ASSIGNMENTS: Sociology 473 (Sociological Theory) 2002

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.

AUGUST

 27:  Intro lecture
 29:  Chapter 1 of Wallace/Wolfe
      --Outline for COMTE lecture

SEPTEMBER

   3:  Chapter 2: Functionalism
      SUMMARY OF DURKHEIM

   5   Chapter 2 (con't)
       -- Library reserve (It should be there now)
 
  10   Chapter 2, con't
  12   Chapter 2, con't

  17   Chapter 3: Conflict Theory
  19   Chapter 3, con't

  24    NO CLASS - CONFERENCE
  25    Chapter 3, con't

OCTOBER

   1   Chapter 4: Evolution and Modernity
   3   Chapter 4, con't
       --Postmodernism summary

   8   Chapter 4, con't  (FIRST PAPERS DUE)
  10   Chapter 5: Symbolic Interaction

  15    Chapter 5, con't
  17

  22    Chapter 5, con't
  24    Chapter 5, con't

  29    Chapter 6 - Phenomenology
  31    Chapter 6, con't

NOVEMBER

   5    Catch-up
   7    Chapter 7 - Theories of rational choice

  12    Chapter 7, NO CLASS - read material
  14    Chapter 8: NO CLASS - read material

  19    Chapter 8, con't
  21    CATCH UP

  26    Chapter 8 - Rediscovering the body
  28    NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING

DECEMBER

   3    Chapter 9: Conclusion - evaluating sociological theory
   5    Chapter 9, con't

  10    ** FINAL EXAM ** (Section Two: 2-3:50;  Section Three: 10-11:50)

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