This activity asks students to review the demographic and lifestyle statistics available …
This activity asks students to review the demographic and lifestyle statistics available at ERsys.com, and determine which city or location would provide the best consumer market opportunity for the given problem.
(How) have public attitudes about work and gender changed over the last …
(How) have public attitudes about work and gender changed over the last 25 years? Using the General Social Survey (available online) students will conduct a descriptive statistical analysis of Americans perceptions about women and work from 1988. They will then contextualize their findings within the contemporary literature about these issues.
Students learn about the demographics and experiences of fast food workers and …
Students learn about the demographics and experiences of fast food workers and their efforts to raise wages through strikes over the past year, and consider what consequences major wage increases might have on consumers and economy.
In the wake of the much publicized birth of a new royal …
In the wake of the much publicized birth of a new royal prince in Britain, this lesson explores the history of British monarchy and the debate about whether to end it.
This course is designed to familiarize you with the major theory and …
This course is designed to familiarize you with the major theory and research surrounding the study of small group communication and provide an opportunity to analyze and develop solutions to a community problem while working in a small group.
The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College …
The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward.
This course examines the nature of attitudes, beliefs, and values, and the …
This course examines the nature of attitudes, beliefs, and values, and the influences which indiviudals' attitudes have upon their behavior. Various theories of attitude organization and attitude change are discussed, and the development of social attitudes is explored by examining the differential impact of the family, the educational system, the mass media, and the general social environment. The changing content of public opinion over time and its relationship to the political system are also discussed.
Students gain hands-on research experience and increase their understanding of the applicability …
Students gain hands-on research experience and increase their understanding of the applicability of theories of social change and further information about climate change.
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Every society faces problems that are more than just individual troubles. In …
Every society faces problems that are more than just individual troubles. In this course we will use a sociological perspective to critically examine the bases of social inequality and the resultant problems in society. We will explore concerns related to families, education, the workplace, the media, poverty, crime, drug abuse, health issues, war and terrorism, the environment and global concerns. We will also look at social action and possible solutions to these problems through both individual and community efforts.
This course surveys canonical and recent theories and methods in science studies. …
This course surveys canonical and recent theories and methods in science studies. We will organize our discussions around the concept of "reproduction," referring variously to:
Scientific reproduction (how results are replicated in lab, field, disciplinary contexts) Social reproduction (how social knowledge and relations are regenerated over time) Biological reproduction (how organic substance is managed in the genetic age) Electronic reproduction (how information is reassembled in techniques of transcription, simulation, computation).
Examining intersections and disruptions of these genres of reproduction, we seek to map relations among our social, biological, and electronic lives.
This subject presents a survey of social theory from the 17th century …
This subject presents a survey of social theory from the 17th century to the present. It focuses on the historical contexts out of which theory arises, the utility and limitations of older theories for present conditions, and the creation of new theory out of contemporary circumstances.
This course covers major theorists and theoretical schools since the late 19th …
This course covers major theorists and theoretical schools since the late 19th century. Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Bourdieu, Levi-Strauss, Geertz, Foucault, Gramsci, and others.
This course explores how social theories of urban life can be related …
This course explores how social theories of urban life can be related to the city's architecture and spaces. It is grounded in classic or foundational writings about the city addressing such topics as the public realm and public space, impersonality, crowds and density, surveillance and civility, imprinting time on space, spatial justice, and the segregation of difference. The aim of the course is to generate new ideas about the city by connecting the social and the physical, using Boston as a visual laboratory. Students are required to present a term paper mediating what is read with what has been observed.
The goal is to create a process for students to learn about …
The goal is to create a process for students to learn about the decolonization movement in Social Work and apply these concepts to reimage group work. They will do this by choosing a “problem” to address using group work, they will then research evidence based practices (EBP) or best practices (BP) for addressing their problem, then they will explore and propose ways to decolonize the EBP or BP and complete a group proposal.
This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the emerging …
This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the emerging and evolving fields of the sociology and psychology of physical activity. This course considers the many specialized facets of these topics in a review fashion, and selected topics, owing to their significance and/or empirical basis, are covered in more depth. This course considers both historical and contemporary developments in exercise psychology and sociology, and examines the social and psychobiological predictors and health-related consequences of physical activity behaviors.
FULL COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Differentiate between the ideas of Health Inequality vs. Health Inequity and how these concepts relate to the ability to adopt and adhere to a physically active lifestyle. Describe how the Ecological Model informs our understanding of the factors that influence healthy behaviors including influences at intrapersonal, interpersonal, community, and societal/cultural levels. Describe how ideas surrounding physical activity have evolved over time and be aware of the accomplishments of key individuals who have spurred this process. Discuss community and policy-level factors that influence physical activity behaviors across the lifespan. Effectively employ key terms and concepts commonly used in research on physical activity. Explain how physical activity behaviors, their determinants, and their consequences are assessed using valid and reliable measures in research. Discuss how the field of Exercise Psychology uses research evidence, including Hill’s Criteria for Causality and the Gold Standard for Experimental Research, to understand how physical activity behaviors like exercise influence health outcomes. Discuss how physical activity influences outcomes related to mental health and quality of life including depression, anxiety, fatigue, pain, stress and sleep. Discuss traditional and contemporary approaches for promoting healthy behavior change and how they can be applied with individuals and groups. Practice effective communication surrounding health-related behavior change.
This lesson deals with the nature of deviance through documentaries done through …
This lesson deals with the nature of deviance through documentaries done through the PBS series Frontline or the documentary series Real Stories.Students will need to review the nature of deviance and crime, apply key concepts and terms that deal with deviance and crime, and apply those concepts to a film clip that is school appropriate and exemplifies those concepts.Students will be the faciliators of a film study of that clip and will lead discussions about the aspects of the film clip and analysis.
Course Description & Goals Sports is a socially constructed phenomenon often mirroring …
Course Description & Goals Sports is a socially constructed phenomenon often mirroring a society’s structure, behavioral patterns, and culture, serving vital social functions and reproducing and resisting social injustices. In other words, sports represent a microcosm of society. In this course, we will use the topic of sports in society to investigate and apply sociological concepts to co-constructed individual and collective work.
We will also use the topic of sports to investigate questions fundamental to our human and social existence, including who we are and what we want to become--both individually and as a society--and the role of sports in that being and becoming. We will investigate these questions as we identify and investigate personally relevant topics, with the aim of practicing bringing our best selves to our work -- with curiosity, a humble sense of not knowing, a collective sense of mutuality and care, and a goal of, in the words of Adrienne Rich, claiming our own education.
Learning Objectives: Learn about and apply sociological frameworks and theories to personally relevant topics of sports in society that provide opportunities for self-growth and self-awareness around questions of who we are and who we want to be Learn how to conduct an independent research project using sociological concepts and/or methods Learn about inequality through a sociological lens using sports as a focus Develop skills for engaging in critical self-reflection, including the ability to hold divergent points of view and to integrate new frames of reference and new ways of being Develop skills for engaging in collaborative and mutually beneficial learning Develop an understanding of our personal and collective power to act with agency to create change at the individual and community levels
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