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SPRING Course SCHEDULE 2003 social change, SOC 366 |
| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| Week 1 1/9 | Syllabus
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| Week 2: 1/14 and 1/16 | Global Social Changes:
Globalization, Urbanization, Population, Health,
Education |
Read
Shackman, Liu, and Wang Social Change Website: Read the following http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/summary2.htm http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/demsum.html http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/socsum.html http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/longterm.html Watch Understanding Human Security, 1999. Produced by the Center for Defense Information
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| Week 3: 1/21 and 1/23 | Causes of Global
Social Change: Technology and Economics, Modernization, Industrialization, Urbanization, Bureaucratization |
Vago Chapter 1 |
| Week 4: 1/28 and 1/30 | Causes of Global
Social Change: Conflict and Competition, Politics, Law, Ideology,
Diffusion, Acculturation
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Vago Chapter 3 |
| Week 5: 2/4 and 2/6 | Major Social
Changes in the U.S.:
Family, Education, Economy, Stratification
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Vago Chapter 4
Guest Lecture: Pat Ulbrich, PhD The Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania
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| Week 6: 2/11 and 2/13 | Short Term Social
Change
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Vago Chapter 5
Read Futurist Update e-newsletter: Computers
in Churches and Laundries?
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| Week 7: 2/18
No Class -2/20 NCSA Conference No Office Hours Friday |
Theories of Social
Change
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Vago Chapter 2
Guest Lecture: Leslie Hossfeld, PhD Additional Readings on
Macro Theories of Social Change
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| Week 8: 2/25 and 2/27 | Mid-Term: Tuesday: Work on essay questions |
Exam
1 Essay Questions |
| Week 9: 3/4 and 3/6 | Reactions to Social
Change
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Vago Chapter 6 |
| Spring Break: 3/11
and 3/13
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No Class | No Class |
| Week 11: 3/18 and
3/20 |
Return Exam 1
Movies as a Means of Social Change |
Exam 1 Feedback Discuss Bowling for Columbine Discuss War with Iraq |
| Week 10: 3/25 and
3/27 |
Impact and Costs of Social Change |
Vago Chapter 7 & 8 Unintended Consequences of Social Change
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| Week 12: 4/1 and 4/3
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Doing Social Change
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4/1 Watch Michael Moore's interview with Oprah 4/3: Guest Lecture Mac Legerton "Social Change
in Southeastern NC". We meet in DOBO 205 this day. |
| Week 13: 4/8 and 4/10 | Doing Social Change |
4/8: Discuss Doing Social Change: Vago Chapter 9; Social Change Strategies Discuss Social Change Organizations
Work on
Projects 4/10: Course Visit: Bo Dean, Community Organizer, Founder and Chair of OutWilmington |
| Week 14: 4/15 No Class 4/17: Easter Break
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4/14: Attend Benjamin Hooks Lecture, Extra Credit Opportunity. 4/15: Attend Teach-In on the War with
Iraq. Extra Credit
Opportunity. Read Futurist Magazine on Library Reserve
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| Week 15: 4/22 and 4/24 |
Future Social Change:
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4/22: Discuss Final Exam Watch Blue Vinyl Visit "Support Our Troops" Table Outside Randall Library 4/22 and 4/23 10am - 2pm. Write a letter to the Troops and their families. Extra Credit Opportunity. NC Budget Crisis Town Hall. 7pm King Hall. Sponsored by NC Common Cause Education Fund. Extra Credit Opportunity.
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| Week 16: 4/29 and 5/1 | Future Social Change | 4/29: Attend
Freedom Rally, 11:00am-1:30pm University Commons. Extra Credit Opportunity. 5/1:
Discuss Final Exam Questions Watch Blue Vinyl |