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| Semester: | Spring 2021 |
| Number: | 0170-278-001 |
| Instructor: | Jessica Klein |
| Days: | Thursday 3:05 pm - 4:20 pm |
| Note: | Online, Both synchronous and asynchronous |
| Location: | Online |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
Tuesday Class Sessions Are Asynchronous. Thursday Class Sessions Are |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Students will examine school shootings and other violence in American and European schools; students will analyze responses-comparing popular and scholarly analysis relating to gender, race, and class with a particular focus on dominant research regarding sexuality. Students will learn to think critically about school violence using multiple sociological frameworks. (Learning Goals:CW;Distribution Reqs:Social Sciences) |
| Learning Goals: |
1. Student will discuss foundational concepts of sociology including, but not limited to, the sociological imagination, social institutions, social groups, social stratification and social forces as related to school social environments, school shootings and other forms of school violence. 2. Students will apply these concepts in the analysis of school social environments, school shootings and other forms of school violence. 3. Students will utilize these concepts as tools to understand school social environments, school shootings and other forms of school violence. 4. Students will articulate an understanding of a sociological perspective regarding school social environments, school shootings and other forms of school violence. 5. Students will convey an understanding of how individual and group experiences are shaped by the values society places on social characteristics (e.g. race/ethnicity, class, gender, religion, sexuality, etc.) which are institutionalized into the structure of everyday life in general, and within schools in particular. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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