As a seminar, there will be a high degree of student participation and leadership of class sessions. We will divide each class into two or three segments. First, the instructor will present materials to the class through lecture or question and answer formats. Second, there will be a class discussion segment of the week s required readings. Everyone taking this course has had at least one graduate level class in classical sociological theory.
Students are committed and willing to devote the time necessary to successfully complete the course.
The summary paragraph should attempt to identify the key issues and ideas in the required readings. The set of questions should identify issues that are unclear, undeveloped, difficult to interpret, or which are particularly interesting so that further discussion and elaboration by the class is warranted. Both the summary statement and questions should be written in your own words and be based upon your reflective interpretation of the readings. Both statements and questions will be used to orient class discussions. You may choose to write separate summaries or a single summary that compares and contrasts the different readings.