umuc socy100 week 1 discussion
For our first discussion I picked Sam Richards’ The wisdom
of sociology.
Listen to Richards’ talk and choose one of the most
interesting aspects in your opinion.
Describe it in one sentence in the discussion forum The
Wisdom of Sociology (Start a new thread) and comment on it why do you find it
interesting
umuc socy100 week 2 discussion
Week Two Discussion: The Sociological Methods Pool
So this is our second week and this is time for the new
discussion forum The Sociological Methods Pool (SMP). Please follow these steps
to complete this assignment:
Step 1: Pick one research method;
Step 2: Find the information about it either in the course
materials orUMUC Library;
Step 3: Describe in 200-300 words a selected method covering
following points:
(a) Name of the method;
(b) General overview;
(c) Advantages;
(d) Disadvantages.
umuc socy100 week 3 discussion
Pick one of the most
interesting for you aspects of Bozzetto’s cartoon about Cultural differences
Apply one or two
sociological concepts from >Week 3 Learning Resources Chapter 3 Culture
which help you to explain cultural differences. Make some notes and share it
with us in this forum.
Also bring your notes
to the f2f session on March 31.
umuc socy100 week 4 discussion
Prepare for
the f2f discussion based on >Week 4 Learning Resources and the Wire Episode,
Season 1, Episode 11: “The Hunt”
Which
examples of deviant behavior can you observe in this Wire episode?
Which
institutions fulfill the function of the social control?
(!) It may
be useful to make some notes while watching the episode
umuc socy100 week 5 discussion
It is our 5th week
discussion which is dedicated to (in)equality or illusion of equality. Please
listen to the Interview with Angela McRobbie on the Illusion of Equality for
Women.
Pick one of the most
interesting for you aspects from the interview with Angela McRobbie. Put it in
one sentence in this discussion forum and comment in this forum on one or two
of your student-colleagues’ posts.
umuc socy100 week 6 discussion
Please watch Joy DeGruy’s story about The Power of White Privilege
Think about different types of privileges. In your opinion,
how do they reinforce social inequalities?
Share your thoughts in this forum and comment on posts of
one or two classmates.
umuc socy100 week 7 discussion
Education, marriage, religion, state, army, mass media are
some examples of social institutions. Pick one or two social institutions which
are especially important for you. Post them in this discussion forum and
explain why these particular institutions are important in your life course.
Respond to one or two posts of your student-colleagues!
umuc socy100 week 8 discussion
This is our last discussion. Please watch Charlie Chaplin’s
speech.
Find two or three reasons why Charlie Chaplin’s speech from
1940 can still be up-to-date in 2016.
Share your thoughts in this discussion forum and comment on
one of your student-colleagues’ posts.
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