Excused absences are documented. CALL me if you are sick, and please let me know ahead of time if you have any chronic ailments that might cause attendance problems. This includes rude comments, disparaging remarks about or towards any sexual, gender, racial, religious or ethnic groups, and unwanted chatter that interferes with students abilities to learn. Sociology 204, Scholars section. The following is an outline of the course, without specific dates, with readings listed for each topic.
Readings listed are pretty much in the order in which they are to be read.
In this section we will conduct an in-class focus group on the social definitions of and attributes of love. Students will also rank these attributes and definitions. We will discuss various ways that love has been viewed, culturally, historically and by different theorists and researchers. The biological components of love will also be discussed, as will the history and analysis of what we know as dating. In this section we will discuss the biology of attraction, and the various ways that cultures have organized and controlled sexual relationships.