Syllabus and Class Schedule Review
What is sociology?
How is social research conducted?
Theoretical perspectives
Introduction to Social Problems
What are social problems?
American values and norms
Chapter 1 Approaches to the Study of Social Problems
Who decides?
Do we want to solve them?
Catch up on your reading and chapter quizzes!
Chapter 3 Family-Related Problems
What is a family?
Who is a family?
What should the government do for families?
Should paid parental leave be mandated by law?
(Please note: in Revel, both the first chapter and this chapter are due on Jan. 27 to give everyone time to buy the text.)
Chapter 6 Poverty ( and Wealth!)
Why don’t the poor just get jobs?
Do we want equality?
Do we need a middle class?
Is America all about the chance to become a billionaire?
Chapter 2 Concentration of Power:
Economic and Political Institutions
Should government or the private sector be responsible for solving social problems?
What do you need to do to be a good citizen?
Chapter 11 Drugs and Alcohol
Chapter 4 Health and Illness
What's going to happen with health care in America?
How much responsibility should the government take for our healthy diets?
How much should our choices be limited by law?
Or should we be solely responsible for what we eat and the health consequences?
Chapter 8 Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Social Inequality
Why are women so angry?
How many bathrooms do we need?
What is consent?
Video assignment: A Conversation about Sexual Aggression and Violence
Chapter 12 Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Trade
Should Prostitution be legalized?
Easy money
Chapter 9 Age and Social Inequality
Why do old people get so much free stuff?
Are young people unfairly treated under law?
Chapter 7 Race and Ethnic Relations
Are we a nation divided?
Recommended Book: The Race Myth by Joseph Graves
Chapter 5 Education, Science and Technology
Can the public school system survive vouchers?
How can we judge our schools?
The Media and Social Problems
Should we let the media determine social problems?
Facebook, cell phones and real life
Science as God
Technology and privacy: Paranoia?
Chapter 10 Crime and Delinquency
(Crime)
Additional Required Reading:
Michel Foucault, “Discipline and Punish”,
Here is a link to the reading assigned from Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
http://www.foucault.info/documents/disciplineAndPunish/foucault.disciplineAndPunish.torture.en.html
Introduction/Chapter 1
On reserve in the library or online
Who is committing all the crime?
Violence, Punishment continued:
Should prison be warehousing, punishment, or rehabilitation?
Death penalty: Yes or No?
Chapter 15 Violence, War, and Terrorism
Is there a national character of violence in America?
Surviving the zombie apocalypse
How scared should we be?
Can the government do anything?
Guns. Guns.
FINAL EXAM ESSAY DUE AT BEGINNING OF THIS CLASS
THIS ESSAY (#9) IS NOT A FREE CHOICE,
BUT IS AN ASSIGNED QUESTION ON THIS WEBSITE!!!
https://sites.google.com/site/mjcsocialproblems/final-exam
Chapter 13 Population and Urbanization
Where's everybody going, yo?
Everyone’s a symbolic interactionist when it comes to talking about illegal immigration.
What should we be doing?
What's the difference between immigrants and refugees?
Should Modesto be a sanctuary city?
Chapter 14 Environmental Problems
What did you recycle today?
How far would you walk to save the planet?
Return to get final exams and grades
Party, anyone?
Return to get final exams and grades
Party, anyone?