SOC 3301W is also offered in Fall 2024
SOC 3301W is also offered in Spring 2023
Spring 2015 | SOC 3301W Section 001: Politics and Society (69154)
- 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
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 145
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Ideas of citizenship. Relationship between politics and society. Public sphere, civil society. Research practicum volunteering at policy-relevant site using participant observation methods. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Description:
- Political sociology is concerned with the social bases of power and the social consequences of the organization of power, especially how power operates in relationship to various forms of inequality and different institutions. We will explore a wide range of topics in political sociology, beginning with an analysis of different theories of power and of the state. We will then explore electoral politics and voting, social movements, the media and framing, and the politics of inequality, poverty, and welfare. The final part of the course will address the politics of crime and punishment, environmental politics, the politics of gender and sexuality, war, peace, and terrorism, and alternative possible futures. Many of the readings and lectures concern different perspectives on power, the state, political parties, and political change and the focus will be on the United States, although we will also address political issues in other parts of the globe.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes Other Grading Information: The 4-5 page research proposal will be 20% of the final grade. The two drafts of the 12-15 pages research paper constitute 60% of the final grade. The reaction paper and leadership of class discussion count for 20% of the final grade.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
10% Film/Video
50% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
5% Service Learning
- Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
16-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
2 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Students will write a research proposal (4-5 pages) and two drafts of a 12-15 page paper based on community service learning or library research.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69154/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 November 2014
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