Previous Years' Courses
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
We have an interest in providing experience that permits students to examine social forms of life, and at the same time explore their values and beliefs. One of our interests is to help students begin to participate in the public domain. We will do this by assisting students in identifying coursework, internships, research, and other intentional experiments that can provide the fundamental theoretical and research tools for roles in intervention.
SOCI 10100-01 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SS 1 LA
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Rebecca Plante, Muller 110, Ext. 4-3311, rplante@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 120 students.
PREREQUISITES: None.
STUDENTS: Anyone will be welcome; seniors should know that they will be quite outnumbered, however!
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Objectives are: to develop tools and skills necessary for seeing 'the big picture' of how United States society is structured; how it is reproduced; and how it affects individuals. To learn how to see ourselves within this broader society. To understand the relationship between self and society. To consider ways to challenge and change ourselves and our world.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture/discussion T/Th.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Exams and brief papers. Engaged attendance and participation in lecture is required and will be graded (no electronics - phones, computers, etc - are permitted in class).
SOCI 10200-01, 02 CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES LA SS 1
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: TBA
ENROLLMENT: 30 per section
PREREQUISITES: None.
STUDENTS: Recommended for students new to sociology who have not taken another college level sociology course. Freshmen and sophomores only.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this course, we examine a variety of issues using a sociological perspective. Issues include those related to culture and values, social institutions, stratification and inequality, crime and social control, gender roles, gender and the family, and religious violence.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lectures, discussions, readings, films, and videos.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Grades are determined through papers, exams, group work, and participation in class discussions.
SOCI-10200-03 CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES LA SS 1
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Lai Sze Tso
ENROLLMENT: 24
PREREQUISITES: None.
STUDENTS: Recommended for students new to sociology who have not taken another college level sociology course. Freshmen and sophomores only.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this course on contemporary social issues, we will touch upon the main theories, perspectives, research techniques, policies, and findings that affect us as Americans and as members of the Global society. Focusing on pressing issues from around the world as case studies, we will apply the sociological lens to identify the forces and actors involved in social problems. The goal of this class is to develop students' sociological imagination as a fundamental step towards identifying the various social, economic, and political connections that structure everyday lives in the US and abroad. Course content and format is designed to inspire each of you to think more critically about your own lives, your place in society, and what you can do to help address some of the most pressing issues facing America and the rest of the world today. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify many of the key arguments, dominant and alternative perspectives, and data sources of pressing issues in the American and the wider world. Classroom exercises and take-home assignments are designed to help students learn how to identify and critique existing frameworks; In-class activities are opportunities for students to imagine and discuss alternatives to the current conditions addressed in our study of the Global society. As an introduction to the sociology, this course aims to help students develop a nuanced understanding of sociological perspectives and encourage scholastic inquiry using more creative, ethical, and multicultural ways about an individual's role and contributions in America and the wider world.
SOCI-11000-01 INCARCERATION AND WELFARE IN THE AGE OF AMERICAN DECLINE LA SS 1
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Armando Lara-Millan
ENROLLMENT: 15
PREREQUISITES: None. Not open to Juniors and Seniors.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Sociology has long studied the changing public imagination of poverty and the government policies proposed to solve it. This class will examine these changes and how they have interacted with the shifting fortunes of the American economy. The class will be divided into four parts. First, we will discuss whether or not the United States is actually in “decline.” Second, we will explore poverty policy during the New Deal and its effect on the American middle class. Third, we will study the changes in poverty policy after the 1970s. Finally, we will investigate the growth of incarceration during the 70s, 80s, and 90s and its relationship to poverty. The class will be based on discussions and writing assignments, with some short lectures. A key component of this course is for students to understand how their own lives and the lives of their families have intersected with the changing policy and economic structure learned about in class. The class goal is to understand how government policy has changed over the course of the 20th century and its effect on the world we see today.
SOCI 20300-01 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Laskowitz, Muller 327, Ext. 4-3520, jlaskowi@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 or SOCI-10200.
