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 Jafar
Offices: / 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. 1.Required Readings:There is one set of selected readings available for purchase at the Textbook Annex.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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