the course is intended to be a major professionalization tool that should be most helpful to graduate students who prepare to enter academic careers in which publishing papers in journals will be a crucial component. The process should make for an engaging collaborative, intellectual and professional, experience.
- Grading:
- 20% In-class Presentations
80% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 85% Discussion
15% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66586/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Education: Journal Editing Seminar (66587)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5-3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This course is centered around the journal Sociology of Education, which will be housed at the U of MN beginning July 1, 2013. Class sessions will focus on the operations of the journal, with an eye toward teaching students how research articles are evaluated; how the review process can shape and improve research; how the process of turning a first draft of a paper into a polished and published article unfolds; how to critique ongoing research in a professional way; and how to respond to such critiques about your own work. Along the way, involvement will provide an opportunity for students to gain theoretical, methodological, and substantive insight into a wide range of issues that touch on education in one way or another. Each week, students will (among other things) discuss articles that have been submitted; discuss external peer reviews of those articles; debate what decision should be made about submissions; think together about how to solicit more and better submissions; think together about reviewers and the review process; and think together about how to best use the journal's social media presence. Students who participate will be expected to do some work in preparation for each meeting. Project meetings will be lively and interactive, and will differ in focus and content from week to week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66587/1143
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC8090_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Gender, Mass Violence & Crime in International Law (66588)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems.
- Class Description:
- This seminar course examines crime and criminal justice as a gendered phenomena with a specific emphasis on gender-based violence during conflict. It explores how notions of different types of masculinity and femininity are embedded in and influence criminal behaviors, the operation of the criminal justice system, and the evolution of international criminal law. Course readings draw on historical and contemporary research and various theoretical perspectives, some of which present very different ways to think about how crime is shaped by gender and sex.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 100% Discussion
- Workload:
- 1 Paper(s)
4 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66588/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8590 Section 001: Topics in Life Course Sociology -- Work, Health & the Gendered Life Course (66589)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociology of aging, sociology of youth, and mental health and adjustment in early life course. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This class introduces sociological perspectives on the relationship between work conditions, health and well-being, drawing on stress-process, life course, constrained choice, institutional, demographic, and gender framings. The class will focus on three broad themes. The first theme is that occupational and organizational structures and interactions around work promote health and illness. The second theme is that this is a dynamic, recursive process, producing and reproducing disparities in health and health-related resources across age groups, social classes, race and ethnic subgroups, and gender. The third theme is that the work-health interface, the social organization of work and of health-care, and strategic patterns of adaptation to stressful circumstances vary across time and across cultures, and can be changed.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66589/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8666 Section 001: Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits (54154)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014UMTC, West Bank
- Course Catalog Description:
- TBD
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54154/1143
Spring 2014 | SOC 8735 Section 001: Sociology of Culture (66590)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/importance of culture as dimension of social life. Structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, practice theory. Cultural creation/reception. Identities as cultural formations. Culture/social inequality. Culture and race. Cultural construction of social problems. Culture and globalization.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an overview of cultural sociology. We will begin with central readings in theory and method to give students a background in the motivating questions and debates in the subfield. We will consider why the field has moved away from a focus on culture as ideas and ideals and toward a conception of culture as practice and institution, and we will engage with current debates about how best to conceptualize culture (as a deep or elaborated code or as a repertoire of action?), and related questions about culture's role in shaping cognition. We will also read empirical work that focuses on the relationship between culture and symbolic boundaries, and the role of embodiment and emotion in cultural analysis.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 80% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 60-90 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66590/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (57054)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management.
- Class Description:
- This course reviews the objectives of social research and how they inform research design. We will examine the linkage between research questions and design, the processes of theory building and theory testing, issues related to to establishing causation, the ethics of research design and implementation, and the mechanics of research proposal preparation. Specific methods covered may include case studies, comparative-historical research, content analysis, ethnography, experiments, in-depth interviewing, survey research.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
20% Written Homework
20% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
50% Discussion
20% Student Presentations
20% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 100-200 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57054/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (52128)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers.
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. This course is designed for Sociology graduate students and assumes a background equivalent to Soc 5811 Intermediate Social Statistics. The class will be comprised primarily of introduction to modern statistical techniques such as categorical data analysis (e.g., logistic regression), time series analysis (e.g., event history analysis), and modern computational statistics (e.g., monte carlo tests). Labs are organized to help students with the data analysis required to complete the weekly exercises, develop the term paper, and to further training in statistical software used by social science researchers.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: weekly/bi-weekly assignments, 1 take-home exam, 1 research paper.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 5-15 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: weekly/bi-weekly assignments, 1 take-home exam, 1 research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52128/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 April 2013
Spring 2014 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Bayseian Methods (64793)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- POL 8160 Section 005PSY 8882 Section 003STAT 8932 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue 11:15AM - 01:10PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 110
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Visiting Professor Jeff Gill
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64793/1143
Fall 2013 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (16709)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed, Fri 09:05AM - 09:55AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- The fascination of sociology lies in the fact that its perspective makes us see in a new light the very world in which we have lived all of our lives (Berger 1963). Through a global perspective, this course will introduce you to the study of society, human social behavior, and social interaction. Throughout this semester, we will consider the dynamic relationship between what it means to be an individual while simultaneously also being a member of society. The reading consists of a textbook, which will allow the class to cover a variety of sociological approaches and content. In class we will contextualize our reading of the text with film/documentaries and other supplementary readings/experiences. The primary goal of these explorations is to become well versed in basic sociological concepts and ideas while also developing tools that allow us to approach the social world and social research with a critical lens.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style percent videos, 10% written reports - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16709/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 1001 Section 015: Introduction to Sociology (16716)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces the pivotal questions that underpin classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. Analysis of how society is possible and how social order is maintained are core to an understanding of individuals as both agents and objects that shape and are shaped by their membership in society. Examining this close relationship among the individual, society, and social structures permits us to understand the dynamics of social and power relations in everyday living. The course explores diverse sociological theories purporting to explain the social, political and economic structures prevailing in our society. It also centralizes the importance of social change and the forces that drive or hinder change. The primary course objectives are as follows: (1) Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive introductory understanding of key sociological concepts, terminology, theories, approaches, and perspectives. (2) Students will be able to apply sociological analysis to contemporary issues and to their own lives. (3) Students will improve their ability to think critically and to articulate their ideas in written and verbal formats.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Written Homework
20% Additional Semester Exams
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- Each of the three exams will consist of three parts: short answer questions, essay questions, and matching terms with definitions.
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
5% Film/Video
15% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers The course involves weekly lectures and discussion sections - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: The 3 "papers" are each 1-page essays - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16716/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2012
Fall 2013 | SOC 1001 Section 030: Introduction to Sociology (16721)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 05:45PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to introduce you to the study of society and what Mills calls the "sociological imagination:" a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. Through the course we will examine some of the central concepts and problems that have preoccupied both classical and contemporary sociologists, and gain a sense of how the sociological imagination can illuminate the social forces that have a concrete impact on our everyday lives. We will first explore the creation and maintenance of the social order as well as the social processes by which people develop a sense of self and negotiate meanings in everyday social interactions. We then take a look at social structure, social institutions and social inequality. Finally, we will explore how, why, and when social life changes. Throughout the course you will be asked to consider the ways in which society affects your life, and how you, in turn, affect society. Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, multimedia, small group work and in-class exercises. The primary course objectives are as follows: (1) Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive introductory understanding of key sociological concepts, terminology, theories, approaches, and perspectives. (2) Students will be able to apply sociological analysis to contemporary examples and to their own lives. (3) Students will improve their ability to think critically and to articulate their ideas in written and verbal formats. The course is targeted to undergraduate majors and non-majors and satisfies the Liberal Education Social Science Core requirement.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers Other Grading Information: 40% exams/quizzes; 20% class participation/activities/homework/labwork
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short essay, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
25% Discussion
25% videos, small group work, in-class activities, homework, other - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: exams/quizzes will be a mix of multiple choice, short essay, essay - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16721/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (19383)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 278
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course emphasizes the scholarly study of human societies, social behavior, and institutions with an emphasis on understanding the world around us and how ordinary people can affect change. The course will focus on sociology theories, concepts, methods, and research findings.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance
20% Reflection Papers
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- A mixture of short answer questions, matching, and essay
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19383/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 1905 Section 001: Freshman Seminar -- Religion in America (34238)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Freshman Seminar
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 430
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- According to the General Social Survey, 97% of Americans believe in God, and 60% say they have no doubts, making us unique among Western industrialized countries. Religion is an important part of private life for many Americans, and it has a strong public presence as well. But an increasing number of younger Americans forego religious involvement and are critical of religious institutions; fully 30% of Americans under the age of 35 claim no religious identity, most because they are critical of or distant from "organized religion." The central, organizing question of this class is, "Why does religion matter in American life, and how is that likely to change?" Using a sociological lens, we will examine the social influence of religion. In particular, we will focus on: how religion shapes ethics and understandings of "the good life" and "the good society"; religious influences on family life, gender roles, and sexuality; how religion shapes attitudes toward racial inequality; religious social movements; and religious influences on voting and political mobilization. This course highlights the diversity of American religion, including the emerging importance of discourses about spirituality; we also focus on the changes brought about by younger generations.
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
15% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34238/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 March 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (21317)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- Overview and analysis of the U.S. criminal justice system. The course stresses three themes: 1. the balance between the government's power to control crime and the rights of individuals; 2. the appropriate decision making criteria (seriousness of offense, criminal history of offenders, and strength of evidence) and the illegal criteria (race, ethnicity) that can infect decision-making in the major crime control agencies (police, courts, and corrections); 3. the evaluation of criminal justice policies and practices (Do they work? Are they legal? Are they fair? Are they smart?). The course describes, analyzes, and provides information and arguments to stimulate you to think critically about crime control in a constitutional democracy. Topics include crime, trends in crime, criminals and their families; victims and their families; crime control in a constitutional democracy; criminal law; police roles and culture, police strategies, and police and the Constitution; charging suspects; prosecuting, defending, and sentencing defendants; probation and incarceration; and prisoner reentry into society ("Eventually, they all come home.") No prior knowledge of the criminal justice system is required.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 NONCUMULATIVE exams + a NONCUMULATIVE final% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, True/False, and short essays
- Class Format:
- 55% Lecture
5% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers
1. documentary videos of police, courts, corrections; 2. Guest lecturers are Minnesota criminal justice professionals, including police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections officials - Workload:
- 25 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21317/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3101 Section 002: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (21318)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to develop an introduction to the criminal justice system in the United States. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and parole. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and the Social Science Core. Courses with these designations are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 75% three exams (25% each)
- Exam Format:
- Three multiple choice and short answer exams, and one final take-home short essay exam
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21318/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Introduction to Criminal Behavior and Social Control (21319)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-104
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime.
- Class Description:
- What is crime? What is the extent and nature of crime in the U.S.? How do sociological theories help us understand criminal offending? How do we attempt to control crime? Do these efforts work? In this course, students will evaluate crime, criminal behavior and responses to crime from a sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed on how sociological theories and research impact criminal justice policy.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style small groups - Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4-6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 5 quizzes - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21319/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Fall 2013 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (29246)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 130
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Conceptual/theoretical tools sociologists use to study race relations in the United States. Historical experiences among racial/ethnic groups. American Indians, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, and white ethnics.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the contours of race in the post-civil rights era United States. Our goal is to examine the myriad ways that race structures American society and influences the experiences and life chances of all its members. In the opening sections of the class, we study definitions of race and major theories of how race and racism work in the contemporary U.S. The next unit begins with an overview of the concept of racial identity, and asks how social location impacts one's identity and daily interactions. After inquiring into the general process of identity formation, we look at the specific experiences of whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans. Though our central focus is on race relations in today's society, we also provide a historical overview of the experiences of each group in order to help explain their present-day social status. The next part of the course examines the significance of race in several specific contexts. We look at controversies over race and immigration, race and education, and race and popular culture. We close the class by considering the future of race relations in the U.S., and evaluating remedies to racial inequality.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/29246/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 August 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (21714)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- AAS 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change.
- Class Description:
- Understanding the social significance of race, class, and gender is pivotal to understanding society itself. These social constructions organize our everyday lives and, their implications?both independently and in relation to each other?are far-reaching for everyone. And, as constructions, these dynamic social categories require constant maintenance. This course will explore the roles and functions of these categories, how we maintain them, and their larger implications. To achieve this objective, strong critical thinking and writing skills are required. Critical analysis goes beyond mere summary of someone else's idea; it requires an additional level of inquiry based upon a synthesis of multiple perspectives and a deeper reading of the central concepts. Regardless of your current and future interests, the capacity to critically analyze a complex phenomenon and powerfully articulate your idea in written form is indispensible. As a writing-intensive course, the assignments and exams for this course are intended to develop and strengthen your ability to clearly and concisely articulate an original argument with convincing supporting evidence.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
10% In-class Presentations - Workload:
- 2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21714/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3251W Section 002: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (34239)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change.
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
- 20% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34239/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 August 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (30942)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Ideas of citizenship. Relationship between politics and society. Public sphere, civil society. Research practicum volunteering at policy-relevant site using participant observation methods.
