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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 Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Tue 05:30PM - 08:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen 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 Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen 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

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