ClassInfo - Spring 2019 Sociology Classes

Spring 2019 | SOC 4521H Section 001: Honors: Love, Sex, & Marriage (66111)

Instructor(s): Kathy Hull
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: A-F only
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Honors
Meets With:: SOC 4521 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019

Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 235
Enrollment Status:: Open (3 of 6 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. What can sociology and related disciplines tell us about these seemingly intensely personal subjects? More than you might think! Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. Honors students registering for Soc 4521H: Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. Examples of additional requirements may include: - Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. - Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). - Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news or a two-page critique of a class reading - Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2-page maximum reflective paper. - Interview a current sociology graduate student and present briefly in class or write a reflective piece, not more than 2 pages in length, to be submitted to the professor. prereq: Honors
Class Notes:: 2 seats reserved for sociology honors through 11/19/2018. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hull+SOC4521H+Spring2019
Class Description:: This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Grading:: 20% Exam 1
20% Exam 2
20% Exam 3
25% In-class writings
15% Final Paper
Exam Format:: multiple choice, short answer, essay
Class Format:: 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
Workload:: 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66111/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 4 September 2018

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