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Tentative Lecture and Reading Schedule

Sociology 1100 YD Winter Semester 2009

Dr. L. Forbes

Monday, January 5

Happy New Year and Welcome Back to Introduction to Sociology

Winter Reading Schedule

Begin Sexuality and Gender

Wednesday, January 7

Lecture: Sexuality and Gender

Reading: Chapter 8 in Brym and Lie

Monday, January 12

Lecture: Sexuality and Gender

Reading: Welsh, S., & Baker, J. (2008). Naming and blaming: gender socialization and women’s definitions of sexual harassment. In R. J. Brym (Ed.), Society in question (pp. 59-65). United States: Thomson Nelson.

Wednesday, January 14

Lecture: Work and the Economy

Reading: Chapter 9 from the Publisher’s Reading Package

Monday, January 19

Lecture: Work and the Economy

Reading: Marx, K. (2005). Alienated labour. In M. Carroll & J. P. White (Eds.). Images of Society: Readings that inspire and inform sociology (4th ed. ). (pp. 210-213). United States: Thomson Nelson.

Wednesday, January 21

Lecture: Politics

Reading: Chapter 10 from the Publisher’s Reading Package

Monday, January 26

Lecture: Politics

Reading: No Reading Assigned

Wednesday, January 28

Lecture: Politics

Reading: Warren, Jean-Philippe. (2008). French Quebec, the quiet revolution, and after. In R. J. Brym (Ed.), Society in question (pp. 177-187). United States: Thomson Nelson.

Monday, February 2

Lecture: Families

Reading: Chapter 9 in Brym and Lie

Wednesday, February 4

Lecture: Families

Reading: No Reading Assigned

Monday, February 9

Lecture: Families

Reading: No Reading Assigned

Wednesday, February 11 – Mid-Term Examination

Monday, February 16 - Reading Week

Wednesday, February 18 – Reading Week

Monday, February 23

Lecture: Religion and Education

Reading: Chapter 10 in Brym and Lie

Wednesday, February 25

Lecture: Religion and Education

Monday, March 2

Lecture: Religion and Education

Wednesday, March 4

Lecture: Health, Medicine, and Aging

Reading: Chapter 13 in the Publisher’s Reading Package

Monday, March 9

Lecture: Health, Medicine, and Aging

Reading: No Reading Assigned

Wednesday, March 11

Lecture: Health, Medicine, and Aging

Reading: Reading: Charon, J. M. (2003). “The stereotype.” In L. Cargan & J. H.

Ballantine (Eds.) Sociological footprints: Introductory readings in sociology (pp. 340-

342). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.

Research Projects are Due

Monday, March 16

Lecture: Population, Urbanization, and Development

Reading: Chapter 14 in the Publisher’s Reading Package

Wednesday, March 18

Lecture: Population, Urbanization, and Development

Monday, March 23

Lecture: Technology, the Environment, and Social Movements

Reading: Chapter 11 in Brym and Lie

Wednesday, March 25

Lecture: Technology, the Environment, and Social Movements

Reading: Staggenberg, S. (2008). Social movements. The environmental movement (pp.104-122). Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.

Monday, March 30

Lecture: Technology, the Environment, and Social Movements

Reading: Bauman, S. (2008). Movies and society. In R. J. Brym (Ed.), Society in question (pp. 69-75). United States: Thomson Nelson.

Wednesday, April 1

Catch-up Class