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Sociology of Gender Spring 2007 Syllabus

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January    8  Introduction to course
 
              10  Writing exercise 1 "Gender in our everyday life"
                                               in class (cannot be made up) 
 
January  15  Martin Luther King Holiday, no class today 
 
             17  Writing exercise 2 "Gender and HIV/AIDS"
                                             in class (cannot be made up)
                   Read: 1. Zambia Men (mailed to your UNCC mailbox)
                             2. HIV & Women (see especially chapter 3 "ABC Plus")
                             3. HIV & Women in US
 
January 22 Writing exercise 3 "gender in your favorite TV show"
                             in class (cannot be made up)
 
            24  On-Line Research  #1 (no class today) report due January 29
                  Read: Gender and Media and Sports
 
January 29 film: Bend it like Beckham 
 
            31 finish film Writing exercise 4 "Film notes"
                              in class (cannot be made up)
 
February 5 Exam 1
 
              7 Writing exercise 5 "Why are women paid less?" in class (cannot be
                                            made up)
                
 
February  12 Read: Economics and Gender
         
 
               14 On-line Research #2 (no class today) report due February 19
 
February  19 In-class writing exercise 6 "Theoretical explanations for wage gap"
                                        (cannot be made up)
                   Presentations by students
 
               21 Read: Politics and Gender
                    Presentations by students
 
February 26 In-class writing exercise 7 "Mark and Kristy make decisions about
                   work and family" (cannot be made up)
                  Presentations by students
                  Read: Gender and Families
 
              28 On-line Research #3 (no class today) report due March 12
 
March     5 - 10 Spring Break (no classes)
 
 
March     12 presentations by students
 
              14 presentations by students
                   writing exercise 8 "Finding options for addressing gender inequity in
                    political representation"  (cannot be made up)
 
March     19 Exam 2
 
              21 In-class writing exercise 9 "understanding tables and graphs about
                   education" (cannot be made up)
                   student presentations
 
March     26  Read: Gender and Education
                   student presentations
 
              28 student presentations
                    writing exercise 10 "Gender in the classroom" (cannot be made up)
 
April         2  In-class writing exercise 11 "Comments on student presentations"  
                     (cannot be made up)
                   student presentations
 
                4 On-line research #4 (no class today) report due April 9
 
April         9 class meets (report due)
              11 in-class writing exercise 12 "gender in religions"
                       (cannot be made up)
 
April       16 Read: Gender and Religion
                  Student Presentations
 
              18 In class writing exercise 13 "jump start on portfolios"
                              (cannot be made up)
                   Student Presentations
 
April        23  In-class writing exercise 14 (cannot be made up)
 
               25April day to check your records     
               30 Exam 3
 
May           4 Portfolio due (click here for more info on portfolios)
Exam week  Exam 4 optional (check www.uncc.edu for dates)
                 exams are in our regular classroom in Fretwell.
Readings are available on-line
You do not need to purchase a text
 
Grading:
 
3 exams worth 100 points (no make-ups)                                        300 points
1 optional exam during exam week can replace one of these exams
 
14 in-class writing exercises worth 10 points                                    140 points
 
portfolio of writing worth 60 points                                                       60 points
 
4 on-line research exercises worth 25 points                                     100 points
 
formal oral presentations worth 50 points                                            50 points
informal presentations worth 50 points                                                50 points
 
total                                                                                              700
 
630-700 A
560-629 B
490-559 C
420-489 D
<420     F