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3.00 Credits
A seminar that analyzes one major Russian novel of the 19th century. In spring 2008, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Additional readings and discussion of the life and times of Tolstoy and the social and historical context of the novel. Conducted entirely in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 425 or 427. Four credit hours. L.
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On post-Soviet Russia, devoted to short texts that reflect political, social, and cultural changes since the end of the Soviet Union, in 1991. Texts include short stories, essays, newspaper articles, television shows, and film. Work on advanced grammar. Conducted entirely in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 325. Four credit hours. L. DE SHERBININ
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3.00 Credits
A seminar that analyzes one major Russian novel of the 20th century. In spring 2009, Boris Pasternak's Doktor Zhivago. Additional readings and film excerpts highlight the novel's literary and historical context and the life and times of the author. Conducted entirely in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 425 or 427. Four credit hours. L. MCCARTHY
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3.00 Credits
Individual projects in areas where the student has demonstrated the interest and competence necessary for independent work. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. One to four credit hours. FACULTY
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3.00 Credits
What does it mean to live in a world that many have characterized as postmodern What does postmodernity imply in terms of attitude toward selfhood, toward interpretation and knowledge gathering, toward crossing boundaries of cultural differences and, finally, toward envisioning social justice A mixture of scholarly texts, fiction, and film will be employed to explore these questions. Emphasis on cultivating students' skills of critical thinking and expression. Three credit hours. S. BLAKE
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4.00 Credits
What does it mean to live in a world that many have characterized as postmodern What does postmodernity imply in terms of attitude toward selfhood, toward interpretation and knowledge gathering, toward crossing boundaries of cultural differences and, finally, toward envisioning social justice A mixture of scholarly texts, fiction, and film will be employed to explore these questions. Emphasis on cultivating students' skills of critical thinking and expression. Four credit hours. S. BLAKE
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3.00 Credits
Sociologists study processes by which people create, maintain, and change their social and cultural worlds. They investigate contemporary social issues and strive to explain relationships between what happens in peoples' lives and the societies in which they live. Sociology's research methods and theories apply to the full range of human behavior, from individual acts to global environmental, political, and economic change. An introduction to how and why sociologists study social and cultural phenomena such as inequality, race and ethnicity, gender, power, politics, the family, religion, social and cultural change, crime, and globalization. Prerequisite: First-year or sophomore standing. Four credit hours. S, U. ARENDELL, MAYER, MORRIONE
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3.00 Credits
Classical and contemporary sociological theories of stratification and race relations are used to explore the intersection of class and race-ethnicity in the social origins and historical roles of elites and middle classes in the African-American experience. Particular attention to the writings of Du Bois, Frazier, Cox, and Wilson. Biographical and autobiographical perspectives provide rich description of socialization, family contexts, work, politics, ideologies, and the impacts of racism and social change. Three credit hours. S, U.
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3.00 Credits
The history of sociology, and a critical survey of the systems of thought about society, centered on major schools of sociological theory and their representatives. The place of theory in social research as presented in works of major social theorists, including Comte, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Marx, Pareto, Simmel, and Mead. Prerequisite: Sociology 131. Four credit hours. MORRIONE
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3.00 Credits
An exploration and analysis of the contemporary state of sociology as a discipline. Special attention to critical theory, rational choice theory, global systems theory, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, symbolic interactionism, and postmodernists' criticism of modern social science. Formerly listed as Sociology 318. Prerequisite: A 100-level sociology course. Four credit hours. MAYER
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