Fall 2015  |  SOC 4966W Section 001: Major-Project Seminar (11821)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Defining research problem. Collecting/selecting data. Analyzing data. Writing report. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
Class Notes:
Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC4966W+Fall2015
Class Description:
This course is designed to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned as a sociology major and to think ahead about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied in your lives and careers outside of the University. It is, in short, a capstone course. The focus is on how sociological knowledge, research, and thought help to promote critical thinking, effective communication, an appreciation of diversity and ambiguity, and social responsibility in public life. Specific topics include: the status of social scientific research and writing in politics and public policy implementation; the ways in which sociological thinking and research inform movements for social change; the presence (or absence) of sociological research and thought in popular culture and the mainstream American media; the day-to-day work of professional sociologists in the academy; the professions and careers where sociological methods and insights are most useful and prominent; and the utility and value of situating ones life and work in sociological perspective. This will all be situated in the context of the role of ideas, information, intellectuals, and experts in the complex, contemporary global world. Indeed, the larger intellectual goals of the course are to encourage you to think critically about your place in society and history, to reflect on the role of knowledge in the contemporary world, and to understand what skills and understandings you will take with you from your study of sociology to your future careers and lives beyond the academy.
Grading:
50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation
Class Format:
25% Lecture
10% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
15% Guest Speakers
25% Service Learning
Workload:
25-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11821/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
5 April 2013

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