My Teaching
Courses Offered
SOC 105- Introduction to Sociology
Offered: Every Semester
Description: This is an
introductory course
designed to increase your knowledge of
sociology and its
concepts and theories. We
will explore the basic social institutions,
systems
of inequality, and social forces that
shape the world in which we live. Our
main
focus will be on the intersections of
social institutions and how they
impact our
lives.
Offered: Winter Intersession
Description: This is an
introductory course designed to increase your
knowledge of sociology and its
concepts and theories. We will explore the
basic social institutions, systems
of inequality, and social forces that shape
the world in which we live. Our
main focus will be on the intersections of
social institutions and how they
impact our lives.
Note: Because of the condensed nature of the Winter
Intersession, the pace
of this course is both quick and intense.
Recommended for students who
are very capable of independent work
and staying on top of deadlines.
Offered: Every Fall Semester
Description: This is an
introductory course designed to increase your
knowledge of sociology and its
concepts and theories. We will explore the
basic social institutions, systems
of inequality, and social forces that shape
the world in which we live. Our
main focus will be on the intersections of
social institutions and how they
impact our lives.
SOC 230- Social Problems in the Modern World
Description: This course explores
major social, cultural, economic, political,
and environmental issues
confronting the modern world, covering both
global and American concerns. We
will focuses on how these issues
intersect, their foundations and
contexts, and potential solutions.
SOC 230- Social Problems in the Modern World-
Online
Description: This course explores
major social, cultural, economic, political,
and environmental issues
confronting the modern world, covering both
global and American concerns. We
will focuses on how these issues
intersect, their foundations and
contexts, and potential solutions.
Note: Because of the condensed nature of the Winter
Intersession, the pace
of this course is both quick and intense.
Recommended for students who
are very capable of independent work
and staying on top of deadlines.
SOC 301-
Love, Sex, and Society
Offered: Summer at Harlaxton
Description: This course
explores the social norms, values, and
expectations that influence, and
are influenced by, attitudes, beliefs, and
behaviors regarding love and
sexuality. We discuss the different and
changing cultural understandings of
acceptable forms of love and sexuality,
and the social construction of
both. In addition, we examine the
advantageous and problematic
aspects of love and sex, both within
relationships and for society.
SOC 335- Marriage and Family
Offered: Fall of Even Years
Description:
This course is designed to give an in-depth look at changing
marital and family patterns in America over the course of the last
century.
It is meant to increase your knowledge of the history and importance of
families and their different forms. Our main focus will be on the
intersection of families and social institutions.
SOC 350- Popular Culture
Offered: Spring of Odd Years
Description:
This course examines the sociological
impact of popular
culture by exploring race, class,
gender, sexuality, and family through the
cultural lens of film, television, and
music. We will discover the changing
portrayals of race, class, gender,
sexuality, and family across the last
century in reflecting our cultural
values and ideals, and their reciprocal
influence on our culture and American
identity.
SOC 386- Death and Dying
Offered: Spring of Even Years;
Summer at Harlaxton
Description: This course
explores thanatology- the study of death- using a
sociological lens. We will examine
how American society shapes attitudes
and behaviors toward dying, death,
and bereavement. Topics of study
include: cultural traditions,
rituals, practices, and attitudes toward death,
self-awareness and value
identification concerning death and dying, grief
and bereavement, the impact of
death and dying across the life span, and
end-of-life planning.
SOC 390- Principles of Sociological Theory
Offered: Spring of Even Years
Description: Sociological
theory is explaining what we observe in society,
and the relationship between
individuals and social institutions and
structure. This course examines
classical and contemporary sociological
theories through an examination of
major figures and ideas in their historic
context. We will identify basic
assumptions of various sociological theories
and explore the theoretical origins
and intellectual history of contemporary
sociology.
SOC
415- Globalization and the Environment
Offered: Fall of Odd Years
Description: This course
examines the global society, its growth and
development, and its interaction
with the natural world. We will explore
three interdependent themes: 1) the
changing demographics of our world
and how they impact the social,
economic, environmental, and political
relationships between countries; 2)
the transformation to a global society
and the basic concepts of
globalization, or how people become connected to
transform both social relations and
social identities; and 3) how the
relationships between human
societies and the larger natural environment
are effected by demographic
pressures and global needs.
SOC 460- Aging: The Individual and Society
Offered: Spring of Odd Years
Description: This course
examines social gerontology and the social
response to aging in American
society. Our emphasis will be on the roles of
older adults in the family and the
community, as well as the physical,
cognitive, and mental changes
associated with aging.
