Social Issues Schedule

SI Home Syllabus, Bulletin Board

TOC: Key Dates, Part I: Identity, Part II: Power, Part III: Change
Calendar: Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 ; March 4, 11, 18 ; April 1, 8, 22, 29; May 6, 13, 20

---

MMET 10101	Spring, 2002
Professor Wayne Hayes	Room E-215

---

This page lays out the calendar for the entire semester. This detailed schedule permits you to stage your activities for the successful completion of Social Issues. Updates and timely information will be reported on our on-line Bulletin Board. Snow emergency days may force adjustments.

The schedule page has been cross-referenced with hypertext links throughout. A detailed table of contents has been presented at the top of the page.

As displayed in the on-line Syllabus, our course, divided into three segments, follows this time line:

1. Your term project proposal is expected on March 4.
2. Introduction and identity, February 4 through March 4: Essay on identity is now due on March 11.
3. The rough draft of your term project is due on April 22
4. Power, March 11 through April 8: Essay on power due on April 29.
5. Social change: April 15 through May 13. Hand in your essay on social change on May 20.
6. Your final report is due on May 13.

Part I corresponds to these events:

1. The first section of Cyrus, pages 1-175
2. The first writing assignment: report on your biography in its social setting.

The assignment for Part I, an essay Identity in Social Context has been posted in a separate document and is due on March 11. Please note that your term project proposal is due on March 4.

---

Class # 1: February 4. Introduction and Orientation ^

Roster check-in, introductions

Review home page, syllabus, and schedule: Overview of course, including coaching regarding what to expect and how to handle Social Issues.

Class #2: February 11. Methods; Identity ^

Cyrus, Preface; Introduction, pp. 1 - 10; Judith Levine: White Like Me, pp. 48 - 51

Film excerpt: Gandhi. Discuss in context of reading.

C. Wright Mills, Introduction to The Sociological Imagination, handout

Class #3: February 18. Identity and Class ^

Cyrus, required readings on class: Introduction to Part III, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 39, 42. Volunteer respondents will be sought.

Film: The War Between the Classes

Class #4: February 25. Identity and Race ^

Film: Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings

Cyrus, readings on race, to be read in this suggested order: Racial and Ethnic Identity (pages 11-13), 1, 14, 13, 8, 9, 5, 10, 11, and one more article of your choice.

Class #5: March 4. Identity and gender ^

Brief (one minute) oral statement on your term project topic

Cyrus, readings on gender, to be read in this suggested sequence: Introduction (pp. 59-60), 27, 17, 26, 21, 22, 25, and an additional article of your choice. Note that I have dropped readings 15, 18, 19 due to time constraints.

Class #6: March 11. Power and Class ^

Term project proposal due

Cyrus: Power, Introduction and readings on class: Power and Classism (pp. 314-318), readings # 88, 91, 97, 90, 102, 106, and an additional article of your choice.

Film: Trading Democracy with Bill Moyers

Class #7: March 18. Computer Lab Writing Workshop ^

Essay on identity due.

Computer lab workshops: Internet strategies and resources for term projects. Assemble all materials for implementation of term project.

We will use my web searching, browsing, and citing helper page, SearchLight during our computer lab workshop.

Class #8: April 1. Power and Racism ^

Discussion of essay on power.

Cyrus: Power and Racism (pp 165-168); readings #64, 65, 66, 57, 56, 50, 45, 55, 54, 46, 53, 44, and 43

Note: Class of April 8 cancelled due to death in Professor Hayes's family.

Class #9: April 15. Power, Sexism, and Heterosexism ^

Cyrus: Power, Sexism, and Heterosexism(pp. 263-266, read with care), #72, 76, 79, 81, 80, 82, 84, and 85

Part III: Social Change ^

Class cancelled due to illness

Class #10: April 29. Term project workshop ^

Essay on power due

Computer lab workshop, rough drafts returned. This is a critical opportunity to finalize term project

Class #11: May 6. Social Change I ^

Cyrus introduction to social change: pp. 403-407, readings 120, 122, 108, 113, 115, 116, and 118.

Film: The Laramie Project

Class #12: May 13. Social Change II ^ ,

Cyrus: pp. 458-459; #123, 124, 126, 129, 133, 136, 138.

Debriefing and evaluation of course

May 20: No class but Professor Hayes will be present. Assignment due: ^

Essay on social change due. Consider this a firm deadline to drop off essay on social change, and any other course material. I will be in my office, G-231. If you have material ealier, slip under my office door.