- Class Description:
- Politics and society go together like a horse and carriage, but its hard to tell which is the horse and which the carriage! This course approaches politics from the standpoint of society. Accordingly, it does not focus on the details of the formal political institutions such as voting, legislatures or the presidency. Rather, it focuses on how society organizes around and pushes political questions. For instance, society is divided by social categories such as race, class, gender, age, education, religion, associational membership, wealth. The systemic relations among these categories, equal or unequal, exploitative or cooperative, and so forth, determine the allocation of "goods" and "bads" in society, and therefore many political dynamics. In addition, people and groups have different levels of social capital (connections) and cultural capital (for instance, levels of education and tastes about music, theater, literature, news, sports and alcohol). These different factors help create ideological values such as group and nationalist beliefs. They bear upon how individuals and groups think about the issues that face them and how they do or do not translate these into political issues demanding governmental action. These social factors interact with the type of local and national regime and its placement in global systems to channel conflicts and outcomes. Depending on the openness of the regime, popular pressures can lead to peaceful democratic change, open protests, or revolution. The course explores these issues from the perspective of three case studies: one case of severe ethnic conflicts in a giant democracy (India), one case of revolution against dictatorship (the Arab Spring) -- and within that, the role of the internet communications in popular mobilization and what it presages for the future--, and one case about welfare politics in a conservative capitalist democracy (the US--the politics of the recent Affordable Care Act).
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
18% Written Homework
2% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: This is a writing intensive (W) course. It requires that you develop your term paper in four stages, each of which is submitted for feedback and improvement. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/30942/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 July 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3505 Section 001: Transnational Migration: Networks of People and Places (34240)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3705 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How migration affects sending/receiving societies. How transnationalism or cross-border social/economic relations of individuals/households is maintained/perpetuated. Current debates on transnationalism at this stage of globalization.
- Class Description:
- How is transnationalism or cross border social and economic relations maintained and perpetuated? How are these relations affecting identity? How is current transnationalism different from earlier migration? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore these questions through theoretical and case study based literature on the subject. The first part of the course provides a historical overview on migration over the last two centuries. The second section centralizes identity in terms of transnational or dispersed communities. The aim of this section is to introduce the complex web of culture, agency and structure in play when dealing with migration. The third section presents case studies on the social and economic relations of transnational communities. The nature of family connections across borders and the economic ties of those who migrated with their families in the home country is discussed. The role of gender in these relations is also explored. The final section of the course deals with the role of the nation-state in transnational migration.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Written Homework
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 65 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34240/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (34486)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- SOC 5511 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility.
- Class Description:
- This course explores world population issues and potential problems in global perspective, and is organized around a central theme, namely - whether there are (or eventually will be) too many people alive for the Earth to support. The world's population is currently more than 7 billion persons, and is expected to reach upward of 9 billion persons by the year 2050. In this course, students will learn key population theories and measures to understand the causes and consequences of this population growth. Along the way, this will require in-depth examination of such demographic processes as mortality, fertility, migration, population aging, and the environment. Particular emphasis will be placed on exploring these processes in global perspective, with additional attention given to regional differentiation, primarily by comparing less- and more-developed countries. Key population-level theories, concepts, trends, and policies will be discussed.
- Exam Format:
- Quiz Format: multiple choice, Exam Format: short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-70 Pages Reading Per Week
8-16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly quizzes (most but not all weeks) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34486/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 May 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3613W Section 001: Food, Culture, and Society (34229)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- GEOG 3900 Section 001GLOS 3613W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Food issues from a sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about and relate to food.
- Class Description:
- Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, wonton soup, creme brulee What meanings and feelings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their key ingredients produced? Who prepares these dishes, and who eats them? This course is built on two key premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food involves relationships among different groups of people, and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations and the societies in which they are embedded through a sociological analysis of food. Among the themes we will explore in this course are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food system; work in the food sector; the debate over genetically modified food; and efforts to change the current food system.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34229/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (16757)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- Social theories help us understand society and how it works. In this class, we cover the development of social theory from the classical and founding works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary ideas such as feminism, rational choice, racism, and post-modernity. Throughout this class, we have three goals: to learn to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; to use this work to better understand the social world; and to develop our own capacity to talk and write about the world using ideas from theory.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations Other Grading Information: Two mini-papers about the readings each about 3 to 4 pages in length. 25 answers (about 1/3 page in length) to reading questions for each class. They class will break up into 10 groups and each group will make one presentation about the readings. - Exam Format:
- The exams are designed to evaluate your mastery of the concepts and ideas covered by the readings, lectures and discussions. The questions will include short-answer and essay. The midterm exam is worth 150 points and the final exam is 250 points.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
10% Film/Video
17% Discussion
3% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
25 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Workload may change depending upon the degree of teaching assistant support available - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16757/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (16758)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to current theories of postmodernism and globalization. We will examine a range of theories with particular attention to their treatments of core sociological questions and concerns, including: What holds human societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? What are the key sources of social conflict, and how are they resolved or contained? What are the significant features of modernity, and what are the implications of modernity for social life? How are social identities created, sustained or transformed, and to what effect? Where is society headed in the future? The goals of the course are to deepen students? understanding of the significance of such questions and to provide a preliminary survey of theories that have tackled these questions from the late 19th century to the present. For present and future sociology majors, the course provides an indispensable background for subsequent work in the discipline. For all others, it provides an invitation to think about some of the most vital questions that confront us all as reflective and self-aware members of our communities and our world. The course design is premised on the idea that the best way to learn and understand social theory is by seeing its connection to contemporary issues and concerns. Therefore, the primary theory readings in this course are paired with writings that illustrate the relevance of these theories to contemporary concerns or that directly apply the theories to current issues and questions.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
6 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16758/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2009
Fall 2013 | SOC 3701 Section 003: Social Theory (29212)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Thu 05:30PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- Social theory helps us to make sense from chaos, revealing core logics of development, change, meaning and domination which structure the bewildering, messiness of human experience. This class works closely with texts by a handful of great theorists who have created particularly illuminating, even world-changing ways of seeing. Reading extracts from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Patricia Hill Collins, Dorothy Smith, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard we will concentrate on readings around notions of power: economic, racist, colonial, patriarchal, bureaucratic, and discursive. You should improve your ability to think, read, and LIVE critically, able to better recognize and evaluate assumptions underlying "common sense" statements about how societies work. I believe that theoretical competence comes when you learn to enjoy intellectual creativity and risk-taking, and so we will spend considerable class time using debate and role-playing to loosen up those Minnesota inhibitions. Reading will not be extensive in terms of number of pages, but I will expect you to wrestle energetically before class with texts that can sometimes be both dense and abstract. Most of the required reading reports and other assignments will be self published by students on the class blog, which will enrich the depth and scope of class debate.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 40% exams, quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries. 20% class citizenship and blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Exam Format:
- Quotation identification and analysis. Comparison of theories and/or application to historical & contemporary phenomena.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-30 pages of (difficult) reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/29212/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2012
Fall 2013 | SOC 3721 Section 001: Principles of Social Psychology (28204)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Impact of social location on individual attitudes/behaviors. Dynamics of interpersonal relationships and small groups. Processes of social interaction.
- Class Description:
- Social Psychology is at the intersections of macro and micro sociology. This course will be a general survey of theoretical and applied knowledge of social psychology from the self to the interpersonal to the societal. Topics will include three major sections: 1) selfhood and socialization, 2) interpersonal processes, such as conformity/deviance, gender roles, etc, and 3) social processes, which include group dynamics, group stratification, conflict, collective behavior, etc. Through exposure to real life settings and simulations, students will explore key questions such as "What attracts us to each other??, "How do we respond to deviant behavior?" and, "Why do we conform?" Additionally, we will be applying social psychological concepts to contemporary social problems.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/28204/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (16741)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 350
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab.
- Class Notes:
- (Declared sociology majors have priority registration through 4/22/2013)
- Class Description:
- This course is an introductory ?how to? guide for conducting empirically-based research in the social sciences in an effective and critical way. Although primary focus will be given to the ins and outs of different research methods, including both qualitative and quantitative methods, the course begins by considering the philosophical, conceptual, and ethical issues involved in conducting scientific research. After introducing these issues, we will turn to a set of careful and critical assessments of particular research methods, including experiments, secondary-data and survey research, evaluation and policy research, qualitative methods, comparative and historical methods, and other approaches. In the process, students will have the opportunity to develop three research proposals on a topic and method of interest to them. Students will likewise be introduced to two software packages for conducting quantitative and qualitative research.
- Grading:
- 20% Special Projects
20% Laboratory Evaluation
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: homework; 40% examinations - Exam Format:
- Quiz Format: multiple choice, Exam Format: short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Laboratory - Workload:
- 45-70 Pages Reading Per Week
12-24 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly quizzes (most but not all weeks) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16741/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 May 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3801 Section 009: Sociological Research Methods (26830)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue 05:45PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab.
- Class Notes:
- (Declared sociology majors have priority registration through 4/22/2013)
- Class Description:
- We will explore ways of evaluating various forms of social research, including the formal research of social scientists, research in the everyday world around us, and our own (more or less formal) investigations of the social world. Our evaluations will consider the purposes, uses, and ethics of research, and the ways in which researchers engage with meaning, selection principles, and questions of "why." The central goal of this course is to explore and practice thinking critically and creatively about social research, thus becoming more reflective about accepting and using the research of others and about conducting our own investigations of the social world. Social research surrounds us: businesses try out marketing techniques; politicians test electoral strategies; government agencies investigate the efficacy of social programs; news media make claims about the who's, what's, when's, where's, and why's of social life. Thinking critically and creatively includes imagining and considering alternatives, identifying and questioning assumptions, and recognizing and investigating omissions. In support of this goal, we will practice evaluating the research of others (both more and less formal), and we will practice conducting our own research, including writing interview and survey questions and observing life and artifacts. Through this practice we will explore ways of thinking and practical tools that you will hopefully find useful not only for completing your senior major project, but also in your future work and life as a member of society. /// This course is divided into lecture and section, but this distinction will be far from absolute. Lecture periods will generally include lecture components, but these components will be interspersed with small group work using active learning exercises and case studies. /// ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: jim saliba is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Minnesota. jim's research investigates political influences on educational equity. At Minnesota, jim has examined voter support for school funding, done fieldwork at school board meetings, and helped develop demographic data for school attendance areas and state-level measures of grade retention. Before coming to Minnesota, jim studied and taught poetry in June Jordan's Poetry for the People program at the University of California, Berkeley, constructed experimental performance pieces in San Francisco, and developed software for a major bank. jim's dissertation-in-progress investigates the influence of governance structure changes on K-12 educational opportunity in the United States.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
26% Written Homework
24% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- short answer
- Class Format:
- 5% Lecture
35% Discussion
50% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers
(Percentages are estimates and subject to change.) - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
18-23 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
12 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: (Papers are revised and extended versions of homework assignments.) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26830/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 August 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (16369)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 270
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
- Class Notes:
- (Declared sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 4/22/2013).
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) displays of frequency and percentage distributions, (2) measures of central tendency and dispersion, (3) measures of association and correlation, (4) bivariate regression, and (5) basics about probability and statistical inference. Lectures on these topics will be given in class meetings, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15-20 pages of the text per week. There will be a midterm exam and a final exam. Students will need a calculation for assignments and exams.
- Grading:
- 70% Midterm Exam
30% Problem Solving - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16369/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 October 2007
Fall 2013 | SOC 4090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Environmental Decision Making: Food Systems Focus (35889)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- PSY 5960 Section 004
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Fri 09:30AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 432B
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Topic prereq - jr or sr or grad student
- Class Description:
- How do people comprehend, shape, and manage food environments? How do people decide which dynamics of food controversies are important -- and worthy of study and activism? How do scholars identify and apply appropriate analytic frameworks to illuminate the intertwined nature of social and environmental systems? This research seminar uses a platform of interdisciplinary environmental psychology and other social science approaches to explore ways that people experience environments and make decisions about them, both as individuals and also in the social contexts where environmental decision making is institutionalized. Choosing a project appropriate to their interests and skills, students will develop, research, and engage salient public audiences in exploring questions about everyday experience in environments, particularly environments relevant to food systems (although participants with broader environmental interests are also welcome). We will use case studies at different scales to explore a range of environmental decision challenges from the everyday experience of our immediate environments to the distant, abstract, global environment writ large, for example, in the need to address climate change and changing demands for food in processes for governing environments. Projects planned for the class relate to food system decision making in local projects (such as: a student-driven project to evaluate the values embodied in University Dining Services procurement strategies; an NGO-organized project to negotiate and institutionalize a comprehensive set of food justice principles; and a state-wide project organized in collaboration with Cooperative Extension to develop community food networks), and will also include other student interests and projects students bring to or develop in class. This course will meet in conjunction with cross-food-system events planned by the 2013-2014 Institute for Advanced Study Agri-Food Collaborative, focused on building capacity to discuss difficult topics across disparate perspectives on the food system, and on building knowledge infrastructure for representing these discussions in different ways. Engaging with environmental decision projects underway around the university and state, students will have the opportunity to consider the challenges involved in using diverse knowledge systems to understand and manage socio-environmental dynamics.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
21% Special Projects
24% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: DETAILS: 24%: 8 response essays; 21%: 3 community engagement exercises; 20%: participation (including some class facilitation); 35%: Term project in 4 stages: (proposal 5%, source summary 10%, presentation 10%, project report 10%) - Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
25% Discussion
35% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations
10% Field Trips - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
20-25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35889/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 June 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (27045)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey the law. Social forces involved in creating law (both civil and criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change.
