Maria Davis

Course Overview: 

This course provides students with the opportunity to examine the myriad of contemporary social problems confronting the United States. Students will employ sociological concepts and perspectives to uncover the roots of this country’s most pressing social issues, ranging from various forms of inequality and changes in work and family life to healthcare, immigration and terrorism. Students will gain an understating of the ways culture and policy, as well as current changes in our social institutions, shape individual and group behavior and can both exacerbate and ameliorate social problems. Finally, this course equips students with the sociological theories and concepts to understand and evaluate social problems, as well as the ways in which people struggle to change them.

Required Text:

Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach. Corey Dolgon and Chris Baker. SAGE Pine Forge Publishing. 2011

Course Requirements: Grades for this course are distributed as follows:

• Three in class exams – 25% each – consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions per exam.
• Reflection Assignments – 25%. Students will complete nine to twelve short reflection assignments worth 10 points each. Reflection assignments require attendance; therefore, make-ups will not be given for missed assignments.

Course Overview: 

This course provides students with the opportunity to examine the myriad of contemporary social problems confronting the United States. Students will employ sociological concepts and perspectives to uncover the roots of this country’s most pressing social issues, ranging from various forms of inequality and changes in work and family life to healthcare, immigration and terrorism. Students will gain an understating of the ways culture and policy, as well as current changes in our social institutions, shape individual and group behavior and can both exacerbate and ameliorate social problems. Finally, this course equips students with the sociological theories and concepts to understand and evaluate social problems, as well as the ways in which people struggle to change them.

Required Text:

Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach. Corey Dolgon and Chris Baker. SAGE Pine Forge Publishing. 2011

Course Requirements:

Grades for this course are distributed as follows:

• Three in class exams – 25% each – consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions per exam.
• Reflection Assignments – 25%. Students will complete nine to twelve short reflection assignments worth 10 points each. Reflection assignments require attendance; therefore, make-ups will not be given for missed assignments.

Course Overview: 

This course provides students with the opportunity to examine the myriad of contemporary social problems confronting the United States. Students will employ sociological concepts and perspectives to uncover the roots of this country’s most pressing social issues, ranging from various forms of inequality and changes in work and family life to healthcare, immigration and terrorism. Students will gain an understating of the ways culture and policy, as well as current changes in our social institutions, shape individual and group behavior and can both exacerbate and ameliorate social problems. Finally, this course equips students with the sociological theories and concepts to understand and evaluate social problems, as well as the ways in which people struggle to change them.

Required Text:

Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach. Corey Dolgon and Chris Baker. SAGE Pine Forge Publishing. 2011

Course Requirements:

Grades for this course are distributed as follows:

• Three in class exams – 25% each – consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions per exam.
• Reflection Assignments – 25%. Students will complete nine to twelve short reflection assignments worth 10 points each. Reflection assignments require attendance; therefore, make-ups will not be given for missed assignments.

Description

This course provides students with the opportunity to examine the myriad of contemporary social problems confronting the United States. Students will employ sociological concepts and perspectives to uncover the roots of this country’s most pressing social issues, ranging from various forms of inequality and changes in work and family life to healthcare, immigration and terrorism. Students will gain an understating of the ways culture and policy, as well as current changes in our social institutions, shape individual and group behavior and can both exacerbate and ameliorate social problems. Finally, this course equips students with the sociological theories and concepts to understand and evaluate social problems, as well as the ways in which people struggle to change them.

Required Text

Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach. Corey Dolgon and Chris Baker. SAGE Pine Forge Publishing. 2011

Course Requirements

• Three in class exams – 25% each – consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions per exam.
• Reflection Assignments – 25%. Students will complete nine-twelve short reflection assignments worth 10 points each. 

Course Overview: 

This course provides students with the opportunity to examine the myriad of contemporary social problems confronting the United States. Students will employ sociological concepts and perspectives to uncover the roots of this country’s most pressing social issues, ranging from various forms of inequality and changes in work and family life to healthcare, immigration and terrorism. Students will gain an understating of the ways culture and policy, as well as current changes in our social institutions, shape individual and group behavior and can both exacerbate and ameliorate social problems. Finally, this course equips students with the sociological theories and concepts to understand and evaluate social problems, as well as the ways in which people struggle to change them.

Required Text:

 Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach. Corey Dolgon and Chris Baker. SAGE Pine Forge Publishing. 2011

Course Requirements: 

Three in class exams – 25% each – consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions per exam.

Reflection Assignments – 25%. Students will complete nine short reflection assignments worth 10 points each. 

Description: 

This course will provide students with the opportunity to examine the myriad of contemporary social issues confronting the United States today.  Students will employ sociological concepts and perspectives to analyze our nation's moπst pressing social problems, ranging from various forms of social inequality, to crime, terrorism and war, and environmental degradation.  Students will gain an understanding of how social institutions, such as education, the economy, and family shape individual and group behavior and can both exacerbate and ameliorate social problems. Finally, students will be challenged to examine policy solutions to these pressing social issues.

Required Texts:

Macionis, John. 2008. Social Problems, 3rd Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall. 

Grading Policy:

4 exams 20% each

in class assignments 20%