Introductory Sociology
SOC 151
Fall 2011
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02
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This course is an introduction to the systematic study of the social sources and social consequences of human behavior, with emphasis upon culture, social structure, socialization, institutions, group membership, social conformity, and social deviance. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing
Weekly feedback on weekly journal writing assignments
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (SOC)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Course reader, including works by C. Wright Mills, Mitchell Duneier, Erik Olin Wright, Frances Fox Piven, Bell Hooks, Anthony Giddens, and Barbara Katz-Rothman. |
| Instructor(s): Goldberg,Greg Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC421; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 18 | FR: 17 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 19 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 5 | 4th Ranked: 2 | Unranked: 8 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
1. Charon and Vigilant, eds., THE MEANING OF SOCIOLOGY (reader), 9th edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2009.
2. Sudir Venkatesh, GANG LEADER FOR A DAY, New York: Penguin Books, 2009.
3. David A. Karp, IS IT ME OR MY MEDS? LIVING WITH ANTIDEPRESSANTS, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006. |
Examinations and Assignments:
1. Class attendance and participation - 15%
2. Sociological writing journal (ten 2-3 page entries, submitted 3x) - 40%
3. Breaching exercise and paper (3-4 pages) - 15%
4. Take-home final exam - 30% |
| Instructor(s): Arend,Patricia Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 15 | FR: 20 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 15 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 14 |
| SECTION 03 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Course Reader
Osborne, Richard, INTRODUCING SOCIOLOGY: A GRAPHIC GUIDE, 4th edition, Totem Books, 2005 |
Examinations and Assignments:
2 short papers
1 final paper
Participation on the online course forum |
| Instructor(s): Childress,Clayton Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: SCIE141; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: -6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 15 | FR: 20 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
| SECTION 04 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Berger and Luckman, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY
Shulamith Firestone, DOWN WITH CHILDHOOD
Derrick Bell, BROKEN COVENANTS
William Julius Wilson, WHEN WORK DISAPPEARS
Karl Marx, CAPITAL |
Examinations and Assignments:
Three take-home essays. |
| Instructor(s): Cutler,Jonathan Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: SCIE113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 8 | FR: 11 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 27 | 1st Ranked: 5 | 2nd Ranked: 6 | 3rd Ranked: 3 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 13 |
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