Yeshiva College Syllabi -- 2021 - 2022 courses (past versions for reference ONLY) -- SOC (Sociology)
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Item Restricted SOC2502 / HBSI1009: Interrogating Masculinities(2016-09) Kimmel, Daniel M.in the social sciences. Students will examine the complexity of human behavior and/or social institutions and draw conclusions from empirical research through the theoretical approaches of at least two social science disciplines, using both qualitative and quantitative data. The course will focus on one specific social institution and provide students with in-depth knowledge for how to analyze human behavior in relation to this institution. HBSI courses will enable students to: Understand the ethical values involved in studying human behavior and social institutions. Apply approaches from at least two social science disciplines. Employ social scientific tools to identify and analyze social problems. Overview: Interrogating Masculinities Masculinity is a dominant ethos in virtually all cultures in the world, and this has been the case virtually all throughout human history. Yet despite its historical staying power and air of monolithic, invincible authority, there is no one such thing as “masculinity.” The definition of what it is to “be a real man” changes across time and place, and a surprisingly varied set of traits, behaviors, and expectations are valorized under the umbrella of “masculinity” across cultural contexts. Moreover, a global history of patriarchal dominance means that masculinities have played a unique role in shaping groups, organizations, and institutions, as well as both men’s and women’s individual lives. For these reasons and others, understanding some of the various components and manifestations of masculinities is important for understanding our world. This course will explore various masculine behaviors, myths, ideologies, and experiences. In other words, we will look at what it means to be a man in various cultures – both outside of and within the contemporary United States – as well as how those meanings have changed over time. In addition, we will think critically about how masculinity interacts with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, institutional context, and other sociological variables to produce different experiences of masculinity for different people; this kind of perspective is known as “intersectionality.” And we will analyze the ways in which power, expressed in various masculinities, functions within these cultural formations.Item Restricted SOC1001: Introduction to Sociology(2020-09) Kimmel, Daniel M.Overview What is sociology? The answer depends on who you ask. Even founders of the discipline did not typically agree: Emile Durkheim said that sociology is the objective, scientific study of social facts as things, much like biology is the study of living things. Georg Simmel said that sociology is the study of the forms of social interaction, much like geometry is the study of mathematical forms. Today, the American Sociological Association says “Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts.” How do we reconcile these into a comprehensive definition? Rather than argue over what sociology is, this course will introduce you to what sociology does. We will discuss some of what is shared by sociologists: a focus on rigorous empirical and theoretical research; a set of topics relating to the social world; an emphasis on the institutional dimensions of social life; and the exercise of a unique perspective, often called “the sociological imagination.” Most important, you will practice doing sociology yourselves, both by engaging with key substantive topics and by honing your own sociological imaginations. Instruction will be conducted entirely online, but this course will be multi-modal, with a mix of synchronous meetings, real-world activities, and frequent written assignments and other assessments. The material will be ambitious and demanding, and will require a high level of engagement. It is best to stay on top – or even ahead – of the work.Item Restricted SOC 2701 ; PSY3105: Social Psychology(2021-01) Schnall, EliezerCourse Description and Objectives This course is an introduction to social psychology, exploring how we think and behave in social situations. Specific topics to be covered include social thinking, social influence, and social relations. Students will develop critical thinking skills as we discuss research methods and review classic and recent findings. Additionally, we will examine how social psychology principles have been learned from, and applied to, real life situations. This is a Torah U’Madda oriented course, and topics will be presented also from this unique perspective.Item Restricted SOC 3002: Sociological Theory(2021-01) Castellon, IgnaciaSynopsis: This lecture course offers an introduction to influential ways of thinking sociologically that emerged after World War I, and which develop on, and transform, original themes of the foundational decades of sociology. The course covers American and Continental sociological theory, and will conclude with a brief overview of ongoing debates in sociological theory around gender, affective/immaterial labor, and efforts to break down the hegemony of white men in the production of sociology.Item Restricted SOC 2407: Epidemiology(2021-01) Kimmel, Daniel M.Overview: Experimental and Quantitative Methods “Experimental and Quantitative Methods” (EXQM) courses teach students to appreciate scientific thinking in the social and natural sciences and to employ quantitative and scientific reasoning. Students learn to connect theory and experiment and to test hypotheses via experimental design. EXQM courses will enable students to: • Understand and employ scientific and quantitative reasoning. • Conduct scientific experiments. • Understand and interpret quantitative data. Overview: Epidemiology Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human populations. In recent years, the epidemiological approach has been used to address a wide range of problems, including infectious diseases, genetic risk, environmental threats, social stratification patterns, substance use, violence prevention, and even the spread of knowledge and innovation through social networks. Epidemiology has proven increasingly relevant to clinical medicine, public policy, social science, law, and other fields; as epidemiology becomes more widely applied, it is more important than ever for researchers and professionals in a variety of fields to become familiar with its basic principles. This course introduces the basic principles of epidemiologic study design, analysis, and interpretation. Course activities will consist of lectures, computer lab lessons in using statistical software, written assignments, exams, and critical appraisal of both classic and contemporary research articles. We will learn how to calculate and interpret some basic epidemiological measures, and investigate the possibilities of using data to make causal inferences. We will examine the strengths of epidemiological science as well as its limits. Course Goals By the end of this course, I hope that students will learn how to: 1. Critically read and understand epidemiological studies; 2. Calculate and interpret measures of disease occurrence and disease-exposure associations; 3. Test deductively derived hypotheses using experimental and other research designs; and 4. Understand the contributions of epidemiology to clinical research, medicine, social science, and public health.Item Restricted JST1640/SOC1211: Biblical Archeology(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08) Katz, JillThis course will introduce students to archaeological data (including texts) from the Land of Israel during the biblical period. • Students will gain biblical cultural literacy and think critically about Biblical peoples. o Students will examine general Canaanite culture and learn to identify the cultural distinctions between Canaanites, Philistines, and Israelites and how negotiating these differences helped shape a distinct Israelite ethnic identity. o While exploring the First Temple period, students will look at the rate of acculturation among these groups as way to better explain the rising tensions between the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah and the diminishing of tensions with the Philistines and Canaanites (now Phoenicians). o Students will compare the political ambitions of the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians and how these ambitions dramatically altered the social, political, and economic landscape of the Land of Israel its inhabitants.