STUDENTS: Those in social sciences, other disciplines and areas of related interest, i.e., PreLaw/Counseling/Psychology/ Sociology/Youthwork/Education/Human Services.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: We study juvenile delinquency as intimately connected to the social, political, and economic shape of society. Our critical analysis suggests that juvenile delinquency is a process involving both the behavior of youths and responses of official state and federal agents (i.e., the law, police, courts) who administer social services and punishment.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion/participation, student-led analyses, films and guest discussants.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Participation in class discussions and doing all the reading. Analytic essay, mid-term and final examinations. In-class student-led analysis. You have three unexcused absences in our 14 weeks together; on the fourth absence you will be dropped from our class. Grading is based upon participation, exams and analysis: quality not quantity.
SOCI 21700-01 MENTAL HEALTH IN HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Terry Garahan, Williams 119H, Ext. 4-3834, tgarahan@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: SOCI 10100 or PSYC 10300
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Explores the historical and contemporary contexts of mental health and distress from both sociological and psychological perspectives. Examination of the social construction of mental health through time, and consideration of how social and cultural factors such as race, class, and gender intersect with diagnostic paradigms and clinical treatment models employed by practitioners. Cross listed as PSYC 21700. Students may not receive credit for PSYC 21700 and SOCI 21700.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, structured discussions, in-class activities.
SOCI 22000-01 SOCIOLOGY OF AGING LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Elizabeth J. Bergman, CHS 420, Ext. 3859, ebergman@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 30
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 (Introduction to Sociology) or GERO-10100 (Introduction to Gerontology).
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Upon completing the course, a student will:
1. Describe the condition of the elderly in contemporary American society, noting both attitudes toward the elderly and the objective status of the elderly, and assess the manner in which these conditions are affected by variables such as race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and culture.
2. Discuss the social implications of population aging for American society.
3. Identify the roles and importance of the elderly within the basic social institutions of the family, the economy, and the political system, and discuss the ways in which these institutions have adapted to the elderly and population aging.
4. Explain how social factors that affect successful aging are modified by such variables as social class and health status.
5. Describe the ways in which American society organizes behavior around caregiving and chronic illness, and discuss the implications for the elderly and their families.
6. Understand the historical development and status of programs and services for the elderly in the American society.
7. Apply in-class knowledge to case studies and other "real life" situations.
Please note: This course is cross-listed with GERO-22000. Students may not receive credit for both SOCI-22000 and GERO-22000.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion, lecture, videotapes, and guest speakers/panel discussions.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Two examinations, paper, brief assignments, participation.
SOCI 22100-01 PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Julian Euell, Muller 114, Ext. 4-3522, euell@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25.
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: We will examine the role and responsibilities of public intellectuals as important cultural and social critics. How have they raised fundamental questions not only about the social function of discourse, and perspective, but also about the connection between academic rigor and public life, between that work and the major issues shaping the broader society. The project is designed to provide a platform for students to think about doing public intellectual writing, public intellectually informed films, visual sociology, that encourages the general public to think carefully about a range of social problems that affect their lives. It will also allow a students to reflect on their own intellectual practices, discourses and understanding of what it might mean to embrace their role as public intellectuals.
SOCI 23500-01, -02 SELECTED TOPICS: CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ISSUES SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Bhavani Arabandi, Muller 115, Ext. 4-7027, barabandi@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: One social science course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this class we will examine the complexities of globalization through topics such as poverty, hunger, environment, war and terrorism, outsourcing, and global commodity chains. We will also investigate the power dynamics between diverse groups such as nation states, transnational corporations, marginalized groups, women, refugees, and immigrants.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussion, and exercises.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Based on papers, exams, class participation
SOCI 24000-01 INEQUALITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES SS 1b
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Belisa Gonzalez, Muller 112, Ext. 4-3921, bgonzalez@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 or SOCI-10200
STUDENTS: Students who are beginning to explore issues of inequality.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to introduce students to the dynamics of inequality in the U.S. and compare those dynamics to other countries. To do so we will identify historical and contemporary patterns of inequality and their consequences on the lives of everyday people. We will discuss some of the major theoretical perspectives and their explanations of the persistence of inequality in the US. We will explore the interconnections and costs of privilege and oppression along the major organizing categories of gender, race and class in order to begin to investigate the connection between social inequality and life chances.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lectures, discussion, films and in class exercises.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: One mid-term and a final exam; 2 short assignments; attendance and participation expected. Average of all grades.
