Sociology and Anthropology Summer Courses

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ANTH 1100 V11 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

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 the family, adaptions to the environment and to political, economic and religious institutions in a variety of past and present cultures.

CRN: 15067

Instructor: Maraesa, Animata
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: FRSS, GLBL, INST, ISIN, SSCI

ANTH 1100 L21 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

CRN: 14944

Instructor: George, Diane
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: ANEF, ANEG, ANLF, ANLG, ANRF, ANRG

ANTH 1200 V21 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This introduction to biological anthropology satisfies a core life science requirement and serves as a general survey of the biological focus of anthropology. The course summarizes the different subdisciplines of biological anthropology and covers the history of evolutionary theories, human genetics and adaptation, primate biology, behavioral ecology and conservation, and an overview of the human fossil record. In particular, we emphasize the variations found in contemporary humans and non-human primates and the biological and cultural changes that took place in our ancestors over the past 7 million years. Lab sessions will provide a practical introduction to human osteology, primate morphology, primate conservation, and comparisons of human fossil morphology. Lab fee.

CRN: 15012

Instructor: Johnson, Caley
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: LSCI, LB1

ANTH 1300 V11 - Introduction to Archeology
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

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.

CRN: 14921

Instructor: Venezia, Maria
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: CLAS, FRSS, GLBL, IPE, MEST, SSCI

ANTH 2400 V11 - Introduction to Fashion and Culture
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This introductory lecture course is required for students pursuing the fashion studies minor. In this class, students will be introduced to cultural and media studies concepts that will equip them with the theoretical and methodological tools necessary to explore fashion as a historically situated and context-dependent form of communication and meaning- making. The course considers the implications of fashion within systems of power, everyday acts of self-presentation, and larger politics of representation.

CRN: 14923

Instructor: Garcia, Gloria
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: FASH

ANTH 2619 L11 - Magic, Science and Religion
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Magic, science and religion will be analyzed, compared and contrasted. Problems in the comparative study of these topics, especially of religion, the "supernatural," and worldview, are discussed in the context of various cultures.

CRN: 14922

Instructor: Gajula, Goutam
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: BESN, BIOE, GLBL, INST, IPE, ISIN, LALS, LASS, REST, RSCS, RSHR

ANTH 2700 V11 - You Are What You Eat
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

As the center of all significant human rituals and ceremonies, food is studied by a range of natural and social scientists. For the anthropologist, food is connected to the human body, health, social relations, identity, and even ideology; we are literally what we eat. This course examines the role food plays in shaping cultural practices throughout the world. Students will explore changing concepts of food through time, beginning with early humans, modes of food production, and consumption. Through primary literature, lectures, local ethnic markets, and sharing meals throughout the semester, this class will immerse you in the theoretical and empirical significance of the cross-cultural significance of food. Bon Appetit!

CRN: 14878

Instructor: Kleinman, Julie
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, ADVD, AMST, ASHS, ASSC, ENST, ESEL, ESHC, INST, IPE, ISEU

ANTH 3351 L21 - Comparative Cultures
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course will survey the diversity of cultures in the world and the processes that have produced similarities and differences among and within various geographic areas. Some of the central topics of discussion include human adaptation and adaptability, social change, modernization and ideas of development in a small scale as well as in complex societies today.

CRN: 14962

Instructor: Gajula, Goutam
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, ADVD, AMST, ASHS, ASSC, GLBL, INST, IPE, ISIN, ISWH, LALS, LASS, MEST, PJST

ANTH 4004 L11 - Art Worlds: Anthropology and Sociology Perspectives
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Incorporating methods and insights from sociology and anthropology and drawing on the resource of the immediate context of New York City's cultural communities and institutions, this course will analyze many of the arts and artistic communities of New York City. The study of culture generally, and art worlds more specifically, allows us to understand art and culture not only as aesthetic experiences but also as institutional, economic, social and political phenomena. Our summer mid-day time slot will allow us to avail ourselves of numerous field trips and cultural excursions to support our discussions, readings, and lectures.

CRN: 14831

Instructor: Sawalha, Aseel/McGee, Michelle
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ICC

SOCI 1100 V11 - Introduction to Sociology
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

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 is required prior to all other sociology courses and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies.

CRN: 14879

Instructor: Durkin, Daniel
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: FRSS, SSCI

SOCI 1100 R21 - Introduction to Sociology
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

CRN: 14998

Instructor: Bougdaeva, Saglar
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: FRSS, SSCI

SOCI 2847 V21 - The 60s: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, marked by a revolutionary movement led by youth struggling for freedom on many levels. African Americans, with white support, struggled against the oppression of racial segregation of the South in the Civil Rights movement: young people sought sexual freedom and the right to experiment with drugs; musicians broke away from the restraints of traditional pop and folk songs and created rock and roll; politically minded youth attacked the traditional institutions of political and economic power by protesting against the war in Vietnam; women challenged traditional male attitudes that confined them to domesticity or inferior status in the workplace and in society; gays organized against the repressive laws and prejudices against homosexuality. This course will show how all of these social strands intertwined using films, music and writings from the era.