- Class Description:
- Law is an institution of enormous social impact, where the most pressing and controversial issues of our time are debated (e.g., When is a collection of cells a human being? Should the state be allowed to kill juveniles who commit crimes? Who owns electronic information?). Sometimes people turn to law for protection and relief; at other times, they seek to avoid it at all costs. Law can be a force for achieving equality and redistributing power in society; yet it can also be conservative, rooted in age-old traditions and customs, with tightly controlled boundaries. Law is located in myriad places, from university codes of conduct to international treaties on torture. It permeates every aspect of modern life. In this course, students will learn about the sources, content, and impact of law from a sociological perspective.
- Grading:
- 45% Midterm Exam
40% Reports/Papers
5% Quizzes
5% Attendance
5% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- Short-answer essay exams.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/27045/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4141 Section 001: Juvenile Delinquency (34230)
- 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
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Childhood/delinquency. Measuring extent/distribution of delinquent behavior. Applying theories to relationships within family, school, peer group. Institutional responses to delinquency. Evaluating programs for treatment, prevention, control.
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs detailing delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34230/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4141H Section 001: Honors: Juvenile Delinquency (35057)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4141 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Childhood/delinquency. Measuring extent/distribution of delinquent behavior. Applying theories to relationships within family, school, peer group. Institutional responses to delinquency. Evaluating programs for treatment, prevention, control.
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs detailing delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based Media - Workload:
- 120 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35057/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4142 Section 001: Juvenile Law (30951)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Fri 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-104
- Course Catalog Description:
- Evolution of juvenile court. Organizational relationships among court, police, and other agencies. Policies regarding serious/status offenders. Intake, diversion, pretrial detention, waiver to adult court, sentencing. Conflicts over due process/treatment. Movements to abolish juvenile justice system.
- Class Description:
- An overall focus on issues involving juveniles in our society and how various issues are dealt with in the system of juvenile justice. Topics include: allocation of power among juveniles, families, and the state; problems that arise for juveniles with the school setting and within families; abuse and child neglect; children's rights; and the juvenile court and its origins up to more current problems. Various types of cases and problems that arise in the juvenile justice system will be considered.
- Grading:
- 95% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: exams, 5% class participation
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style videos - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: graduate/law students will be required to write a paper - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/30951/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2013 | SOC 4161 Section 001: Criminal Law in American Society (16733)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Purposes of criminal law and of principles of criminal liability, justification, and excuse. Applications to law of criminal homicide, sexual assault, drugs, and crimes against property, public order, and morals.
- Class Description:
- What's criminal law and what's it good for? Should we punish people only for what they do? or for what they might do? or even sometimes for who they are? What are the justifications and excuses for committing crimes? Topics: elements of crime that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt; accomplices; criminal attempts; defenses of justification (self-defense, defense of home) and defenses of excuse (insanity, age); criminal homicide; criminal sexual conduct. Read and discuss actual cases edited for non lawyers. Intensive class discussion. For upper division undergraduates, all majors.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: weekly exams covering reading and discussion - Exam Format:
- 40%, short answer quiz on each week's assigned reading (no notes or books allowed); 20%, analysis of week's assigned cases (take home); 40%, reaction essay based on the day's discussion topic (open book and notes)
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Homework Assignment(s)
13 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16733/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2020.docx (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbs_SOC4161_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 August 2011
Fall 2013 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (34231)
- 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 Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health.
- Class Description:
- The Sociology of Health and Illness, or Medical Sociology, seeks to understand issues of health and illness in social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. In this course we will explore these contexts, as well as ethics, theory and structure of medicine. We will consider medical experiences at the individual level as well as the group and structural levels. We will ask important questions about medicine, about practitioners, about patients and families. Why do some groups of people experience the medical system differently than others? What are the systematic differences in illness and outcomes among groups of people in society? How has medicine changed over time? How does the health care system function in the U.S.? How does health care function throughout the world? How is the health care system organized? What is the role of public health? This course presents an overview of Medical Sociology in primarily a lecture format, but will also utilize films, class exercises, and class discussions.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34231/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2012
Fall 2013 | SOC 4309 Section 001: Religion in American Public Life: Culture, Politics, & Communities (34232)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- RELS 4309 Section 001SOC 4309H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How diversity/vitality of American religion shape public life. How religious groups engage in political action, foster understandings of democracy/styles of civic participation. Volunteering/service activities. Race, poverty, the family, sexuality.
- Class Description:
- This course will focus on the "public face" of religion in the U.S. When it comes to belief, identity, and belonging, the American religious landscape is one of diversity ? and increasingly rapid change. The post-1965 wave of immigration has increased the number and visibility of new religious groups in the United States. And Americans under the age of 35 are embracing religious practices and beliefs but not organized religion ? fully 30% of younger generations claim no religious affiliation, a rapid and fundamental shift from their parents? generation. The purpose of this course is to help you understand contemporary American religion, in all its diversity and inter-generational differences, with a special focus on the public impact of religious groups and leaders. How does religion affect local communities, shape our political discourse, foster social movements, and influence national policies? We will explore the answers to these questions through examining sociological research on how religious groups engage in political action, foster particular understandings of democracy and styles of civic participation, influence volunteering, and shape individuals? views on issues such as race, poverty, science education, the family, and sexuality. Weekly student-led discussions will help you to use the insights of scholarly works to become more critical and educated readers of mass-media-based news about religion in our society. Civic life is comprised of voluntary, face-to-face arenas of activity that are not controlled by the state. Civic arenas are where citizens debate ethics, broadly conceived ? where ideas of ?the good society? are formed, debated, shared, and contested. The civic arena is diverse, with many types of secular and religious organizations. Through its role in civic life, religion is an important and visible arena for the construction of ethical discourse and understandings of the public (and the private) good. This course will help you develop a critical understanding of the ethical claims made by spokespersons for religious organizations, viewpoints, and movements, and assess the role that such claims have in shaping public discourse, legal outcomes, and policy outcomes. In a supportive environment, students will be prompted to consider their own religious and ethical beliefs in light of the range of such views in contemporary American society. The course emphasizes the diversity and variety of religious and political traditions in the United States, and that religious arenas are only one of many locations for the development of ethical discourse in American life. This course is open to majors and non-majors and fulfills the LibEd requirement for Civic Life and Ethics.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
50% In-class Presentations Other Grading Information: In-class presentations are made to a small group (5 students); each presentation counts as 20% of your grade, and 10% is for attending group discussions of other members' presentations. - Exam Format:
- short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
5-7 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: Two presentations will be made to your small group (1st on a class reading, 2nd on a media/news account on course-related themes -- for each you will turn in a 1-page summary and discussion questions). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34232/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4309H Section 001: Honors: Religion in American Public Life - Culture, Politics, & Communities (35105)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- RELS 4309 Section 001SOC 4309 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How diversity/vitality of American religion shape public life. How religious groups engage in political action, foster understandings of democracy/styles of civic participation. Volunteering/service activities. Race, poverty, family, sexuality.
- Class Description:
- This course will focus on the "public face" of religion in the U.S. When it comes to belief, identity, and belonging, the American religious landscape is one of diversity ? and increasingly rapid change. The post-1965 wave of immigration has increased the number and visibility of new religious groups in the United States. And Americans under the age of 35 are embracing religious practices and beliefs but not organized religion ? fully 30% of younger generations claim no religious affiliation, a rapid and fundamental shift from their parents? generation. The purpose of this course is to help you understand contemporary American religion, in all its diversity and inter-generational differences, with a special focus on the public impact of religious groups and leaders. How does religion affect local communities, shape our political discourse, foster social movements, and influence national policies? We will explore the answers to these questions through examining sociological research on how religious groups engage in political action, foster particular understandings of democracy and styles of civic participation, influence volunteering, and shape individuals? views on issues such as race, poverty, science education, the family, and sexuality. Weekly student-led discussions will help you to use the insights of scholarly works to become more critical and educated readers of mass-media-based news about religion in our society. Civic life is comprised of voluntary, face-to-face arenas of activity that are not controlled by the state. Civic arenas are where citizens debate ethics, broadly conceived ? where ideas of ?the good society? are formed, debated, shared, and contested. The civic arena is diverse, with many types of secular and religious organizations. Through its role in civic life, religion is an important and visible arena for the construction of ethical discourse and understandings of the public (and the private) good. This course will help you develop a critical understanding of the ethical claims made by spokespersons for religious organizations, viewpoints, and movements, and assess the role that such claims have in shaping public discourse, legal outcomes, and policy outcomes. In a supportive environment, students will be prompted to consider their own religious and ethical beliefs in light of the range of such views in contemporary American society. The course emphasizes the diversity and variety of religious and political traditions in the United States, and that religious arenas are only one of many locations for the development of ethical discourse in American life. This course is open to majors and non-majors and fulfills the LibEd requirement for Civic Life and Ethics. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
50% In-class Presentations Other Grading Information: In-class presentations are made to a small group (5 students); each presentation counts as 20% of your grade, and 10% is for attending group discussions of other members' presentations. - Exam Format:
- short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
5-7 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: Two presentations will be made to your small group (1st on a class reading, 2nd on a media/news account on course-related themes -- for each you will turn in a 1-page summary and discussion questions). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35105/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4521 Section 001: Love, Sex, & Marriage (34233)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4521H Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Love, romance, dating, mate selection. Sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, related public policy debates. Current U.S. practices in historical/cross-cultural context.
- Class Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34233/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4521H Section 001: Honors: Love, Sex, & Marriage (35058)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 4521 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Love, romance, dating, mate selection. Sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, related public policy debates. Current U.S. practices in historical/cross-cultural context.
- Class Description:
- This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Quizzes - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35058/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (17646)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major and to think ahead about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University. It is, in short, a capstone course. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity and ambiguity, and social responsibility in public life. Specific topics include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; the day-to-day work of professional sociologists in the academy; the professions and careers where sociological methods and insights are most useful and prominent; and the utility and value of situating ones life and work in sociological perspective. This will all be situated in the context of the role of ideas, information, intellectuals, and experts in the complex, contemporary global world. Indeed, the larger intellectual goals of the course are to encourage you to think critically about your place in society and history, to reflect on the role of knowledge in the contemporary world, and to understand what skills and understandings you will take with you from your study of sociology to your future careers and lives beyond the academy.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
10% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers
25% Service Learning - Workload:
- 25-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17646/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (17675)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 12:20PM - 02:50PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- The Senior Honors Proseminar is designed to help students in the process of reseraching and writing the Honors Thesis in sociology. The first semester ("Proseminar I") is dedicated to a set of interrelated goals: (1) thinking through the relationship between our personal biographies and our intellectual interests; (2) identifying and sharpening research topics and questions; (3) finding the relevant social scientific research, mastering it, and locating our interests in relation to it; (4) producing an initial research proposal; (5) considering and addressing the ethics of research concerning human subjects; and (6) finalizing a plan of research which will guide our research as we work toward the final paper. In the Spring semester ("Proseminar II"), we will be engaged in the process of collecting and analyzing data, polishing our written work into a full thesis paper, and presenting our work.
- Grading:
- 80% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Discussion
40% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20-30 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Much of the work for the course is done on your own, to further the projects you will outline. Coursework is designed to help you on that path. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17675/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC4977V_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 5511 Section 001: World Population Problems (34755)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- SOC 3511 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility.
- Class Description:
- This course explores world population issues and potential problems in global perspective, and is organized around a central theme, namely - whether there are (or eventually will be) too many people alive for the Earth to support. The world's population is currently more than 7 billion persons, and is expected to reach upward of 9 billion persons by the year 2050. In this course, students will learn key population theories and measures to understand the causes and consequences of this population growth. Along the way, this will require in-depth examination of such demographic processes as mortality, fertility, migration, population aging, and the environment. Particular emphasis will be placed on exploring these processes in global perspective, with additional attention given to regional differentiation, primarily by comparing less- and more-developed countries. Key population-level theories, concepts, trends, and policies will be discussed. Graduate students enrolled in the course will be assigned additional readings and be expected to write one additional 10-15 page paper in the form of a review and synthesis of a specific topic and area of research of interest to the student and in consultation with the instructor.
- Exam Format:
- Quiz Format: multiple choice Exam Format: short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
23-31 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly quizzes (most but not all weeks) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34755/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 May 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 5811 Section 001: Intermediate Social Statistics (16375)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 278
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Measurement, theory of probability, bivariate statistics. Multiple regression analyses of sociological data.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed for the first-year sociology graduate students. After a review of study design, descriptive statistics, and bivariate analysis in the first five weeks, the rest of the class is devoted to regression models and techniques. Grading is based on twelve weekly exercises, a midterm exam, and a term paper reporting a multiple regression analysis of social science data on a topic of student's own choice. Labs are organized to help students with the data analyses required to complete the weekly exercises and the term paper. Each student is to make a short, ungraded oral presentation of his or her term paper outline at the last class meeting of the semester. After taking this course, all students are expected to understand and to be able to evaluate statistical results up to the level of regression models as reported in major sociology journals today, and will be ready to take courses of advanced social statistics.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Reports/Papers
50% Written Homework - Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s)
12 Problem Set(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16375/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 July 2008
Fall 2013 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (22137)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals.
