Spring 2023  |  SOC 4113 Section 001: Sociology of Violence: Bedrooms, Backyards, and Bars (65634)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Enrollment Requirements:
soph or jr or sr
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 350
Enrollment Status:
Open (79 of 80 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course looks at violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas, bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. Students will wrestle with definitions of violence and the circumstances in which behavior is or isn't categorized as violent. A major theme will be how violence operates as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Subtopics intersecting violence include cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment. Soc Majors and Minors must register A/F. Pre-req of Soc 1001, Soc 1101, 3101 or 3102 is recommended.
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walkerml+SOC4113+Spring2023
Class Description:
In this course, we will examine violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas - bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. You will interrogate definitions and theoretical perspectives of violence. Our principal concern is with violence as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Intersecting subtopics include: cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Any student interested sociological perspectives on violence.
Learning Objectives:
    1. Critically discuss perspectives on violence
    2. Differentiate types of violence
    3. Critically discuss social motives associated with violent behaviors and events
Grading:

A 100 - 94

A- 93 - 90

B+ 89 - 87

B 86 - 83

B- 82 - 80

C+ 79 - 77

C 76 - 73

C- 72 - 70

D+ 69 - 67

D 66 - 63

D- 62 - 60

F 59 - 0
Exam Format:
There will be a series of short answer essays.
Class Format:
Lectures
Workload:
The course will meet twice a week. Articles will be provided via the course Canvas page. Much of the practical content will be digital.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65634/1233
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
9 November 2022

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