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Fall 2016 | SOC 3701 Section 001: Social Theory (18334)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:55PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abaer+SOC3701+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18334/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2016 | SOC 3701 Section 002: Social Theory (14158)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC3701+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Social theory helps us to make sense from chaos, revealing core logics of development, change, meaning and domination which structure the bewildering, messiness of human experience. This class works closely with texts by a handful of great theorists who have created particularly illuminating, even world-changing ways of seeing. Reading extracts from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Patricia Hill Collins, Dorothy Smith, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard we will concentrate on readings around notions of power: economic, racist, colonial, patriarchal, bureaucratic, and discursive. You should improve your ability to think, read, and LIVE critically, able to better recognize and evaluate assumptions underlying "common sense" statements about how societies work. I believe that theoretical competence comes when you learn to enjoy intellectual creativity and risk-taking, and so we will spend considerable class time using debate and role-playing to loosen up those Minnesota inhibitions. Reading will not be extensive in terms of number of pages, but I will expect you to wrestle energetically before class with texts that can sometimes be both dense and abstract. Most of the required reading reports and other assignments will be self published by students on the class blog, which will enrich the depth and scope of class debate.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 40% exams, quizzes. 40% Official Blog Entries. 20% class citizenship and blog citizenship. Each absence after three will decrease your grade by .2. E.g. 3.3 > 3.1 (B+ > B)
- Exam Format:
- Quotation identification and analysis. Comparison of theories and/or application to historical & contemporary phenomena.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-30 pages of (difficult) reading per week, 25-30 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14158/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
Fall 2016 | SOC 3701 Section A91: Social Theory (34984)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Online & Distance Lrng (ODL)
- Class Attributes:
- College of Continuing EducationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- ODL Open Enrl Reg Acad Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Off Campus
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Traditions of social theory that have been basic to sociological knowledge. How they have expanded in contemporary theory. Their applications in selected areas of empirical research. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- After 11:59 PM Friday of the first week of the term, registration is closed and requires instructor permission.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introductory overview of major social theories ranging from the foundational sociological theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to contemporary theories of change, action, identities, and the social self. We will work to understand the social and historical environments in which these theories have developed and focus on how theoretical inquiry can serve as a guide for scientific explanation of human behavior. Some of the questions explored will include: What holds societies together? How do societies reproduce themselves? How does social change take place? How are social identities created, maintained, and transformed? What are features of modern social life and where is society headed in the future?
- Exam Format:
- Short answer; essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: book essay
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34984/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 July 2015
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