CSUN
-- SOC 368&368S: SPRING 2010 (Ticket #s: 12195 and 12196/12197)
Saturday
9:00 AM 3:30 PM SH 203
INSTRUCTOR:
STAVROS N. KARAGEORGIS
OFFICE: SN 107: OFFICE HOURS: MW 3:00 4:30 PM
and by appointment.
PHONE: (818) 677-3591 (leave a message)
Instructor
E-mail:
(Available online: http://www.csun.edu/~snk1966/368SYLS0.htm
)
CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL
THEORY
The
substantive goal of this course (Lecture and Seminar) is to familiarize you
with the works of the founders of the major theoretical perspectives used by contemporary
sociologists, to alert you to the enabling and constraining effects of theory(ies) to research and practice, to make you a 'shrewd
and informed consumer' of (lay and professional) sociological theoretical and
empirical work, and a self-conscious user of theory for research and practice.
This
course will also allow you to develop and demonstrate your analytical reading
and writing skills.
Course
Requirements:
1. Class attendance and constructive class participation
2. Careful study of the assigned readings.
3. Timely completion of written assignments
Required Text:
Laura
Desford Eddles and Scott Applerouth, Sociological
Theory in the Classical Era: Text and Readings, Edition 2, Pine Forge
Press, Thousand Oaks CA: 2010 ISBN: 9781412975643 (hereafter: STCE) available at the Matador College Bookstore AND
ON 2 HOUR RESERVE AT THE OVIATT LIBRARY.
IMPORTANT
DATES
Feb 6 :
LAST DAY TO DROP CLASS
Feb 20 :
Exam 1 DUE; CLICK HERE FOR: Exam 1
Assignment
Mar 6 : Exam 2 DUE; CLICK HERE FOR:
Exam 2 Assignment
Apr 3 : Exam 3 DUE; CLICK HERE FOR: Exam 3
Assignment
May 15 : Exam 4 DUE
CLICK HERE
FOR: Exam 4 Assignment
EVALUATION:
Grading will
follow the scheme:
Class
Participation : up to 200 points
Exam 1 (3-5 pages) : up to 200 points
Exam 2 (3-5 pages) : up to 200 points
Exam 3 (3-5 pages) : up to 200 points
Exam 4 (3-5 pages) : up to 200 points
_______________________________________________
Total : up to 1000 points
I will assign
final letter grades according to the following scheme:
925 to 1000 = A
895
to 924 = A-
875
to 894 = B+
825
to 874 = B
795
to 824 = B-
775
to 794 = C+
725
to 774 = C
695
to 724 = C-
675
to 694 = D+
625
to 674 = D
595
to 624 = D-
0
to 594 = F
Late
papers/exams will only be accepted provided you have received prior
permission at least 24 hours BEFORE the due date. NOTE: In the interest
of equity, late papers/exams will be penalized.
GENERAL
REMARKS:
You
should treat the exams as essay assignments, as they will be evaluated as such.
Thus, pay attention to argument structure and flow, proper 'use of English',
substantiation of points or claims made and proper attribution/references.
The
class participation component of your grade will depend on the quantity and
quality of your contribution to class discussion and possible ad hoc in-class
assignments.
NOTE: I will NOT tolerate academic
dishonesty (cheating, plagiarizing, etc). The minimum penalty for
confirmed academic dishonesty will be a grade of ZERO for the assignment
in question. Egregious or repeated offenses may result in a grade of F
for the class and University disciplinary action referral.
COURSE
OUTLINE (Dates and
assignments subject to revision; definitive assignments available weekly IN
CLASS; consult the online syllabus often)
Jan 23 - Jan 30
(meet at 9:45 am in SH 203)
Modernity, Social
Theory and Sociology
1. STCE, Chapter 1
(Introduction)
2. http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENLCONT.HTM
(Begin
here and read through items as necessary to familiarize yourself with the
intellectual/cultural, social and economic background of classical social/sociological
theory and sociology)
Feb 6 - Feb 13
(meet at 9:45 am in SH 203)
K. Marx and F.
Engels
1. STCE, Chapter 2
(Karl Marx)
2. ONLINE: Karl
Marx: Preface to 'A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy'
Additional online
resources:
2. http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/index.htm (online source for Marx and
Engels writings)
3. http://www.marxists.org/archive/index.htm (searchable library of
Marx and Marxist writers)
***** Exam 1
DUE FEB 20 CLICK HERE FOR: Exam 1
Assignment *****
Feb 20- Feb 27
E. Durkheim
1. STCE: Chapter 3
(Emile Durkheim)
***** Exam 2
DUE MAR 6 CLICK HERE FOR:
Exam 2 Assignment *****
Mar 6 Mar 13
M. Weber
1. STCE: Chapter 4
(Max Weber)
Additional Online
Resources:
2. http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorists/Weber/Whome.htm
Mar 20 Mar 27
G. Simmel
1. STCE: Chapter 6
(Georg Simmel)
***** Exam 3
DUE APR 3 CLICK HERE FOR: Exam 3
Assignment *****
Apr 3
C. Perkins Gilman
1. STCE: Chapter 5
(Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
***** APR 5
10 SPRING RECESS *******
Apr 17 Apr 24
G.H. Mead
1. STCE: Chapter 8
(George Herbert Mead)
May 1 May 8
W.E.B. Du Bois
1. STCE: Chapter 7
(W.E.B. Du Bois)
***** Exam 4
DUE MAY 15 CLICK HERE FOR: Exam 4 Assignment
*****