Reading assignment to be completed prior to date scheduled
This is the tentative course schedule. Modifications to this schedule will be announced in class.
WEEK 1
Crime (slides)
WEEK 2
Inequality (slides)
Recommended book section: The Spirit Level
WEEK 3
CH 15 Families (in Giddens)
Families (slides)
Required article: Stop Googling, Let's Talk
WEEK 4
CH 16 Education (in Giddens)
Education (slides)
Recommended article: Kindergarten black-white test score gaps
Recommended article: School racial composition and parental choice
Recommended article: Fake it til you make it
WEEKS 5 and 6
CH 17 Religion in the Modern Society (in Giddens)
Religion (slides)
Civil religion (slides)
Baylor Religion Survey (slides)
Religious affiliation (slides)
Rise of the nones (slides)
Faith and Facebook (slides)
Recommended article: Max Weber and world-denying love
Recommended article: Baylor religion survey
Recommended article: Faith and Facebook
Recommended article: Americans' religious affiliations
Recommended article: Explaining no religious preference
Recommended article: Civil religion
Recommended article: Trump and civil religion
WEEK 7
CH 18 Sociology of the Body (in Giddens)
Health care (slides)
Health care, part 2 (slides)
1st Midterm
WEEK 8
CH 19 Population, Urbanization, Environment (in Giddens)
Urbanization (slides)
WEEK 9 (Week of 12 March)
CH 20 Globalization in a Changing World (in Giddens)
Globalization (slides)
WEEK 10 (Week of 19 March)
Explaining Institutional Performance (slides)
WEEK 11 (Week of 26 March)
Religion Charts (slides)
American Grace, Part 2 (slides)
WEEK 12 (Week of 2 April)
SPRING BREAK [NO CLASSES]
WEEK 13 (Week of 9 April)
CH 3 Politics (in Desmond) (slides)
{4/12: Deadline for Associate Degrees to be included in Commencement Program}
2nd Midterm
WEEK 14 (Week of 16 April)
CH 4 Economics (in Desmond) (slides)
WEEK 15 (Week of 23 April)
CH 6 Crime /Punishment (in Desmond) (slides)
WEEK 16 (Week of 30 April)
CH 7 Education & Affirm. Action (in Desmond) (slides)
Chapter 10: Intimate Life (in Desmond) (slides)
WEEK 17 (Week of 7 May)
Chapter 9: Associations (in Desmond) (slides)
WEEK 18
(Final Exam) On 17 May (NOON—2 PM)
(No regular classes during finals week)