- Class Description:
- This is the first part of a one-credit, two-semester seminar designed for first-year graduate students in Sociology. The seminar is designed to give you a chance to explore the "hidden curriculum" of graduate school. During the first semester, the seminar will focus on many practical matters of graduatre school and professional life, as well as issues related to the development of a professional identity and purspose. To facilitate a student-centered focus , the seminar is designed to be open-ended, flexible, and interactive. That said, we do have a number of formal goals: (1) to provide practical information about sociology, academic life, and career goals; (2) to introduce resources and opportunities available in graduate school; (3) to provide a space to discuss presentations by students, faculty and job candidates in the department; (4) to foster an environment promoting creativity, a free exchange of ideas, and a place to ask questions and to form ideas about our work and our place in the discipline.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: There are no readings, exams or other formal requirements. The only requirements are to (1) Be there each week; (2) participate; and (3) Be reflective and be yourself as honestly as you can.
- Class Format:
- 80% Discussion
20% Guest Speakers We will have everyone sign up to help with weekly preparation to help foster our discussion. - Workload:
- 2 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: There is no formal grading for the course. There will be at least 2 short "homework" assignments designed to help foster discussion about life in graduate school. We will also produce working CVs. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22137/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Law & Society Review: Journal Editing Seminar (34234)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N only
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- POL 8060 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue 11:15AM - 12:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 278
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This course is co-taught be Timothy R. Johnson (Political Science) and Joachim Savelsberg (Sociology), incoming editors of the Law & Society Review, the official journal of the Law & Society Association and the world's leading journal in the field of law and society studies. This is the first offering in a series of six semesters. Johnson will take the lead in 2013/14, Savelsberg in 2014/15. Students will read submitted papers that receive 'revise and resubmit' decisions and the reviewers' comments and discuss them with the editors. Different students may take the lead on specific papers in line with their substantive and methodological interests and expertize. Suggestions developed during these discussions will be incorporated into the R&R letters the editors will send out to authors. Students will thus get immersed in a range of cutting edge work done in the field. They will further gain crucial insights into the decision making processes associated with journal publishing. In this respect the course is intended to be a major professionalization tool that should be most helpful to graduate students who prepare to enter academic careers in which publishing papers in journals will be a crucial component. The process should make for an engaging collaborative, intellectual and professional, experience.
- Grading:
- 20% In-class Presentations
80% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 85% Discussion
15% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34234/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Education: Journal Editing Seminar (34235)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This course is centered around the journal Sociology of Education, which will be housed at the U of MN beginning July 1, 2013. Class sessions will focus on the operations of the journal, with an eye toward teaching students how research articles are evaluated; how the review process can shape and improve research; how the process of turning a first draft of a paper into a polished and published article unfolds; how to critique ongoing research in a professional way; and how to respond to such critiques about your own work. Along the way, involvement will provide an opportunity for students to gain theoretical, methodological, and substantive insight into a wide range of issues that touch on education in one way or another. Each week, students will (among other things) discuss articles that have been submitted; discuss external peer reviews of those articles; debate what decision should be made about submissions; think together about how to solicit more and better submissions; think together about reviewers and the review process; and think together about how to best use the journal's social media presence. Students who participate will be expected to do some work in preparation for each meeting. Project meetings will be lively and interactive, and will differ in focus and content from week to week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34235/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC8090_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 8111 Section 001: Criminology (34236)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of theoretical developments and empirical research. Underlying assumptions, empirical generalizations, and current controversies in criminological research.
- Class Description:
- DESCRIPTION This seminar offers a graduate-level foundation of theory and new empirical research in sociological criminology. Our focus is definitive statements from important theoretical traditions and critical empirical tests of these theories. In addition, we consider critiques of the theories or the research generated by them and attempts to translate theories into policy. You will read a host of challenging research articles throughout the semester, but I?ve tried to limit the number of required readings to about five per week. The recommended readings are all exemplary work on the topic that should be on your reading lists but won't be discussed in our weekly meetings unless student interest is very high. I?ve put a lot of my own work on this syllabus ? not because it is exemplary (it is not) but so that I can share reviews and backstage details about the research and publication process that may be helpful to you. The required Kubrin volume offers an excellent introductory overview of this research literature, while also helping to fill gaps in coverage. OBJECTIVES The course will help you develop a more nuanced understanding of the dominant theoretical traditions in criminology. This knowledge is absolutely fundamental to teaching criminology at the college level and to developing graduate reading lists and publishing research in the area. We will work through empirical pieces by many of the best sociological criminologists. As you develop your own research, it is useful to see how others have translated propositions into testable hypotheses, devised appropriate methodologies to test them, and presented the results to diverse audiences. The course will stimulate your thinking about questions at the intersection of science and public policy. These include how we produce our knowledge, its relevance to lives outside the academy (and penitentiary), and the utility of crime theories and criminologists. Such big-picture considerations may help you to choose the level of abstraction at which you work and the contributions you?d like to make as teachers and researchers. For example, I study crime, law, and deviance because I believe that good science can light the way to a more just and safer world. I'll encourage you to developing your own goals, mission, and orientation to the field. Finally, a graduate seminar should encourage your professional development as you make the transition from student to independent social scientist. I will share anonymous reviews, letters from funding agencies and journal editors, and other materials that may show you another side of the research and publication process.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
50% Discussion
20% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers
5% Web Based - Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34236/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 8190 Section 001: Topics in Law, Crime, and Deviance -- Juvenile Justice (30056)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- College Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- LAW 6226 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/04/2013Mon 03:35PM - 06:15PMUMTC, West BankWalter F. Mondale Hall 65
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced topics in law, crime, and deviance. Social underpinnings of legal/illegal behavior and of legal systems.
- Class Description:
- Legal, sociological, and philosophical bases of the principal agencies responsible for the control of youthful deviance. Emphasis on the juvenile courts' delinquency jurisdiction and the procedural and substantive limitations on the courts' authority to dispose of juvenile offenders.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/30056/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 8211 Section 001: Race Relations Theory (34828)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Major theoretical debates. Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to studying U.S. race relations; contemporary and historical experiences of specific racial and ethnic groups.
- Class Description:
- This course is intended to provide graduate students with a broad overview of the major theoretical concepts, questions, paradigms and debates in the study of race, ethnicity, racism and race relations in sociology and other related fields. ?Theories? here will be broadly construed to include everything from formal analytic modeling and testing to cultural critiques of taken-for-granted ontological presuppositions. We will begin with a brief introduction to basic definitional issues, traditional core theoretical frames and primary course concerns. The main body of the course will be devoted to in-depth reading and discussion of key books and articles on the major issues and themes in the field. These will include: explanations of racial/ethnic disparities; racial attitudes research; immigration; assimilation and neoassimilation; critical race theory; race and popular culture; neoliberalism and race; intersectionality; whiteness theory; colorblindness; and multiculturalism. Throughout the twin goals of the course will be to grasp the complicated dynamic processes involved in the construction, reproduction, transformation and contestation of race and ethnicity as well as to stimulate thinking about the broader consequences of these processes and forces for social life taken as a whole.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
50% Discussion
25% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
2 Book Report(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34828/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 8390 Section 001: Topics in Political Sociology -- Immigration, Citizenship & the Border (30986)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics with common focus on social underpinnings of political behavior/change. Sample topics: democracy and development, international legal and political systems, power and protest in advanced capitalist states, xenophobia and international migration, and civil society and democracy. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This graduate seminar will focus on how the contemporary politics of immigration has transformed and complicated our understanding of citizenship and national boundaries in the United States. We will pay particular attention to the larger social significance of deportations and other modes of immigrant criminalization and removal. Within the current context of globalization, issues of migration, citizenship, and borders are dynamic, complex, and necessarily cross boundaries of discipline and nation. The goal of this course is to deepen our understanding of these issues and their interconnections in order to assess potential points of intervention. As such, the list of required texts will reflect an interdisciplinary approach to these challenging questions.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/30986/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 8666 Section 001: Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits (20338)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic SessionUMTC, West Bank
- Course Catalog Description:
- TBD
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20338/1139
Fall 2013 | SOC 8701 Section 001: Sociological Theory (17678)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.
- Class Description:
- As students will have further chances to study contemporary theory this course places primary weight on works published prior to 1955, most notably those by De Beauvoir, Du Bois, Fanon, Gramsci, Marx, and Max Weber. These authors' classical theorizations of power and social control will provide the infrastructure of the course: from the brutality of primitive accumulation and feudalism to the architecture of empire and racial domination, urbanization, industrial capitalism and bureaucracy. Central themes will be changing structural and cultural formations of class, status, race, and patriachy, in the context of specific configurations of capitalism, modernity and empire. The course's exploration of domination and conflict will be set in tension with a counterpoint of Durkheim, Mauss, and Douglas, bringing alive the alchemy of social connection, duty and desire through gift-giving and boundary-keeping, ritual and religion.
- Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17678/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 June 2013
Fall 2013 | SOC 8777 Section 001: Thesis Credits: Master's (20423)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Independent Study
- Credits:
- 1-18 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic SessionUMTC, West Bank
- Course Catalog Description:
- (No description)
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20423/1139
Fall 2013 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Qualitative Data Analysis (28205)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue 12:45PM - 03:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- The course will introduce several approaches to analysis of qualitative data (both textual or narrative and visual data), such as content analysis, discourse analysis and interpretative video-analysis. Seminar will involve: a) Reading and in-class discussion of exemplary works that comprise key theoretical and methodological considerations and b) conceptualize and undertake a hands-on analysis of qualitative data of their own. Students will be expected to have some data ready to work with and have some idea of how they want to situate their research questions in relation to relevant literature. Seminar sessions include lectures, discussions, and intensive group work.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/28205/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 June 2013
Summer 2013 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (82105)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/17/2013 - 08/09/2013Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 260
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- Sociology is a scientific discipline concerned with the study of human society. This course will introduce the major themes and questions in the discipline of sociology: theory and method; culture and society; socialization and the life cycle; conformity, deviance and crime; stratification, class and inequality; gender inequality; ethnicity and race; families and intimate relationships; education and religion; health, illness, sexuality and aging; and urbanization, population, and the environment. Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on understanding topics and issues through the sociological imagination--a way of viewing the events, relationships and social phenomena that shape our individual lives and much of our collective experience. We will apply what we learn in the class to our own lives and experiences.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
30% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
20% Film/Video
20% Discussion
25% Laboratory
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82105/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 March 2013
Summer 2013 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (83639)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/17/2013 - 08/09/2013Mon, Wed 09:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice and agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- This course broadly examines the American Criminal Justice System through a sociological lens. Topics include policing, courts, corrections, media representations of crime, and inequities in the system. The course will include a variety of guest speakers, documentary films, and field observations of court and police. Requirements include three quizzes and one final paper, which we will develop throughout the summer. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and of the Social Sciences.Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice, through critical framework of Liberal Education.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
20% Journal
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- The format will be multiple choice, true/false, and short essay.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
25% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
5-8 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
3 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Writing workload: One final paper 5-8 pages, reading journal. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83639/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 May 2013
Summer 2013 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (83975)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/17/2013 - 08/09/2013Tue, Thu 09:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 205
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change.
- Class Description:
- In this course we examine race, class and gender as sites of stratification, inequality and identity in U.S. society. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. This class is designed for majors and non-majors to come together and learn from each other. Together we will explore how race, class and gender shape, and are shaped by, social institutions (including work, education, family, and criminal justice). We will also examine sociological perspectives on policies addressing these inequalities, such as the voting rights act, the social safety net and pay disparities. Class time will consist of small and large group discussions, films, group activities, and lecture. In this writing intensive class we will discuss and practice how to write analytically about these complicated (and often contentious) topics. Students will write and then edit a literature review related the course content in addition to completing some informal writing. Each class will require 30-60 pages of reading, equivalent to a week of a semester-long course.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
4 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83975/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2013
Summer 2013 | SOC 3501 Section 001: Sociology of Families (87866)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/17/2013 - 08/09/2013Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 225
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Families in contemporary American society. Historical/cross-cultural comparisons. Interrelationships of families with other social institutions. Race, class, and gender in shaping family experiences. Topics may include marriage, divorce, childbearing, parenthood, family violence, gay/lesbian families.
