Fall 2021 | SOC 8090 Section 001: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology & Its Publics (33545)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Fri 10:00AM - 11:30AMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- By instructor consent. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hartm021+SOC8090+Fall2021 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC8090+Fall2021
- Class Description:
Students in this workshop will serve as the graduate student board for The Society Pages, an online social science journalism project housed at the University of Minnesota. Participation is based on application. In addition to experience and qualifications, the board is selected so as to involve students from different stages in the program, substantive interest areas, and methodological specialties. Most participants are expected to make a year-long commitment to the project, though membership will rotate on an annual basis.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students in sociology
- Learning Objectives:
To deepen students' substantive research expertise
by engaging cutting edge sociological scholarship. Students will unearth the most interesting findings and best evidence from new research in their areas of study. This provides students with a broader vision of the sociological field and offers an opportunity to diversify their reading in the prelim and dissertation processes.To develop writing and communication skills
in addressing academic and non-academic audiences. Grad board members regularly write for the website, and our supportive, professional editorial team gives direct feedback designed to improve these skills as the pieces are published online.
To gain deep, practical appreciation of the process of editorial decision-making
and public scholarship.
TSP had almost 11 million unique page views last year. Working with the site allows students to engage in critical and constructive discussion of the field of sociology, while participating in a collaborative public outreach project by shaping and improving the site as an online vehicle to disseminate great research.
- Class Format:
- Weekly seminar
- Workload:
- 4-6 hours a week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33545/1219
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2021.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Spring2024.docx (Spring 2024)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hartm021_uggen001_SOC8090_Fall2023.pdf (Fall 2023) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Secrets of Getting Grants: A Hands-On Workshop (33546)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Thu 11:45AM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phylmoen+SOC8090+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This course provides insights and hands-on help in developing a research proposal requesting funding from an external foundation or agency or a within-university opportunity. This is a learned skill -- you too can write a clear and hopefully compelling proposal! Students taking this course have done well in submitting competitive dissertation proposals, both internally and externally. This is a workshop; we will all collaborate in learning by doing with the goal of a strong proposal draft by the end of the semester.
- Learning Objectives:
- To benefit most from this course you will need a research topic, and an idea for how you might go about investigating it, but both the exact research question and the methods may well morph as you work on developing them during the semester.
- Grading:
- A-F
- Exam Format:
- None
- Class Format:
- This is a workshop; we will all collaborate in learning by doing with the goal of a strong proposal draft by the end of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33546/1219
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/phylmoen_SOC8090_Fall2019.pdf (Fall 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/phylmoen_SOC8090_Fall2016.docx (Fall 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2021
Fall 2021 | SOC 8090 Section 003: Topics in Sociology -- Sociology of Work: Labor & the New Economy (34807)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankSocial Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schurman+SOC8090+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- This graduate seminar will analyze recent shifts in the global political economy (e.g., neoliberal globalization, financialization, the rise of the platform economy), connecting them to changes in labor demand, working conditions, the prospects of labor movement organizing, and the future of work.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course is aimed at graduate students interested in the changing nature of work and its relationship to contemporary capitalism.
- Grading:
- A-F, no auditors allowed
- Exam Format:
- No exams; research papers will be required.
- Class Format:
- This class will be taught seminar-style, and will be reading and discussion-intensive.
- Workload:
- Expect to read 7-8 books and various articles over the course of the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34807/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2021
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