ASSIGNMENTS: Soci 302 (Contemporary Sociological Theory) Spring, 2008

In addition to the weekly text readings, assignments will be posted here a
few weeks in advance, depending on the pace of the course. The assignments
will be the basis of the short papers. However, even though you do not 
do a short paper for that week, you MUST DO THE ASSIGNMENTS.
Some will be class handouts, some will be library reserve, and some will
be Internet.

JANUARY

14:  Introduction
16: Kuhn and Paradigms

21 NO CLASS - NO CLASS - MLK Holiday
23 Handouts and sketch  lecture notes

28 Chapter 1 - Wallace and Wolff
30 Chapter 1 - Continued

FEBRUARY

 4 Chapter 2 - Wallace and Wolff -Functinalism
 6 Chapter 2 (con't)

11 Chapter 3 - Wallace and Wolff - Conflict Thoery
13 Chapter 3   (con't)

18 Chapter 3 (con't)
20 Chapter 4 - Wallace and Wolff - Macrosociologicaly Perspectives

28 Chapter 4 (con't)

MARCH

3 (Events in February have led to readjustment of material up to spring break)
5 (Events in February have led to readjustment of material up to spring break)

10-15: SPRING BREAK

17 Review chapter 4; Begin Chapter five (Symbolic Interaction)
19 Chapter 5 (con't) 

24 Chapter 5 (Con't)
26 Chapter 5 (conclusion)

31 Chapter 6 (phenomenology)

APRIL

 2 Chapter 6 (con't)

 7 Chapter 6 (con't)
 9 Review

14 Chapter 7 (Theories of rational choice)
16 Chapter 7 (con't)

21 Chapter 8 ("Rediscovering the body")
23 Chapter 8 (con't)

28 Chapter 9 (Evaluating sociological theory)
30 Chapter 9 (con't)

MAY

 5 - Final mandatory in-class project: Applying theory
     Final papers due

12 - Final Exam (4 to 5:15 pm)
     ALL WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THIS DATE - NOTHING WILL BE 
     ACCEPTED AFTER MAY 12!!

 

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