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Fall 2014  |  SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Law & Society Review: Journal Editing Seminar (26012)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
1.5 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
POL 8060 Section 002
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Tue 11:15AM - 12:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
Class Description:
This course is co-taught be Timothy R. Johnson (Political Science) and Joachim Savelsberg (Sociology), incoming editors of the Law & Society Review, the official journal of the Law & Society Association and the world's leading journal in the field of law and society studies. This is the first offering in a series of six semesters. Johnson will take the lead in 2013/14, Savelsberg in 2014/15. Students will read submitted papers that receive 'revise and resubmit' decisions and the reviewers' comments and discuss them with the editors. Different students may take the lead on specific papers in line with their substantive and methodological interests and expertize. Suggestions developed during these discussions will be incorporated into the R&R letters the editors will send out to authors. Students will thus get immersed in a range of cutting edge work done in the field. They will further gain crucial insights into the decision making processes associated with journal publishing. In this respect the course is intended to be a major professionalization tool that should be most helpful to graduate students who prepare to enter academic careers in which publishing papers in journals will be a crucial component. The process should make for an engaging collaborative, intellectual and professional, experience.
Grading:
20% In-class Presentations
80% Class Participation
Class Format:
85% Discussion
15% Student Presentations
Workload:
70 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26012/1149
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 April 2013

Fall 2014  |  SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Education: Journal Editing Seminar (26013)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
1.5 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Wed 12:30PM - 02:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Virtual Rooms ROOM-TBA
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
Class Notes:
Minnesota Population Center-will meet in room 29 Willey Hall.
Class Description:
This course is centered around the journal Sociology of Education, which will be housed at the U of MN beginning July 1, 2013. Class sessions will focus on the operations of the journal, with an eye toward teaching students how research articles are evaluated; how the review process can shape and improve research; how the process of turning a first draft of a paper into a polished and published article unfolds; how to critique ongoing research in a professional way; and how to respond to such critiques about your own work. Along the way, involvement will provide an opportunity for students to gain theoretical, methodological, and substantive insight into a wide range of issues that touch on education in one way or another. Each week, students will (among other things) discuss articles that have been submitted; discuss external peer reviews of those articles; debate what decision should be made about submissions; think together about how to solicit more and better submissions; think together about reviewers and the review process; and think together about how to best use the journal's social media presence. Students who participate will be expected to do some work in preparation for each meeting. Project meetings will be lively and interactive, and will differ in focus and content from week to week.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26013/1149
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC8090_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
6 April 2013

Fall 2014  |  SOC 8090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights (34392)

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
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 09/19/2014
Fri 02:00PM - 04:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
 
09/26/2014
Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
 
10/03/2014 - 12/10/2014
Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
Class Description:
This seminar will approach human rights issues from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The course will emphasize active engagement with the topic of human rights through a combination of readings, group discussions, site visits, and interactions with invited guests. Key topics will include: the historical origins of human rights; debates over human rights; theories on causes of human rights violations; and personal activist engagement to improve human rights situations. Students will leave the class with a solid understanding of the social practices and institutional arrangements that underpin human rights at the local, national, and international level.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34392/1149
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
9 April 2014

Fall 2014  |  SOC 8090 Section 004: Topics in Sociology -- Great Books in Sociology (34393)

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
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 09/19/2014
Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
 
09/26/2014
Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
 
10/03/2014 - 12/10/2014
Fri 11:45AM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
Class Description:
Seminar participants will read and discuss great books in the sociological canon. The course is intended to help students think about the construction, design, and execution of manuscript -length research projects (such as dissertations) as well as to cultivate a deeper understanding of research and thought in the discipline. Topics will include: the rhetoric and conventions of sociological writing; audience, aims, and research questions; the use of data, methods, and theory; and, contributions to scholarship and knowledge. One course project option will be to do a close reading and broader reflective analysis of a book project produced by a faculty member here at the University of Minnesota.
Grading:
40% Special Projects
20% Reflection Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
none
Class Format:
20% Lecture
60% Discussion
20% Student Presentations the course will be a seminar
Workload:
150-200 Pages Reading Per Week
15-25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
2 Book Report(s)
Other Workload: 8-10 books over the course of the semester
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34393/1149
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
9 April 2014

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