The course focuses on the value conflicts associated with policy decisions regarding education, housing and other community services. SOCI 101D, 102D and two additional elective courses from within the department of sociology. The aim of the seminar, in which all majors in the field of sociology are encouraged to take part, is to acquaint students with various specialized areas of sociological inquiry. Participants are provided with reading lists and will be expected to prepare oral and written reports in specific and specified areas. Reading projects in specialized sociological topics will be undertaken by individual students in areas beyond courses regularly offered in the department of sociology.
Detailed reading is to be done under supervision of a department staff member.
Periodic conferences are to be scheduled. A major paper demonstrating significant breadth and depth of reading must be submitted at the end of each semester. St. John Fisher College.