- Class Description:
- Families are a key social institution in society. This course will focus on the various ways family shapes society and the various ways society shapes the institution of family. This course will begin with a "definition" of family; it will then focus on various aspects of the family. These aspects include: childhood and parent-child relationships, young adulthood, work and family, divorce and remarriage, same-sex marriage, domestic violence, and the democratic family.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers - Exam Format:
- essay, short answer
- Class Format:
- The class will include lecture, large and small group discussions, and films/videos
- Workload:
- Other Workload: Students should plan to complete 40-60 pages of reading for each class. Course work includes 10-12 pages of writing, two exams, in-class assignments, and participation.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87866/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 March 2012
Summer 2013 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (86268)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/17/2013 - 08/23/2013Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability and hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
- Class Description:
- This is a social statistics course for undergraduate students in social sciences. It provides an introduction to basic statistical concepts and techniques commonly used by social scientists. It focuses on developing students' understanding of how statistics can be used to address key social science questions. The course will enable students to comprehend quantitatively-oriented research and to use statistical techniques in their own projects. In the longer run, I expect students to become knowledgeable and critical consumers of statistical information that appears in the media and elsewhere.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
10% Special Projects
20% Written Homework
15% Attendance
15% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple Choices and Computational Questions
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
20% Discussion
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
1 Special Project(s)
8 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/86268/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 March 2013
Summer 2013 | SOC 4108 Section 001: Current Issues in Crime Control (89074)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/17/2013 - 08/09/2013Tue, Thu 09:30AM - 12:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 225
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies.
- Class Description:
- The focus of this Current Issues course is Drugs & Society. We use key research, case studies, film, guest speakers, and popular media, to explore the social dimensions of American drug control, from the early-20th century crusades against opiates and marijuana to the modern meth epidemic. Why are some highs legal, while others are subject to intense surveillance and punishment? To begin to answer these questions, the first part of the course examines how various substances have been criminalized, medicalized, or deregulated at different historical moments. We'll learn about shifting strategies in the contemporary War on Drugs and their social effects, including education and prevention, criminalization, treatment, and efforts to decriminalize or legalize drug use. In the second half of the course, we focus on drug users, examining changing trends in drug (ab)use and competing theories of why people use drugs. We consider the complex relationships between drug use, addiction, crime, and the informal economy. Finally, we turn to the relationship between the War on Drugs and social inequality, asking how race, class, and gender have shaped and been shaped by the American drug war. This course will encourage you to think critically about the policing of bodies and behaviors through the study of drug control.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
40% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/89074/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2013
Summer 2013 | SOC 4170 Section 001: Sociology of International Law (88581)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4406 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/17/2013 - 08/09/2013Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 245
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cultural values/practices in a globalized world. Role of international law. Immigration, terrorism, Americanization, structure of international legal system.
- Class Description:
- This course will examine the rise of international law over the 20th century with a specific focus on human rights law. We will begin by discussing basic sociological concepts about law, the state, and crime. We will then spend several weeks studying research on the international human rights and criminal justice systems as well as human rights violations, such as genocide and war crimes. We'll also cover humanitarian law, environmental law, corporate law, and immigration law. The course is 3 credits and fulfills the CLE Global Perspectives Theme.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88581/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2013
Summer 2013 | SOC 4451 Section 001: Sport and Society (89134)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- May Session05/28/2013 - 06/14/2013Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 09:00AM - 01:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 30
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How sport is socially organized, what role(s) it plays in society, and what sporting practices tell us about contemporary social life in general.
- Class Description:
- Course Description: The American population's love of sport is matched only by the belief that it is an area not worthy of deeper thought, inquiry, or critique. This course seeks to understand this seemingly paradoxical notion that sport is both one of most powerful and least respected institutions in the modern world. To do so we will begin by working through theoretical approaches that give us a way to make social sense of these paradoxes and the phenomenon of sport itself. We will then examine the way sport intersects with and shapes our understanding of important social issues like gender, race, politics, and even the human body. During the course we will discuss (and watch documentaries) on a wide-range of sports and physical practices ranging from the mainstream (e.g., basketball), the alternative (e.g., roller derby), the artistic (e.g., dance), and the extreme (e.g., base-jumping). Students will be asked to critically reflect on their own experience playing, observing, or even disliking sport as a way to relate to the themes we read and discuss. By the end of the three-week term we will better be able to think about how sport and other physical practices are socially organized, what role (or roles) they play in society, and what they tell us about contemporary social life more generally. About the Instructor: Kyle Green is a sociology Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota. He received his MA degree in geography from the University of Minnesota. He is currently working on his dissertation titled ?The Allure of Mixed Martial Arts: Meaning Making, Masculinity, and Embodiment in Suburbia.? His research interests include gender, physical practice, storytelling, and the body. His research on pain and community in the mixed martial arts gym, representations of masculinity in Super Bowl commercials, and the connections between politics and sports has appeared in journals such as Social & Cultural Geography, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, and The Society Pages.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
25% Film/Video
25% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/89134/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2013
Summer 2013 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (82107)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Summer Session 10 wk06/17/2013 - 08/23/2013Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 430
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- Major Project Seminar is designed to provide sociology majors with resources and guidance necessary to complete an independent research project. To facilitate your success, I will present material and provide resources relevant to each stage of the research and writing processes including: formulating a research question, reviewing relevant literature, designing the data collection, collecting and analyzing data, and writing a final paper. At each of the above-mentioned stages, you will write and submit a section of your paper, steadily working toward a complete research project due at the close of the semester. You will receive detailed written feedback and one-on-one consultations throughout the research and writing processes. I encourage each of you to investigate a sociological topic of personal interest, thus increasing the likelihood that completion of your major project research experience, though demanding, will be both professionally rewarding and intellectually gratifying.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Laboratory
20% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40 - 80 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: 1 Final paper is due at the end of the semester. Sections of the paper are due at different dates throughout the semester (detailed in course syllabus) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82107/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (45992)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 10
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to the field of sociology. Sociology is the study of human actions and social relations, and the broader patterns of social order that result from them. The course is organized in three parts: we first study social identity and interaction, then how social institutions shape the world we live in. The final section of the course is devoted to understanding how the social world changes. The course involves lecture and lab/discussion sections. Lectures are designed to introduce you to the central ideas and theories of the field and to extend and develop the concepts introduced in reading. Labs allow smaller groups to discuss and apply these ideas more concretely.
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
5% Quizzes
5% Attendance
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
10% Laboratory - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
8-10 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/45992/1133
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC1001_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2011
Spring 2013 | SOC 1001 Section 011: Introduction to Sociology (45995)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed, Fri 09:05AM - 09:55AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- The fascination of sociology lies in the fact that its perspective makes us see in a new light the very world in which we have lived all of our lives (Berger 1963). Through a global perspective, this course will introduce you to the study of society, human social behavior, and social interaction. Throughout this semester, we will consider the dynamic relationship between individual agency and social structure, identity and inequality, and power and social change. The reading will consist of a few books in their entirety, which will allow exploration of specific sociological questions in depth, as well as supplementary articles, which will help contextualize the books in broader sociological and interdisciplinary debates. The primary goal of these explorations is to become well versed in basic sociological concepts and ideas while also developing tools that allow us to approach the social world and social research with a critical lens. We will have a series of guest lecturers, which will give you a variety of perspectives on sociology, and introduce you to researchers and faculty in the sociology dept at the U of M.
- Grading:
- 10% Final Exam
10% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
50% Written Homework
25% Reflection Papers - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 35% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- Other Workload: Workload will consist primarily of regular homework and in class assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/45995/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 1001 Section 021: Introduction to Sociology (45999)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 05:45PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- In this class, we will explore some of the foundational theories, methods, and research questions that undergird both classical and contemporary sociology. Throughout this semester, we will contemplate the dynamic relationship between individual agency and social structure, identity and inequality, and power and social change. The reading will consist of a few books in their entirety, which will allow exploration of specific sociological questions in depth, as well as supplementary articles, which will help contextualize the books in broader sociological and interdisciplinary debates. The primary goal of these explorations is to become well versed in basic sociological concepts and ideas while also developing tools that allow us to approach the social world and social research with a critical lens.
- Grading:
- 35% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers - Exam Format:
- Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
20% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
10-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Students will also hand in short weekly reading reflections. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/45999/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 1011V Section 001: Honors: Introduction to Sociology (46008)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Course Catalog Description:
- Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
- Class Description:
- Sociology is the study of human social interactions and the broader patterns of social order that result from them. This course provides an introduction to the field by examining the foundations of social order, the social institutions that we have to deal with every day (including our educational, legal and stratification systems), and possibilities for social change. This honors section also provides an opportunity for more intensive discussion and for hands-on learning with original field research projects.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Special Projects
20% Quizzes
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
3 Special Project(s)
13 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46008/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2011
Spring 2013 | SOC 1905 Section 001: Freshman Seminar -- Crime, Law, and Deviance (66791)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumFreshman Full Year RegistrationFreshman Seminar
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This seminar course will provide students with a critical understanding of the nature and extent of crime and deviance in contemporary society. We will trace the origins of theories of crime and deviance, examining the underlying assumptions of each theory, it's major contributions, and important empirical findings. This course emphasizes the social construction and societal responses to crime and deviance which include the development and enforcement of laws designed to control crime; the informal labeling of individuals and groups as deviant; the relationship between race, gender, and social class; and the intersections of these forms of inequality on the formal and informal labeling processes. Focusing on contemporary sociological theories of crime against a background of the classical ideas within the field, this course will provide undergraduates with an opportunity to engage with the most current debates, examining a diverse range of topics including: racial profiling and inequality in the U.S. criminal justice system; international human rights violations and the use of torture in times of war; and understanding the sources of the disparate effects of criminal justice policy on women.
- Grading:
- 30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
20% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66791/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3003 Section 001: Social Problems (66814)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 02/05/2013Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 502/06/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Analysis of major social problems, including inequality, crime, drug abuse, pollution, and racism. Proposed solutions, evaluation of policy consequences.
- Class Description:
- How do we decide that something is a social problem, and what do we do about it? How do race, class and gender impact our understandings of social problems in the contemporary United States? Who is primarily responsible for addressing social problems-- individuals, the government, churches, schools, or other institutions? In this class, we will examine some of the major social problems facing the United States today. Specially, we focus on controversies surrounding the 1) American family, 2) crime and punishment, 3) the distribution of wealth & income, 4) the degradation of the environment, and 5) Science, Medicine, and Health. In order to illustrate the issues to be discussed, we will watch segments from a number of recent documentary films such as Everything's Cool, Daddy & Papa, The Boys of Baraka and A Hard Straight.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- essay, as well as multiple choice and true/false
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
25% Film/Video
45% Discussion - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: This term there will be NO REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS for this class, but students should expect to purchase a sizable COURSEPACKET. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66814/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 October 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Global Political Economy (68941)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3900 Section 003
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 245
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Did you ever wonder why so many of the items you buy at Target come from China or why a financial crisis that started on Wall St. and was rooted in U.S. mortgage securities affected countries around the world? And why is the U.S. auto industry, once a motor of economic growth for the country and a key source of class mobility for many working class Americans, practically a thing of the past? This course will focus on the changes that have taken place in the global economy over the last sixty or so years, and the economic theories, institutional changes, and technological developments that have undergirded them. More concretely, we will examine the movement away from relatively regulated national economies and the rise of neoliberal ideology and policy. Among the substantive topics we will explore are the emergence of China as an economic powerhouse, the transformation of work associated with economic globalization, the changing culture(s) of capitalism, the Walmart phenomenon (in all its complexity), and the recent global financial crisis. Grades will be based on class attendance and active participation (20%), regular commentaries on the readings (20%), student research projects/exercises (35%), and a final exam (25%).
- Grading:
- 25% Final Exam
35% Special Projects
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 20% commentaries - Exam Format:
- The exam will include term definitions, some short answer questions, and two longer essay questions.
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers
15% Large and Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 60-90 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: small group presentations. The writing for this course involves one or two weekly, one-page critical commentaries on the readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68941/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 April 2010
Spring 2013 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (50621)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice and agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- Overview and analysis of the U.S. criminal justice system. The course stresses three themes: 1. the balance between the government's power to control crime and the rights of individuals; 2. the appropriate decision making criteria (seriousness of offense, criminal history of offenders, and strength of evidence) and the illegal criteria (race, ethnicity) that can infect decision-making in the major crime control agencies (police, courts, and corrections); 3. the evaluation of criminal justice policies and practices (Do they work? Are they legal? Are they fair? Are they smart?). The course describes, analyzes, and provides information and arguments to stimulate you to think critically about crime control in a constitutional democracy. Topics include crime, trends in crime, criminals and their families; victims and their families; crime control in a constitutional democracy; criminal law; police roles and culture, police strategies, and police and the Constitution; charging suspects; prosecuting, defending, and sentencing defendants; probation and incarceration; and prisoner reentry into society ("Eventually, they all come home.") No prior knowledge of the criminal justice system is required.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation
90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 NONCUMULATIVE exams + a NONCUMULATIVE final% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, True/False, and short essays
- Class Format:
- 55% Lecture
5% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers
1. documentary videos of police, courts, corrections; 2. Guest lecturers are Minnesota criminal justice professionals, including police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections officials - Workload:
- 25 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50621/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 July 2011
Spring 2013 | SOC 3101 Section 002: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (50622)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice and agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce students and focus on the three main components of the American Criminal Justice system: law enforcement, the criminal judicial process and correctional approaches in dealing with offenders. The course is designed to familiarize students with these broad topical areas and to explore the decision-making process and the equality of treatment that takes place within the American Criminal Justice system. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and of the Social Sciences.Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice, through critical framework of Liberal Education.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
50% Final Exam
25% Reflection Papers Other Grading Information: There will be 50 points on the mid-term, 100 points on the final exam and 50 points on the reflection papers for a total of 200 points. - Exam Format:
- Short answer and short essay.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
5-8 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
5-8 Paper(s)
5 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: The papers will be short (one page) reactions to films, discussions, class activities. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50622/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 February 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Introduction to Criminal Behavior and Social Control (50623)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime.
