Fall 2020  |  SOC 5090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Intersections of Family, Youth, & Culture (35311)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
9 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
Meets With:
SOC 8540 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
Enrollment Status:
Open (2 of 3 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Undergrad soc majors/minors must register A-F
Class Notes:
This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Need instructor consent to add. For advanced undergraduates enrolling in the course this might include a senior project or other piece of writing on new or ongoing work on the Kids Involvement and Diversity Study (KIDS) (students will identify their project within the first weeks of the course in consultation with the professor). Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tswartz+SOC5090+Fall2020
Class Description:
This seminar will explore recent and/or pathbreaking sociological research on families, youth, and culture, and will provide students with the opportunity to advance a scholarly project of their own in a related area. Readings will include primarily cultural, interpretive, and critical scholarship. Some of the readings will be selected by seminar participants in relation to their projects. Through common readings, discussion, and individual projects we will examine the social worlds of families and young people, investigating the meaning and experience of how youth and family experiences are differently patterned by social class, race and ethnicity, gender, community and place, and considering the ways that micro and macro dimensions of culture and inequality influence families, youth and social outcomes. We will also pay attention to the ways in which family's and youth's worlds are created in and through social interactions, networks and organizations, institutions, and discourses. A major goal and main focus of the course will be the development of student individual scholarly projects. For graduate students, these might include a new or ongoing research project, a section on a prelim, or the development of a prospectus. For advanced undergraduates enrolling in the course this might include a senior project or other piece of writing on new or ongoing work on the KIDS Involvement and Diversity Study (KIDS) (students will identify their project within the first weeks of the course in consultation with the professor). Time will be designated for independent work on projects, structured timelines and writing goals, and regular workshopping and peer and instructor feedback. Students will co-lead a discussion on a set of readings, submit intermittent writing assignments or section drafts depending on their project, present their project to the class, and provide peer feedback to others on their projects. By the end of the course, students will have made substantial progress on a self-identified project and will have produced an associated piece of writing.
Exam Format:
No exams
Class Format:
Seminar and workshop format including online group discussion and posting about readings and common themes/methods/theory; presentation and discussion of student projects in various stages of development; individual meetings with instructor on project; time designated and structured for individual project work.
Workload:
Some shared readings and discussion (some of which will be determined by seminar participants and relevant to their projects). Time will be designated for independent work on projects, structured timelines and writing goals, and regular workshopping and peer and instructor feedback. Students will co-lead a discussion on readings, submit intermittent writing assignments or section drafts depending on their project, present their project to the class, and provide peer feedback to others on their projects. By the end of the course, students will have made substantial progress on a project of their choosing and will have produced an associated piece of writing.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35311/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 July 2020

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