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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 Session
 
09/02/2014 - 09/24/2014
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 370
 
09/25/2014 - 12/10/2014
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Carlson School of Management 2-207
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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 Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen 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

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