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Summer Session Offerings - 2009
Overview
(M = morning; A = afternoon; E = evening)
SUMMER SESSION I (May 26, 2009 — June 25, 2009)
Rose Hill
ANRU 2880 Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective (M)
SORU 2505 Religion and Social Change (A)
SOEP 2420 Social Problems of Race and Ethnicity (E)
SOEU 1100 Introduction to Sociology (E)
SOGA 6125 Ethics of Modern Selfhood (E)
Lincoln Center
SOLU 3504 Work and Family (M)
SOLU 1100 Introduction to Sociology (2 sections) (M & A)
ANRU 3490 The Anthropology of Political Violence (A)
SOEU 3415 Development and Globalization (E)
ANEG 1300 Introduction to Archaeology (E)
SUMMER SESSION II (June 29, 2009 — August 4, 2009)
Rose Hill
SORU 1100 Introduction to Sociology (A)
ANEG 1100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (E)
Lincoln Center
SOLU 3505 Coming of Age: Adulthood (A)
SOEU 2701 Introduction to Criminal Justice (E)
SOEU 1100 Introduction to Sociology (E)
Course Descriptions
SUMMER SESSION I (May 26, 2009 — June 25, 2009)
Rose Hill
ANRU 2880 Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Trevithick MTWR 9:00-12:00 PM
Human sexuality presents a challenge to anthropology which, as a general practice, continues to divide the biological from cultural. Sexuality depends on biology, but its actual practices arise in specific cultural contexts, which vary widely. In this course, we examine older anthropological theories of sexuality as well as a new emerging interactionist paradigm that recognizes the power of both biology and culture. Specific topics include enthnographic method in the study of sexuality, evolutionary theory, cultural constructivism, heteronormativity, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues, in a range of societies.
SORU 2505 Religion and Social Change
Fichter MTWR 1:00-4:00 PM
The course explores questions about religion and social change in domestic and international context and how religious institutions adapt to changes in gender roles, urbanization, migration, and religious and ethnic pluralism. What roles have religious movements, including fundamentalism, played in modernization? Students examine under what conditions religion is compatible with the global spread of democracy, environmentalism or individualist conceptions of human rights.
SOEP 2420 Social Problems of Race and Ethnicity
Kosta MTWR 6:00-9:00 PM
This course explores the historical and contemporary issues surrounding the impact that race and ethnicity have in society. Students will examine how racial and ethnic criteria often guide important economic, political and social decisions that effect access to resources by various groups and which usually have major consequences for the individual.
SOEU 1100 Introduction to Sociology
Kurti TWR 6:00-9:00 PM
An introduction to sociology with a focus on its nature as a scientific discipline. The analysis of society through the use of sociological theories, concepts and methods. This course serves as an introduction to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies and social problems.
SOGA 6125 Ethics of Modern Selfhood (graduate level)
McCarthy TR 6:00-9:00 PM
The culture of the person in Western modernity; the modern value of personal authenticity as part of a modern culture of emotion.
Lincoln Center
SOLU 3504 Work and Family
Morett MTWR 9:00-12:00 PM
This course explores the relationship between people's work and family lives, and why work-family conflict has increased in recent years. We discuss the causes and consequences of work-family conflict, with consequences including workers' psychological and physical well-being, child development and well-being, workplace productivity, and issues related to employee recruitment and retention. We study how work-family issues are affected by current trends in society and the economy and labor market, and we look at the role of work flexibility policies in reducing work-family conflict.
SOLU 1100 Introduction to Sociology
Das TWR 9:00-12:00 PM
An introduction to sociology with a focus on its nature as a scientific discipline. The analysis of society through the use of sociological theories, concepts, and methods. This course serves as an introduction to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies and social problems.
SOLU 1100 Introduction to Sociology
Morett TWR 1:00-4:00 PM
An introduction to sociology with a focus on its nature as a scientific discipline. The analysis of society through the use of sociological theories, concepts, and methods. This course serves as an introduction to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies and social problems.
ANRU 3490 The Anthropology of Political Violence
Consroe MTWR 1:00-4:00 PM
Political violence happens every day, whether we endure it personally or hear about it through the media. But seldom do we ask ourselves what it is. This course investigates the nature of political violence and articulates its many forms from the perspectives of gender, class, ethnicity, economics, and, of course, politics, including China, Australia, and the U.S. The course will discuss the motivations for action (or inaction) by governments, elites, and insurgents, and students will get to know some of the organizations working against political violence. Field trips will include visits to the United Nations, The United States Holocaust Museum, and Ground Zero. Podcasts, news broadcasts, movies, and audio documentation of events will provide further access to examples of global political violence.
SOEU 3415 Development and Globalization
Durkin MTWR 6:00-9:00 PM
This course will investigate development and globalization issues. Initially taking a broad theoretical approach and then delving into specific nation-state case study examples, students will be challenged to consider the role that development and globalization processes play in the lives of people throughout the world. Related social consequences are many, and the diversity of experiences in different regions and nations will be explored. Topics will include development economics, neoliberal economics, theories of dependency, women and development, transnationalism, democratization, and migration.
ANEG 1300 Introduction to Archaeology
Consroe TWR 6:00-9:00 PM
How do we study society when no living members of that culture remain? Students will examine the ways by which archaeologists have inferred former patterns of behavior from surviving evidence through a survey of traditional methods as well as new scientific techniques. Students will study artifacts from the University's collection and 'excavate' their own archaeological site on paper to better understand the process of investigation.
SUMMER SESSION II (June 29, 2009 — August 4, 2009)
ROSE HILL
SORU 1100 Introduction to Sociology
Laudone TWR 1:00-4:00 PM
Anintroduction to sociology with a focus on its nature as ascientific discipline. The analysis of society through the use of sociological theories, concepts, and methods. This course serves as an introduction to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies and social problems.
ANEG 1100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Thangasamy TWR 6:00-9:00 PM
We live in a shrinking international arena that demands greater sensitivity to the diversity of cultural patterns surrounding us. In this course, students investigate human beliefs and behavior, particularly in regard to forms of cummunication, marriage and the family, adaptions to the environment and to political, economic and religious institutions in a variety of past and present cultures.
LINCOLN CENTER
SOLU 3505 Coming of Age: Adulthood
Weinshenker MTWR 1:00-4:00 PM
What does it mean to become an adult in the contemporary United States? In what ways do young people have control over their futures, and how are their choices shaped and constrained? This class will use the "life course paradigm," as well as perspectives drawn from psychology and other social sciences, to understand the transition to adulthood. Topics include class, race, and gender variation in the coming of age process; career aspirations; the school-to-work transition; early and on-timeparenthood; and leaving/returning to the parental home.
SOEU 2701 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Klein MTWR 6:00-9:00 PM
An overview of the criminal justice system: law, its sociology, and its social and political functions. A critical examination of law enforcement agencies, the judicial system and corrections.
SOEU 1100 Introduction to Sociology
McGee TWR 6:00-9:00 PM
An introduction to sociology with a focus on its nature as a scientific discipline. The analysis of society through the use of sociological theories, concepts, and methods. This course serves as an introduction to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies and social problems.
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