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3.00 Credits
Staff This course introduces students to the Social Security system, discusses the barriers that low-income and disabled families face in accessing social services and medical care, and introduces students to the following legal topics: legal analysis, legal ethics, Social Security disability law, and legal writing. Students prepare a research paper addressing a selected topic on current issues in social service provision. Students also engage in a practicum experience. The practicum involves assisting the instructor, an attorney, with pro bono work helping low-income children (many of whom suffer from psychiatric illnesses) in securing benefits through the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program of the U.S. Social Security Administration. The course practicum takes place at the Utica office of The Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York. Only students who have completed their distribution requirement in social sciences can apply. Students are admitted to this seminar by permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This course offers Colgate students an opportunity to complete an extended research analysis on a topic of their choosing. Students select and pursue a research question under the close supervision of the instructor, as part of a workshop-style class setting in which they work alongside other students with similar interests, and with the benefit of research insights periodically shared by other faculty members across the disciplines. The course places a heavy emphasis on empiricism as an important way to better understand the selected research questions.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This course is an introduction to sociology, with special emphasis on American society, using a historical and comparative focus. It introduces students to some of the basic concepts and methods used by sociologists. The course considers a selection of topics: racial inequality, class reproduction, gender roles, work and society, social movements, bureaucracy, and crime and deviance. Enrollment is limited to first-year and sophomore students.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This course provides an introduction to the discipline of anthropology and is intended to help students come to a better understanding of human cultures and societies through the analysis and comparison of specific cases. Students study diverse societies from a wide range of geographic areas and examine topics such as kinship and marriage, economic organization, religion, gender, and social change. Students learn about some of the major theories and theorists in anthropology and examine the way anthropologists collect and interpret data, particularly in the course of fieldwork. Enrollment is limited to first-year and sophomore students.
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3.00 Credits
J. Kerber This course introduces students to the basic concepts and issues of archaeology today through an examination of both method and theory. Topics include data analysis and interpretation, culture history, prehistoric technology and settlements, and cultural resources management. Enrollment is limited to first-year and sophomore students.
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3.00 Credits
A. Maca This course provides an introduction to the study of the archaeological and literary records of selected ancient states and empires of the Old and New Worlds. The course addresses such questions as when and where did cities and states first emerge What forces accounted for the emergence of ancient states and empires What were some of the institutions and practices that provided stability and cohesion in the social and political lives of these societies Why did ancient states collapse Each term, examples are chosen from the following civilizations or regions of the world: Africa, Mesopotamia, China, Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Andes. The course compares and contrasts achievements in these civilizations and critically evaluates the role of Euro-American scholarship in defining these achievements.
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3.00 Credits
C. Hsu, R. Levine, N. Ries This course examines some of the chief methodological and theoretical approaches used in the social sciences, primarily focusing on Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. In addition to original texts, works of anthropology and sociology are used to integrate the classics with a contemporary focus. Prerequisite: SOAN 101 and 102, or permission of instructor. First-year students are generally not admitted. (Formerly listed as SOAN 304.)
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3.00 Credits
J. Benson, C. Henke This course, which is required for the emphasis in sociology within the SOAN major, introduces students to both the dominant areas of inquiry in sociology and the methods that have been devised to investigate them. Emphasis in this course is on investigation. The course familiarizes students with the methods, techniques, and language of social science research. Focusing on field and survey research, the course examines the ways social scientists formulate questions, collect and analyze data, and present their findings. The course is also concerned with the epistemological underpinnings of "doing sociology." How do sociologists define "fact" and "truth" What are the historical and contemporary debates over these concepts To provide students with a hands-on understanding of concepts and issues, students are expected to collect and analyze original data. The class also does computer statistical analysis of pre-existing data bases. Open to sophomores and juniors. Prerequis ites: SOAN 101. (Formerly list ed as SOAN 3
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3.00 Credits
M. Moran, E. Spadola This course, which is required for the emphasis in anthropology within the SOAN major, introduces students both to the dominant areas of inquiry in anthropology and to the qualitative methods that have been devised to explore them. The focus of the course is on investigation. How does one go about learning something about some specific areas of human social and cultural life To do this, the course turns for guidance and inspiration to the founders of the discipline, applying and adapting their ideas for class use. At the same time, the course looks to contemporary commentators for help with understanding how these ideas have been challenged and updated. Areas of investigation are culture, kinship, religion, subsistence, power and prestige, history and material culture, and language. For each area, students design and carry out brief research projects in the Hamilton/Colgate community. Collectively, the individual projects contribute to an ongoing ethnography of the village and campus. Open to sophomores and juniors. Prerequisites: SOAN 102. ( Formerly listed as SOAN 311.)
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3.00 Credits
R. Levine An inquiry into racism and race relations. A theoretical framework is developed with a historical and comparative focus and then applied to race relations in the United States and South Africa. This course is open to sophomores and first-year students only.
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