**Students who have previously taken SOCI 31300 should not sign up for this course
SOCI 25000-01 GENDER, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND GLOBAL CHANGE LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Alicia Swords, Muller 109, Ext. 4-1209, aswords@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: One social science course
STUDENTS: This course is recommended for students who wish to explore the intersections of social and environmental issues.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the interconnections between gender and human relations with the environment. We study the histories and contemporary realities of patriarchy, colonialism, capitalist development, globalization, and environmental crises. Authors include historians, ecologists, feminists, and social and environmental activists. Special focus is on US and international case studies of social movements that propose alternatives to current gender hierarchies and environmental degradation, including feminist, indigenous, food justice, and environmental justice movements.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussion, in-class interactive exercises, films.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Attendance and participation, reflective and analytical essays, and mini-projects.
SOCI 29200-01, 02 THE CHANGING FAMILY 1 LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Stephen Sweet, Muller 107, Ext. 4-3910, ssweet@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25 per section.
PREREQUISITES: One course in the social sciences.
STUDENTS: Especially of interest to those concerned with the challenges confronting families.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines the family as a social institution, its relationship to the larger social order, the ways families operate and reproduce themselves, and the ways family life has changed along with other historical changes in American society. What is the shape of the American family? How do families form and dissolve? To what extent is the American family in crisis? How is the family life linked with other institutions? These are a few of the questions we will explore.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussion, films, guests, student presentations.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Reading, attendance, writing and research.
SOCI 30200-01 SOCIOLOGY OF CRIME LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Laskowitz, Muller 327, Ext. 4-3520, jlaskowi@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 20
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-20300 OR SOCI-21400
STUDENTS: This is a course offering recommended to those whose interests are in law, politics, human services and criminal/juvenile justice studies.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: With a critical imagination we analyze the social meaning and problem of crime and law, patterns of criminal behavior, the political reality of crime, and the criminal justice system (police, arrest, trial, and punishment). Law, crime, and responses to them are examined as phenomena intimately connected to and sculpted by historical moment.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion, student-led analysis.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Analytic essays, student-led discussions, final research paper. Grading based on quality of work and participation.
SOCI 30500-01 PRACTICUM IN SOCIAL CHANGE I NLA
1 credit
INSTRUCTOR: Kimberly Baker, Muller 113, Ext. 4-5122, kmbaker@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 30
PREREQUISITES: Three courses in the social sciences.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Practicum in Social Change I: Urban Mentorship Initiative is an academic mentorship program that offers students the opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary, coursework and field-based service-learning aimed at supporting urban youth’s pursuit of higher education.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Grades will be assigned based on a series of reflection papers and a final group project.
SOCI 30800-01 COUNSELING THEORY AND DYNAMICS LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Terry Garahan, Williams 119H, Ext. 4-3834, tgarahan@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: Three courses in sociology and/or political science and/or psychology.
STUDENTS: Individuals thinking about or intending to enter "helping" or public service professions. Also some para-professionals and volunteers from local helping organizations.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: To learn some theories about how people grow and change while attempting to increase your own awareness of how you grow, act and react in a counseling or "helping relationship." We are also concerned with how concepts in helping people relate to broader societal political issues and how we connect in a political way to the larger society when we engage in a counseling or helping relationship.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: 2-3 page discussions of each approach covered including: Rogers-Client-Centered, Humanistic, Radical Therapy, Women and Therapy. Grading is based on papers, class participation, final project.
SOCI 31100-01 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTORS: TBA
ENROLLMENT: 20
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 or SOCI-10200 and three courses in the social sciences.
STUDENTS: Sociology majors and minors only.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this course we will examine the central ideas of several major social theorists including those of Durkheim, Weber, and Marx. We will pose several basic questions about the work of each: According to each thinker, what is the general nature of society, the individual, and the relationship between the two?
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture and discussion.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Readings, journals based on assigned readings, theoretical papers and active participation in class discussions. Grading based on the quality of papers and class participation.
