You should expect to be called on often. You will be expected to take charge of your education and pace yourself in completing readings and assignments. For every session we meet you are expected to know the day's readings. Your ability to probe the material, ask searching questions, pursue vigorous lines of argument, and contribute to a meaningful understanding of the issues is always being evaluated. Social analysis as a field of study This course fulfills a general education requirement in the field of social analysis.
Social analysis is the systematic study of individual and social human behaviors.
It draws upon a variety of approaches, both theoretical and empirical, in order to discern patterns of meaning in human behavior. Courses satisfying this requirement focus on human behavior and present various theoretical and empirical perspectives. The Internet connection It is impossible to study the way we live at the end of this century without using the Internet. Both in content and format, the Web provides us with the directions in which our culture is unfolding. Students should feel free to make extensive use of the Internet then - not as the sole or primary source of information, but as a companion for the class.