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2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Sociology
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
SOCIOL 110-0 Sec. 26
Introduction to Sociology
CAESAR Class Number: 40118
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 9:30am - noon
Michelle Naffziger
This course will be held in Parkes Hall room 212.
Sociology is fundamentally the study of people doing things together within the context of particular structures that can help or get in the way of us achieving our goals. Often, these structures are so invisible to us that when a marriage fails or we get laid off, we see our problems as personal. We sometimes forget that millions of others are in a similar situation: one in four marriages fails and the nation's unemployment rate has hit its highest level in 16 years. Few of us consider the ways society has shaped our ideas, actions, and our access to resources and opportunities. The "sociological imagination" can help us to do just that: transform a "private trouble" into a "public issue". When we employ the sociological imagination we can identify the role that institutions such as family, schools, and the workplace play in our lives, and how our race, class, gender and sexuality shape our life chances. In this course, intended as a brief overview of the discipline and practice of sociology, we will read primary texts and popular press articles, watch documentary and fictional films and engage in discussion, small group activities, and an individual research project in order to learn how to develop our sociological imaginations, think like sociologists, and critically evaluate our world. This course counts toward the Weinberg College social and behavioral sciences distribution requirement, Area III.
SOCIOL 201-0 Sec. 26
Cancelled
Social Inequality
CAESAR Class Number: 42776
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 9:30am - noon
Christian Ukaegbu
Sociologists generally define social inequality as the condition whereby people have unequal access to valued resources, services, and positions such as education, jobs, income, wealth, esteem, and power etc. in society. Unequal access stems from historical, institutional and ideological processes about who gets what, when and why and finds expression in social stratification whereby individuals and/or groups are ranked differently on the index of societal resources. This course examines the dynamics of social inequality in society using relevant sociological theories and explanations. It also analyzes the intersection of race, class, and power in the generation and consolidation of inequality and discusses how inequality and its consequences may be ameliorated. We will focus on social inequality in the United States. But the experiences of other countries will be used for purposes of comparisonThis course counts toward the Weinberg College social and behavioral sciences distribution requirement, Area III.
SOCIOL 302-0 Sec. 26 
Sociology of Organization
CAESAR Class Number: 42777
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/30
TuTh 6:30 - 9pm
Christian Ukaegbu
This course will be held in Tech Institute room L251.
Structure and function of formal organizations, especially in business and government. Stratification, social control, and conflict. Discretion, rules, and information in achieving goals. Modes of participation. Development of informal norms. Prerequisite: 100 or 200-level sociology course. This course counts toward the Weinberg College social and behavioral sciences distribution requirement, Area III.
SOCIOL 323-0 Sec. 26
Cancelled
American Subcultures and Ethnic Groups
CAESAR Class Number: 42778
6 weeks,
CHIC,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 6:30 - 9pm
Bienvenido Ruiz
This course will be held in Wieboldt Hall room 512.
One way to understand the organization of American society is through its subgroups. This course will explore social categories, intergroup relations, differentiation and stratification by ethnicity, race, lifestyle, and other traits. Other themes include group formation and reproduction of subgroup boundaries, distinctiveness and the consequences of difference: identity, political and economic participation, cohesiveness and solidarity.Prerequisite: 100- or 200-level course. This course counts toward the Weinberg College social and behavioral sciences distribution requirement, Area III.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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