Winter classes

Here is my thinking about what classes I want to sign up for the winter course. In order to transfer from my status as a “Pre-Sociology” major to a “Sociology” I need to fulfill a “Diversity Requirement”. This means taking one of these classes: Asian American Studies 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, Black Studies 1, 3, 5, 6, 15, 20, 50, Chicano Studies 1A-B-C. (There are also courses in Women’s Studies and History, buit I would prfer to pick one of the above.)From these possible classes, in this upcoming quarter these course are offered: Black Studies 6 – CIVIL RIGHTS MOVMNT – History of the modern civil rights movements 15 – PSYCHOLOGY BLACKS – An examination of the Black ethos 50 – BLACKS IN THE MEDIA – The development of Black stereotypes Asian American Studies 1 – COMP HIST 1850-1965. – A comparative analysis of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Asian Indian, and Filipino immigration into Hawaii and the continental United States), 5 – INTRO ASIAN AM LIT – Selected major themes in literary texts from Asian American communities If there is no language requirement I would pick the last one. I would have a chance to read some literature I am not familiar with. If I can’t take that then I would go for the first. Knowing recent US history more in depth would help to understand sociological issues of today. Besides this required course I would like to take two Sociology courses and one Religious Studies. Technically there are only a few upper division Sociology courses I could take as a non-major: 140 – AGING AMER SOCIETY – This course will survey and analyze aspects of growing old in American society. 154A – SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY – A lecture course on family and household organization, past and present. 185P – MEAD’S PRAGMATISM – George Herbert Mead’s theory of pragmatism provides a major foundation for sociological theory. From these I would take the “aging” and the Mead’s class if I can. A number of Sociology classes will be offered that I would be interested in. 10 days before the current quarter started the “for majors only” Sociology classes that still had space in them were opened to pre-majors. I hope this might happen again. If yes, than instead of the “aging” class I would pick one of these: 108F – STUDYING PEOPLE – This course explores the different methods a fieldworker can use to discover truths about society. 118C – CULTURE – A broad introduction to the sociological study of culture 118L – SOCIOLOGY ART/LIT – Focus on what art/literature teaches us about the social world and how it does so. 134T – TERRORISM – An exploration of their social causes and effects, and the relationship between religion and violence. 148MA – SOCIAL NET ANALYSIS – Introduction to concepts, methods, and applications of social network analysis. 166W – CONTEMP WRLD SYSTEM – Seminar addressing various theoretical perspectives and empirical issues and aspects of the contemporary world system, with emphasis on political, economic, cultural, and social processes and relations. 185E – INTRO TO ETHNOMETH – Fundamental processes of social interaction and social organization. 185F – SOCIAL THEORY – An examination of major developments in French social theory both from the historical and the thematic point of view. Finally I would pick one Religious Studies course from the offered ones: 104 – PROBS STDY RELIGION – Advanced research seminar treating selected topics in the study of religion. 106 – MOD/SECULARIZATION – A study of sociological, psychological, and philosophical attempts to define the modern west in terms of the marginalization and/or transformation of traditional Christian thought and institutions. 116E – CHRIST IN U.S. – Interdisciplinary approach to the experience, history, culture, and politics of “bornagain” religion. 120 – SHUGENDO MNTNS – Historical study of texts and practice of Japanese mountain ascetics (Yamabushi), and of their role in the formation of Japanese culture, from 700 to present. 151A – REL IN AMER HIST – Principal figures, groups, trends, and issues in religion in America to 1865. 166B – TAOIST TRADITIONS – A study of the classical sources of Taoism, followed by a consideration of the varieties of religious practice which developed from those sources. 185 – ME FOOD & RELIGION – Middle Eastern peoples. Focuses on Jewish, Christian, and Muslim feasting, fasting, and dietary rules. 193 – REL & ECOLOGY IN AM – An overview of the growing field of religion and ecology in the Americas. Focus on spiritual traditions and landbased knowledge indigenous to the western hemisphere.