CRN: 15031

Instructor: Wormser, Richard
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, WGSS

SOCI 2925 V21 - Media, Crime, Sex, and Violence
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Turn on the television set, pick up the local newspaper, go on the Internet or watch a movie. Wherever you turn, you will find the media saturated with stories about corrupt cops and honest cops, drug dealers and drug users, murderers and victims, organized crime and serial killers, crusading district attorneys and defense attorneys, corrupt lawyers and hanging judges, violent prisoners and convicted innocents. How accurate are these representations? What are the ideological messages and cultural values these stories communicate? In this course, you will learn how to demystify media representations in order to understand how and why they are produced and who is responsible for their production.

CRN: 15013

Instructor: Wormser, Richard
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, PJMJ, PJST, URST, WGSS

SOCI 2960 L11 - Popular Culture
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: TTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

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?

CRN: 14806

Instructor: McGee, Michelle
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, URST

SOCI 3114 R21 - Sociology of Health and Illness
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course will focus on health, illness, and medicine from a sociological perspective. It will provide students with an overview of the development of medicine as an institution, the impact of medicine on society, the socialization of healthcare practitioners, the social determinants of health and illness, healthcare policies in the U.S. and around the world, and patients' experiences with illness. By the end of this course, students will be able to: (1) develop an understanding of the ways in which society and medicine influence each other, (2) connect multiple social factors with people's health, and (3) grasp the construction of diverse illness identities in patients with chronic diseases.

CRN: 14951

Instructor: Bougdaeva, Saglar
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, ASHS, ASSC, BESN, BIOE, BISA, INST, ISIN

SOCI 3406 V11 - Race a Social Construct
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course concerns the evolution of racial typologies and classification systems in the U.S. We will draw on a variety of texts from natural and social sciences, law, and literature to examine how "scientific" typologies of race are actually more reflective of power dynamics and social hierarchies than biological or genetic differences. Our goal is to understand the continuing significance of race in terms of social and economic power, as well as individual self-conceptualizations and identity politics.

CRN: 15072

Instructor: Valle, Maria
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ADVD, AMST, ASHS, ASSC, LALS, LASS, URST

SOCI 3610 R11 - The Family
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Rose Hill, Hybrid: TTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

The study of American family patterns within the context of cultural variations throughout the world. Course will examine past myths about the American family; present trends in American family life, such as changing sex roles, new concepts of child-rearing, and adjustment of kin networks to metropolitan settings; and newly-emerging forms of marriage and the family. Supplemental asynchronous online coursework will be required in this course.

CRN: 14896

Instructor: Rodier, Ann
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, ASHS, ASSC, WGSS

SOCI 3713 R21 - Criminology
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 12:30PM - 04:30PM

This course surveys the state of knowledge and theories explaining criminal behavior and attempts to control it by society. Although the sociological perspective on crime is emphasized, class discussion and the text attempt to examine the subject from a multidisciplinary point of view, especially with respect to legal, biological, and psychological views of crime.

CRN: 14950

Instructor: Adam, Benjamin
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASSC, LALS, LASS, LPGP, PJCJ. PJST, URST

SOCI 4004 L11 - Art Worlds: Anthropology and Sociology Perspectives
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Incorporating methods and insights from sociology and anthropology and drawing on the resource of the immediate context of New York City's cultural communities and institutions, this course will analyze many of the arts and artistic communities of New York City. The study of culture generally, and art worlds more specifically, allows us to understand art and culture not only as aesthetic experiences, but also as institutional, economic, social and political phenomena. Our summer mid-day time slot will allow us to avail ourselves of numerous field trips and cultural excursions to support our discussions, readings, and lectures.

CRN: 14832

Instructor: Sawalha, Aseel/McGee, Michelle
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ICC

SOCI 4900 L31 - Internship Seminar
Summer Session III, May 30 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center, Hybrid: M, 06:00PM - 09:45PM

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 as a social system, 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 through the Internship Program located in the Career Planning and Placement Office. Four-credit courses that meet for 150 minutes per week require three additional hours of class preparation per week on the part of the student in lieu of an additional hour of formal instruction. Supplemental asynchronous online coursework will be required in this course.

CRN: 15110

Instructor: Young, Holly/Fingst, Allison/Moncayo, Kevin
4 credits

SOCI 4971 V11 - Dilemmas of the Modern Self
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Modern selfhood or identity is studied as a series of conflicts or dilemmas "What is a self today?" What are the special problems of ourselves as modern and post-modern "subjects?"

CRN: 14880

Instructor: Durkin, Daniel
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, EP4, VAL

Classes listed as either Lincoln Center or Rose Hill will meet on-campus only. Classes listed as "Online" during Session I or II will meet synchronously online during their scheduled meeting times. Students in different time zones should plan accordingly. Session III online courses are asynchronous (exceptions are noted in course descriptions).

Hybrid courses will meet in person on campus at the times indicated; additional online work will also be required.