Week One

Introduction to the Course
Overview of course content, assignments and expectations. Self-introductions.

Week Two

The Sociological Imagination

	Mills, C. Wright. "The Promise," in Mapping the Social Landscape (MSL) pp. 1-7
	Gaines, Donna. "Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead-End Kids," in MSL, pp. 7-20
	Romero, Mary. "Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey," in MSL, pp. 20-35

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Conducting Social Research

	Babbie, Earl. "An Idea Whose Time Has Come," in MSL, pp. 36-48
	Haney, Craig, et al, "Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison," in MSL, pp. 49-59
	Haney, Kaplan, Elaine Bell. "Not Our Kind of Girl," in MSL, pp. 59-67

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Planning and Carrying Out a Research Project

	Duneier, Mitchell, "Appendix: A Statement on Method," in Sidewalk
	Richlin-Klonsky et al, "The Ethnographic Field Research Paper," in A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers (reserve)
	Select research topics and organize groups

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Week Three

Classical Sociological Theory

	Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels, "Manifesto of the Communist Party," in MSL, pp. 453-459.
	Weber, Max, "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," in MSL, pp. 488-495.
	Durkheim, "What is a Social Fact?" (reserve)

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Culture

	Velliquette, Anne M., and Jeff B. Murray. "The New Tattoo Subculture, " in MSL, pp. 68-80.
	Anderson, Elijah. "The Code of the Streets," in MSL, pp. 81-92.
	Gibson, J. William. "Warrior Dreams," in MSL, pp. 93-102.

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Groups and Social Structure

	Adler, Patricia and Peter Adler, "Peer Power: Clique Dynamics among School Children," in MSL pp. 165-180.
	Sanchez, Jankowski, Martin, "Gang Business: Making Ends Meet," in MSL, pp. 181-191.
	Blee, Kathleen, "Women of the Klan," In MSL 192-204.
	Schwalbe, Michael, "The Search for Communitas in the Men's Movement," in MSL, pp. 204-220.

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Week Four

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The Social Structure of Disaster: The Buffalo Creek Flood

	Erikson, Everything in Its Path, Introduction, " February 26, 1972" pp. 9-48.
	Film (in class): "Buffalo Creek"

Culture, History and Community: Appalachia and The Mountain Ethos

	Erikson, Everything in Its Path, Part Two, "Notes on Appalachia" pp. 51-78, "The Mountain Ethos," pp. 79-93.
	Film (in class): "Buffalo Creek Revisited"

Social Change: The Coal Mines and the Flood

Erikson, Everything in Its Path, Part Two: "The Coming of the Coal Camps," pp. 94-114, "Buffalo Creek," pp. 115-132.