SOCI 31900-01 CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Julian Euell, Muller 114, Ext. 4-3522, euell@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25
PREREQUISITES: Introduction to Sociology (SOCI-10100) or Contemporary Social Issues (SOCI-10200) and two additional social science courses or waiver by the professor.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: We will investigate ways in which “Culture’ is understood and ways culture appears and practiced in groups. How is street life coded? How is a restaurant kitchen a culture? How is a sports team a cultural practice? This course takes the view that Culture is not a unified phenomenon; that there is not just one American culture for instance. Cultural Sociology is a new subfield of sociology that seeks to understand the interior[individual and collective] and exterior[behavioral and systematic] forms of practice that culture takes. This course invites the curious student who wish to observe culture and enjoy diversity.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: I would like students to inquire how cultures are perspectives constructed in/as situations. We will read Richard Sennett’s “The Craftsman”, Elijah Anderson’s “Code of the Streets”, Michele Lamont’s “The Dignity of Working Men”, Erving Goffman’s “Frame Analysis” and Joseph Gusfield’s “The Culture of Public Problems: Drinking-Driving and the Symbolic Order”.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: 2 papers, 2 application projects
SOCI 33602-01 SELECTED TOPICS: TEMPLES, TECHNOLOGY & TRANSITION: INDIA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Bhavani Arabandi, Muller 115, Ext. 4-7027, barabandi@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 20
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 or SOCI-10200 and two social science courses.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The goal of this class is to provide an introduction to the complex socio-economic and political history of India. The readings and lectures will investigate how power operates in social institutions such as the family, caste system, politics, and international economy. We will also explore the cultural construction of identities, including caste, gender, religion, and national affiliations.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussion, and exercises.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Based on papers, exams, class participation.
SOCI 33700-01 SELECTED TOPICS: ADVANCED RACE AND ETHNICITY LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Belisa Gonzalez, Muller 112, Ext. 4-3921, bgonzalez@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 20
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 or -10200 and 2 courses in Social Science
STUDENTS: Students in this class should already have a foundation in the basic concepts related to race and ethnicity, social problems, social inequality and the sociological perspective. Students should be prepared to keep up with the contemporary social world.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: To engage in dialogue about contemporary issues of race and ethnic relations and make connections to historical cycles of: institutional racism, hegemony, economic shifts, immigration policies and other patterns of inequality. To draw on the cumulative knowledge in the room to interrogate “common” topics and questions about contemporary race relations such as: Are we living in a post-racial society?, Can people of color be racist?, I didn’t own any slaves, Where do non-black people of color “fit”?, Reverse racism, some of my best friend are black, The race card, Affirmative Action, etc. Finally, to investigate what can be done to move from our current understanding of race and ethnicity.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Seminar-style discussion, films and some lecture.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Grades will be assigned based on a series of short papers, leading discussion on assigned topics and a final project.
SOCI 33801-01 ST: SEXUALITY & HEALTH LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Lis Maurer, Ext. 4-7394, lmaurer@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 15
PREREQUISITES: SOCI 10100 or SOCI 10200; two additional social science courses.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the intersections of sexuality and health and focuses on both as social concepts. We will investigate the manner in which sexuality and health are shaped by individual, social and cultural factors and how ideas about our bodies and our sexuality are related to ideas about our health.
SOCI 35300-01 RESEARCH METHODS I LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Kimberly Baker, Muller 113, Ext. 4-5122, kmbaker@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 30
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 or SOCI-10200, and two other sociology courses.
STUDENTS: Primarily sociology majors; others who need an equivalent research course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduces students to the research methods used by sociologists. Topics include theories about causation; quantitative and qualitative methods of collecting and analyzing data; and the ethics and politics of social science research. Students conduct several small research projects to practice each of the methods introduced in the course. They also review basic statistical and quantitative analysis. Students take the first steps in conducting an original research project by formulating a research question and reviewing the relevant literature.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, small group exercises, projects applying the various methods (content analysis, observation, interviews, and quantitative analysis) and library research. Each student will carry out the first stages of an original research project, to be completed in the second semester of the course sequence.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Quizzes, application projects, and papers.
SOCI 35400-01 RESEARCH METHODS II LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Stephen Sweet, Muller 107, Ext. 4-3910, ssweet@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 25.
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-35300.
STUDENTS: Primarily sociology majors; others who need an equivalent research course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The second half of a two-semester sequence, this course involves collecting and analyzing data from both qualitative and quantitative sources. A major part of the course is the student’s individual research project involving a proposal, data collection, data analysis, and presentation of research results. After completing this course a student will be able to:
• Analyze existing survey data, using a computer statistical package.
• Prepare a research plan including protection of human subjects, instrument design, and sampling plan.
• Collect original data, probably using an anonymous paper and pencil survey.
• Analyze original data, including frequencies, percentage tables, correlations, and statistical tests.
• Write a formal research report and present in a public symposium using slides and tables.
