SOC 3246 is also offered in Fall 2024
SOC 3246 is also offered in Fall 2022
SOC 3246 is also offered in Summer 2022
SOC 3246 is also offered in Fall 2021
SOC 3246 is also offered in Summer 2021
Summer 2020 | SOC 3246 Section 001: Diseases, Disasters, & Other Killers (88100)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 09:30AM - 12:00PM
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course studies the social pattern of mortality, beginning with demographic transition theory. Students will study specific causes of death or theories of etiology, including theories about suicide, fundamental cause theory, and the role of early life conditions in mortality. Students learn tools for studying mortality, including cause of death classifications and life tables. Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more class information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?chamb443+SOC3246+Summer2020
- Class Description:
- Throughout history, disease, disaster, and catastrophe have altered human social life. Some physical spaces may have more or less in terms of natural resources, weaponry, or infrastructure due to such cataclysmic events. This course will examine how disease and disaster have influenced the makeup of the social world. Then, we shift to discussion of the social components of disease and disaster. How do existing social dynamics impact casualty rates, response efforts, the length of outbreaks, and more? And is the world becoming a safer place to exist? This section will draw from a number of cases, including the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic if students so choose, to examine how sociology can help us understand how disease, disaster, and war unfold. We will also discuss how sociology can help us best strategize response to such events. Lastly, we will examine the lasting social legacies of disasters to better understand their lasting impacts.
- Grading:
- 25% participation (attendance, completion activities)
25% graded participation (reading reflections, open-ended responses, etc.)
10% class facilitation (2-3 sessions)
40% cumulative term paper (draft checks, revisions, final paper)
- Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- 40% lecture
25% in-class activities and discussion
20% peer facilitated discussion
15% video, guest speakers, other
- Workload:
- Approx. 30-50 pgs of reading weekly
Co-facilitating 2-3 class discussions
Cumulative course paper (approx. 20 pages)
In-class participation (attendance, reflections, discussion)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88100/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 April 2020
ClassInfo Links - Summer 2020 Sociology Classes