Summer 2021  |  SOC 4149 Section 001: Sociology of Killing (87681)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
jr or sr or grad student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
06/07/2021 - 07/30/2021
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (33 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course will provide a broad overview of the sociology of murder- the intentional, malicious killing of one human by another. This course will go beyond what we see about murder regularly in the media and on popular TV shows and movies. Students will be exposed to a scientific study of homicide. Key topics include the history and laws of murder; information and data sources on murder; demographic attributes of victims and offenders; different types of murder, including among others domestic, serial, mass, and gang-related murder; biological, sociological and psychological theories of the causes of murder; and the strategies involved in the criminal investigation of homicide. prereq: jr, or sr, or grad student, or instr consent; soc majors/minors must register A-F
Class Notes:
This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?labra032+SOC4149+Summer2021
Class Description:

To understand killing, we must truly understand the different types of killing and their definitions, and we must understand why some are criminalized and others are not. During this course, we will try to answer these questions. And perhaps more importantly, we will discover why the answer to these questions matter. We will begin by defining and theorizing what killing (and more broadly violence) are, how crime is socially constructed, and the process in which different types of killing have become criminalized throughout history. We will also focus on the definitional and analytic differences behind types of killing and why they matter. We will end the course by examining why individuals kill and consider whether the motivations of killers differ with the type of killing.

Grading:
The grading breakdown will be as follows:
25% Participation (includes asynchronous work)
20% Reading Reflections (2 essays no longer than 3pgs, 10% each)
25% Take-Home/Open Book Exam
10% Assignment
20% Final Project (600-900 word blog post)
Exam Format:
There will be one short-essay exam. This exam will be a take home/open book exam, and students will have a week to complete the assignment.
Class Format:
This class will be both synchronous and asynchronous, with weekly synchronous meetings on Thursdays during the scheduled course time.
Workload:
50-80 pages of reading per week

In place of a synchronous class meeting on Tuesday, students will be asked to complete asynchronous work each week. This content will include mini-lectures, readings, and videos. Students will also complete individual and collaborative activities like reflections, audio/video recordings, and discussion posts.

All written assignments will be no longer than 3 single-spaced pages
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87681/1215
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
26 January 2021

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