http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/ Introduction to Sociology at Metropolitan State University en-us 2005-12-02T12:33:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/033397.html Great job on Tuesday with your peer reviews! Based on the conversations and feedback provided everyone’s papers should be more clear, better organized and importantly, sociological. On to the information… Analytic Papers are due on Tuesday at the beginning of... Assignments coph0004 2005-12-02T12:33:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/032801.html We will be taking the last quiz, talking about social change and reviewing drafts of papers. Quiz 5: will cover Institutions (see posting from November 9), you should be able to define what an institution is, as well as provide... Assignments coph0004 2005-11-26T11:13:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/032729.html The University will be upgrading the system used to maintain the class website on November 28 (the Monday after Thanksgiving). This will likely prohibit access to the website, please plan accordingly. Be sure to take a look at the About... Of Interest coph0004 2005-11-23T14:03:37-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/032726.html On Tuesday you received the Revisit on Thinking Paper #2, and comments on your Analytic Paper outline and abstract. As such, I’d like to draw your attention to a few items related to writing. Importantly, the goal of all this... Assignments coph0004 2005-11-23T13:46:03-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/031830.html The modified reading requirements for Tuesday are: From Chapter 13, pp 377 -385, pp388 - 400 begin at “Religion & Politics,” stop at “Challenges & Issues in Contemporary Education” Read the Key Points on page 409 From Chapter 14, pp... Assignments coph0004 2005-11-09T13:30:03-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/031826.html If you recall the purpose of revisiting your paper is to think about how your paper is organized, and how you would re-do your paper if were writing a second draft. Working from this, you are asked to revisit your... Assignments coph0004 2005-11-09T12:17:56-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/031499.html Reminder that on tuesday November 8 will be Quiz 4, and the Revist will be due November 15. (And don't forget to vote on Tuesday!) During class we played the Sociologist's version of Monopoly. Be prepared to articulate how that... Class Discussions coph0004 2005-11-05T15:01:56-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/030796.html *There are two sets of questions to review for next week, this one and the one just before entitled "Work & Family".* Please read through these questions and post a response to one question for each article. (for information on... Class Postings coph0004 2005-10-26T11:41:09-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/030787.html For next week, please come prepared to discuss these questions: Think about the paid work patterns of your parent(s). What is their current situation? Move back 5 years, and another 5 years. What , if anything, stands out about their... Class Discussions coph0004 2005-10-26T11:21:37-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/030533.html An update about changes to the syllabus and few reminders. * Your Thinking Paper # 2 "What's in the News" is due on tuesday at the beginning of class. * We'll take Quiz #2 again on tuesday without the research... Assignments coph0004 2005-10-22T12:06:42-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/029627.html We discussed many of these terms in class. Please post the definition that you came up with for our class discussion. Be sure to read over the discussion questions for the Lorber, Omi & Winant, and Rubin articles. (note: our... Class Discussions coph0004 2005-10-12T09:19:47-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/029177.html To facilitate our discussion next week, here are some questions that I'd like you to be ready to answer: Taking a page from the SQ3R (Robinson 1970) study method (Tips for Success), formulate some questions: What is the chapter /... Class Discussions coph0004 2005-10-06T11:35:41-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/029176.html Please post your ideas about the following concepts. You should be able to define and use the terms appropriately. Do not duplicate a prior posting to a term unless you belief further clarication is needed or have a question about... Concepts coph0004 2005-10-06T11:15:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/028988.html A reminder that for today's reading: Chapter 7 pages 163-195, Chaper 11 pp 306 -323 (skim the supplemental text blocks) In the MSL book, # 11 Lorber, Night to his day.... Class Discussions coph0004 2005-10-04T15:44:53-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/coph0004/Sociology101/028899.html In response to questions about the upcoming quiz (and this can applied to all future quizzes), the material you can expect to be covered on a given quiz is information from the text book, readings from the Mapping the Social... Of Interest coph0004 2005-10-03T16:06:40-06:00