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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH1100 R11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Rose Hill: TWTh, 6-9 p.m.
3 credits, Velasquez, CRN 10123
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 communication, marriage, and family, adaptations to the environment and to political, economic, and religious institutions in a variety of past and present cultures. Fulfills Globalism requirement in Fordham’s core curriculum.
Introduction to Physical Anthropology
ANTH1200 R11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Rose Hill: TWTh, 1-4 p.m.
3 credits, Goodwin, CRN 10124
Students are introduced to our closest relatives, monkeys and apes, through examination of skeletal remains and visits to the zoo. After a study of mechanisms of heredity and speciation, the evolution of humanity is traced from its earliest beginnings to modern times, paying special attention to the development of intelligence, language, and racial characteristics. Fulfills life science requirement of Fordham's core curriculum.
Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH1300 R21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Rose Hill: TWTh, 6-9 p.m.
3 credits, Consroe, CRN 101026
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. Fulfills Globalism requirement in Fordham’s core curriculum.
Introduction to Forensic Anthropology
ANTH2520 R21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 1-4 p.m.
4 credits, Consroe, CRN 10127
This course surveys methods in crime scene investigation and forensic archaeology. Often, the commission of a violent act leaves an unidentifiable corpse, which requires the expertise of a forensic anthropologist to identify the guilty party. Students will learn how forensic anthropologists create biological profiles from deceased individuals (using metric, non-metric, odontological and genetic information). Notable persons and current research in the field will be introduced through the examination of case studies. The applications and abuse of forensic evidence in the courtroom and popular culture are also explored. Students will come to understand the direct relationship between archaeology, physical anthropology and forensics in the quest not only to solve "Who Dunnit?" but "Who Was It?" Fulfills EP3 requirement.
Magic, Science, Religion
ANTH2619 L21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 1-4 p.m.
4 credits, Yurguis, CRN 10125
Magic, science, and religion will be analyzed, compared and contrasted. Problems in the comparative study of these topics, especially of religion, the "supernatural," and world view, are discussed in the context of various cultures. Fulfills Globalism requirement of Fordham's core curriculum.
Introduction to Sociology
SOCI1100 R11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Rose Hill: TWTh, 1-4 p.m.
3 credits, Miyawaki, CRN 10133
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 a prerequisite to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies.
Introduction to Sociology
SOCI1100 R21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Rose Hill: TWTh, 9 a.m.-Noon
3 credits, Bilous, CRN 10136
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 a prerequisite to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies.
Social Problems of Race and Ethnicity
SOCI2420 R21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Rose Hill: MTWth, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Lee, I., CRN 10137
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 affect access to resources by various groups and which usually have major consequences for the individual. Fulfills Pluralism requirement of Fordham's core curriculum.
Social Science Statistics
SOCI2606 L21
Session II, July 2-August 6
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 9 a.m.-Noon
4 credits, Durkin, CRN 10135
Introduces the student to the basic concepts of both descriptive and inferential statistics. Both models will be presented, their assumptions delineated, and their application to research in the social sciences emphasized.
Criminal Justice Policy
SOCI2705 W11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Westchester: MTWTh, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Kurti, CRN 10267
This course provides an overview of policies instituted at each level of the criminal justice system including police, corrections, and courts. The class will focus on evaluating the costs, benefits and possible consequences associated with these policies. Focus will also be placed on the development of the criminal justice policy, taking into consideration history, context, theoretical frameworks and political factors. Special topics that will be covered include evidence-based interventions.
Popular Culture
SOCI2960 L11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 9 a.m.-Noon
4 credits, McGee, CRN 10131
This course will investigate the nature of contemporary popular culture. How do people spend their "spare time"? Does this vary with social class? Is sport the new religion? And how does this differ from that of earlier periods and simpler societies?
Art Worlds
ANTH/SOCI3004 L11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 1-4 p.m.
4 credits, McGee and Salwaha, CRN 10268
Fulfills Interdisciplinary Capstone requirement in Fordham’s core curriculum.
Diversity in American Families
SOCI3506 L11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 9 a.m.-Noon
4 credits, Weinshenker, CRN 10129
This course focuses on the forms and structures of the family with emphasis on practices and ideologies, and how they vary by race/ethnicity, immigration status, gender, and sexuality. Fulfills the American Pluralism requirement in Fordham's core curriculum.
Social Crisis and the Documentary Filmmaker
SOCI3621 R11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 9 a.m.-Noon
4 credits, Wormser, CRN 10134
With wars and terrorism rampant throughout the globe, polarization in religion and politics, challenges to sexual freedom and democratic social movements, explosions of unimaginable wealth amidst unbearable poverty, and countless other social narratives both hidden and apparent, it is the documentary filmmaker in the trenches who records, analyzes, and preserves in word and image the momentous events taking place here and now. This course looks at the role of documentary filmmakers in today's society as they capture and expose to public view the great upheavals of our times and the power struggles that lie behind them.
Internship Seminar
SOCI4900 L11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Pappas, CRN 10130
Placement in a work setting of their choice provides students with an opportunity to assess their own career goals while simultaneously enriching their understanding of how social groups function. Issues and topics from the sociology of formal organizations, including work role socialization, the organization of social systems, the bureaucracy and its public, formal and social processes in organizations, managerial ideologies, and the relation between character and career are discussed. Placements must be obtained prior to class through the Career Planning and Placement Office. Register through the Office of Summer Session by e-mailing summerschool@fordham.edu.
Sociology of Sports
SOCI3152 R11
Session I, May 28-June 27
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 6-9 p.m.
4 credits, Spiegelman, CRN 10138
In all societies, sports and athletics are socially organized into official events, group rituals, tests of manhood, and arenas for the expression of political sentiments. In modern societies they have become major industries (and their players, cultural heroes and celebrities); spectator sports and their audiences are important features of post-industrial societies.
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