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SOC 8001 is also offered in Spring 2024
SOC 8001 is also offered in Fall 2023
SOC 8001 is also offered in Spring 2023
SOC 8001 is also offered in Fall 2022
SOC 8001 is also offered in Spring 2022
SOC 8001 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2023 | SOC 8001 Section 001: Sociology as a Profession (52502)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Sociology graduate student
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This 1 credit class fosters adaptation to the Graduate Program in Sociology and preparation for a sociological career. In the Fall, we explore professional careers in this field. We discuss the wide range of opportunities in sociology and help students further explore the next steps to becoming a scholar, educator, and member of various professional, intellectual, and social communities. We share practical information about being a student in sociology and about sociological careers, discuss presentations in department workshop seminars, and provide a safe place to discuss issues of student concerns. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their thoughts and reactions to experiences during their first semester in the PhD program. The Spring 8001 class is oriented to particular milestones in the Sociology Graduate Program and important student activities (for example, preparing reading lists for the preliminary exam and then writing the preliminary exam, preparing a dissertation prospectus, writing grant proposals, preparing an article for publication, etc.). Pre-req: Soc PhD students
- Class Notes:
- 12 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC8001+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course should help graduate students in the transition from the first part of graduate studies to the second, and the much more independent part, that is driven by your own work. Supplementing the work you will be doing with your advisors (and eventually committee members), this course will provide additional assistance with the production of reading lists and prelims. This structure is flexible, however, and we will adjust based on the needs of the group. We do not have papers, readings or formal graded assignments. The main goal of the course is to provide a structure for what you need to get done, and to encourage peer-review and discussion of work in progress. In addition to practical matters of working toward prelim papers, topics may include: library search strategies; planning for the prospectus; grant proposals; journal submissions; and IRB applications.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Third year graduate students in Sociology (possibly 2nd year, especially if entered the program with an MA in hand).
- Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn and exchange ideas about strategies of moving toward prelim writing, possibly prospectus work and beyond.
- Grading:
- S-N
- Exam Format:
- No exams
- Class Format:
- We meet one hour per week. Several sessions feature visitors, e.g., a librarian, more advanced students in the ABD stage (or recent graduates, looking back).
- Workload:
- There are no required readings or exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52502/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 September 2021
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2023 Sociology Classes