INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
Fall Quarter 2009

John Mohr
Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara

 

 
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 1

(Sept 24)
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Lecture 1
Introduction

Week 2

(Sept 29,
Oct 1)
Lecture 2
"The Age of Enlightenment & the Primacy of the Self"
Exercise 1

Week 3

(Oct 6, 8)
Lecture 3
"The Self as an Institution"

Lecture 4
"Being/Doing a Self"

Week 4

(Oct 13, 15)
Dr. Lerner Lecture
"Small Children Learning to be Modern Selves"

Dr. Friedland Lecture
"Sex, Love & God"

Week 5

(Oct 20, 22)
Lecture 5
"Selves, Institutions & Modernity"
Lecture 6
Overview & Review

Week 6

(Oct 27, 29)

Midterm I

Lecture 7
"Social Structures & Inequalities"

Week 7

(Nov 3, 5)
Midterm II
Dean Oliver Lecture
"Black Wealth/
White Wealth"

Week 8

(Nov 10, 12)
Lecture 8
"Inequality & Race as Institutions"
Cameron Tummel Lecture
"The Personal is Political"

Week 9

(Nov 17, 19)
Data Report
Lecture 9

"Gender & Sexuality as Institutions"

Week 10

(Nov 24)

Lecture 10
"Money, Wealth, Social Opportunity & Institutions"
Thanksgiving
(No Class)

Week 11

(Dec 1, 3)
Lecture 11
"Individuals, Institutions & Duality"
Exam Review

Finals Week

(Dec 10)
12:00-3:00
Final Exam

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