- Class Description:
- The course will address general theories of criminal behaviour and social control. Students will learn and become familiar with the most relevant theories in understanding and explaining crime. The class will also use a historical perspective starting with the origins of attempts to explain criminal behaviour. Criminological and socio-legal theories of crime will be examined critically, and we will attempt to better understand how the discourse about criminal behaviour and social control changes across space and time. The first part of the course will be mainly devoted to the analysis of theories and their development, while the second part will focus more on some types of criminal behaviours, especially gangs, street crime, violent crime and organized crime. The course will end with a section on recent tendencies in social control (policing, community crime control, prison). The course uses a variety of reading materials (including empirical studies and newspaper articles) and will involve small group discussion of film/video.
- Grading:
- 40% Final Exam
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 50% intermediate exams - Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 20-25 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: 2 intermediate exams, 1 final exam
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50623/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3201 Section 001: Inequality: Introduction to Stratification (66815)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Causes, dimensions, and consequences of inequality in America. Class, gender, race. Power/status differentials. Cross-national patterns. Social mobility. Educational/occupational influences. Status attainment. Social stratification/change. Social welfare. Public policies.
- Class Description:
- This course examines the basic concepts and theories sociologists use to describe and explain social stratification and inequality. Our empirical attention will be given to the causes, dimensions, and consequences of inequality in America, as well as on cross-national patterns around the globe. The textbook for the class is "Social Stratification and Inequality: Class Conflict in Historical, Comparative, and Global Perspective" by Harold Kerbo. Lectures and quizzes will cover the contents of selected chapters of the text. In addition, each student will carry out a study project in which to conduct interviews with or observations on two families, and the student's term paper is to report and analyze the findings from this study about the relative stratification positions of these two families. Course grade is based on the quizzes (50%) and the term paper (50%). No final exam.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
50% Quizzes Other Grading Information: 10% "Special Projects" is for a study outline of 1-2 pages. - Exam Format:
- No exam. But each quiz is one page of 5 T/F or multiple-choice questions.
- Class Format:
- 85% Lecture
10% Discussion
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: "Special Projects" is the study outline. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66815/1133
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3201_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 October 2008
Spring 2013 | SOC 3211W Section 001: American Race Relations (56764)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Conceptual/theoretical tools sociologists use to study race relations in the United States. Historical experiences among racial/ethnic groups. American Indians, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, and white ethnics.
- Class Description:
- This class is designed to offer students a deeper understanding of the many ways that race structures American society and shapes our experiences and life chances. We will focus broadly on racial inequality, white privilege, intersectionality (how our experiences are shaped by race, gender, and class collectively), race in the media, racial identities, and the social construction of race and racial difference. We will look at the specific experiences of African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Whites and multiracial Americans. Though our central focus is on race relations in today`s society, we also cover the historical experiences of each group in order to help explain their present-day social status. We will conclude the class with discussions on the future of race relations in the rapidly changing United States. This class meets the Writing Intensive requirement and therefore includes a revision process leading up to the final paper, which allows you to improve your writing skills.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
15 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56764/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 January 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 3221 Section 001: Sociology of Gender (68379)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- GWSS 3201 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Organization, culture, and dynamics of gender relations as major features of social life. Gender/racial inequalities in workplace. Relationships between gender/race. Gender and culture. Sexuality, gendered politics, and women's movement.
- Class Description:
- Gender is something so fundamental to our lives, to our identities, and how we interact with others that we often take it for granted. However, understandings of gender vary across time and place, and even within cultures, making it clear that our understandings of gender are not universal or timeless. In this class, we will examine how gender intersects with race and sexuality, as well as how it impacts areas of our lives such as child socialization, family structure, the media, intimate relationships, and the workplace.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68379/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (59310)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change.
- Class Description:
- In this course, we examine race, class and gender as bases of identity, stratification, and inequality. We explore the social construction of our core concepts in the contemporary U.S., asking how they shape each of our lives, life-chances, and daily interactions. We will divide our time between lecture, small and large group discussion, and viewing segments of documentary films. This is a writing-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a good deal of formal and informal writing. Active participation in discussion and engagement with the ideas is a must. In this class, you will connect the concepts drawn from the materials to your own life experiences and thoughts about the world, and learn from the experiences and thoughts of others. In the first weeks of the class, we examine the social construction of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in American society. We then move to look at the workings of these concepts in different interpersonal and institutional settings. These include the Labor Force, Schools, the Family, the Criminal Justice System, understanding Violence, and the politics of Language. In the last week of the class we discuss individual and corporate approaches to overcoming injustice.
- Grading:
- 55% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
15% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- TF and essay
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: 1 group presentation, 5 "reading reaction" papers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59310/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2011
Spring 2013 | SOC 3251W Section 002: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (68773)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 240
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Race, class, and gender as aspects of social identity and as features of social organization. Experiences of women of color in the United States. Family life, work, violence, sexuality/reproduction. Possibilities for social change.
- Class Description:
- This course will explore the ways in which race, class gender, and sexuality (rcg&s) organize and impact social life for individuals and society as a whole. We will begin with a brief introduction to the general conceptual challenges that rcg&s pose for typical, commonsense understandings of American society. We will then examine rcg&s on their own terms and as they intersect with one another, attending to the ways they are constructed, experienced, and connected with social stratification and inequalities in power and status, privilege as well as oppression. We will also focus on the ways in which rcgserve as important sites for the construction of meaning and identity. We will delve into how rcg&s shape and are shaped by social institutions, including work, education, popular culture, family, and criminal justice, focusing on the U.S. but also in relationship to other societies and across borders. As we learn, we will at the same time look for ways that we can intervene in the social world and mobilize to challenge the status quo. This class fulfills the writing intensive course requirement, the CLE's Social Science core, and the Diversity and Social Justice in the United States theme. The classroom will consist of a mix of small and large group discussions, activities, video responses, and lectures. The emphasis will be on applying course concepts and theories through 3 short papers and one research paper. To this end, students will come prepared to class with notes on readings-- which will range between 30 and 60 pages per week. No exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68773/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 January 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 3322W Section 001: Social Movements, Protests, and Change (66816)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Origins, dynamics, and consequences of social movements. Challenges facing movement organizations. Relationship between movements and political institutions. Role of movements in bringing about social change. Theoretical issues, case studies.
- Class Description:
- Social movements are collective, sustained, organized, and non-institutional vehicles for challenging authorities, power-holders, and cultural institutions. Social movements vary widely in both their organization, the issues that they address, and the challenge their pose to authorities. While some movements seek deep changes to the social structure (such as anarchists, socialists, and other revolutionary movements), others seek only limited changes at the individual level (such as veganism, local foods movements, and other lifestyle movements). This course will be an introduction to social movements from a sociological perspective. Many of us are interested in social movements because we are committed to the work that particular movements do. But as sociologists, we seek to understand movements comparatively and from a scientific perspective. This course will examine sociological theories as to the origins of social movements; why individuals join, stay, or leave movements; how social movements are organized and structured; and how movement organizations interact with broader environments. Additionally, we will look at social movements not only as site that articulate social opposition and alternatives, but also as sites in which social theories are tested, developed, and employed. While much of the readings will draw on case studies and theories, the emphasis of this class will be on applying what we read, learn, and discuss to the organizations you are studying for your service learning project. This is a writing-intensive course, and in addition to the three major papers, students will be expected to journal weekly on the course blog about readings and their experiences at their service learning site.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
15% Journal
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 40-70 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Weekly reflections on readings and service learning - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66816/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3451W Section 001: Cities and Social Change (66818)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social, economic, and cultural foundations of modern city. Theories/models of urbanism from Wirth to Sassen. Migration/ethnic enclaves. Racial segregation, social control. Urban social movements. Urban-suburban divide. Decline of urban liberalism. "Brazilianization" of American city.
- Class Description:
- The objective of this course is to develop a deeper understanding of the transformation of urban life. We will apply a multidisciplinary approach in investigating the dramatic social, political/economic, and spatial changes that have occurred in U.S. cities. We will pay close attention to how these changes have structured institutions and ideologies of today's metropolis and resulted in differential experiences of ?belonging.? We will conclude by analyzing the possibilities for social justice within the culture of a postmodern metropolis.
- Workload:
- 2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66818/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (66819)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility.
- Class Description:
- This course explores population dynamics in global perspective. Students will learn major population theories and measures. We will closely examine the ways in which people enter and leave populations -- by birth, death, or migration. We will explore societal differences in these phenomena and investigate their causes and consequences. In particular, we will explore differences in the population situations in highly developed and less developed nations, and differences between subgroups within societies. Within-country differences in population processes exist along gender, race, and social class lines. Key population policies will be discussed.
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 30-70 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
4 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66819/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2013 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (46047)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 08:15AM - 09:55AMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- Social theories are attempts to understand, explain and map the complicated, and confusing `social world.? Theories provide potential answers to difficult questions including: What holds communities together? What leads to social change? What is the relationship between the individual and society? What is power and how does it work? Are we living in a modern or post-modern world, what does that even mean, and why should we care? Theory can make the ordinary strange and also make the bizarre rather ordinary. In this class we will work through texts by a handful of the classic and contemporary social theorists: Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Smith, Bourdieu, Foucault, among others. In doing so we will work on building our abilities to read theory, critically evaluate the texts, and also apply the ideas to the world around us.
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
10% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation - Workload:
- 20-40 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: The readings will not be long. However, the majority of the readings are difficult. Students will also be expected to be active in the online discussion during the course of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46047/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (46048)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:50AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Description:
- Social theories help us understand society and how it works in new and helpful ways. In this class, we cover the development of social theory from the classical and founding works of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, through more contemporary ideas such as feminism, rational choice, racism, and post-modernity. Throughout this class, we have three goals: to learn to read and understand key theoretical work in sociology; to use this work to better understand the social world; and to develop our own capacity to talk and write about the world using ideas from theory.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
18% Quizzes
2% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- The tests are designed to evaluate your mastery of the concepts and ideas covered by the readings, lectures and discussions. The questions will be mostly short-answer and essay. The first three tests are worth 150 points each. The fourth is 200.
- Class Format:
- 77% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
3% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
14 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
9 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Workload may change depending upon the degree of teaching assistant support available - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46048/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 March 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3701 Section A94: Social Theory (56886)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Term Based Dist EducTelecom
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013CCE-Independent and Dist Lrng
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research.
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This is a fully online section offered through Online and Distance Learning (ODL), College of Continuing Education. VIsit "CIass URL" for ODL policies, including fee and financial aid restrictions. This course provides an introductory, yet thorough, background in classical and contemporary social theory in a Web-based format. We will draw upon in-depth readings of important theoretical works to gain a better understanding of how key theoretical developments in sociology can help us better understand the world we live in today. In addition to reading original theory, the other building blocks of the course include weekly quizzes, discussions, reading journals, and two exams. By the end of the semester, you should be able to read, interpret, evaluate, and apply key theoretical ideas to life in contemporary society. Put simply, the purpose of this course is to develop a basic but critical understanding of the Big Ideas in social theory and why we should care about them.
- Grading:
- 10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: See attached syllabus
- Class Format:
- 100% Web Based
- Workload:
- Other Workload: See attached syllabus
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56886/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 January 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (46028)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab.
- Class Notes:
- (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/20/2012)
- Class Description:
- This course focuses on the effective critical evaluation of sociological evidence. After introducing basic principles of sociological research, we will carefully read and analyze significant studies which exemplify each of four types of sociological research methods: field observations, historical archives, surveys, and experiments. No mathematical or statistical background is required.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Written Homework
10% Class Participation
10% Laboratory Evaluation - Exam Format:
- short answer and brief essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
20% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
7 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Homework consists only of worksheets based on assigned readings. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46028/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (45598)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 370
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability and hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
- Class Notes:
- (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/20/2012)
- Class Description:
- This course will introduce sociology majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) displays of frequency and percentage distributions, (2) measures of central tendency and dispersion, (3) measures of association and correlation, (4) bivariate regression, and (5) basics about probability and statistical inference. Lectures on these topics will be given in class meetings, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. In addition to attendance to lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15-20 pages of the text per week. There will be a midterm exam and a final exam. Students will need a calculation for assignments and exams.
