Introductory Sociology
SOC 151
Fall 2006
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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. Sections may have variable content. Students are urged to consult instructors or the departmental office. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing |
| 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
Tobin, PRESCHOOL IN THREE CULTURES
Goffman, ASYLUMS
Mark & Engels, THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
West & Zimmerman, "Doing Gender"
Schlosser, FAST FOOD NATION
Kleinberg, HEAT WAVE |
| Instructor(s): Clawson,Mary Ann Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: PAC422; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 34 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: -3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 17 | FR: 17 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 13 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 4 | 3rd Ranked: 5 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Readings will likely include selections from the following among other short readings:
C. Wright Mills, THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
Annette Lareau, UNEQUAL CHILDHOODS: CLASS, RACE, AND FAMILY LIFE
Jay MacLeod, AIN'T NO MAKIN IT: ASPIRATIONS AND ATTAINMENT IN A LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD
Howard Zinn, A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Alejandro Portes and Ruben G. Rumbaut: LEGACIES:THE STORY OF THE IMMIGRANT SECOND GENERATION
Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton: AMERICAN APARTHEID: SEGREGATION AND THE MAKING OF THE UNDERCLASS
Jane Collins, THREADS: GENDER, LABOR AND POWER IN THE GLOBAL APPAREL INDUSTRY
Selected readings from Pierre Bordieu, Karl Marx, Max Weber, and William Julius Wilson. |
Examinations and Assignments:
Short papers, an analysis of census data, in class debates, and group interview projects. |
| Instructor(s): Long,Daniel A. Times: .M.W... 08:30AM-09:50AM; Location: PAC421; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 34 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 17 | FR: 17 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
| SECTION 03 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Selected texts from classical theorists (Marx, Durkheim, Weber) and contemporary theorists and case studies. |
Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers; regular reading responses. |
| Instructor(s): Rabinovitch,Eyal Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 33 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: -2 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 17 | FR: 16 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 24 | 1st Ranked: 7 | 2nd Ranked: 5 | 3rd Ranked: 4 | 4th Ranked: 2 | Unranked: 6 |
| SECTION 04 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Tucker, Robert C., THE MARX-ENGELS READER
Fanon, Franz, THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH
Goffman, Erving, THE PRESENTATION OF SELF IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Chodorow, Nancy, THE REPRODUCTION OF MOTHERING: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER
Selections from Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Gilman, Dubois, Adorno and Horkheimer, Foucault, and others. |
Examinations and Assignments:
Three 4-5 pp. papers, occasional in-class writing and presentation assignments (no more than three), and class participation. |
| Instructor(s): Sullivan,Maureen Elizabeth Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 34 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 17 | FR: 17 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 11 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 5 |
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