• Demonstrate the ability to manipulate data by recoding, constructing scales or indexes, and performing bivariate and multivariate analysis.
• Understand the theory and application of probability sampling and tests of statistical significance.
• Understand the logic and be able to demonstrate data analysis using linear and logistic regression and the elaboration model.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: The course meets in a computer lab and about half the time is spent on the individual student research projects. In addition, students learn theory and practice and carry out a qualitative study and learn to analyze quantitative data in a more sophisticated way than in their own projects.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Reading, attendance, writing and research.
SOCI 40100-01 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Alicia Swords, Muller 109, Ext. 4-1209, aswords@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 12
PREREQUISITES: One of the following courses: SOCI 20800, SOCI 20700, or SOCI 32600; senior standing. STUDENTS: This is an upper-level seminar.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this course, students learn about the theory and practice of community organizing. There are three components to the course: study of historical and contemporary community organizing, developing awareness about social realities in the communities around us, and the practice of organizing skills. Our study of organizing strategies draws from civil rights and Black Freedom movements, liberation theology, anti-racism, indigenous movements, food justice and poor peoples’ movements. We learn techniques for community organizing, including power analysis, consensus decision-making, facilitation, relationship building, networking and written and oral communication.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Seminar, discussion, weekly participation in community activities on or off-campus for a minimum of 10 hours during the semester.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: A-F.
SOCI 40200-01 SOCIETY AND NATURE SS LA
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Julian Euell, Muller 114, Ext. 4-3522, euell@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 15
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 and three courses in the social sciences with at least one at level 3. (These can waived by Professor.)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is on listening to the land and Integral ecological practice. The course begins with the notion that the pervasiveness of our destructiveness must be investigated wholistically--through thought, through relationship and through systems. This involves seeking out new practices of mind, body and spirit. Is it possible to live another way? How is our adaptability and capacity for critical thinking an asset and a curse? Particularly useful will be examinations of moral development, cognitive development and body awareness that lead to everyday life practices. This course is for students who are interested in identifying the personal, the I-thou, and the systematic transformation of "Self" as Nature.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: This is a unique course. The students and the professor begin with the inquiry what does it mean to “being nature”. What types of perspectives (ecologies of mind, body and spirit) do we inhabit? How might one integrate inquiry? We meet once a week so that we might devote explorations integrating meditation, body-work and intellectual work. The professor has been exploring these as a student of aikido, tai-chi and sociology of knowledge for more than thirty-six years. He is prepared to carry you to new doors of perception and not just new considerations of belief. I welcome those who intend to go beyond their discipline to integrally connect to individual experience, to cultural framing of ‘nature’, to objective knowing and subjective knowing. We will read and discuss, meditate, and then discuss again and write and draw mind maps. We will read some of Ken Wilber’s “Integral Spirituality”, Lenski’s “Ecological-Evolutionary Theory”, Marjorie Spiegel’s “The Dreaded Comparison”, some material on “Integral Ecology”, Derrick Jensen’s “Listening to the Land”, and Weisman’s “World Without Us”.
SOCI 40400-01 CRISIS INTERVENTION NLA
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Terry Garahan, Williams 119H, Ext. 4-3834, tgarahan@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 15
PREREQUISITES: SOCI 30800 or PSYC 34100.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides students with the opportunity to learn both theory and practical skills in crisis intervention. Experiential learning through role-playing and group exercises supplement lecture and class discussion. Students taking this course need to be prepared to practice the crisis intervention skills and techniques taught each week in small group role-play situations.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Based on papers, class participation, final project, experiential-learning group.
SOCI 43700-01 ST: ZERO TOLERANCE LA SS
3 credits
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Laskowitz, Muller 327, Ext. 4-3520, jlaskowi@ithaca.edu
ENROLLMENT: 15
PREREQUISITES: SOCI-10100 or SOCI-10200; 3 social sciences courses with at least one at level 3; one course in Criminal & Juvenile Justice Studies; Junior standing or above.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This seminar will explore zero tolerance policies and practices in our schools. We will study the criminalization of normal childhood behaviors in this arrest first, racially profiled policy. Our penchant for punishment, guided largely by fear and distorted media coverage of atypical school violence, will frame our studies.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Seminar. Reading, research and discussion.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Student-led classes, research paper. Grading based on quality of weekly work, written work and participation.