SOC 151

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SOC 151

Introductory Sociology SOC 151 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	35	0	Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;
2	35	4	Times: .T.T... 2:40PM-4:00PM;
3	35	0	Times: M.W.... 1:10PM-2:30PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998 )

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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 department office.

MAJOR READINGS

SECTION 1: Tobin et al., PRESCHOOL IN THREE
CULTURES
Weber, THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
Seiter, SOLD SEPARATELY
Eder, SCHOOL TALK
Marx & Engels, THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
MacLeod, AIN'T NO MAKIN' IT
SECTION 2: Mills, "The Sociological Imagination"
Weber, "Authority," "Bureaucracy"
Davis, "Final Notes on a Case of Extreme Isolation"
Marx & Engels, "The Communist Manifesto"
A. Giddens, SOCIOLOGY: A BRIEF BUT CRITICAL INTRODUCTION
SECTION 3: Erving Goffman, THE PRESENTATION OF SELF IN
EVERYDAY LIFE
Judith Stacey, BRAVE NEW FAMILIES: STORIES OF DOMESTIC
UPHEAVAL IN LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA
Robin Kelley, YO' MAMA'S DISFUNKTIONAL: FIGHTING THE CULTURE
WARS IN URBAN AMERICA
Donna Gaines, TEENAGE WASTELAND: SUBURBIA'S DEAD END KIDS
Paul Willis, LEARNING TO LABOR: HOW WORKING CLASS KIDS GET
WORKING CLASS JOBS
Arlie Hochschild, THE MANAGED HEART: COMMERCIALIZATION OF
HUMAN FEELING
Lynn Chancer, SADOMASOCHISM IN EVERYDAY LIFE: THE DYNAMICS
OF POWER AND POWERLESSNESS
SECTION 4: Required readin;gs: MacLeod AIN'T NO MAKIN' IT
Herbert Gans, THE URBAAN VILLAGERS
Charles Lemert, SOCIAL THINGS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
SOCIOLOGICAL LIFE
C. Wright Mills, THE POWER ELITE
Stack, ALL OUR KIN
E. Goffman, STIGMA
Max Weber, THE PROTESTANT ETHIC
TWENTIETH-CENTURY EMOTIONAL STYLE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

SECTION 1: Short papers. SECTION 2: Take-home mid-term, take home final, and ongoing journal of reactions to class themes. SECTION 3: Two mid-term exams, take-home final, and ongoing journal of reaction to class readings. SECTION 4: Short papers, fieldwork report, participation, perfect attendance.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Blackstone, L; Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 3, Jr: 3, So: 1, Fr: 2; No Major Preference Given
Section 02: Fisher, S; Times: .T.T... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 3; No Major Preference Given
Section 03: Irvine, L; Times: M.W.... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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Reference:

Rogers, Alisdair. PEOPLES AND CULTURES, New York: Oxford University Press, 1992

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