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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
)
Photo Caption and Credits
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
About the Photo:
Reference:
Rogers, Alisdair. PEOPLES AND CULTURES, New York:
Oxford
University Press, 1992
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