Tentative Lecture and Reading Schedule
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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