SOC 3411W is also offered in Spring 2025
SOC 3411W is also offered in Spring 2023
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 Session
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hanson 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
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2017 Sociology Classes Taught by David Knoke