Lane Community College
at Cottage Grove
Summer 2001 (8 week term)
Thursday 9:00AM-12:50 PM...Rm 126
Voice Mail.........741-1212 (Mailbox 7804)
E-Mail......................socshop@yahoo.com
Home Phone...............................736-0204
David H. Kessel
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LCC Catalog Course Description
An examination of selected social problems,basic facts, effects on the individual and society, and explanations. Problems will be selected from the following three areas, but not all topics will be covered each term. 1. Systemic problems: racial and sexual discrimination, inequality and poverty, militarization and war, ecological problems, overpopulation, urban and rural problems, life cycle problems.
2. Problems of specific institutions: government, economy, family, education, religion, social services. 3. Personal pathologies: mental illness, suicide, alcoholism, drug addiction.
Grading Scale
Social Problems, Fifth Edition by Joe R. Feagin and Clairece Booker Feagin
Social Problems 01/02 Annual Editions Reader
Assigned Materials in The Sociology Shop
In-Class Handouts
OTHER REQUIRED READING...BY CHAPTER OR TOPIC
Chapter ONE---INTRODUCTION
The Genuine Progress Indicator
Chapter TWO/THREE/TEN---CLASS, POVERTY, ALIENATION
Labor and Alienated Labor in Capitalist Society
A short outline of Marx's Concept of Alienation
Equality DOES NOT EQUAL Sameness
Capitalism: From Three Perspectives
The "details" of who's running america
Minimum Wage Laws in the States
Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor
Study of Oregon's Minimum Wage Increase
History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates
Chapter FOUR---RACISM
The Racism Room
Good links to interesting and pertinent sites...especially about Black Like Me
The Geometer of Race...by Stephen Jay Gould
Racism in the English Language...by Robert B. Moore
HANDOUT: Oprah on Racism Video Guidelines
Chapter FIVE---GENDER
Gender Role Allocation in 224 Societies
The Child and its Enemies...by Emma Goldman
Androgyny as an Ideal for Human Development
Mills' Structural Model of Society
Chapter SIX---EDUCATION
Chapter 2 from Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Banking and Problem-Posing Education Compared
Chapter SEVEN---HEALTH
Health as a Virtue...by Ivan Illich
Medicalization and Social Control: A Bibliography
Medicine Gives Us a Longer Life?
Mental Illness and the Medical Model
Health Studies: Medicalization
Social Control Through Medicine
Medicalization and Social Ills (gun control)
Thomas Szasz, "The Myth of Mental Illness", and the Implications for Occupational Therapy
The Medicalization of Women's Lives
Death with Dignity National Center
HANDOUT: U.S. Physicians by Sex and Race...1990 Census
HANDOUT: The Psychology of Normalcy...by Erich Fromm
Chapter EIGHT---CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
The Stanford Prison Experiment: Still Powerful after all these years
HANDOUT: Quiet Rage Video sheet
HANDOUT: Pathology of Imprisonment...by Phil Zimbardo
HANDOUT: Discussion Questions about SPE
Chapter NINE---"DEVIANT" BEHAVIOR
Chapter ELEVEN---ENVIRONMENT AND MILITARY
Chapter TWELVE---REMEDYING SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Pre-Political and Political Thought
Effects of Logic System in Everyday Life
CONCLUSION
HANDOUT: Celebration of Awareness...by Ivan Illich
6/28.....Introduction/TSS/Sociological Concepts
7/05.....A Troubled Society (FF-1) (AE-1)
7/12.....Class Relations/Inequality (FF-2) (AE-4 & 12)
7/12.....Poverty/Unemployment/Underemployment (FF-3)
7/12.....Work/Worker Alienation (FF-10) (AE-9)
7/19.....Racial Groups/Inequality (FF-4) (AE-16)
7/19.....Gender Roles/Sex Discrimination (FF-5) (AE-24)
7/26.....Problems in Education (FF-6)
7/26.....Health and Medical Care (FF-7) (AE-29)
8/02.....Crime and Law Enforcement (FF-8) (AE-32)
8/02.....Problems Labeled "Deviance" (FF-9) (AE-21)
8/09.....Enviornment/Energy/Military-Industrial (FF11)
8/09.....Remedying Social Problems (FF-12)
8/16.....Conclusion and...Final Essay Exam (IN-CLASS)
Analysis Paper
One Analysis Paper worth 25 points. Go here for the Topic
Article Review
An Article Review of an article from the Social Problems reader...worth 100 points. Go here for the list of eligible articles. Go here for the Instructions.
Internet Research Assignment
An Internet assignment researching a topic of your choice...solely using the Internet...worth 100 points. Go here for the Instructions.
Interview Project
You will be asked to interview a real human being in the same area you chose for your Interent Reseach Assignment...worth 100 points. Go here for Instructions and Guidelines.
Final Essay Exam
On the last day of class ... during the last hour or so of that class...you will be asked to write an essay...IN-CLASS...worth 75 points. Details will be provided in class at the appropriate time.
PICK ONE
#17---"Why Worry About Multiculturalism?"...p. 92...(7 pages)
#22---"The Shame of Our Nursing Homes"...p. 112...(7 pages)
#33---"A Year in Corporate Crime"...p. 177...(6 pages)
#35---"The Problem With the Chair"...p. 189...(6 pages)
Length...is up to you, but a "serious job" would probably be between 1 1/2 and 3 pages...either handwritten or typed.
You are going to need access to a Computer for this courseŠwith access to The Internet. Whether its your own computerŠorŠone in a LabŠor a friend1s computerŠor one at a LibraryŠor even one at a place like Kinko1s, they1re not that difficult to find these days. Why? Well, besides using one for a specific assignment, I1ve decided to copy less and post more for this courseŠsaving on paper as well as costs. Assignment instructions will be online and some required readings will be online.
That also means you1ll need to learn a basic minimum of skills in navigating The Internet, The Web, Cyberspace, it has many names. It1s a tool that1s quickly become necessity in today1s worldŠespecially as it relates to academics. If you have no experience in doing this, there1s plenty of help available especially at LCC and on the Web itself. I've put a link in the Menu to a "beginners" tutorial. ThenŠthere1s meŠI1ll help as much as I can. So don1t panic if you1re in this categoryŠit will be okay.
Finally, The Sociology Shop, my own website, is essential for this course. We have our own 3room2 in TSS, the SOC 225 Room (the Room you're in NOW) where you1ll find links to the stuff I mentioned above. There's also other rooms which you may find helpful. I will help you become familiar with TSS and how to access information, especially in our classroom.
Final
Tell me what you have learned about "social problems," overall, in this course. Write a synergistic essay (a "whole") which reflects your own micro level, the meso-institutional level, and the macro-structural level. You may incorporate material from lectures, the books, and online material in TSS. Think this through...be reflective...utilize which ever "parts" contribute best to giving me (and yourself) a sense of change or growth of awareness from Day 1 till now.
Its worth 75 points, you have 1 hour...and yes, you can use whatever notes you want.
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