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Spring 2024  |  SOC 4966W Section 001: Capstone Experience: Seminar (51585)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
Community Engaged Learning
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 250
Enrollment Status:
Closed (51 of 51 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cabdi+SOC4966W+Spring2024
Class Description:
You have spent a great deal of time and energy in the last few years developing core knowledge, skills and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. The senior project class is the final step in your undergraduate experience, which will encourage your to engage deeply in a writing project and showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned via your Sociological course work. We will also discuss the issues and challenges that students encounter as their work progresses. When there are reading assignments, students should come to class prepared to discuss them. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and work values, developing resumes, practice job interviews, etc. Students will write short papers that can be put together in the final senior project paper.


1) An Extended Reflective Work-related Autobiography. This option will follow the class lectures and discussions most closely as we together examine the changing U.S. occupational structure, work experiences, career development, post-graduate educational options (including graduate and professional school, technical training, etc.), occupational choice, and the way sociological knowledge, skills, and perspectives can be used in your future work careers. Students will write about their work-related experiences, including both paid and unpaid work (the latter including work in the family setting, internships, and volunteering) and how they influenced their development. They will also reflect on the benefits, rewards, and drawbacks of the occupations they are considering in the future, drawing on the assigned texts and other relevant literature.

2) Service Learning Report: This option will involve writing a sociological report based on community service learning with a local community organization of your choice. This paper will be based on a minimum of 20 hours of community service work completed during the course of the semester. The Community Service Learning Center will help you find a place, or if you're already volunteering they will help you formalize this so you can write on it.

Or alternatively, instead of writing a report based upon the service experience, the final product will involve working on, and writing about, an actual research on an area of great interest to you and your future plans (profession you hope to enter, discipline you hope to pursue in graduate school etc). This paper will be combined with your personal statement and a resume that forms the core of your job search portfolio of self-presentation.

Grading:
60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper
Class Format:
30% Lecture
20% Visiting Speakers
50% Small Group Activities and writing exercises
Workload:
Less than 25 Pages Reading Per Week, Six assignments that are drafts of final paper sections, Final Paper is 12-18 pages
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51585/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 November 2023

Spring 2024  |  SOC 4966W Section 002: Capstone Experience: Seminar (53435)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
Community Engaged Learning
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
Enrollment Status:
Closed (51 of 51 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed to: a) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned as a sociology major; b) use that knowledge to write a sociological analyses - often based on community service learning; and c) think about how the knowledge, skills, and insights of the sociological enterprise can be used and applied outside of the University. Through this course sociology majors will emphasize the relationship between a sociological perspective and critical thinking, effective communication, and meaningful civic engagement. This class is the final step in the sociology undergraduate major. prereq: 1001, 3701, 3801, 3811, 12 cr upper div sociology, dept consent
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4966W+Spring2024
Class Description:
This course will guide you through the process of writing your senior project paper, a graduation requirement for all Sociology majors. The class will structure your work as you select your topic, write a draft, and polish your paper. In conjunction with Career Services in CLA, the class will also help students to prepare for the job market---thinking through your career goals and career choices, developing resumes, and getting ready for job interviews. Presentations and discussions by students are organized in class to help them learn from each other. This is a writing intensive class with a total of six writing assignments. The class is organized into three parts.

Part One (weeks 1-3) is a recap of sociological knowledge. What is sociology? What are the key elements of a sociological analysis? What are career choices for a sociology major? These three questions are focused in lectures and in-class discussions. The last lecture is a description of three options from which each student chooses for his/her senior project paper.

Part Two (weeks 4-6) is focused on expectations and requirements of your major project. This project should be the capstone expression of your "sociological imagination." It should show the knowledge, skills, and ethics that are central to the practice of Sociology. Examples of each of the three different kinds of a major project paper are discussed in lectures.

Part Three (weeks 7-14) is designed for the development and finalization of your senior project paper. Each student is required to schedule individual meetings with your chosen Instructor to discuss the issues and challenges that the students encounter during their work progress toward the completion of the senior project paper.

Who Should Take This Class?:
Sociology major in the senior year.
Learning Objectives:
To complete senior project paper, a requirement for graduation.
Grading:
60% Six written assignments
15% Class Participation
25% Final paper
Class Format:
30% Lectures
20% Writing exercises
50% Community engagement and major project paper
Workload:
Less than 20 Pages Reading Per Week, Four writing exercises (1-5 pages) and One major project paper (12-18 pages).
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53435/1243
Syllabus:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2024.pdf
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC4966W_Spring2020.pdf (Spring 2020)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
30 October 2023

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