RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY (SOC 106)
Spring Session 2002
Lecture, 1:25 – 2:15 pm Mondays and Wednesdays, Thompson 104
Discussion, TBD Fridays
Professor: Michelle Budig
Office: W34 Machmer, Office Hours: M & W 2:30-3:30pm
Telephone: 545-5972 e-mail:
Teaching Assistants: /Jesse Barba
/ Afshan JafarOffices: / 608 Thompson Hall / 610 Thompson Hall
Office Hours: / 2:00-3:00 T & Th / Noon-1:00, M & W
Emails: / /
FINAL COURSE GRADE!!!!!!!!
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
- 1.Required Readings:There is one set of selected readings available for purchase at the Textbook Annex.
- 2.Exams: There will be 4 exams during the semester and one comprehensive final exam at the end of the semester. Of the 4 exams during the semester, only three grades will count toward your final grade and we will drop the lowest grade you receive. Each of the three grades used will compose 10% of your final grade. Thus, together the three grades will compose 30% of your final grade. The final exam will count as 25% of your final grade.
- 3.Writing Component: During the semester, you will be asked to write three homeworks of 3 to 4 pages each. These homeworks will respond to specific questions outlined in this syllabus and are due on the following dates: February 15th, March 8th, and April 12th. Each short homework will count as 10% of your final grade. Thus, the three homeworks together will constitute 30% of your final grade. NOW TWO OPTIONS FOR HOMEWORK 3! Option A, Option B.
- 4.Discussion Section Participation: Attendance at and participation in Discussion Sections is required and will constitute 15% of your final grade. Some exam material will come from articles discussed in discussion sections.
- 5.Academic Honesty: Academic honesty is required of all students at the University of Massachusetts. More information about academic honesty is available at the following weblink: . It is your responsibility to read this material and comply fully with it. Academic dishonesty includes cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and facilitating dishonesty. Sanctions will be sought for any cases of academic dishonesty.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR MISSING EXAMS.
If you can’t attend an exam, you must make other arrangements with your T.A. PRIOR to the exam. Otherwise, a zero will be assigned for the missed exam.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Wednesday January 30th
Class intro – go over syllabus
Friday February 1: Discussion Section
Introduction and expectations
Monday February 4: Introduction to Sociology
Berger “Invitation to Sociology”
Mills “The Promise”
Wednesday February 6: Functional Stratification
Davis “Some Principles of Stratification”
Lenski “Individual and Societal Interests”
Friday February 8: Discussion Section
Mergenbagen “What the Minimum Wage Buys”
Monday February 11: Dysfunctional Stratification
Marx “Manifesto of the Communist Party”
Weber “Class, Status, Party”
Wednesday February 13: Class Stratification—At the Top of the Heap
Domhoff “Power and Class in the United States”
Mills “The Power Elite”
Friday February 15 = Homework #1 Due in Discussion Section
Bartlett and Steele “The Empire of the Pigs”
Tuesday February 19 Class Stratification: At the Botton of the Heap
Gans “The Positive Functions of the Undeserving Poor”
Wednesday February 20 = Exam 1 !!
BRING A #2 PENCIL FOR THE EXAM
Friday February 22: Discussion Session
EXAMS BACK, HOMEWORK #1 BACK
Monday February 25: Race and Class
Navarro “Race or Class or Race and Class”
Wright “Race, Class, and Income Inequality”
Wednesday February 27: Race and the Economy
Wilson “When Work Disappears”
Jesse Barba’s Lecture Notes
Afshan Jafar’s Lecture Notes
Friday February 29: Discussion Section
Review of Week
Monday March 4: Race, Class, and Public Policy
Cole “Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System” follow-up notes on this
Wilson “Race-Specific Policies and the Truly Disadvantaged”
Wednesday March 6: Public Policy and Mexican Migrants
Donato “U.S. Policy and Mexican Migration to the United States”
Friday Mar 8 = Homework #2 Due in Discussion Section
Review of Week
Monday March 11: The Great Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?
Portes “Should Immigrants Assimilate?”
Wednesday March 13 = Exam 2 !!
BRING A #2 PENCIL FOR THE EXAM
Friday March 15: Discussion Section
EXAM #2 BACK, HOMEWORK #2 BACK
Monday March 25: Asians and Diversity
Cheng “Asians: The ‘Model Minority’ Deconstructed”
Wednesday March 27: American Indians and U.S. Policy
Churchill and LaDuke “Native North America”
Friday March 29: Discussion Section
McIntosh “White Privilege, Male Privilege”
Monday April 1: Race and Education
Kozol “Savage Inequalities”
Wednesday April 3: Race and Education
Ogbu “Racial Stratification and Education in the United States”
Friday April 5: Discussion Section
Headden “The Hispanic Dropout Mystery”
Monday April 8: Class, Families, and Gender
Kohn “Social Class and Parental Values”
Orenstein “Learning Silence”
Wednesday April 10: Gender and Education
Thorne “Girls and Boys Together…But Mostly Apart”
Friday April 12 = Homework #3 Due in Discussion Section
TWO OPTIONS FOR HOMEWORK 3! Option A, Option B.
Mead “Sex and Temperament in Three Tribes”
Monday April 15 – CAMPUS HOLIDAY, NO CLASS
Wednesday April 17 = Exam 3 !!
BRING A #2 PENCIL FOR THE EXAM
Friday April 19: Discussion Section
EXAM #3 BACK, HOMEWORK #3 BACK
Monday April 22: Gender and Theory
Epstein “The Multiple Realities of Sameness and Difference”
Wednesday April 24: Gender and Masculinity
Messner “Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities”
Friday April 26: Discussion Section
Steinem “If Men Could Menstruate”
Monday April 29: Gender, Work, and Earnings
Kanter “The Impact of Hierarchical Structures on the Work Behavior of Women and Men”
Castro “Worth More Than We Earn”
Wednesday May 1: Gender and Work
Brush “Gender, Work, Who Cares?!”
Friday May 3: Gender and Work
Review of Week
Monday May 6: Gender and Work
Reskin “Bringing the Men Back In”
Wednesday May 8 = EXAM 4 !!!
BRING A #2 PENCIL FOR THE EXAM
Friday May 10: Discussion Section
EXAM #4 BACK, REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM
Monday May 13: Gender, Families, and the Gender Division of Labor
Coontz “The Way We Weren’t”
South “Housework in Marital and Nonmarital Households”
Wednesday May 15: Gender, Families and the Gender Division of Labor
Walzer “Thinking About the Baby”
Thursday May 23: Final – Comprehensive
Time: 1:30
Place: In our regular classroom
Note: Bring a #2 pencil