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Syllabus—Hamil-Luker University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Class Participation: You will benefit most from this class if you regularly attend and offer your thoughts and opinions during group discussions. Please notify me before class if circumstances prevent you from attending. Because we will be learning from each other through class discussions, I welcome your opinions as an essential contribution to our class. We need your committed effort to offer ideas, listen to others, and be a constructive force in the learning process. Daily Quizzes; To encourage you to come to class prepared, we will have daily in-class quizzes. Each quiz will be worth 10 points and will consist of five to ten short answer questions addressing major concepts in the reading. To give you an example of the type of questions that will be on the quizzes, the first quiz will be for practice only. If you have carefully read the assignment, you should do well on the quizzes. I will drop your lowest 5 quiz grades and count a total of 15 quizzes toward your average. You cannot make up a quiz. If you are absent, you will receive 0 points on that day’s quiz. Three Position Papers: Position papers give you the opportunity to apply the theories and concepts we have learned to a specific question related to that week’s social problem. For your paper: 1. Read the assigned reading and the question listed with each writing assignment below. 2. In your position paper, summarize the article by providing at least two alternative positions the author gives to the posed question. 3. Evaluate the alternative positions and choose the alternative with which you most agree. Use theoretical arguments, statistics, or any other tool we have learned in class in order to logically defend the position you choose. Note any flaws in the alternative argument. You may also cite sources we have not discussed in class to support your argument. 4. On the date your paper is due, we will discuss the position papers in class. Be prepared to discuss alternative positions and evaluate both sides of the argument. Your papers should be 3 to 5 pages, double-spaced, with standard one inch margins. Please do not turn in handwritten papers. Because mistakes in fundamental writing skills prevent you from communicating most effectively, check your paper for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. Avoid writing in the male or passive voice. I will grade your papers on a 10 point scale and they are due at the beginning of class. If you need assistance in improving your writing, please see me. You can also contact UNC’s Writing Center. It is located in the lower level of the Phillips annex. The Writing Center’s phone number is 962-7710. You may reach their grammar hotline at the same number. Position Paper I: "The Titanic Riddle: Should a Good Feminist Accept Priority Seating on a Lifeboat?" by Charles Krauthammer, Time March 30, 1998 Question: On the sinking Titanic II with no children on board, should women receive priority over the men for the limited lifeboat seats? Position Paper II: Doob, Chapter 10: Racism in the Land of Dreams Question: What are the most effective ways to combat racism in the United States? Position Paper III: 38
Syllabus—Hamil-Luker University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill _____________________________________________________________________________________________ “Should We Ration Health Care for Older People?” by Harry R. Moody Question: Should we ration healthcare on the basis of age? Final Exam: Your final exam will be worth 100 points. The test will consist of multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. If you have kept up with the readings throughout the semester and participated in class discussions, you will do well on the exam. HONOR CODE The Honor Code is in effect at all times during this course. Specifically, this means that you sign a pledge on all written work, stating “On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this assignment.” This applies to all quizzes, papers and exams. The first time you hand in an assignment, I expect you to write the entire pledge. On future assignments, simply write “Pledge” and sign your name. TEXTS AND READINGS 1. Racism: An American Cauldron by Christopher Bates Doob 2. “Getting Paid:” Youth Crime and Work in the Inner City by Mercer L. Sullivan 3. Articles are on reserve in the library. COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGS I. Introduction to Reading and Thinking Critically About Social Problems May 21 What is a social problem? Introduction to each other and course content May 22 What is a sociological imagination and how can it help us investigate social problems? II. Sexism The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills Chapter 1, Sections 1 and 2 “Social Problems as Collective Behavior” by Herbert Blumer Social Problems 18: 258-306 “Mad About the Boy” by Tamala M. Edwards Time Magazine February 16, 1998 May 26 How do media images and language shape our understanding of women’s position in society? “Barbie Doll Culture and the American Waistland” by Kamy Cunningham Symbolic Interaction 16(1): 79-83 “Hunger” by Naomi Wolf, in The Beauty Myth (pp. 201 - 217 are optional) “Language: The Inescapable Socializer” by Laurel Richardson in The Dynamics of Sex and Gender: A Sociological Perspective Film: Still Killing Us Softly 39
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