Session
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Session Focus
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Assignment
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WK 1A
18 JAN
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Intro: What is sociology?
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Read “Private Troubles, Public Issues” / C Wright-Mills
Watch video “What is Sociology?”
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WK 1B
20 JAN
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The Sociological Imagination
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Read “Human History as Class Conflict” / Karl Marx
Watch video “Emile Durkheim on Suicide”
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WK 2A
25 JAN
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Classical Perspectives on Sociology
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Read “From Mechanical to Organic Solidarity” / Emile Durkheim
Watch video “Major Sociological Paradigms”
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WK 2B
27 JAN
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Contemporary Perspectives Part 1
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Watch video: “Max Weber & Modernity”
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WK 3A
1 FEB
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Contemporary Perspectives Part 2
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Do graded observation and reflection activity for Monday
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WK 3B
3 FEB
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Sociological research methods
Submit graded observation and reflection activity
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Read “Quantitative versus Qualitative Methods?” / Alan Bryman
Watch video: “Symbols, Values and Norms”
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WK 4A
8 FEB
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Culture and subcultures
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Read “The Hidden Curriculum – A Teacher’s View” / John Taylor Gatto
Watch video: “Cultures, subcultures and countercultures”
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WK 4B
10 FEB
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Socialization Part 1
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Read “Presenting the self in everyday life” / Ervin Goffman
Watch video: “Social Development”
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WK 4C
12 FEB
FRIDAY
MAKE-UP
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Socialization Part 2
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Do graded quiz 1 for Monday
Watch video: “Socialization”
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WK 5A
15 FEB
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Social Structure and Social Interaction
Submit graded quiz 1
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Watch video: “Social Groups”
Watch video: “Formal Organizations”
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WK 5B
17 FEB
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Groups and Organizations
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Read “How Coronavirus is changing crime and deviance”
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WK 6A
22 FEB
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Deviance, Crime and Social Control Part 1
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Read “The Normality of Deviance” / Emile Durkheim
Watch this video: “Deviance”
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WK 6B
24 FEB
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Deviance, Crime and Social Control Part 2
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Do deviance observation and analysis. Graded assignment for Monday
Watch this video: “Theory and Deviance”
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WK7A
1 MAR
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Social stratification: Class and inequality Part 1
Submit graded deviance observation and analysis
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Read “What is Social Stratification?” / Wendy Bottero
Do online activity on poverty
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WK 7B
3 MAR
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Class and Inequality Part 2
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Do research activity on social stratification in your country. Post findings to Moodle Forum
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SPRING
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BREAK
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WK 8A
15 MAR
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Poverty
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Do research on Black Lives Matter and post your findings to Moodle Forum
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WK 8B
17 MAR
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Race and Ethnicity: Part 1
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Do online “sorting” activity
Watch video: “Race and Ethnicity”
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WK 9A
22 MAR
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Race and Ethnicity: Part 2
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Do graded quiz for Monday
Read “Global Police Brutality Takes the Spotlight”
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WK 9B
24 MAR
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White priviledge
Submit graded quiz 2
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Read “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”
Read “Intersecting inequalities” / Patricia Hill Collins
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WK 10A
29 MAR
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Intersectionality
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Read “If Men Could Menstruate” / Gloria Steinem
Watch video: “Gendered Marketing”
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WK 10B
31 MAR
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Gender and Inequality Part
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Read “Woman - The Second Sex?” / Simone De Beauvoir
Read “Throwing Like Girl” / Iris Marion Young
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WK 11A
5 APRIL
NO CLASS
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ITALIAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY
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WK 11B
7 APRIL
NO CLASS
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MAKE-UP DAY ON FRIDAY 16 APRIL
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Do graded quiz 3 for Monday
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WK 12A
12 APRIL
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Gender cont’d
Submit graded quiz 3
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WK 12B
14 APRIL
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Sex and sexuality Part 1
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WK 12C
FRIDAY 16 APRIL
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MAKE-UP DAY
Sex and sexuality Part 2
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Read “Social Constructions of Sexuality” / Jeffrey Weeks
Watch video “Sex and sexuality”
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WK 13A
19 APRIL
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The Family
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WK 13B
21 APRIL
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Sociology of love
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WK 14A
26 APRIL
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Religion
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Read “The Essence of Religion” / Emile Durkheim
Watch video: “Religion”
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WK 14B
28 APRIL
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Religion cont’d
Preparation for final exam
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FINAL
EXAM
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