- Grading:
- 70% Midterm Exam
30% Problem Solving - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, computational problems
- Class Format:
- 65% Lecture
35% Laboratory - Workload:
- 15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/45598/1133
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2024.pdf (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3811_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 October 2007
Spring 2013 | SOC 3811 Section 008: Basic Social Statistics (51394)
- Instructor(s)
- Timothy Ortyl
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability and hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
- Class Notes:
- (sociology majors have priority registration for reserved seats through 11/20/2012)
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to familiarize students with fundamental statistical concepts and techniques. Because this is a sociology course, most of the examples and demonstrations will be drawn from the social sciences; however, the concepts and techniques presented in the course apply much more broadly to other disciplines and to other arenas of life. Students should come away from the course with an understanding of how statistics can be used to address key social science questions. I expect students will leave the course as knowledgeable and critical consumers of statistical information that appears in the media and elsewhere.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
45% Written Homework
15% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 3 exams: Midterms are 12.5 % of course grade each. Exams are semi open-note; students will have the opportunity to correct problems that they missed on midterm exams to improve exam scores. - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
20% Discussion
40% Laboratory - Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
4 Homework Assignment(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51394/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 January 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 4090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Mass Media & Society (67586)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4910 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- This course provides a broad survey of sociological perspectives regarding the role of media (television, radio, printed press, film, and the Internet) in society. The course will examine historical media developments, theoretical frameworks used to analyze media audiences, producers, and effects, the impact of media in popular culture, their role in shaping social memories and the relation between media and violence, including terrorism and genocide.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations - Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
Other Workload: one short essay - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67586/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 October 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- The Color of Public Policy (68942)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- AFRO 4231 Section 001AMIN 4231 Section 001CHIC 4231 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 01:35PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Examination of structural or institutional conditions through which people of color have been marginalized in public policy. Critical evaluation of social theory in addressing the problem of contemporary communities of color in the United States.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Attendance
60% Reflection Papers - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
20% Film/Video
50% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 70-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68942/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4101W Section 001: Sociology of Law (48338)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological analysis of law/society. Why people obey the law. Social forces involved in creating law (both civil and criminal). Procedures of enforcement. Impact of law on social change.
- Class Description:
- This course will consider the relationship between law and society, analyzing law as an expression of cultural values, a reflection of social and political structure, and an instrument of social control and social change. Emphasizing a comparative perspective, we begin by discussing theories about law and legal institutions. We then turn our attention to the legal process and legal actors, focusing on the impact of law, courts, and lawyers on the rights of individuals. Throughout the course, we will consider the role of law in reinforcing and changing class, gender, and race inequalities. Although this course focuses on the U.S. legal system, we will explore issues of the relationship between U.S. law and global law and concepts of justice. This course uses an array of reading materials including: theoretical works, empirical studies, and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48338/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (66821)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Nature/types of crime. Problems in measuring incidence/trends. Review of sociological theories of crime causation. Implications for crime prevention/control.
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66821/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4109 Section 001: Domestic Criminal Violence (67587)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Course Catalog Description:
- Survey of research on family violence within criminological framework. Definition of domestic violence. Empirical/theoretical approaches. Response of social control agencies.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an overview of the key issues concerning domestic violence as a crime and as a social problem. In the first part of the course students will examine various concepts of domestic criminal violence and become familiar with the debates surrounding it. We will focus on different forms of criminal domestic violence -- especially intimate partner violence and child abuse -- and on the theories that have been offered to explain its occurrence. Features of victims and offenders and the nature and extent of domestic criminal violence will also be examined, with reference to the major victimization surveys -- and other kinds of research -- carried out in the US, Canada, and selected European countries. In the final part of the course we will focus on social and criminal justice system responses to domestic criminal violence, paying particular attention to understanding what works in preventing and controlling it. Some parts of the course will offer a comparative perspective, paying attention to international debates and research.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- short essay questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 1 short paper (5-10 pages) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67587/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 December 2010
Spring 2013 | SOC 4111 Section 001: Deviant Behavior (59312)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Definition/nature of deviant behavior. Social processes associated with deviant careers and social reintegration. Relationship of deviant behavior to social control.
- Class Description:
- This course asks why and how certain attributes and behaviors are defined as deviant, the consequences of deviant labels, and how norms, values, and rules are made and enforced. There are four units. We first take up basic concepts that cut across theories and research on deviance, including social control, subcultures, and deviant careers. The second unit is devoted to theories of deviant behavior and societal reaction. We then discuss methodology and how the "social facts" of deviance are determined and disseminated. Case studies in topical areas are the fourth focus, addressing crime, organizational and occupational deviance, substance use, heteronormativity and sexuality, suicide, disability, and mental illness. Course objectives include the following: (1) To understand how deviance is defined and produced; (2) To gain a working knowledge of the key sociological explanations of deviance; (3) To critically apply these ideas to selected case studies; and, (4) To critique and evaluate institutional responses to deviance and control. There is one basic text for the course and supplemental readings available online in Adobe pdf format. The Adler and Adler reader is a collection of excerpts from classic and contemporary writings on deviance, with a much heavier emphasis on the social construction of deviance. If you purchase an earlier edition of the text, please understand that you will be responsible for the material in the most recent editions. Texts are available at the bookstore or online from retailers such as amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Most of the supplementary readings will come from my local work with Minnesota graduate and undergraduate students on topics such as disenfranchisement, sexual harassment, and workplace deviance. This is more difficult material, but I will explain the research during lectures.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Mixed -- typically 70% essay
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Service Learning media and in-class exercises. - Workload:
- 70 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Service learning is available as an option for the paper assignment. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59312/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4135 Section 001: Sociology of White-Collar Crime (66822)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Causes/consequences of white-collar crime. Control issues, including public perception, legislation, criminal law responses (enforcement, sentencing, punishment), and alternative control mechanisms.
- Class Description:
- This course deals with different types of white-collar crime, their causation, the damage they cause, and their control. We will learn from outstanding literature, videos, and guest speakers and explore cases in depth. The course is divided into two parts. Part I. distinguishes different types of white-collar crime (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, conflict of interest, and corruption). We also distinguish between upper class, occupational, and organizational crimes in private and government sectors. We explore their causation and the damage they cause. We compare white-collar crime with street crime. Do we need special theories to explain white-collar crime? We also take a look at parallels between corporate crime and the involvement of white-collar workers in state organized crimes such as genocide. Part II. deals with the perception, legislation, and control of white-collar crime. How does the public view white-collar crime? What are the chances that legislatures will take steps against white-collar offending? Under what conditions are they likely to criminalize behavior? We then follow the criminal justice process, based on a collection of articles and on a number of concrete cases. We look at police and prosecution, the role of defense attorneys, the sentencing decisions of judges, and the way defendants experience the response of the criminal justice system. We finally learn about innovative and alternative strategies and responses to white-collar crime.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations - Exam Format:
- multiple choice and short answer
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66822/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4149 Section 001: Killing (46009)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Fri 12:20PM - 03:10PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-108
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sociological, legal, and psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. Normal killings contrasted with pathological types. Mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, terrorist killings.
- Class Description:
- Sociological, legal, and psychological aspects of diverse types of killing. The topic of "normal" killings is contrasted with various pathological types. Subtopics include: mentally disturbed killings, sexual killings, killings within families, gang killings, and terrorist killings.
- Workload:
- 3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: (2 mid-term examinations and a cumulative final examination) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46009/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2013 | SOC 4162 Section 001: Criminal Procedure in American Society (46018)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How constitutional democracy balances need to enforce criminal law and rights of individuals to be free of unnecessary government intrusion.
- Class Description:
- Course Content: Balance between government power to enforce criminal laws and individuals' right to be let alone by the government in a constitutional democracy. Topics include: police power to stop and frisk, arrest, search, interrogate, and identify suspects; right to a lawyer; remedies for constitutional violations; social science, the courts, and the law of criminal procedure. Teaching methods: Read and discuss U.S. Supreme Court and other cases. Textbooks and other reading: Samaha, Criminal Procedure 8th edition (earlier editions won't do). Audience: Upper division undergraduates in all departments and colleges; some graduate and professional students.
- Grading:
- 90% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 90%,13 non cumulative short answer and essay exams; 10%, participation in course surveys
- Exam Format:
- 60% identification, definition; description and explanation of legal conceptsl and social science findings (no multiple choice); 10% case briefs; 30% discussion reaction essays
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
85% Discussion - Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
13 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly non-cumulative short answer exam (60%); weekly case briefs (10%); weekly discussion analysis essay (30%) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46018/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 November 2010
Spring 2013 | SOC 4246 Section 001: Sociology of Health and Illness (68811)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 250
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Context of social, political, economic, and cultural forces and medical knowledge. Social meanings. How people seek help and manage illnesses. How doctors, nurses, and patients interact. Social movements surrounding health.
- Class Description:
- The Sociology of Health and Illness, or Medical Sociology, seeks to understand issues of health and illness in social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. In this course we will explore these contexts, as well as ethics, theory and structure of medicine. We will consider medical experiences at the individual level as well as the group and structural levels. We will ask important questions about medicine, about practitioners, about patients and families. Why do some groups of people experience the medical system differently than others? What are the systematic differences in illness and outcomes among groups of people in society? How has medicine changed over time? How does the health care system function in the U.S.? How does health care function throughout the world? How is the health care system organized? What is the role of public health? This course presents an overview of Medical Sociology in primarily a lecture format, but will also utilize films, class exercises, and class discussions.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68811/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4305 Section 001: Society and the Environment: A Growing Conflict (69402)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4305 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 115
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Societal causes/cures of ecological problems such as global warming, species extinction, and resource exhaustion.
- Class Description:
- Environmental sociology studies the interaction of society and the environment. Global climate change, the source of increasing weather disasters as well as species extinction, is the major social and ecological problem of our era. The current rapid climate change is caused by human activity, the burning of oil and gas (fossil fuels), which emit greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Human society must rapidly reduce its use of oil and gas and create a sustainable society in order to lessen this disaster. We have the technology and capacity to accomplish this task, but so far, only a few countries have accomplished significant reductions. This course focuses on the social causes and cures of climate change using exemplary case studies drawn from around the world.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
24% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
21% Written Homework - Exam Format:
- essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
40% Discussion - Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
7 Special Project(s)
7 Homework Assignment(s)
5 Quiz(zes) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69402/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4321 Section 001: Globalize This! Understanding Globalization through Sociology (66812)
- 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
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Meets With:
- GLOS 4221 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Globalization of organizations, political relations, and culture. Dependency, world systems theories. Growth of international nongovernmental organizations, their impact on state policies and civil society. Expansion of international norms. Globalization of popular culture.
- Class Description:
- From the factories of Shenzhen to the high plateaus of La Paz to the trading floors of New York City, people from around the world are becoming increasingly interdependent. This course offers an overview of the processes that are forcing and encouraging people's lives to intertwine economically, politically, and culturally. We will start with the most basic questions: What is this thing called globalization? Is it at all new? What are the forces behind it? Second, we will explore the idea that this latest era of globalization is marked by dramatic transformations in the ways we work, do politics, play, and communicate. Moreover, we will look into the ideas that capitalism has changed significantly, that the division between rich and poor has intensified, and that the sovereignty of governments and the basic rights of people are being challenged. We will learn about a few key actors, such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, and understand their main objectives and effects. We will discuss the world of immigration, of fast-moving finance capital and Hollywood/Bollywood cultural products, and the slower moving domains of everyday life, as they are experienced in Jamaica, the U.S., Mexico, India, Bolivia, Argentina, and South Africa. Along the way, we will look at globalization from below, or social movements working to bring about social change (within and across national boundaries) by contesting the worst effects of economic, political, and cultural globalization. In all, this course will use a number of texts, films, lecture, discussion, and student debates, to help us become fluent in the different scholarly concerns on globalization and its many social forces, connections, and imaginations.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: papers, research projects, quizzes, attendance
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
75% Other Style guided discussion - Workload:
- ~75 Pages Reading Per Week
~25 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: (two 2-4 page papers, three 5-8 page papers); - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66812/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2011
Spring 2013 | SOC 4511 Section 001: Sociology of Youth: The Transition to Adulthood (59315)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Course Catalog Description:
- Societal trends that shape adolescent experience and transition to adulthood. Increasing diversity in family structures. Expansion of higher education. Shifts in workforce. How young people construct their futures. Ways social locations/resources enhance/constrain options.
- Class Description:
- The paths young people take as they move through adolescence and make the transition to adulthood have become longer and more variable in recent decades. These pathways are linked to broad social forces. This course will examine the consequences of recent societal trends for the process of becoming an adult. It will consider demographic trends and patterns of inequality, changes in the labor force, technological advances, the linkages between school and work, and changes in other major institutions, such as the criminal justice and health care systems. We will examine how these societal trends influence young people differently, depending on their social locations (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, and social class background). The course will also consider youth agency; how young people envision their futures, make decisions and plans, and enact behaviors in an attempt to achieve their goals in the contexts of changing opportunities and constraints. Youth preparation for the future will be studied in the realms of interpersonal competence, physical and mental health, vocational development, and civic engagement. Finally, the course will consider social policy and interventions designed to enhance both this phase of the life course and to ensure a successful transition to adulthood.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- Take-home essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
14 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59315/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 January 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 4551 Section 001: Sociology of Sexualities (66857)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankAnderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sexual attitudes, behaviors, and identities. Taken-for-granted beliefs about naturalness of sexual phenomena. How social forces shape sexual lives. Diversity of thought, behavior, and lived experience with regard to sexuality.
