ClassInfo - Spring 2020 Sociology Classes

Spring 2020 | SOC 4411H Section 001: Honors: Terrorist Networks & Counterterror Organizations (65757)

Instructor(s): David Knoke
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 Session

01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020

Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen 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

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