Course Syllabi

Authors: Jim Ross, John Korey, SSRIC Web Team, SSRIC

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Check the links below for syllabi in the social sciences. Do you already have a syllabus for a social science course on the web? Please scroll to the bottom and add your syllabus to this list.

Critical Thinking

Department	Class level	System
Sociology	Undergraduate	Quarter
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Active Learning	Large Class	Web Enhanced

This course teaches critical thinking using social science topics and research. The course covers critical writing and reading, evaluation of claims and sources, nonargumentative persuasion, fallacies, categorical logic, inductive logic and causal arguments. There is an overall emphasis on current events and developing skills to evaluate credibility and to see more than one side of an issue.

Contributed by: Jim Ross, on Thursday December 10, 1998 10:02:03 am

The American Congress

Department	Class level	System
Political Science	Undergraduate	Quarter
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Lecture/Discussion	Small Classes	Web Enhanced

Congress as a political subsystem; relations between Congress and other branches of American government; comparisons and contrasts between Congress and other legislative bodies.

Contributed by: John L. Korey, on Wednesday December 30, 1998 6:24:05 pm (Link updated 2/21/02)

Introduction to Research Methods

Department	Class level	System
Political Science	Undergraduate	Quarter
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Active Learning	Small Classes	Web Enhanced

The methods of the social sciences as applied to the study of politics. How social scientists ask and attempt to answer empirical questions about politics.

Contributed by: John L. Korey, on Wednesday December 30, 1998 6:27:17 pm (Link updated 2/21/02)

Methods of Social Research II

Department	Class level	System
Sociology	Undergraduate	Quarter
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Active Learning	Small Classes	Web Enhanced

Second core course in methods for majors. Extensive use of SPSS; participant observation; content analysis; web searches; creation of web-based portfolio for research projects.

Contributed by: Nan Chico, on Saturday January 9, 1999 9:06:03 am

Quantitative Analysis (Public Administration)

Department	Class level	System
Public Policy and Administration	Graduate	Semester
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Lecture/Discussion	Small Classes	Web Enhanced

Statistical anlysis for public administration

Contributed by: Lawrence L. Giventer, on Friday April 16, 1999 12:54:40 pm

Public Policy Analysis (Public Administration)

Department	Class level	System
Public Policy and Administration	Graduate	Semester
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Active Learning	Small Classes	Web Enhanced

This group-project-oriented capstone course in the graduate public administration program addresses the rational analysis of complex public problems.

Contributed by: Lawrence L. Giventer, on Saturday April 24, 1999 10:50:45 am

The Electoral Process

Department	Class level	System
Political Science	Undergraduate	Quarter
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Lecture/Discussion	Small Classes	Web Enhanced

Examination of American electoral processes and outcomes. Analysis of factors influencing public opinion and political participation. The roles of political parties, campaign managers, and the media.

Contributed by: John L. Korey, on Saturday January 15, 2000 1:12:42 pm (Link updated 2/21/02)

Resources for Studying Politics

Department	Class level	System
Political Science	Undergraduate	Quarter
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Active Learning	Small Classes	Web Enhanced

Information Competence Tools for Political Science and other majors.

Contributed by: John L. Korey, on Saturday January 15, 2000 1:17:48 pm (Link updated 2/21/02)

Sociological Theory

Department	Class level	System
Sociology	Undergraduate	Semester
Pedogogy	Typical Size	Delivery
Active Learning	Small Classes	Web Enhanced

Beginning with a brief overview of the history and emergence of sociology, we will quickly move to examine four major classical thinkers in the first part of the course: Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Georg Simmel. We’ll attempt to apply some of the ideas of the classical thinkers to contemporary films. You may be required to complete watching a film outside of class as we may not have time to see four feature-length films in their entirety. The second portion of the course will be devoted to contemporary (living) thinkers retooling the ideas of Marx et. al. in the form of more modern theory.

Contributed by: , on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 09:54 pm

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