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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 Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen 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
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