- Class Description:
- Sociology of Sexualities is an advanced survey course covering social scientific approaches to the study of sexual attitudes, behaviors and identities. The course challenges students to examine taken-for-granted beliefs about the naturalness of various sexual phenomena and deepens students' understanding of how various social forces shape people's sexual lives. The course will focus on the diversity of thought, behavior and lived experience of individuals with regard to sexuality.
- Grading:
- 25% Quizzes
75% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 3 exams each counting 25% - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer, author-quote matching, essays
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
3-4 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: weekly in-class writings on the course readings - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66857/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 October 2011
Spring 2013 | SOC 4703 Section 001: Contemporary American Culture (66825)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Course Catalog Description:
- Key changes in cultural life in the United States and internationally. Theories that have been developed to understand them. Topics may include work, family, social movements, media and popular culture, and politics.
- Class Description:
- Is American culture becoming too individualistic? Are the values of community, family and social connection in decline? How have newer technologies, such as television and computers, affected cultural life? Has the pace of American culture accelerated, and if so has the speed-up gone too far? Is our culture obsessed with fame and celebrity, causing us to perceive all of life through the lens of entertainment? What happens when cultures come into conflict? Is globalization leading to a homogeneous "world culture"? These are the kinds of questions we will tackle in this course. The course is divided into three parts. Part 1: What exactly is "culture" and why is it important to sociology? We will consider how culture is defined in the social sciences and some of the leading approaches to studying culture in sociology. Part 2: We will examine in detail one model of how cultural change occurs. Through case studies of movements such as the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, we will assess patterns of power, political interaction, and conflict among various social groups, with special attention to how political and social values change over time. Part 3: We will review and critically assess several prominent theories about the causes and consequences of cultural change in the contemporary American context.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
5% Class Participation - Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer and essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities interactive learning (small-group work, etc.) - Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
4-6 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66825/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 February 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (46892)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- Description: This Major Project Seminar is designed to provide the resources and guidance necessary for sociology majors to complete their senior research project structured around Community Service Learning. It will also serve as a capstone learning experience for the major, providing students with an opportunity to think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociology major can be used after students graduate. The instructor will present material relevant for each stage of the research and writing process including: formulating a research question, engaging with theory, designing the data collection, collecting and analyzing data, and writing a final paper. During the semester, students will write and submit sections of their paper, working toward a complete research project due at the close of the semester. Students will also work together in small groups, reading and commenting upon each other's work. Students will receive regular feedback from the instructor, as well as one-on-one consultation, throughout the research and writing processes.
- Grading:
- 15% Reports/Papers
55% Special Projects
15% Journal
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
35% Service Learning Students will participate in a service learning project for at least 30 hours. - Workload:
- 20-80 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: The heaviest reading load for this course will occur in the first half of the semester, while the writing load will be distributed throughout. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46892/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4966W Section 002: Major-Project Seminar (46893)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from Department office to register.
- Class Description:
- This section is a community service learning version of the senior projects course that is designed to provide students with an opportunity to think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociology major can be used in lives and careers outside of the University. The course will explore the role of sociological knowledge, research, and thought in contemporary American public life. The focus will be on how those outside the academy (e.g. journalists, judges, lawmakers, probation officers, etc.) have used, ignored, or misused sociological knowledge. Instead of traditional research projects, students will be encouraged to conduct projects that are more engaged and applied in nature. Specifically, students will be required to do community service learning and to write either a field research paper or an action project paper based on their work with participating community organizations. The final project will build on the values of critical thinking, effective communication, diversity, and social responsibility that are cultivated in sociology.
- Grading:
- 60% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: paper proposals, outlines and drafts - Class Format:
- 33% Lecture
33% Discussion
33% Service Learning paper development and one on one meetings with instructors - Workload:
- 25-30 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: one final paper with preparatory drafts along the way - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46893/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (46919)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery MediumHonors
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 205
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects.
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register.
- Class Description:
- This practicum is the second of a two-seminar sequence designed to support and guide senior honor's sociology students in the research and writing of their theses. The first semester of the sequence focused on topic selection, literature review, and research design. This course is intended to assist students in the actual conduct and completion of their research projects. This will involve working through the research process, securing results, and writing, presenting, and defending final research papers.
- Grading:
- 75% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
25% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 25 Pages Reading Per Week
25-40 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46919/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (49637)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: role of sociology in society, professional organizations, employment opportunities, professional ethics, and writing for publication or grant proposals.
- Class Notes:
- Grad Soc major or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49637/1133
Spring 2013 | SOC 8011 Section 001: Sociology of Higher Education: Theory and Practice (66826)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues, multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g., lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop a syllabus or teaching plan.
- Class Description:
- This course explores teaching and learning sociology in the contemporary United States. We will first situate teaching and learning within the broader social and political contexts of higher education in the United States, and consider the ways in which this context affects our role as teachers. We will spend the remainder of the semester exploring the craft of teaching. The course aims to provide students with a forum through which to learn about and reflect on pedagogical theory and practice. The goals of the course are to 1) think broadly about how we are influenced by, but also through our actions influence, higher education trends, and 2) develop the skills necessary to become excellent teachers, including encouraging active learning, teaching critical reasoning, delivering effective lectures, facilitating lively discussions, responding effectively to student writing, and fairly evaluating student and teacher performances. The course should encourage those who have had prior teaching experience to reflect more systematically on their classroom behavior and ways to improve it. It should help those who have not had any teaching experience by sensitizing them to various dimensions of effective teaching.
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66826/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 July 2011
Spring 2013 | SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Social Stratification -- Urban Marginality in Transnational Perspective (66827)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 11:30AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66827/1133
Spring 2013 | SOC 8412 Section 001: Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (66829)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to theoretical/methodological foundations of social network analysis. Concepts/principles, measurements, computer techniques. Applications to friendships, communities, workteams, intra-/inter-organizational relations, international systems. Focuses on network visualizations.
- Class Description:
- This seminar introduces social network analysis to graduate students, emphasizing its theoretical, substantive, and methodological foundations. Our collective goal is to acquire a sufficient grasp of the contemporary network literatures to pursue independent advanced study, and ultimately, to contribute original research results to our disciplines. Specifically, we'll identify key network concepts and principles; examine data collection, measurement, and computer analysis techniques; and investigate applications in sociology, organization studies, political science, public administration, and related disciplines. Network analysis spans a diverse range of phenomena from ego-centric ties, to small work-team sociograms, to organizational relations, to trade and military alliances among nation states. Based on the summer survey of registered students' substantive interests, we'll concentrate on social capital, communication, personal networks, learning and innovation diffusion, intra- and interorganizational relations, social movements and collective action, political networks, international systems, and small world and Internet dynamics. About an hour of each class will be spent on network methodologies. The principles that students learn in this course will enable them to study advanced topics of their own choosing. Wasserman & Faust's encyclopedic Social Network Analysis provides our primary text, with required and background articles and chapters selected from the research literatures of several disciplines. Students will learn how to perform basic network analyses of previously collected datasets, using the UCINET computer package. We'll also explore network visualizations using spatial plotting programs. Doctoral students in the Department of Sociology may use this course to fulfill their advanced methods requirement.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
40% Problem Solving - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
20% Discussion
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 75 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper(s)
5 Problem Set(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66829/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 March 2009
Spring 2013 | SOC 8666 Section 001: Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits (49247)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Thesis Credit
- Credits:
- 1-6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic SessionUMTC, West Bank
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49247/1133
Spring 2013 | SOC 8777 Section 001: Thesis Credits: Master's (49363)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Thesis Credit
- Credits:
- 1-18 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- No Grade Associated
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumGrade Sort
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic SessionUMTC, East Bank
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49363/1133
Spring 2013 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- Contemporary Theory & Public Policy (66830)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- PA 5490 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Description:
- Multiple and intersecting identity categories (gender/gender expression, race/ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, immigration status and others) continue to play an important role in public policy. The course explores the role of identity in public policy through various theoretical frameworks (feminist, queer/gender, intersectionality and discourse/social construction theories) and across a variety of substantive policy arenas. The multi-disciplinary course includes 10 faculty members from the Humphrey School, as well as Political Science, Education Human Development, Social Work, Law and others, with each teaching a one week section on related areas of their scholarships (see bio for list). Sessions include the following topics: black feminist theory and politics; hip hop politics; black queer politics; implicit/unconscious bias; covering and sexual orientation; intersectionality and interest groups; gender and immigration/refugee policy; unpaid and paid caregiving; domestic violence reduction in African American communities; national and international education policy; neighborhood revitalization and sex trafficking; feminist economics and data collection. After completing the course, students should be able to: ? Understand and explain how a policymaker's own identity can be both a resource and a barrier in the policymaking process; ? Demonstrate how policymakers (and the policies they create) are an important component in the ongoing, negotiated construction of identity categories and targeted populations; ? Show how assigned, assumed, performed identity results in differential participation in policymaking processes; and ? Use an intersectional analysis to reveal disparate policy treatment and outcomes for subgroups of people or targeted populations. Most weeks, the Tuesday and Thursday sessions will be taught by the same faculty member. Visiting faculty members will leave for the last 15 minutes of our Thursday sessions when we will consolidate our learning for the week and connect to prior sessions. A very short reaction paper for each set of readings will be due weekly and one longer paper, an intersectional analysis on a policy area of the students choosing will be due. The paper must be fairly concise: no more than 15 pages of text plus a one-page executive summary. A process of peer reviewing will be used to improve the final papers and facilitate the paper-writing process. Each student will present a brief summary of their intersectional analysis to the class during the last week of the course.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
12% Film/Video
36% Discussion
6% Small Group Activities
6% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: Weekly short reading reaction papers will also be due - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66830/1133
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/page_jbsoss_PA5490_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 April 2013
Spring 2013 | SOC 8801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (52272)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 614
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Multiple objectives of social research and how they inform research design. Conceptualization and measurement of complex concepts. Broad issues in research design and quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and management.
- Class Description:
- The Soc 8801 course provides an overview of the methods used in sociology, with attention to the kinds of questions that are asked, the types of evidence and arguments that are utilized, and the standards of excellence that are held in different sub-fields and methodological traditions. We will discuss qualitative and quantitative methods, inductive and deductive strategies, descriptive and explanatory goals, causal analysis and process analysis, but we will also question these dichotomies and explore integrating methods. In this course, you will: 1) learn the basics of how research is conducted using different sociological methods, 2) develop some sophistication about the knowledge claims and the standards of evidence in different scholarly communities, 3) increase your familiarity and comfort with scholarly literature that utilizes different methods, 4) consider how your substantive interests could turn into fruitful empirical projects, by preparing a proposal for future research.
- Class Format:
- 5% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers - Workload:
- Other Workload: Weekly assignments (2-5 hours), development of proposal as main course paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52272/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 October 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (47131)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers.
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Topics for Spring 2012: logistic regression, event history analysis, structural equation models.
- Grading:
- 100% Reports/Papers
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Discussion
30% Laboratory - Workload:
- 12 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47131/1133
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/knoke001_SOC8811_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2011
Spring 2013 | SOC 8890 Section 003: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Ethnography (66833)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Fri 09:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced quantitative methods (e.g., multilevel models) and historical/comparative, field, and survey research. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This seminar is intended to provide a high level, hands-on introduction to the practices of ethnographic, field research in the social sciences. Ethnographic research involves two core activities: engaging people in their own time and space, and then developing an analytic perspective on that setting in theorization and writing. Indeed, ethnography is best understood and most properly operationalized as the iterative, back and forth interaction of these two operations. To cultivate this understanding and develop the necessary skills to do ethnographic research properly, students in the seminar will read classic and exemplary ethnographic works and conduct their own fieldwork projects. To those ends, students will be expected to enter the course with concrete projects and field sites already envisioned.
- Grading:
- 40% Reports/Papers
25% Journal
10% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
50% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 100-150 Pages Reading Per Week
25-50 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
3 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: somewhere between 5-10 hours per week of fieldwork outside of class will also be expected; students will also be required to produce and circulate for distribution their field notes from this involvement on a regular basis. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66833/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 December 2012
Spring 2013 | SOC 8890 Section 004: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Apps in Event History Analysis & Panel Data (67736)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Seminar
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1183
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced quantitative methods (e.g., multilevel models) and historical/comparative, field, and survey research. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to help students develop a solid working knowledge of both event history analysis and panel data models. It would be a great course for students considering a dissertation using such techniques, but it is also appropriate for those who just want more hands-on experience with these increasingly popular methodologies. Event methods are terrific when researchers want to predict whether and when something happens (e.g., wars, births, deaths, strikes, crimes, promotions). Using examples that take nations, states, and individuals as the units of analysis, we will cover topics such as demographic life tables, survival and hazard analysis, competing risks, proportional hazards, and time-varying covariates. In the second half of the course, we will bridge from the concept of time-varying predictors to panel models in which both the independent and dependent variables are changing over time. Here we will cover lagged dependent variables, first differences, fixed and random effects, clustering, and other topics. The course will be pitched at a level that will make it accessible to anyone who has taken the sociology graduate statistics course (8811) or equivalent.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67736/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 2 November 2012
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